Comparison

weathermate+ vs 7 Stripes

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

Head to head
About

weathermate+

Get detailed weather information for your current location or any searched area. View current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, active alerts, and live radar with forecast maps.

Highlights
  • Current observations
  • Hourly forecasts
  • Active alerts
  • Daily forecasts
  • Location search
  • Live radar
  • Forecast maps
Features
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Weathermate+ has a goal to make getting your weather easily. Backed by the multiple stations of collected weather data, weathermate+ uses your current location to provide: * Current Observations * Hourly Forecasts * Active Alerts * Daily Forecasts * Search locations and get current weather and daily forecasts * Live radar * 1 - 3 day forecast maps and more!

About

7 Stripes

Visualize a full week of weather on a single screen. Quickly scan temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover for the next 168 hours. Tap any point for detailed hourly information and in-depth weather cards.

Highlights
  • 168-hour visual forecast on one screen
  • Quick scanning of temperature, clouds, and precipitation
  • Tap or drag to inspect any hour
  • Detailed hourly weather cards
  • Current conditions and future forecast exploration
  • Clean, week-focused interface
Features
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7 Stripes shows 168 hours of detailed weather on one screen. Designed for fast planning, 7 Stripes turns the next week of weather into a single visual forecast you can scan at a glance. See temperature, cloud cover, precipitation chance, precipitation type, and precipitation intensity together—without digging through a long hourly list. Touch anywhere on the 7-day forecast to inspect a specific hour. The header instantly updates with the exact temperature, wind direction, wind speed, and time for the point you selected. Need more detail? While viewing any hour, tap the day/time button to open an in-depth weather card with conditions, feels-like temperature, precipitation amount, precipitation intensity, astronomy details, and more. Features: • 168 hours of weather data on one screen • A visual 7-day forecast built for quick scanning • Temperature, clouds, precipitation chance, type, and intensity in one view • Tap or drag across the forecast to inspect any hour • Instant header updates with exact temperature and wind details • Detailed hourly cards for deeper weather information • Current conditions plus future forecast exploration • A clean, unique interface designed around the full week—not just the current hour Whether you’re planning a trip, deciding when to go outside, or watching the next storm move through, 7 Stripes helps you understand the whole forecast faster.

Screenshots

weathermate+4 screens
7 Stripes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 7 Stripes at Free against weathermate+'s $0.99. 7 Stripes also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). weathermate+'s advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

7 Stripes is free to download; weathermate+ costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for weathermate+ against 5.0 for 7 Stripes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: weathermate+ has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

weathermate+ ships an update every 2 weeks, 7 Stripes daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
weathermate+ versus 7 Stripes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterweathermate+7 Stripes
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdward BrigglerSasan Sadat-Sharifi

Customer experience

weathermate+

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

7 Stripes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

weathermate+

No in-app purchases

None

7 Stripes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is weathermate+ free?
weathermate+ costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 7 Stripes free?
7 Stripes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, weathermate+ or 7 Stripes?
weathermate+ and 7 Stripes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do weathermate+ or 7 Stripes have ads?
Neither weathermate+ nor 7 Stripes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, weathermate+ or 7 Stripes?
weathermate+ ships an update every 2 weeks, and 7 Stripes daily. Most recently, weathermate+ was updated on November 4, 2026 and 7 Stripes on November 13, 2026.

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