simpWeather vs SkyRewind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
simpWeather
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simpWeather is a clean, fast weather app that tells you what matters in plain words — and shows every detail when you want it. FORECAST AT A GLANCE • Current conditions, high and low, and "feels like" • A short summary: when the rain starts and stops, strong gusts, the high-UV window, whether tomorrow is warmer or colder • 24-hour forecast with sunrise and sunset right in the timeline • 7-day forecast with temperature range bars on a shared weekly scale EVERY DETAIL, HOUR BY HOUR Tap any tile to open an interactive chart for any day of the week. Drag your finger to read the exact value at any hour. • Temperature and feels like, with heat-stress warnings • Precipitation per hour and daily total, rain and snow • Wind speed and gusts, direction and Beaufort force • UV index with the hours you need sun protection • Humidity and dew-point comfort • Pressure with its trend • Visibility and cloud cover • Air quality: US EPA and UK DEFRA indexes, 8 pollutants, health advice and an hourly forecast • Sun: daylight length and its change, solar radiation SUN AND MOON Daylight arc, moonrise and moonset, and a beautiful moon calendar with phases for any month. WIDGETS Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets and Lock Screen widgets. Widgets share the app's forecast, so they stay useful even without internet. YOUR CITIES Search and save cities, reorder them, and see the weather and local time for each at a glance. Severe weather alerts show urgency, areas and what to do. MADE FOR YOU • Units your way: choose temperature, wind, pressure, precipitation and distance separately — or follow your iPhone settings • Works offline with the last forecast • Large text, VoiceOver charts, Reduce Motion and higher contrast are supported • English, Russian and Kazakh Weather data: WeatherAPI.com.
SkyRewind
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Weather now. The next few hours. This day, years ago. SkyRewind brings current conditions, forecasts and historical comparisons for your area together on one compact main screen, with no vertical page scrolling. Swipe horizontally through hours, dates and years to explore the data. WEATHER WHERE YOU ARE When you open the app, it asks for permission to use your device's location. If you allow access, it selects your weather area and checks your position while you use the app and when you reopen it. There is no background location tracking. If you decline GPS access, you can select one town manually and still use weather, forecasts and history. Choosing another town replaces the previous one; there is no list of favorite places. A manually selected town stays fixed and does not follow your movements. No account is required. TODAY, TOMORROW AND YEARS PAST - Check the current temperature, feels-like temperature, conditions and weather-data timestamp. - Explore the next 24 hours for temperatures and rain probability, including after midnight. - See forecasts for today and the following six days. - Compare the selected day's forecast low and high with the same calendar date in previous years. - Move along the historical timeline to select a year. Each difference clearly identifies Today or Forecast and whether it is higher or lower. The current temperature remains separate from daily comparisons: low with low, high with high. The visual atmosphere follows the season, time of day and difference from the historical average. HISTORY WITH CONTEXT Historical coverage can extend back to 1940 where data is available for that area and date. A new area's archive may take time to prepare: the app indicates loading, partial coverage or temporary unavailability. A complete series is not necessarily available for every date or location. Data is provided by Open-Meteo. Current conditions and forecasts are based on weather models; the displayed timestamp refers to the data, not a live measurement from a station at your location. Historical ERA5 data is a model-based reanalysis of the area. Averages and differences are calculated by SkyRewind. Weather data is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The app uses Italian when the system language is Italian and English otherwise. You can change the language in Settings. Weather information is indicative and should not be your only source for emergencies, personal safety or critical operational decisions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SkyRewind at none against simpWeather's shown. SkyRewind also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
simpWeather ships an update every 3 months, SkyRewind daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | simpWeather | SkyRewind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Gmyzin | Giuseppe Nesca |
In-app purchases
simpWeather
No in-app purchases
SkyRewind
No in-app purchases








