TwoScales vs Hydrogen Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TwoScales
This app offers a dual-scale weather board for tracking global cities and a fun, fast-paced game to test your forecasting skills. View conditions in Celsius or Fahrenheit, save favorites, and compete for high scores.
- Dual-scale temperature display (C/F)
- Global city weather tracking
- Favorite location management
- Live weather guessing game
- Score and streak tracking
- Light/Dark/System appearance modes
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TwoScales combines a practical weather board with a fast live-weather challenge game. Track cities around the world and view current conditions in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. Search for locations quickly, save your favorites, and keep an organized board of the places you care about most. Each city includes local time, weather conditions, and additional details to help you check the forecast at a glance. When you want something more interactive, jump into Forecast Challenge and test yourself with live-weather questions. Build your score, improve your streak, and turn everyday weather checking into a quick game. Features: • View temperatures in both Celsius and Fahrenheit • Search for cities with fast suggestions • Save and manage your favorite locations • See local time and detailed weather information • Refresh conditions anytime from your weather board • Play a live-weather guessing game with score and streak tracking • Unlock support for more saved cities with a one-time purchase • Choose your preferred appearance with Light, Dark, or System mode Whether you want a clean weather tracker, a dual-scale reference, or a small challenge built around real conditions, TwoScales gives you both utility and play in one app.
Hydrogen Weather
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A weather app designed for the ultimate user experience. Integrating Apple WeatherKit and Hefeng Weather's dual data sources, it presents the purest weather information with a minimalist design. No redundant functions, no intrusive push notifications—just so you can always see the sky's condition at a glance. Core Features: Global Coverage: Supports global city search and weather queries. Whether you're anywhere or concerned about a distant city, you can get accurate weather information instantly. Intelligent Alerts: Real-time weather alerts based on the CAP standard, providing early warnings of severe weather, heavy rain, high temperatures, cold waves… never miss a change. Minute-Level Precipitation: Integrates with Hefeng Weather's minute-level precipitation API, accurately predicting precipitation trends for the next two hours. A dynamic countdown timer displays "Rain is Coming," allowing for worry-free travel. Desktop Widgets: A rich suite of desktop widgets allows you to clearly view temperature, air quality, precipitation probability, and lifestyle indices on your home screen. Color schemes automatically switch with your system theme, blending seamlessly with your desktop. Dynamic Island Experience: Deeply adapted to Dynamic Island, real-time weather alerts and precipitation countdowns are dynamically displayed at the top, without interrupting your operations. Ultra-Lightweight: Localized architecture, no cloud dependencies, ready to use immediately. Small installation package, smooth operation, respects your battery and your privacy. Data Sources: Apple WeatherKit: Primary data source, providing core meteorological data such as global weather, precipitation, wind, and air quality. QWeather: Supplementary data source, providing minute-level precipitation, mainland China weather alerts, life index, and air quality details. Data is for reference only; please refer to official government meteorological data sources. Subscription Service Upgrade to Pro Membership to unlock the full experience: 7-Day/168-Hour Hourly Forecasts: Ultra-long hourly weather trends 30-Day Extended Forecasts: Expanded calendar view, keep track of the next month No Ads: Utterly clean, focused on the weather itself Subscription Plans (Auto-Renewal): Plan | Duration | Suitable for Weekly Subscription | 7 Days | Short-term travel trial Monthly Subscription | 30 Days | Daily long-term use Annual Subscription | 365 Days | Best value Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew within 24 hours before the current period expires, at which time payment will be deducted and renewal will begin. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in "Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions". Unused portions of the free trial period will be forfeited when purchasing a new subscription. Privacy and Agreement We highly value your privacy. Hydrogen Weather uses a localized architecture, does not collect any personal information unrelated to weather, and does not perform cross-app tracking. Terms of Service: https://oac.ac.cn/weather/fwxy.html Contact Us Feedback Email: support@oac.ac.cn
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TwoScales at none against Hydrogen Weather's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. TwoScales sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hydrogen Weather sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.39 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TwoScales | Hydrogen Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cherry Pi Solutions LLC | 旭东 王 |
In-app purchases
TwoScales
- Unlock More Cities$1.99
Hydrogen Weather
- Weekly7 Days trial$0.397 Days
- Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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