Vindsiden Wind Graph vs WX View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 5-hour wind graph visualization
- Detailed wind station information
- Webcam views for stations
- Customizable station display
- Today extension for quick updates
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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.
WX View
Access current weather conditions and forecasts for local areas, ideal for pilots. It provides color-coded weather categories, tracks flight compliance with regulations, and allows airport customization. Share weather information with friends and view it on Apple Watch.
- Current weather conditions (METAR)
- Forecasts (TAF)
- Color-coded weather categories
- Flight compliance tracking
- Customizable weather information
- Favorite airport marking
- Weather info sharing
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You are going for a local fight, or just to a neighboring airport, or a training flight -- do you really need to check the weather? FAR 91.103 says "Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight." That is where WX View fits in. • Lets you quickly check the current weather conditions (METAR) and forecasts (TAF) for the local area based on your current location. • Gives you standard weather category (VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR) colors, that make the information easy to comprehend. • Tracks the weather info that you have received to show the you have complied with FAR 91.103. • Allows you to customize the weather information shown to your needs. • Mark your favorite airports so they show up at the top of the list for easy viewing. • And lastly, share current weather info to your pilot friends! WX View runs on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Includes complications to add to your Apple Watch face to check the weather at your nearest airport at a glance. Time to fly!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WX View at fortnightly against Vindsiden Wind Graph's every 2 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Vindsiden Wind Graph against 5.0 for WX View. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Vindsiden Wind Graph ships an update every 2 months, WX View fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vindsiden Wind Graph | WX View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ragnar Henriksen | SCK Designs, Inc. |
Customer experience
Vindsiden Wind Graph
WX View
In-app purchases
Vindsiden Wind Graph
No in-app purchases
WX View
No in-app purchases
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