Comparison

NextWeather vs Windly

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

Head to head
About

NextWeather

Get detailed, real-time weather forecasts for any city globally. Enjoy animated backgrounds, hourly, daily, and weekly predictions, and a sleek interface with dark mode. Track multiple locations and get quick glances via widgets.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather conditions
  • Multi-location tracking
  • Animated weather backgrounds
  • Hourly, daily, and weekly forecasts
  • Dark Mode support
  • Today Widget integration
Features
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NextWeather is an easy-to-use, elegant app that shows detailed weather forecast and real time weather conditions for all cities around the world. FEATURES • Supports geo-positioning, retrieving the latest weather conditions for your current location • Track the weather conditions in multiple locations at once • Gorgeously animated weather backgrounds - see how the weather comes alive • Detailed Hourly, Daily and Weekly forecasts • Dark Mode - hide all backgrounds and experience pure information in a magnificent low-disturbance way • Intuitive, seamless interface • Haptic Feedback to Feel the Weather • Make use of iPad Multitasking - view your weather forecast anytime without switching between apps • Today Widget - get a glance of the forecast, without unlocking your device • Download on Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV Get in touch with us and follow the latest news regarding our apps: http://www.facebook.com/macropinch http://twitter.com/macropinch

About

Windly

This app provides detailed current weather conditions and forecasts across the entire Apple ecosystem. It offers photorealistic backgrounds, hourly and 10-day predictions, and customizable widgets. Saved locations sync across devices for easy access.

Highlights
  • Photorealistic weather backgrounds
  • 24-hour hourly forecast
  • 10-day temperature trend
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Unlimited favorite locations
  • Offline weather caching
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Windly is a weather app that’s a pleasure to open. A big temperature, a line about your day and a sky that moves on the screen: rain, snow, storms, fog, twilight, stars and the Moon. For iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. No account, no ads, no data collection. HOME SCREEN • A huge temperature and the conditions at a glance • A greeting, a slogan and a description that fit the weather, the time of day and the season • Animated background: rain, snow, hail, lightning, wind, fog, clouds, the Sun by time of day • At night, stars and the Moon with its real phase • A ribbon below: hours, 10 days and the current numbers 10-DAY FORECAST • The next 24 hours with a chart of temperature, precipitation and wind • A list of days: icon, chance of rain, a min–max bar • Tap a day for its hourly forecast, sun arc, daylight, wind, precipitation, pressure, visibility, humidity and UV index • Moon phase, moonrise and moonset, date of the full moon • Weather alerts CITIES • Your current location and any number of favorite cities • City search and quick switching • Favorites sync through iCloud WIDGETS • Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets • Lock Screen widgets: inline, circular, rectangular • Precipitation, hourly entries and the same background as in the app • Choose the city and the refresh rate in Settings MAC AND APPLE TV • Mac: the temperature in the menu bar and a compact window with the weather now, by the hour and your favorite cities; launch at login • Apple TV: weather on the big screen and a detailed forecast OFFLINE AND ACCURACY • Forecasts from Apple WeatherKit • The last weather is available without a network • Celsius and Fahrenheit, wind and pressure units, light and dark theme PRIVACY • Location is used only to get the forecast for your spot • No account, no ads, no trackers The interface is available in English, Russian, German, French and Spanish.

Screenshots

NextWeather4 screens
Windly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Windly at 100% against NextWeather's 59%. Windly also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). NextWeather's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 18.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NextWeather sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Windly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NextWeather ships an update every 3 weeks, Windly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
NextWeather versus Windly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextWeatherWindly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (797 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings797 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS9.3 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMacroPinch Ltd.Vladislav Sidelnikov

Customer experience

NextWeather

All ratings797 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive58.8%
Neutral7.8%
Negative33.3%

Windly

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

NextWeather

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Temperature readings off by large margins
  • Precipitation forecast not matching actual conditions
  • Outdated weather data displayed

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add widget support for iOS
  • Improve auto-update functionality
  • Provide manual refresh option

Windly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NextWeather

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

Windly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NextWeather free?
NextWeather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Windly free?
Windly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NextWeather or Windly have ads?
Neither NextWeather nor Windly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextWeather or Windly?
NextWeather ships an update every 3 weeks, and Windly weekly. Most recently, NextWeather was updated on October 6, 2026 and Windly on October 9, 2026.

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