TextMeWeather vs Mini Seasons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TextMeWeather
Send SMS requests to get weather forecasts from your satellite messenger. This app allows you to easily query weather conditions via text message, making it convenient for outdoor adventures.
- SMS weather forecast requests
- Satellite messenger integration
- Easy to use interface
- Convenient for outdoor activities
Read full descriptionHide full description
Use the TextMeWeather app to easily create requests for weather forecasts via SMS message and your satellite messenger.
Mini Seasons
Discover the natural world around you with a local nature almanac. It details current natural events like blooming wildflowers and arriving birds, based on real observation data for your region. Enjoy daily insights with unique artwork and poetic reflections.
- 72 unique micro-seasons per region
- 15 North American ecological regions
- Original ink wash artwork
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Offline functionality
- Ad-free and tracking-free
Read full descriptionHide full description
Mini Seasons tells you what's happening in nature right now: which wildflowers are opening, which birds just showed up. All grounded in real observation data from your ecological region. Japan has tracked 72 micro-seasons for centuries. Mini Seasons adapts that tradition for North America. Fifteen ecological regions, from Pacific Northwest rainforests to the Southern Coastal Plain, each with their own set of 72 seasons named for the real natural events unfolding there. Every season brings original ink wash artwork and a short poetic reflection. Open it, read for a minute, close it. That's the whole idea. Your home region is free, along with the two nearest you. Explorer unlocks the rest, so you can follow any region across the continent and read back through past seasons. FEATURES - 72 micro-seasons for your home region, refreshed every five days - Home region detected automatically, free with the two nearest - All fifteen regions and the full archive with Explorer - Original ink wash artwork for every season - Home screen and lock screen widgets - Works offline - No ads, no account Millions of field reports from across the country, distilled into something you can feel.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TextMeWeather at none against Mini Seasons's 1. TextMeWeather also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Mini Seasons sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TextMeWeather asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TextMeWeather against 5.0 for Mini Seasons. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TextMeWeather ships an update every 4 days, Mini Seasons every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TextMeWeather | Mini Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TextMe LLC | Inspectural LLC |
Customer experience
TextMeWeather
Mini Seasons
In-app purchases
TextMeWeather
No in-app purchases
Mini Seasons
- Explorer$4.99
