ER Weather vs Purese
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ER Weather
This weather app prioritizes privacy and uses a unique forecast system to predict severe weather events like tornadoes and thunderstorms. It aims for high accuracy while minimizing resource usage.
- Privacy-focused design
- Custom severe weather prediction
- Tornado and thunderstorm alerts
- Lightning and hail detection
- Wind and snow squall forecasts
- Resource-efficient operation
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A light privacy focused weather app that uses a custom forecast system to predict phenomenas like tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, hail, lightning, powerful winds, snow squalls and others. Trying to achieve the most accurate forecast possible with the least resources.
Purese
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Purese is a weather app that does one thing well: gives you the weather without all the extra noise. Get AI-generated weather reports powered by Google Gemini, written in plain language with tips tailored for kids, adults, and older adults. See your temperature, feels like, humidity, and wind speed in one clean view, plus a next-day forecast to help you plan ahead. Location access is completely optional. Allow it to get your local weather automatically, or skip it and search for any city by name. You get the full experience either way. Your privacy is the foundation, not a feature. Location data is only used to fetch your forecast and is never stored or logged. There are no analytics, no ads, and no data collection of any kind. What you get: - AI weather summaries tailored to different age groups - Auto-location or manual city search - Temperature, feels like, humidity, and wind at a glance - Next-day forecast with planning suggestions - Light and dark mode - Native iOS design
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ER Weather at weekly against Purese's every 6 months. Purese's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ER Weather ships an update weekly, Purese every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ER Weather | Purese |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JEAN-MARIE BOIS | Pablo Pantoja |
In-app purchases
ER Weather
No in-app purchases
Purese
No in-app purchases
