NextWeather vs Windly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time weather conditions
- Multi-location tracking
- Animated weather backgrounds
- Hourly, daily, and weekly forecasts
- Dark Mode support
- Today Widget integration
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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
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.
- Photorealistic weather backgrounds
- 24-hour hourly forecast
- 10-day temperature trend
- Home Screen widgets
- Unlimited favorite locations
- Offline weather caching
- Cross-device syncing
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. NextWeather sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Windly asks for nothing beyond the download.
NextWeather ships an update every 3 weeks, Windly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NextWeather | Windly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (797 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 797 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MacroPinch Ltd. | Vladislav Sidelnikov |
Customer experience
NextWeather
Windly
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
NextWeather
- Remove Ads$0.99
Windly
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is NextWeather free?
Is Windly free?
Do NextWeather or Windly have ads?
Which is updated more often, NextWeather or Windly?
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