Cloudbase Utah vs Synoptic Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cloudbase Utah
Provides detailed weather forecasts, real-time readings, and live tracking specifically for paragliding pilots in Utah. Offers insights into wind conditions, thermal strength, and soaring potential, alongside live camera feeds and pilot tracking.
- Current weather station readings
- Hourly and daily forecasts
- Winds aloft and thermal strength
- Live pilot tracking
- Live weather cameras
- Paragliding resource links
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Weather forecast, readings, and live tracking for Utah paragliding pilots. Features include: - Current readings for stations across Utah - Site daily weather and hourly forecasts including winds aloft, thermal strength, and top of lift forecasts by hour - "Big picture" weather including TFRs, weather alerts, soaring forecast, weather forecast discussion, Skew-T, winds aloft forecast - Map of weather station readings (select for history and forecast) - Map of live pilot tracking (select track node to get additional flight track details) - Live weather cameras - Links to paragliding resources
Synoptic Weather
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Synoptic Weather shows rain on the map and the forecast for any place in the world. • Animated rain map: six hours back and six hours ahead, with a time slider and play button. • 16-day forecast: temperature, feels-like, humidity, UV index and chance of rain. • Sea and waves: wave height, period, direction and water temperature — for surfing, swimming or fishing. • Air quality: the index, PM2.5, PM10 and dust, with a warning when dust is expected. • Tap the map or search for a city to see its forecast at once. • Opens on the forecast for where you are. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your location or a place you pick. No sign-up and no ads. Weather data from Open-Meteo; map from OpenStreetMap.
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Verdict
Cloudbase Utah and Synoptic Weather are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cloudbase Utah ships an update weekly, Synoptic Weather every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cloudbase Utah | Synoptic Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Del , Brown | Sharon Shalem |
In-app purchases
Cloudbase Utah
No in-app purchases
Synoptic Weather
No in-app purchases
Questions
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