Comparison

RainSeer vs Stormora

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

Head to head
About

RainSeer

Features
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RainSeer answers one question well: is it about to rain where you are, and for how long? Open it for a few seconds and you'll see the rain moving on a live radar map, with a plain answer like "Light rain in 12 min". Close it and RainSeer keeps watching: an alert reaches you before the rain does, and your widgets, Lock Screen and Apple Watch show the countdown. RAIN ALERTS THAT ARRIVE ON TIME • A notification before rain starts, with your choice of lead time and how heavy the rain needs to be • Optional "rain stopping" alerts, so you know when it's clear to head out • Storm and heavy-rain alerts, free for everyone • Official severe-weather warnings, where Apple Weather provides them (not available in Australia) • Quiet Hours for overnight • Alerts Follow Me (optional): alerts move with you, using low-power location changes rather than constant tracking • A Live Activity countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, kept up to date even when RainSeer is closed LIVE RAIN RADAR • Animated radar around you, with your rain status at a glance • Search any place to check the rain there A FORECAST THAT ANSWERS QUESTIONS • Next Hour: minute-by-minute rain for the coming hour, where Apple Weather offers it • Official weather warnings in your forecast, where Apple Weather has them • Hourly and 10-day forecasts, temperature, wind, pressure, humidity, UV, visibility, cloud cover, air quality and pollen • Sunrise, sunset and moon phase • Hide and reorder cards to make the Forecast tab your own WHEREVER YOU LOOK • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • An Apple Watch app with complications • Ask Siri "Will it rain soon?", or use it in Shortcuts RAINSEER PREMIUM • Minute-by-minute rain for the next 4 hours from Rainbow.ai: when it starts, how heavy it gets and when it stops • Precision radar from 30 minutes ago to an hour ahead, with regional, global and cloud layers and a choice of colour palettes • Planning cards: Best Dry Window, Rain Timeline, Rain Totals, Rain Type & Intensity, Commute & Plans, Garden & Watering and Storm Watch • Context cards: What's Changing, Compared to Normal and Rain So Far • Sky cards: Photo Light (golden and blue hours) and Night Sky • Apple Intelligence on your iPhone: Today's Advice, practical tips on your cards, a one-line tip on your widgets, and Ask About Today, where you can ask questions about today's forecast • The minute-by-minute rain timeline in your Live Activity • Rain checks and widgets every 10 minutes instead of every 30 Apple Intelligence features need an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence, with it turned on. Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. New subscribers get a free trial of the yearly plan. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase (or when the trial ends), and the subscription renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. YOUR PRIVACY No account, no ads and no tracking. To send rain alerts while RainSeer is closed, the app shares your alert location with RainSeer's alert server, together with an anonymous ID and a notification token. It sends a new location only when you've moved about a kilometre, or after a few hours. Forecast requests send the place's coordinates to the weather services that answer them. Apple Intelligence features run on your iPhone. Weather data: Apple Weather, Rainbow.ai, Open-Meteo.com and RainViewer. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jamielollback.com/privacy-policy/

About

Stormora

Features
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See official weather warnings around home, family and travel destinations. Stormora puts active alert areas, severity and expiry times on one clear map. CHECK WEATHER WARNINGS NEAR YOU Choose your current location or search for a city, even without location access. Open an alert to check its source, affected area, severity and expiry time. FOLLOW THE HAZARDS THAT MATTER Check supported warnings for thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, strong wind, heavy rain, snow, ice and extreme heat. Alert types and coverage depend on the official public feeds available in each region. KEEP IMPORTANT PLACES IN VIEW Save home, family locations or a travel destination. Use distance, severity and event-type filters to focus your checks. Your manually selected city stays selected when you reopen the app. A CLEAR VIEW OF THE WARNING AREA See where an official warning applies, then read the details. Some sources provide a precise warning area; others provide a point or a broader region. A warning is not a prediction for every address inside it. APPLE WATCH AND WIDGETS Check nearby warning status on Apple Watch and in widgets. Enable notifications for alert updates; delivery depends on source availability, connectivity and device settings. STORMORA PREMIUM Monitor up to 10 saved places, use additional alert rules and remove ads. Check the App Store purchase screen for available plans and your local price. Coverage and update frequency vary by country and source. No displayed warning does not establish that conditions are safe. Follow local authorities and official weather services. Stormora does not replace emergency alerts or safety instructions. Subscriptions are charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.deluxeware.com/terms_and_conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://www.deluxeware.com/privacy_policy.html

Screenshots

RainSeer4 screens
Stormora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: RainSeer at none against Stormora's shown. Stormora's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and device support (6 vs 3). On price 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. RainSeer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Stormora sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RainSeer ships an update fortnightly, Stormora every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
RainSeer versus Stormora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainSeerStormora
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJamie LollbackDeluxeWare

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RainSeer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Stormora

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$0.997 Days
  • Annual Premium$19.991 Year

Questions

Is RainSeer free?
RainSeer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stormora free?
Stormora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RainSeer or Stormora have ads?
Stormora shows ads; RainSeer does not.
Which is updated more often, RainSeer or Stormora?
RainSeer ships an update fortnightly, and Stormora every 5 days. Most recently, RainSeer was updated on November 11, 2026 and Stormora on November 10, 2026.

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