Comparison

Vindsiden Wind Graph vs Metar USA

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

Head to head
About

Vindsiden Wind Graph

Visualize wind speed, direction, and temperature with a 5-hour graph. Access detailed station information, view live webcams, and customize your display. Includes a Today extension for quick wind updates.

Highlights
  • 5-hour wind graph visualization
  • Detailed wind station information
  • Webcam views for stations
  • Customizable station display
  • Today extension for quick updates
Features
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Displays weather stations from vindsiden.no. It shows information about wind speed, wind direction and temperature. It also got a nice graph to visualize how the wind has evolved the last 5 hours. Features: • Graph view with statistics for the last 5 hours. • Long press graph to get detailed information. • Basic wind information. • Web camera view for wind stations with camera. • Wind station details. • Sort, show/hide stations by choice. • Change wind unit by choice. • Today extension to get a fast glimpse of the wind situation All content is fetched from vindsiden.no.

About

Metar USA

Access continuously updated METAR weather reports for all USA stations, sourced from official government data. Includes a comprehensive database of USA airfields, airports, and their geographical information.

Highlights
  • USA METAR weather reports
  • Continuous updates
  • Official government data
  • USA airfield database
  • Airport geographical data
  • Geo-coordinates
Features
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Metar USA brings you the METAR observations of more than two thousand reporting stations across the United States, read straight from the official Aviation Weather Center (NOAA) source. The app opens on the full station list with the raw report, the observation time in UTC and the ICAO identifier coloured by flight category: green VFR, blue MVFR, red IFR, purple LIFR. One glance tells you where you can fly. Tap a station and the report is decoded item by item: temperature and dewpoint, wind direction and speed with gusts, visibility, altimeter setting in inches of mercury and hectopascals, field elevation and cloud layers in METAR notation. • Every US reporting station, refreshed on launch and on pull to refresh • Search by ICAO identifier • Map of all stations — tap a pin to read the report • Home Screen widget for the station you choose, in three sizes • Apple Watch app: your station plus the ten closest to you, ranked by distance • The observation time is highlighted when the report is no longer current • No account, no advertising, no data collected Data comes from the Aviation Weather Center (NOAA), exactly as published at the source. Metar USA is a quick reference tool: always rely on official sources and the required aeronautical documentation for flight planning.

Screenshots

Vindsiden Wind Graph2 screens
Metar USA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vindsiden Wind Graph at every 2 months against Metar USA's every 15 months. Metar USA's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Vindsiden Wind Graph ships an update every 2 months, Metar USA every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vindsiden Wind Graph versus Metar USA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVindsiden Wind GraphMetar USA
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRagnar HenriksenEmanuele Chiavelli

Customer experience

Vindsiden Wind Graph

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Metar USA

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Vindsiden Wind Graph

No in-app purchases

None

Metar USA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vindsiden Wind Graph free?
Vindsiden Wind Graph is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metar USA free?
Metar USA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vindsiden Wind Graph or Metar USA have ads?
Neither Vindsiden Wind Graph nor Metar USA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vindsiden Wind Graph or Metar USA?
Vindsiden Wind Graph ships an update every 2 months, and Metar USA every 15 months. Most recently, Vindsiden Wind Graph was updated on October 23, 2026 and Metar USA on October 7, 2026.

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