UseDryTrails vs Forecast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UseDryTrails
This app offers essential weather data for outdoor enthusiasts, including current conditions, temperature, sunrise/sunset times, and precipitation forecasts. It also provides soil moisture and temperature, with options for metric or standard units and saved locations.
- Current weather conditions
- Temperature highs and lows
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Precipitation forecasts
- Soil moisture and temperature
- Metric/Standard unit options
- Saved location functionality
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UseDryTrails is a simple weather application providing the most important weather information for trail users in one place. Current conditions, current temperature, today's low and high temperatures, today's sunrise and sunset times, precipitation totals for previous three days, today, and next two days, current soil moisture, and current soil temperature. Users can choose Metric or Standard units. Users can get conditions at their location as well as search for locations. Users can save locations with the search name or customize the name of the saved location. Defer to local trail conditions reported by trail stewards, organizations, and/or land managers. Weather data provided by Open-Meteo.
Forecast
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Forecast is a simple, easy to use way to view the local National Weather Service weather forecast for your current location and any others that you may add. It shows a full 14 day forecast at a glance and with one tap you can easily get more details for each forecast period. With a small monthly or yearly subscription it also shows hourly forecast and the Area Forecast Discussion. All data is taken from the National Weather Service api. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UseDryTrails at none against Forecast's 2. Forecast's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 15 months). On price, ads, 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. Forecast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. UseDryTrails asks for nothing beyond the download.
UseDryTrails ships an update every 15 months, Forecast every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UseDryTrails | Forecast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mike Whaley | Jason Koehn |
In-app purchases
UseDryTrails
No in-app purchases
Forecast
- Monthly3 Days trial$0.491 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
