Comparison

DryCommute vs Mistral Weather

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather updates
  • Commute planning
  • Customizable commute times
  • Instant weather forecasts
  • Home screen widgets
  • Stay dry during travel
Features
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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!

About

Mistral Weather

Get detailed current weather, hour-by-hour, and 7-day forecasts with animated radar maps. Explore historical weather data for any date and save multiple locations. An optional AI feature provides natural language summaries of the forecast.

Highlights
  • Current conditions and 7-day forecast
  • Animated precipitation radar map
  • Sun and moon times
  • Historical weather data ('On This Day')
  • Save multiple locations
  • Home Screen widgets
  • AI-powered forecast summaries
Features
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Mistral Weather is a modern weather app for iPhone and iPad. Open it and see current conditions, hour-by-hour and 7-day forecast, sun and moon times, humidity, UV, wind, and pressure at a glance. A layered weather map shows animated precipitation radar, temperature, and wind. "On This Day" surfaces historical weather for today's date from the last 40+ years — a fun way to see how today stacks up. All forecast data comes from Open-Meteo, and no account or sign-in is required. Launch the app and grant location access to get a localized forecast, or skip it and use the search to add any place on Earth. Save multiple locations and switch between them with a tap. Pick your favorite layer on the map — temperature, radar, or wind — and watch weather systems move in real time. Home Screen widgets show the current forecast in small, medium, and large sizes, plus an "On This Day" widget in small and medium. Background refresh keeps widget data current without draining battery. Customize units (°F / °C, mph / km/h), adjust map defaults, and manage Remove Ads and Mistral Weather AI from Settings. Upgrade to Mistral Weather AI for a natural-language summary of today's forecast on the main Weather tab. One quick read covers what's happening right now, what's coming in the next few hours, and what to wear or plan for — refreshed each hour, powered by OpenAI behind our server. Subscribers also have banner ads removed automatically. The subscription is $6.99/month or $59.99/year, which renews until canceled in Settings. All forecasts, locations, and preferences are stored on your device. Coordinates are sent to Open-Meteo only when fetching weather; nothing else is transmitted. The app is free with a single banner ad at the bottom of the main surfaces — purchase Remove Ads for a one-time fee to remove it permanently, or let a Mistral Weather AI subscription remove ads automatically while it's active. Mistral Weather uses Google AdMob and asks for App Tracking Transparency so ads can be personalized; declining is fully supported. Mistral Weather is an independent project and is not affiliated with Open-Meteo, Apple, or Google. Privacy Policy: https://mistralweather.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DryCommute4 screens
Mistral Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DryCommute at none against Mistral Weather's shown. DryCommute also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Mistral Weather's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DryCommute sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Mistral Weather sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DryCommute against 5.0 for Mistral Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DryCommute ships an update every 6 weeks, Mistral Weather fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DryCommute versus Mistral Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDryCommuteMistral Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTobias TotzekClarved Inc.

Customer experience

DryCommute

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mistral Weather

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DryCommute

One-time3
  • Cup of Coffee$1.99
  • Piece of Cake$3.49
  • Pizza$7.99
3 purchases

Mistral Weather

Subscriptions2
  • Mistral Weather AI (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • Mistral Weather AI (Yearly)$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is DryCommute free?
DryCommute is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mistral Weather free?
Mistral Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DryCommute or Mistral Weather?
DryCommute and Mistral Weather are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do DryCommute or Mistral Weather have ads?
Mistral Weather shows ads; DryCommute does not.
Which is updated more often, DryCommute or Mistral Weather?
DryCommute ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mistral Weather fortnightly. Most recently, DryCommute was updated on October 30, 2026 and Mistral Weather on October 31, 2026.

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