Comparison

Dank Weather vs PWSView

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

Head to head
About

Dank Weather

Access real-time weather readings from personal weather stations, airports, and flood gauges. View detailed historical data, forecasts, and live radar. Customize your home screen and Apple Watch with live updates.

Highlights
  • Live sensor readings
  • Detailed historical data
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Airport METARs
  • Flood gauge data
  • 16-day GFS forecast
Features
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Dank Weather shows the weather where it is being measured: personal weather stations, airport METARs and flood gauges on the DankWeather network, updating live as each reading arrives. Every number is a real reading from a real sensor, stamped with how long ago it landed. The forecast has a page of its own and never stands in for a reading. Pick a station and it is on your home screen in seconds: the temperature, what it feels like, today's high and low, the last 24 hours, and the next two hours from live radar. Swipe between favorites. THREE WAYS TO LOOK AT IT • Cards: hero temperature, a labeled 24-hour chart, and a card for each thing the station measures. • Ledger: an instrument panel, one row per reading with a 24-hour trace. • Dial: one big instrument with a compass ring, wind pointer, rain and air quality arcs, and the temperature in the middle. GO DEEPER ON ANY READING Tap a card for its page: Temperature, Humidity, Wind, Rain, Air Quality, Barometer, UV Index and Solar. Each charts the last day, week, month or year; drag across it to read any point. Then the numbers that matter: the peak gust and when it blew, the prevailing wind, rain this event and this year, the 3-hour pressure trend. Share any page as a text summary with a link to the station. AIRPORTS AND FLOOD GAUGES • Airports: the METAR as sent, with the flight category, visibility and ceiling. • Flood gauges: the stage and flood category up front, with top of bank, flood stage and how fast the water is rising or falling. A FORECAST AT THE STATION • The next two hours: ScoutWx Now+ carries the live radar forward to show when rain or snow starts or stops at each outdoor station in the lower 48, and how heavy, in 5-minute bars beside the station's own rain gauge. • The GFS at each outdoor station's own spot, out to 16 days: each day's high and low, rain and snow by type, wind and gusts, and sea-level pressure. • The station's own readings on the same charts, to see how the forecast is lining up. • Pick another model wherever it reaches: ECMWF and its AI model, NOAA's HRRR and RRFS, Germany's ICON, Canada's models or the National Blend of Models. • The next days on the home screen in every layout, a tap from the full forecast. STAYS WITH YOU • Live Activity: follow a station on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. It updates with every reading, not on a schedule. • Widgets: home screen widgets in three sizes and Lock Screen widgets for temperature, feels like, humidity, wind, air quality and UV, with an age label that keeps counting. On iOS 26 they update as new readings arrive. • Apple Watch: the station on your wrist, refreshed every minute while you look, and complications for sixteen readings, from feels like to UV and solar. • Stale alerts: a notification when a station you care about stops reporting. FIND STATIONS On first launch it can find the stations nearest you; after that, search by name, browse airports and flood gauges, or use Near me. The map shows every station in view with its temperature, rain, air quality or wind, updating in place. AIR QUALITY YOU CAN TRUST The AQI comes from the sensor's own PM2.5 on the EPA's 2024 breakpoints, the same table as the DankWeather website, so the numbers match. YOUR UNITS Fahrenheit or Celsius. mph, km/h or knots. Inches or millimeters. inHg, hPa or mbar. Whole degrees or tenths. Charts as bars or a line. BUILT FOR IPHONE DUO AND IPAD Open iPhone Duo and the app becomes two pages: the station on one, the stations list, the forecast or any reading on the other. On iPad, the cards stay phone-sized and centered. Sign in with your DankWeather account to sync favorites with the website and see the stations you own and the provisioning key for adding one. No account is needed to use the app.

About

PWSView

Access real-time weather data from your personal weather station on your iPhone and iPad. Monitor multiple stations, track daily extremes, and customize your display with flexible units and widgets.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather data
  • Multiple station support
  • Daily high/low tracking
  • Imperial and Metric units
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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PWSViewer brings your personal weather station data directly to your iPhone and iPad. Designed specifically for Ecowitt weather stations, this app provides real-time access to detailed weather information from your home or multiple locations. Key Features: • Real-time Weather Data - View current conditions including temperature, humidity, wind speed/gust/direction, rainfall, UV, dew point, and barometric pressure • Multiple Station Support - Monitor up to two weather stations from one convenient app • Daily High/Low Tracking - Keep track of temperature extremes for the day • Flexible Unit System - Switch between Imperial (°F, in, mph) and Metric (°C, mm, km/h) units • Companion Widgets - Access key weather information right from your home screen • Lock Screen Widgets - Access key weather information right from your lock screen • iCloud Sync - Sync across multiple devices • Customizable Display - Toggle condition emojis and choose between traditional or piezoelectric rain gauges • Apple Watch Support How It Works: 1. Add your weather station MAC address, Application and API credentials in settings 2. Configure display preferences and units 3. View detailed real-time weather data on your device 4. Access key information through the companion widget Note: Requires an Ecowitt personal weather station with internet connectivity, valid API key and Application key. API and Application keys can be obtained through your Ecowitt.net account under your profile. Download now to take full control of your personal weather data!

Screenshots

Dank Weather4 screens
PWSView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dank Weather at Free against PWSView's $0.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Dank Weather is free to download; PWSView costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dank Weather ships an update monthly, PWSView every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dank Weather versus PWSView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDank WeatherPWSView
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrake AppsCurtis Netterville

Customer experience

Dank Weather

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

PWSView

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dank Weather

No in-app purchases

None

PWSView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dank Weather free?
Dank Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PWSView free?
PWSView costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dank Weather or PWSView have ads?
Neither Dank Weather nor PWSView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dank Weather or PWSView?
Dank Weather ships an update monthly, and PWSView every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dank Weather was updated on November 12, 2026 and PWSView on November 14, 2026.

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