Comparison

RainLog V2 vs Bravo Weather

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

Head to head
About

RainLog V2

Track, analyze, and manage your personal rainfall data with this comprehensive diary and log. It allows for detailed record-keeping, trend monitoring, and comparisons over time, perfect for anyone with a rain gauge.

Highlights
  • Log daily precipitation
  • iCloud Sync
  • Flexible units (mm/inches)
  • Monthly graphs and averages
  • MTD & YTD comparisons
  • CSV export
  • Community rain map
  • Watering & irrigation tracking
Features
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Record rainfall from your own rain gauge, compare years at a glance, and keep your history backed up and synced across iPhone, iPad and Android. RainLog is built for rain gauge owners, farmers, gardeners, weather enthusiasts and property managers who want reliable records based on their own measurements—not generic online weather data. FAST, FLEXIBLE RECORDING • Record rain or snow in millimetres or inches • Add trace amounts, weather icons and notes • Record garden, crop and property watering • Manage multiple rain gauges in one place POWERFUL GRAPHS AND COMPARISONS See monthly and yearly totals, Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date comparisons, four-year totals, rolling 12-month rainfall and long-term 2-, 5- and 10-year averages. Choose a custom rainfall year—such as July to June—to match your seasons, farm records or local climate. SHARED RAIN GAUGES Share a gauge with another RainLog user. Give trusted family members, workers or property managers view-only access, or allow them to add and edit rainfall readings for that gauge. The gauge remains under the owner’s account, and invited users do not need their own subscription to access a gauge shared with them. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Sign in with your RainLog account to securely synchronise rainfall records across supported Apple and Android devices. BACKUPS AND CSV EXPORT Protect your rainfall history with backup tools and automatic CSV backups. Export records in date order for use with Excel, Numbers or farm record systems—your data remains useful outside RainLog. COMMUNITY RAIN MAP Optionally share rainfall summaries from selected gauges and view rainfall reported by other RainLog users on an interactive map. BUILT FOR REAL RAINFALL RECORDS RainLog is designed for people who read their own rain gauge or weather station. It does not automatically substitute online weather estimates for your measurements, helping you maintain a personal and consistent rainfall history. Your rainfall. Your gauge. Your history. RainLog includes a limited free trial so you can explore the app before subscribing. Annual subscription plans are based on the number of gauges you manage and support the continued development and maintenance of RainLog. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.rainlog.com.au/privacy

About

Bravo Weather

This app provides detailed weather forecasts by showing you the underlying data from multiple global weather models. It uses AI to synthesize these models into a single, reliable forecast, allowing you to see where models agree and disagree for better decision-making.

Highlights
  • AI-powered BravoCast forecast
  • View multiple global weather models side-by-side
  • Rainfall totals and frost alerts
  • Live rain radar and hourly forecasts
  • Wind, tides, swell, sun, moon, and UV data
  • Plain-English weather briefings
  • Customizable email and phone alerts
Features
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A new way to read the weather. Most weather apps give you one number and hide where it came from. Bravo gives you BravoCast, our own AI forecast, and every weather model behind it, so you can see whether they agree. BravoCast is Bravo's machine-learning weather model. It has learned from years of observed rainfall which forecast models to trust, where and when, and turns them into one answer for rain, temperature and wind, anywhere on earth. Behind it sit the world's major weather models, including ECMWF, GFS, ICON, GEM and JMA, with UKMO for Bravo Nerds. They run on different physics and different observations, and when they disagree, that disagreement is the most useful thing on the screen. Every model putting 15 mm on Thursday is worth planning around. Two of them is worth watching and nothing more. Bravo shows you which one you are looking at. WHAT YOU GET • BravoCast: Bravo's own AI forecast, the one answer on every screen and the first row on every grid • Home: today, the next ten days and how sure the forecast is, with every model's rain drawn hour by hour underneath • Every model side by side, each to the end of its own run — up to 16 days ahead — for any location on earth • Frost forecasts on the same models — overnight minimums and how many agree • A full-screen rain map from ten forecast models, with wind and pressure • Live rain radar on the map: the rain that is falling now, and the next hour • Wind, tides, swell, sun, moon and UV, each on its own screen with the answer first • The Big Picture: a plain-English briefing on what is actually driving your region's weather, not just what will fall • Rain and frost alerts on your own thresholds, by email and on your phone • Share the forecast as a picture: every model, every day, ready for Messages, WhatsApp or the family group chat • Your saved places on the home screen, one tap from their forecast • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen: the rain total for the days ahead and every model's number, at a glance FOR ANYONE WHO ACTS ON THE FORECAST If you are deciding whether to go, wait, or move something under cover, "60% chance of rain" is not an answer — knowing whether the models agree is. Bravo works anywhere in the world. FREE AND BRAVO NERD Home, the wind, tides, swell, sun, moon and UV screens, the rain map for the week ahead, live rain radar, search, the frost view and the first seven days of the model grid are free, with no account. Bravo Nerd adds the rest of every model's run (up to 16 days), which model says what on each day, the map's extra models (AIFS, AIGFS, ARPEGE and GRAPES) and the map past the first week, Compare on the map, rain and frost alerts, and the complete Big Picture briefing. Bravo Nerd is A$48 a year, with the first 14 days free for new subscribers. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings at any time. ALERTS Set the amount of rain you are waiting for, how many models must agree, and how far ahead to look. Bravo checks once a day and tells you when your rule is met — once per weather event, not once per day. Every alert arrives by email, and you can switch on a notification for any individual alert to have it reach your phone as well. Frost alerts work the same way, with a threshold defaulting to +2 °C, because models publish screen temperature and the ground runs colder on the nights that matter. Weather data from ECMWF, NOAA, the Met Office and DWD. Radar data powered by Rainbow.ai. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bravoweather.com/privacy Bravo's own terms: https://bravoweather.com/terms

Screenshots

RainLog V24 screens
Bravo Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bravo Weather at none against RainLog V2's 3. Bravo Weather also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). RainLog V2's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model 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. RainLog V2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Bravo Weather asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bravo Weather holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RainLog V2 has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of RainLog V2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bravo Weather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RainLog V2 ships an update weekly, Bravo Weather every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
RainLog V2 versus Bravo Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainLog V2Bravo Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (32 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWade TuckerAndrew Barron

Customer experience

RainLog V2

All ratings32 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative10.8%

Bravo Weather

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

RainLog V2

Subscriptions3
  • 2 Rain Gauges1 Month trial$5.991 Year
  • 4 Rain Gauges1 Month trial$7.991 Year
  • 8 Rain Gauges1 Month trial$9.991 Year
None

Bravo Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RainLog V2 free?
RainLog V2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bravo Weather free?
Bravo Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RainLog V2 or Bravo Weather?
Bravo Weather is rated higher. RainLog V2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Bravo Weather averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do RainLog V2 or Bravo Weather have ads?
Neither RainLog V2 nor Bravo Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RainLog V2 or Bravo Weather?
RainLog V2 ships an update weekly, and Bravo Weather every 2 days. Most recently, RainLog V2 was updated on October 18, 2026 and Bravo Weather on October 18, 2026.

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