Vindsiden Wind Graph vs Windcast
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.
Windcast
This app offers highly accurate 24-hour wind forecasts and current wind direction for your location. Its map view helps you find optimal sailing conditions by displaying wind patterns in your area. Designed by sailors for sailors, it's exclusively available on iOS.
- 24-hour wind forecasts
- Current wind direction
- Map view of wind conditions
- Sailing condition finder
- Designed by sailors
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Windcast is the world's most accurate and easiest to use wind forecasting app, and it is available exclusively on iOS. Windcast provides you 24-hour wind forecasts for your current location, and provides you current wind direction pointing to the direction the wind is coming from. Map view shows you current wind conditions at your current location as well as current wind conditions in your area, enabling you to find the best sailing conditions in your area. Windcast is designed and built in Seattle, Washington by sailors, for sailors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Vindsiden Wind Graph at 3 against Windcast's —. Windcast's advantage is iOS requirement (8.2 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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 Windcast. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Vindsiden Wind Graph | Windcast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 8.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ragnar Henriksen | David Mozealous |
Customer experience
Vindsiden Wind Graph
Windcast
In-app purchases
Vindsiden Wind Graph
No in-app purchases
Windcast
No in-app purchases
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