DryCommute vs NightFrost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DryCommute
Plan your commute with real-time weather forecasts. Get instant updates for your travel times and use home screen widgets to check conditions at a glance. Never get caught in the rain again.
- Real-time weather updates
- Commute planning
- Customizable commute times
- Instant weather forecasts
- Home screen widgets
- Stay dry during travel
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Stay dry and plan your daily commute with ease using DryCommute! The app provides real-time weather updates for your next commute to and from work, helping you decide the best time to travel. Set your preferred commute times and get instant weather forecasts. With the Home Screen widgets, you can check the weather at a glance and adjust your plans accordingly. Never get caught in the rain again!
NightFrost
This app provides precise local frost forecasts to protect your plants and crops. It calculates the probability of night and ground frost, showing dew point and minimum temperatures at different heights. It uses advanced formulas and local conditions for high accuracy.
- Local frost probability calculation
- Dew point and minimum temperature display
- Ground and 2m height temperature
- High accuracy (>90%) frost prediction
- Considers wind speed, cloud cover, topography
- Protects sensitive plants and crops
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*** One-time purchase – no ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases forever *** Protect your fields, fruit trees, and gardens with precise frost forecasts – tailored exactly to your location. The Night Frost App calculates the probability of night and ground frost and shows you the dew point, the minimum temperature at 2 m height, and at ground level. Whether ground frost will form at night can be determined for your location using the proven Magnus formula already in the late afternoon (70–80% accuracy) and 30 minutes after sunset (90% accuracy). Physical background: After sunset, the earth loses heat toward the sky – especially strongly when there are no clouds. As a result, the near-ground air also cools. The cooling stops as soon as the air becomes cold enough for the contained water vapor to condense into dew or fog. This releases heat, which slows down the cooling and can prevent ground frost. How much the temperature drops at night therefore depends on the so-called dew point. If the dew point is at 0 °C or below in the evening, ground frost is to be expected during the night. The lower the dew point, the higher the risk. The more parameters are taken into account, the more accurate the forecast. This app extends the proven, scientifically based Magnus dew point formula, which only considers temperature and humidity, with additional parameters and thus achieves a particularly high accuracy of well over 90%. Additional parameters are: • Wind speed • Cloud cover • Topography (e.g., depressions, hills) • Soil moisture • Location (city, settlement, countryside) • Unobstructed view of the sky • Snow cover Why this app is more accurate than a standard weather forecast: Standard weather forecasts are regional and cannot capture every cold air accumulation, valley basin, or other local condition. They therefore only provide regional probabilities, which often do not apply locally. The Night Frost App, however, uses your own on-site measurements (temperature and humidity) in combination with the decisive local conditions and thus delivers a highly precise frost warning exactly for your field or garden. Your benefits: • Reliably plan frost protection measures • Protect sensitive plants and crops • Minimize yield and quality losses With Night Frost, farmers, winegrowers, gardeners, and beekeepers are always one step ahead of the cold. Night Frost – your personal early warning system against night and ground frost.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DryCommute at Free against NightFrost's $2.99. DryCommute also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). NightFrost's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On ratings volume, 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
DryCommute is free to download; NightFrost costs $2.99 up front. DryCommute sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. NightFrost asks for nothing beyond the download.
DryCommute holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
DryCommute ships an update every 6 weeks, NightFrost weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DryCommute | NightFrost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tobias Totzek | Heiko Matthias Maetsch |
Customer experience
DryCommute
NightFrost
In-app purchases
DryCommute
- Cup of Coffee$1.99
- Piece of Cake$3.49
- Pizza$7.99
NightFrost
No in-app purchases









