Weatherlane vs Tempera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weatherlane
Visualize your day's weather on a single timeline. See temperature, conditions, and how it feels hour-by-hour. Access detailed forecasts, including wind, humidity, and UV index, with a simple tap or swipe.
- Hourly weather timeline
- Detailed hour-by-hour forecast data
- 7-day forecast
- Live home-screen widget
- On-device AI weather summaries
- Unlimited saved cities (Pro)
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Weatherlane reads your day like a timeline. Every hour from now until midnight stacks into a single vertical lane. Each row shows temperature, condition, and feel, so you can see the shape of your day at a glance. Tap any hour for the details: feels-like, wind, humidity, UV index, precipitation chance, sunrise, and sunset. Swipe up to flip from now to tomorrow, then to the 7-day forecast. Swipe down to come back. Powered by Apple Weather. Pro • Unlimited saved cities • A live home-screen widget that refreshes itself in the background • On-device AI weather summaries (iOS 26 + Apple Intelligence) • 7-day free trial Free • Your current location plus two saved cities • Hourly + 7-day forecasts • Static home-screen widget Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tempera
Experience weather as a visual ritual with 441 global cities rendered as miniature 3D scenes. See local time, weather conditions, and day/night cycles dynamically change. Offers hourly and multi-day forecasts, home screen widgets, and fast city switching for a personal weather experience.
- 441 global city scenes
- Dynamic weather overlay
- Day and night artwork
- Home screen widgets
- Hourly and multi-day forecasts
- Fast city switching
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Tempera turns weather into a calm, visual ritual. Explore 441 global cities as miniature 3D scenes that shift with local time, weather, and day or night. Open the app to see the city you care about, then swipe through the rest of your saved places. Why people use Tempera: - 441 city scenes with dedicated day and night artwork - Weather layered directly onto each city scene - Small, medium, and large Home Screen widgets - Local time, current conditions, feels-like temperature, humidity, sunrise, and sunset - Hourly detail and multi-day forecast - Fast city switching and shareable weather snapshots - English, Español, Deutsch, Français, 简体中文, 日本語, and 한국어 Tempera is built for people who watch the weather with emotion, not just utility. Keep a calm set of cities, follow places you love, and see each one change through the day. Perfect for travelers, remote teams, families across time zones, and anyone who wants weather that feels personal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Tempera at free against Weatherlane's freemium. Tempera also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Weatherlane's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#193 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tempera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.
Weatherlane ships an update every 5 days, Tempera every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weatherlane | Tempera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #193 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Student Driver, LLC | Xinyu Hong |
Customer experience
Weatherlane
Tempera
In-app purchases
Weatherlane
No in-app purchases
Tempera
No in-app purchases
