Comparison

WeatherByte vs Weatherkind

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

Head to head
About

WeatherByte

Features
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This app allows users to add or delete multiple cities and offers weather forecasts for both the next few hours and the next couple of days. With its intuitive interface and a convenient menu for switching between different cities, WeatherBit simplifies the process of checking the weather.

About

Weatherkind

This app provides highly accurate weather forecasts by analyzing real-time satellite, radar, and ground station data. It customizes predictions based on local terrain and historical weather patterns, offering minute-by-minute precipitation tracking and detailed long-range outlooks.

Highlights
  • Terrain-aware forecast regions
  • Minute-by-minute precipitation tracking
  • Forecast performance scoring
  • 50 years of local weather history
  • Altitude-specific mountain forecasts
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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ENGINEERED TO BE MORE ACCURATE Weatherkind builds a forecast for the place you are actually standing, not the grid square you happen to fall in. It fuses satellite, radar, and thousands of ground stations in real time, shapes its forecast regions around the actual terrain, and follows approaching rain minute by minute. Then it goes back and checks its own work. Every forecast is scored against real weather stations. Where it missed, Weatherkind feeds that error back into what comes next, microclimate by microclimate. A FORECAST SHOULD PROVE ITSELF Most weather apps hand you a number and hope you never check it. Weatherkind publishes its record whether it flatters us or not: typical temperature error, how often predicted rain actually showed up, and how reliability holds from the next hour to day 14. So when Weatherkind says rain at 3pm, you can see exactly how calls like that have performed where you live. THE WORLD IS NOT A GRID Most forecasts treat roughly 65 square miles as one place. A single cell in a global weather model can hold a beach town, a river valley, three ski areas, and a summit four thousand feet higher. Everyone inside it gets the same number. Weatherkind draws a different map. Instead of snapping your location to a grid square, it builds terrain-aware forecast regions that follow the ridgelines, valleys, and coastlines around your exact location, then forecasts each one on its own terms. Fog stays on the coast. Inland heat stays inland. The summit gets the summit's weather. In the mountains, pick your altitude: Valley, Mid-mountain, or Peak, and the whole day changes with it. See where rain turns to snow, where calm air turns to ridgeline wind, and what is actually waiting above tree line. PRECIPITATION, TO THE MINUTE, UP TO 2 HOURS IN ADVANCE Know when the rain starts, how hard it falls, and when it clears, up to two hours out. Automatic alerts arrive before the first drops, and a Live Activity counts down on your Lock Screen, so the warning finds you instead of waiting to be found. Weatherkind is specifically fine-tuned to predict weather events even in the most demanding terrain. So even if you are hiking in a mountain valley, Weatherkind can help. Follow storms, lightning, hail, snow, wildfire smoke, and air quality on animated maps detailed enough to watch a cell slide one valley over and miss you entirely. BUILT FOR THE HOURS THAT MATTER Hourly charts that make the dry windows obvious. A detailed 14-day outlook for the long game. Stargazing planned around cloud cover, moonlight, and dark-sky timing. Compare the trip out against the trip home before you commit to either. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, and Apple Watch complications keep the forecast one glance away. FIFTY YEARS OF CONTEXT Is this really the wettest spring in memory, or does it just feel that way? Explore up to 50 years of local weather history, follow rain and snow surpluses and deficits, compare this year against the long-term record, and find the moments your weather went completely off script. Weatherkind is made in the unpredictable mountains of Colorado, by people who check the summit forecast before breakfast and hold it accountable after dinner. Free. No ads. Your location is used only for your forecast, never sold. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

WeatherByte3 screens
Weatherkind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WeatherByte at none against Weatherkind's 2. WeatherByte also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Weatherkind sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. WeatherByte asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WeatherByte versus Weatherkind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeatherByteWeatherkind
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicholas HuberElectric Pass Labs, LLC

In-app purchases

None

WeatherByte

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Weatherkind

Subscriptions2
  • Weatherkind Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Weatherkind Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is WeatherByte free?
WeatherByte is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Weatherkind free?
Weatherkind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WeatherByte or Weatherkind have ads?
Neither WeatherByte nor Weatherkind shows ads.

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