Comparison

AzureSkys vs Vanecast

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

Head to head
About

AzureSkys

Features
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The weather app that lets you explore world weather!

About

Vanecast

This weather app prioritizes your privacy by never requesting your location. Simply enter a city name or ZIP code to get detailed forecasts. It offers current conditions, hourly and daily predictions, and moon phases without any tracking or ads.

Highlights
  • No location services required
  • Manual city/ZIP code input
  • Current conditions and feels like
  • Hourly and 9-day forecasts
  • UV index and moon phase
  • Saved cities with default option
  • Weather icon and color key
Features
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Vanecast is a weather app that never asks for your location. Most weather apps open with a Location Services prompt. Vanecast opens with a text field. You type a ZIP code or a city name, and that is the only location detail the app ever uses. It does not link CoreLocation at all, so there is no prompt to decline and nothing to turn off later. Everything comes from Open-Meteo, a free and open weather service. No account, no sign-in, no tracking, no ads. WHAT YOU SEE - The current temperature and condition, with feels like - Humidity, wind speed, and wind direction - The UV index with its exposure band, from Low through Extreme - Sunrise and sunset for the city you are viewing, in that city's own time zone - An hourly forecast for the next 24 hours - A nine day forecast with the high, the low, and the chance of rain - The moon phase, named and shown at all times - A weather key that explains every forecast icon and colour - Fahrenheit or Celsius, switched from the toolbar SAVED CITIES Keep up to five places and tap between them. Star one as your default and Vanecast opens on it every time. Pull down to refresh whenever you want a fresh reading. PRIVACY Vanecast stores your saved cities and your degree preference on your device. It collects nothing, tracks nothing, and sends nothing anywhere except the weather request itself. Vanecast is also available for Mac.

Screenshots

AzureSkys4 screens
Vanecast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AzureSkys at daily against Vanecast's every 2 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AzureSkys ships an update daily, Vanecast every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
AzureSkys versus Vanecast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAzureSkysVanecast
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuguru TokudaSide Channel Studios

In-app purchases

None

AzureSkys

No in-app purchases

None

Vanecast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AzureSkys free?
AzureSkys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vanecast free?
Vanecast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AzureSkys or Vanecast have ads?
Neither AzureSkys nor Vanecast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AzureSkys or Vanecast?
AzureSkys ships an update daily, and Vanecast every 2 days. Most recently, AzureSkys was updated on November 4, 2026 and Vanecast on October 31, 2026.

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