Comparison

天气圈 vs WindTrac

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

天气圈

Features
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About

WindTrac

Visualize global wind, wave, and precipitation forecasts on an animated map. Understand complex weather patterns at a glance with detailed particle flow, color-coded speeds, and adjustable playback speeds. Access multiple professional forecast models for accurate, real-time weather insights.

Highlights
  • Animated wind, wave, and precipitation forecast maps
  • Global coverage with professional forecast models
  • Adjustable playback speeds for forecast evolution
  • Tap for exact conditions at any location
  • Offline support for all features
  • Choice of multiple professional forecast models
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WindTrac shows the wind the way it actually moves, and with WindTrac Pro it keeps working when the signal is gone. Download the forecast for where you're heading and the live, animated map of wind, waves and weather goes with you: offshore, into the mountains or onto a plane. Instead of a grid of arrows or a table of numbers, tens of thousands of particles flow with the forecast wind, speed as colour, direction as motion. The gust front, the light-air hole and the wind bending around a headland are obvious at a glance. Built for kitesurfers, windsurfers and wing foilers, sailors and boaters, surfers, paraglider pilots and anglers. Anyone who plans the day around the wind and the water. What makes it different A forecast that works offline. Most weather apps go blank without a connection. With WindTrac Pro, pick an area and the layers you need, and every forecast hour comes with you, along with the timeline, the animation and the map itself. Keep several areas saved. Eight forecast models in one app. Switch between NOAA GFS, the NOAA GEFS ensemble mean, DWD ICON and the high-resolution ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS HRES and the ECMWF AIFS AI model, plus two wave models. When the models disagree, you see it straight away. Numbers where they matter. The strongest gusts, the calmest patches, the biggest waves and the warmest and coldest spots are labelled on the map automatically. Read the wind Tap anywhere for the exact speed in knots, km/h, mph or m/s, or switch to gusts to see what you will really be reefing, depowering or scrubbing a launch for. The altitude slider runs from 10 m up through 850, 700, 500 and 250 hPa, from a paraglider launch to the jet stream. Read the sea Significant wave height and direction, animated so you can watch a swell roll towards your beach, plus peak and mean wave period to tell a short, choppy wind sea from a long-period groundswell before you load the car. Heights in metres or feet. Plan the session, the passage or the flight Drag the timeline to any time in the forecast, or press play and watch a weather system cross the map in seconds. Rain, snow, low cloud and temperature (°C or °F) are a tap away. Save favourite spots and show times in your zone, the spot's or UTC. Storm Watch In the US and Canada, official watches and warnings from the National Weather Service and Environment Canada are drawn on the map. Tap one for the full text. Follow hurricanes with the National Hurricane Center's forecast cone, track and 34-knot wind field, which moves with the timeline so you can see when tropical-storm-force wind could arrive. All of it can be switched off. Free and Pro The live map, every layer and model, labels, playback, Storm Watch, five saved spots and the next 24 hours of forecast are free, with no ads and no account. WindTrac Pro is an optional subscription that adds offline maps, the full multi-day forecast and unlimited saved spots. Privacy Policy: https://windtrac.app/privacy WindTrac is a planning aid, not a substitute for official forecasts and warnings. It is an independent app, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by NOAA, the US National Weather Service, the National Hurricane Center, Environment Canada, ECMWF, DWD, or any other agency whose public data it displays.

Screenshots

天气圈3 screens
WindTrac4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 天气圈 at none against WindTrac's 2. 天气圈 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WindTrac sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. 天气圈 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

天气圈 ships an update every 3 weeks, WindTrac monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
天气圈 versus WindTrac: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter天气圈WindTrac
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer健 陈Rivolu LLC

In-app purchases

None

天气圈

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

WindTrac

Subscriptions2
  • WindTrac Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • WindTrac Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is 天气圈 free?
天气圈 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WindTrac free?
WindTrac is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 天气圈 or WindTrac have ads?
Neither 天气圈 nor WindTrac shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 天气圈 or WindTrac?
天气圈 ships an update every 3 weeks, and WindTrac monthly. Most recently, 天气圈 was updated on October 4, 2026 and WindTrac on October 25, 2026.

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