Comparison

Cumulus vs Total Weather

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

Head to head
About

Cumulus

Get real-time weather updates with a visually dynamic interface that adapts to current conditions. View temperature, humidity, wind speed, and multi-day forecasts in a sleek, modern design. Easily search for weather information in any city.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather updates
  • Dynamic background gradients
  • Glassy, modern UI
  • Multi-day forecast card
  • Intuitive city search
Features
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Key Features: Real‑Time Weather Updates: Automatically fetches current weather data for your location or any city you search for, so you always know what to expect. Dynamic Backgrounds: Experience a visually stunning interface as the app’s background gradient adapts seamlessly to the time of day and weather conditions—rain, snow, drizzle, sun, and more. Glassy, Modern UI: Enjoy a sleek, frosted‑glass design that elegantly displays temperature, weather conditions, wind speed, humidity, and forecast details at a glance. Forecast at a Glance: Check out your upcoming weather with a dedicated forecast card that shows the weather for the next few days—all in one simple view. Intuitive Search: Easily find weather information for any city with our smooth, interactive search popup that makes location selection a breeze.

About

Total Weather

Features
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The weather is not just about knowing if it will rain. It’s about knowing for sure, beforehand. It’s receiving a hail alert from someone already under that cloud. It’s an app that feels personal every time you open it. TotalWeather combines seven weather providers in one place. You can compare them, choose the most accurate for your area, or use them all together, compare them two at a time, or average them all. Minute-by-minute forecasts, advanced maps with NASA data and multiple providers, historical data up to 15 days. The real difference is the community. Real users reporting hail, storms, floods before the providers register them. Because sometimes the weather changes in seconds, and only those there can tell you. But TotalWeather goes beyond weather. Real-time earthquakes with a global map. Marine weather up to 5 km from the coast. Air quality and personalized health advice, even for your pets. How much to drink today based on outdoor conditions. Main allergies (only for Europe, only during allergy season). Ideal conditions for running, cycling, or just going out. Northern lights with live data. Lunar calendar. Hourly pollen index. Road weather for safe travel, advanced weather navigator. On top of all this: total customization. Custom backgrounds, colors, animations, widgets. Your home screen, your way. With dynamic animations that change based on real weather. AI-generated descriptions of the day. Available in 12 languages. 195 countries. TotalWeather. Not just weather, everything the sky can tell you. [:mav: 1.1.2]

Screenshots

Cumulus4 screens
Total Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Total Weather at 15.6 against Cumulus's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cumulus ships an update weekly, Total Weather every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cumulus versus Total Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCumulusTotal Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB166 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJosh MansfieldTHOMAS FIORAMONTI

In-app purchases

None

Cumulus

No in-app purchases

None

Total Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cumulus free?
Cumulus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Total Weather free?
Total Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cumulus or Total Weather have ads?
Neither Cumulus nor Total Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cumulus or Total Weather?
Cumulus ships an update weekly, and Total Weather every 3 days. Most recently, Cumulus was updated on October 24, 2026 and Total Weather on October 9, 2026.

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