NorCast Consulting vs WeatherWise.app
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NorCast Consulting
This app provides personalized weather consulting for municipal officials. It aids in storm preparedness and event planning during severe weather with live information, forecast briefings, and interactive radar.
- Personalized weather consulting
- Storm preparedness guidance
- Event planning during severe weather
- Latest forecast briefings
- Live weather information
- Interactive radar
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Personal weather consulting app for municipalities, helping officials make decisions on storm preparedness and decisions for events during severe weather. Featuring latest forecast briefings, live information, and interactive radar.
WeatherWise.app
Get hyper-accurate, full-resolution weather radar and official alerts directly from the source. Track storms with live data, forecast models, and storm chaser streams. Offers advanced features for severe weather preparedness and navigation.
- Full-resolution live radar
- Official severe weather alerts
- Advanced forecast models
- Live storm chaser streams
- Radar history and replay
- Apple CarPlay integration
- Customizable widgets
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Stay one step ahead of severe weather. WeatherWise delivers original, full-resolution radar straight from the source, with official alerts, forecast models and live storm chasers. Powering top YouTube weather channels, such as Ryan Hall. NEW: Take WeatherWise on the road using Apple CarPlay • Free: live radar and warning areas on your car's display • Plus: navigation that knows the weather (10 trips a month). See how many alerts are on each route before you set off, how far ahead each one is, and hear them called out as you approach • Pro: 30 trips a month, spoken hail size, wind gusts and tornado status, storm-path callouts with arrival times, and Tornado ID CORE FEATURES (ALWAYS FREE & AD-FREE) • Real-Time Radar, plus super-res storm-relative velocity and rotation in the US • Push Alerts: official warnings for your location in the US and Canada, with Critical Alerts for tornado, hurricane and tsunami warnings • Alerts & Outlooks: NWS, Environment Canada, 38 European countries and Israel, plus SPC, WPC and CPC outlooks • Radar History: replay US radar archives back to 1991 • Home-Screen Radar Widgets and the WeatherWise Home dashboard • Forecast Models: HRRR, GFS, ECMWF, ensembles, AI models and more, with soundings • Satellite: GOES, Himawari, Meteosat and VIIRS • Hurricane Tools: spaghetti models, NHC cones and recent Hurricane Hunter recon • Storm Tracks, Lightning (Americas), Local Storm Reports and a storm-track drawing tool with arrival times • Ground Truth: live streams from 40+ storm chasers, Hazcams, traffic cameras and the Spotter Network • Live Weather Stations, air quality and smoke, winter precipitation type and snowfall • 2,000 Custom Locations (free WeatherWise account required) WEATHERWISE PLUS • 3D Radar, 3D Satellite and Globe view • Split View: two maps side by side • Adjustable smoothing for radar, satellite, composites and models • Enhanced Lightning Data • Settings Sync across devices • Play up to 100 radar scans and 12 runs per model • Past warnings, discussions and storm tracks in Radar History • Premium widgets with US warnings • Y'all Mode: Ryan Hall's map and radar style, with Y'all Watches, Y'all-O-Meter, Y'all Tracks and Outlooks WEATHERWISE PRO (EVERYTHING IN PLUS, AND) • Tornado ID (Beta): AI-powered tornado detection on US radar • Radar Wind Particles: animated wind from US and Canadian radar • FastScan: ultra low-latency US radar scans • Triple/Quad View: 3 maps on iPhone, 4 on iPad • Expert Mode: pair radar, satellite or composite on one screen • Realtime radar and model cross sections • Reflectivity X, Max Reflectivity and Min CC (debris) on US radar • Flash a custom reflectivity range • Population and impact reports for alerts and discussions • Play up to 200 radar scans, 100 satellite frames and 24 runs per model • Historical satellite (to 2017) and model runs (HRRR to 2014) • Pro widgets with velocity, CC and lightning Radar coverage: USA, Canada, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, plus UK, Italy and Europe-wide composites. We believe staying safe should be accessible to all. Our core features are completely free and always free from ads. Subscription Details Payment will be charged to your account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription from "Manage Subscription" in the menu. Download WeatherWise today and safeguard your loved ones and property. Follow us @wxwiseapp for the latest updates. Fast & Reliable; Stay WeatherWise. See our EULA (Terms of Service): https://www.weatherwise.app/eula.html Find out how we collect and store your data in our Privacy Policy: https://www.weatherwise.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NorCast Consulting at none against WeatherWise.app's 6. NorCast Consulting also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). WeatherWise.app's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. WeatherWise.app sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. NorCast Consulting asks for nothing beyond the download.
NorCast Consulting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WeatherWise.app has 804 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NorCast Consulting ships an update every 12 months, WeatherWise.app every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NorCast Consulting | WeatherWise.app |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (804 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 76.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 804 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #21 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NorCast Media Group LLC | Interactive Weather Limited |
Customer experience
NorCast Consulting
WeatherWise.app
Bugs and requests
NorCast Consulting
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
WeatherWise.app
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Satellite loop/animation option
- More base map customization options
- Blinking/on-screen alerts for warnings
- One-time lifetime purchase option
In-app purchases
NorCast Consulting
No in-app purchases
WeatherWise.app
- Plus Weekly$1.997 Days
- Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
- Plus Monthly$6.991 Month
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- Pro Monthly$15.991 Month
- Plus Yearly$69.991 Year
- Pro Yearly$159.991 Year
Questions
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