Comparison

TrueWind vs Storm Window

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

Head to head
About

TrueWind

This app provides detailed marine weather forecasts, including wind, tide, current, and wave data. It's designed for sailors and watersport enthusiasts to aid in planning, decision-making, and performance on the water.

Highlights
  • Wind direction, speed, and gusts
  • Wind shifts over time
  • Tide station data
  • Current station data
  • Wave details
  • Regatta planning tools
Features
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TrueWind is a sailing and nautical weather app built for sailors, skippers, regatta racers, and watersport enthusiasts. Wind, current, tide, waves, weather, and NWS marine alerts, all in one clean app. NEW: RACE REMINDERS Add your weekly race once and TrueWind keeps it ready. See wind, current, and tide for your exact race window on one screen, watch how the wind builds or fades from start to finish, and get notified when conditions change significantly. A Home Screen widget counts down to your next race with the latest conditions. WITH TRUEWIND YOU CAN VIEW - Wind direction, speed, and gusts - Wind shifts over time - Tide station data, including high and low times and spring tides - Current station data, including flood and ebb, for better timing - Wave details, including height and wavelength - NWS marine alerts, including storm, gale, and other marine warnings - Race conditions for your exact start and finish times - Home Screen widget for your next race BUILT FOR REAL SAILING DECISIONS From Nantucket sailing days to Tuesday night club racing, weekend regattas, and everyday boating, TrueWind brings the marine conditions that matter into one fast, easy-to-read view, without the clutter of a general weather app. Plan with confidence. Sail with better timing.

About

Storm Window

This app provides clear outdoor risk guidance based on hourly weather data, highlighting safe times for outdoor activities. It accounts for lightning, heat, wind, air quality, and rain, offering tailored advice for various pursuits.

Highlights
  • Clear outdoor risk guidance
  • 48-hour hourly risk timeline
  • Lightning-aware storm risk
  • Heat, air quality, wind, UV, rain, snow context
  • National Weather Service alert awareness
  • Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch support
Features
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Storm Window helps you find safer outdoor windows when weather risk is changing. Instead of giving you another raw forecast, Storm Window turns hourly weather data into a clear outdoor risk timeline, highlighting when conditions look clear, marginal, stormy, or severe. Built for runners, cyclists, walkers, golfers, beach days, trail time, work crews, and anyone who plans around lightning, heat, wind, air quality, and rain. Core features: • Clear "go / wait" style outdoor risk guidance • 48-hour hourly risk strip, shown as bars or dots • Lightning-aware storm risk • Heat, air quality, wind, UV, rain, and snow context • National Weather Service alert awareness • Current-location planning, plus one saved place • Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch support • Built-in explanations of what's driving each hour's risk Storm Window Pro adds: • Multiple saved locations • Activity-specific risk profiles (runner, cyclist, golfer, and more) • Custom activity profiles • Personal heat and AQI sensitivity tuning • Full hourly detail on tap • Driest-stretch highlight within your safe window • Per-location widgets and complications Storm Window Pro+ adds: • Trips: pin an upcoming event and get its own safe-window forecast and alerts • "Should I Go?" activity-aware guidance • Forecast change reviews and 48-hour forecast summaries • Apple Intelligence-powered risk explanations on supported devices — all features work without it Storm Window uses deterministic risk rules for its core safety assessment. Pro+ guidance does not replace the underlying risk rating. Storm Window is forecast guidance, not a guarantee of safe conditions. Weather can change quickly. When thunder roars, go indoors. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TrueWind4 screens
Storm Window4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrueWind at none against Storm Window's 4. TrueWind also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Storm Window's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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. Storm Window sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TrueWind asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Storm Window holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrueWind has 10 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

TrueWind ships an update every 3 weeks, Storm Window every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TrueWind versus Storm Window: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrueWindStorm Window
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoujan FakhriDaniel Schumacher

Customer experience

TrueWind

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Storm Window

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

In-app purchases

None

TrueWind

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Storm Window

Subscriptions4
  • Storm Window Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro+ Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Storm Window Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Pro+ Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is TrueWind free?
TrueWind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Storm Window free?
Storm Window is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TrueWind or Storm Window?
Storm Window is rated higher. TrueWind averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Storm Window averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TrueWind or Storm Window have ads?
Neither TrueWind nor Storm Window shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TrueWind or Storm Window?
TrueWind ships an update every 3 weeks, and Storm Window every 5 days. Most recently, TrueWind was updated on October 10, 2026 and Storm Window on October 10, 2026.

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