Comparison

Rain Check vs SkyForge

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

Head to head
About

Rain Check

Features
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Raincheck is your go-to weather companion, providing accurate and up-to-date weather forecasts for your current location or any destination worldwide. With its clean interface and user-friendly design, you can easily view hourly and daily forecasts, severe weather alerts, and customizable notifications. Stay ahead of the weather with detailed data on temperature, wind speed, precipitation, and more. Whether you're planning a trip or just your daily commute, Raincheck ensures you’re always prepared.

About

SkyForge

Experience a dynamic, full-screen weather map with animated radar, 3D storms, and live wind streams. Get detailed 10-day forecasts with interactive charts and severe weather alerts. This app prioritizes privacy with no sign-up or tracking.

Highlights
  • Full-screen animated weather radar
  • 3D storm visualization
  • Live wind streams
  • 10-day forecast with interactive charts
  • Severe weather alerts
  • Privacy-focused, no tracking
Features
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SkyForge makes the weather radar the whole app — a full-screen, buttery-smooth animated map is your home screen, and everything else floats cleanly on top. RADAR THAT MOVES • Smooth, motion-interpolated radar: the past two hours, then up to an hour of forecast radar where it's available • 3D storms — heavy rain rises off the map as shaded clouds that cast shadows • Live wind streams — thousands of moving particles showing direction and speed • Temperature overlay with a color-graded legend • Show precipitation, temperature and wind together • Fronts & pressure from NOAA's surface analysis • Zoom out far enough and the map becomes a spinning 3D globe, colored with NASA satellite land cover A FORECAST WITH DEPTH • 10-day forecast — tap any day to expand a plain-English brief • Interactive charts for every day: temperature, precipitation, UV, wind, humidity, visibility, and pressure — drag to pinpoint any minute • Hourly forecast, current conditions, "feels like", and high/low • Air quality (US AQI), UV index, sunrise & sunset, dew point, and more BUILT FOR WHERE YOU ARE • Automatic radar and forecast for your current location • Save cities and reorder your list with a long-press • Dark and light map themes that remember your choice SEVERE WEATHER • Live watches, warnings, and advisories from the US National Weather Service, right at the top of your screen when they matter HONEST BY DESIGN • 100% free and ad-free • No account, no sign-up, no tracking • Your location is used only to fetch weather — never stored or sold Weather data from Open-Meteo, LibreWXR, RainViewer, NOAA / National Weather Service, NASA GIBS, Iowa State Mesonet, and OpenWeatherMap.

Screenshots

Rain Check4 screens
SkyForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SkyForge at 4 against Rain Check's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Rain Check versus SkyForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRain CheckSkyForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMisan EtchieTyler Posey

In-app purchases

None

Rain Check

No in-app purchases

None

SkyForge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rain Check free?
Rain Check is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkyForge free?
SkyForge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rain Check or SkyForge have ads?
Neither Rain Check nor SkyForge shows ads.

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