Comparison

AvWx vs Suntime

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

Head to head
About

AvWx

Provides pilots and dispatchers with fast, reliable aviation weather information. It integrates data from official sources into an intuitive interface for operational decision-making, offering features like METAR/TAF analysis and advisory highlights.

Highlights
  • METAR & TAF runway wind components
  • FAA Advisories integration
  • Unlimited airport tracking (Pro)
  • Extended Apple Weather forecasts (Pro)
  • Sun & moon events visualization (Pro)
  • Alternate requirements highlighting (Pro)
  • Offline-aware operation
Features
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Situational awareness for pilots and dispatchers — every airport you care about, on one screen. AvWx brings NOAA's forecasts and radar, AviationWeather.gov, FAA advisories and NOTAMs, Digital ATIS, NWS alerts and Apple Weather into one picture, so you can read a whole day of flying without opening five apps. TAF TIMELINE Every TAF drawn on one time axis: TEMPO and PROB groups in their own band, each hour's worst ceiling and visibility with its flight category, runway wind components, the current METAR overlaid, and NOAA's hourly forecast beneath it. NOAA METEOGRAM One day, hour by hour: clouds by altitude to 45,000 ft, the freezing level, precipitation and snowfall by type, winds aloft and the flight category — each reading labeled with the NOAA model behind it. MAPS AND RADAR NOAA's newest radar scans looped over the last hour, storm cells with motion arrows, lightning within minutes of the flash, satellite clouds, fronts, NWS alert regions, worldwide forecast layers, airspace, and satellite imagery down to the runway. ALSO • Ceiling and visibility every 15 minutes for six hours in the US, and out to a week worldwide • NOTAMs worldwide, straight from the FAA's NOTAM Management Service — closed runways and approach aids out of service marked on the runway table and METAR tiles, closures drawn on the satellite view • Traffic flow and the runways in use, handy at non-towered fields • SIGMETs, CWAs and NWS alerts matched to your airport's position, not just its region • Decoded D-ATIS, METAR tiles, favored runways, density altitude, sun and moon • Saved places beyond airports — home, layovers, anywhere — with full forecasts FREE: up to five airports, METAR and TAF, the TAF timeline, NOTAMs, traffic flow and FAA advisories. PREMIUM: unlimited airports, the maps and radar, the NOAA meteogram and charts, Apple Weather's tiles and charts, and no ads. One-week free trial. An in-app Guide and Legend explain every bar and color. AvWx is a professional supplement, not a replacement for certified flight-planning tools. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://avwxllc.github.io/privacy-policy.md

About

Suntime

Features
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Discover the rhythm of sun and moon — for any location in the world, at any time. Suntime shows you at a glance when the sun rises and sets, how long the day is, and where in the sky it currently stands. Add moon phases, moon position, live weather, and — for coastal spots — real tide information. SUN TIMES • Sunrise, solar noon, and sunset • Day length at a glance • Graphical arc showing the sun's path across the sky • Current day progress in percent SUN COMPASS • Azimuth and elevation angle in real time • Arrow points directly toward the sun • Device compass integration (optional) MOON • Moon phase with emoji and name (new moon to full moon) • Illumination percentage • Moonrise and moonset times • Current moon position: azimuth & altitude • Night arc with starry sky background WEATHER • Current temperature and feels-like • Humidity, wind speed and direction • Live weather conditions — no sign-up required TIDES • High and low tide times with exact heights • Tidal range for coastal locations • Requires a free API key from stormglass.io MULTIPLE CITIES • Add and manage as many cities as you like • Quick switching with tabs • City search powered by OpenStreetMap — worldwide PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No registration, no account needed • All data stays on your device • No tracking, no ads, no cookies Available in German, English, French, Portuguese, Dutch — and Hessian dialect Data sources: sunrise-sunset.org · OpenStreetMap Nominatim · Open-Meteo · Stormglass.io

Screenshots

AvWx4 screens
Suntime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AvWx at Free against Suntime's $0.99. Suntime's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

AvWx is free to download; Suntime costs $0.99 up front. AvWx sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Suntime asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AvWx ships an update every 2 weeks, Suntime weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AvWx versus Suntime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAvWxSuntime
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvWx, LLCMARKUS ISCHRAMM

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AvWx

Subscriptions2
  • All Access7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • All Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

Suntime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AvWx free?
AvWx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Suntime free?
Suntime costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do AvWx or Suntime have ads?
AvWx shows ads; Suntime does not.
Which is updated more often, AvWx or Suntime?
AvWx ships an update every 2 weeks, and Suntime weekly. Most recently, AvWx was updated on October 25, 2026 and Suntime on October 3, 2026.

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