Comparison

Cat Weather vs Aerya

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

Head to head
About

Cat Weather

Personalize your weather experience with live forecasts, radar, and customizable visuals, featuring your own cat on your home screen and widgets. Enjoy detailed weather data, including air quality and seismic activity, with a focus on privacy and zero ads.

Highlights
  • Personalized cat photos on home screen and widgets
  • Live weather forecasts and interactive radar
  • Air quality monitoring
  • Sun, sky, and moon phase data
  • Weather-reactive animated cat companions
  • Global seismic and space weather monitoring
Features
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Your cats. Your weather. Your style. Cat Weather lets you customize everything: upload your kitty directly to your home screen, widgets, and app backgrounds. Pair a glassmorphic design with live forecasts, interactive radar, and customizable weather visuals. YOUR CAT, EVERYWHERE • Home Screen Ready: Place your cat on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, widgets, and throughout the app. • Kitty Rotation: Multiple photo slots let you rotate between your favorite cat pictures. • AI Background Removal: Upload your cat and instantly remove the background right on your device. LIVE WEATHER & DATA • Live Now: Real-time precipitation, wind, and UV with dynamic charts. • Air Quality: AQI monitoring with detailed pollutant breakdowns. • Sun & Sky: Sunrise, sunset, moon phases, and atmospheric data. • Coastal Mode: Living pixel-style tides, sea levels, fish animations, and marine visuals. • Apple Watch: Premium weather data and theme support right on your wrist. PREMIUM CYBER FEATURES • Smart Forecasts: Interactive temperature charts, condition timelines, and clear insights. • Weather-Reactive Cats: Animated cat companions with moods and personalities that react to the current weather. • Global Seismic: Earthquake monitoring with custom Cat Weather alerts. • Full-Screen Radar: Rain, snow, and storm tracking, edge to edge. • Space Weather: Track solar activity, solar flares, and geomagnetic storms. • Aesthetic Widgets: Lock & Home Screen widgets that match your custom themes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Zero Ads. • Zero Tracking. • Zero Analytics. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dro1d.org/cat-weather-privacy.html Web: https://dro1d.org/weather

About

Aerya

Features
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Read the sky before you fly. Aerya is a paragliding forecast app. It pulls high-resolution weather models and processes them through the lens of someone who actually flies — so you see what matters for a day on the hill, not a generic weather screen. WHAT YOU SEE • Daily forecast for any spot on the map • Wind speed, direction, and gusts at multiple altitudes • Thermal strength and depth, hour by hour • Cloud base, freezing level, precipitation • Saved spots and XC waypoints BUILT FOR PILOTS • No ads, no tracking pixels, no profiling • Honest data — we show you what the model says. • Works offline once forecasts are loaded • Dark UI tuned for outdoor use PARAGLIDING-SPECIFIC FORECASTS Generic weather apps tell you it's sunny. Aerya tells you whether the lee side will work after 1pm, when the breeze will turn, and how high the climb might go. The forecast is interpreted for free flight. WHO MADE THIS Aerya is built and maintained by a pilot. The same person who writes the code flies the forecast. If something's wrong, you can email. PRIVACY We collect the minimum needed to run the app. Your location is only used when you tap "locate me," and only to fetch the forecast. We don't track you in the background. We don't sell data. Full policy: https://aerya.fun/privacy QUESTIONS? Email hello@aerya.fun

Screenshots

Cat Weather4 screens
Aerya4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aerya at none against Cat Weather's 2. Aerya also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Cat Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. Aerya asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat Weather ships an update weekly, Aerya every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Cat Weather versus Aerya: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCat WeatherAerya
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDRO1D LABS LIMITEDEL MEHDI IGHIRRI OURHZIF

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cat Weather

Subscriptions1
  • Cat Weather Premium Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cat Weather Premium Lifetime$29.99
None

Aerya

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cat Weather free?
Cat Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aerya free?
Aerya is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cat Weather or Aerya have ads?
Neither Cat Weather nor Aerya shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cat Weather or Aerya?
Cat Weather ships an update weekly, and Aerya every 4 days. Most recently, Cat Weather was updated on November 8, 2026 and Aerya on November 5, 2026.

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