BareWeather vs Meteorical
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BareWeather
Get accurate local weather forecasts with a clean, fast, and privacy-focused application. It offers a beautiful, minimal design with quick access to saved locations and is designed to be lightweight and battery-friendly.
- Accurate local forecasts
- Minimal and beautiful design
- Save favorite locations
- No ads or distractions
- Lightweight and battery-friendly
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Stay ahead of the weather with a clean, fast, and privacy-friendly app. Designed for simplicity, our app gives you the forecast you need—without clutter. Features you’ll love: • Accurate local forecasts, updated frequently • Beautiful, minimal design made for iPhone and iPad • Save your favorite locations for quick access • No ads, no distractions—just weather • Lightweight and battery-friendly Start your day with the forecast that matters most. Download today and experience the difference!
Meteorical
This app provides weather forecasts in an easy-to-understand format. It offers hourly and daily outlooks, including details on temperature, precipitation, and UV index. Users can customize sound effects and choose their preferred weather data source.
- Clear daily temperature and feel-like conditions
- Hourly forecast visualization
- Plain English rain and shine predictions
- Weekly forecast overview
- Detailed hourly conditions breakdown
- Musical meteorology sound effects
- Choice of weather data sources
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Your feel-good forecast app. Meteorical shows you the weather in a way that’s easy to take in. What it’s like now, what’s coming later, and whether you need a jacket or an umbrella. FEEL-GOOD FORECASTS A clear read on today: temperature, how it feels, and the most important thing to know about the day ahead. SEE WHAT THE NIGHT WILL BRING Drag through the hours to see how the afternoon turns into evening. Useful when you’re planning dinner, a commute, or a night out. RAIN OR SHINE IN PLAIN ENGLISH See when rain is likely and how heavy it looks, so you can decide before you leave the house. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR WEEK The next few days at a glance - highs, lows, and what’s on the way. HOURLY CONDITIONS Detailed breakdowns for each day with hour by hour forecasts of temperature, rain, snow, UV, cloud cover, and more. MUSICAL METEOROLOGY Choose your preferred instrument for sound effects and weather chords. CHOOSE YOUR SOURCE Choose your preferred weather source including Apple's WeatherKit, the National Weather Service, and Open-Meteo. NO ADS. NO ACCOUNT. NO NONSENSE. Meteorical is free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no sign-up. Your places stay on your device. Made by Mana Machines.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Meteorical at every 8 days against BareWeather's every 10 months. Meteorical also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). BareWeather's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.4). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BareWeather against 5.0 for Meteorical. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
BareWeather ships an update every 10 months, Meteorical every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BareWeather | Meteorical |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Red Mesa Studios LLC | Andrew J Clark |
Customer experience
BareWeather
Meteorical
In-app purchases
BareWeather
No in-app purchases
Meteorical
No in-app purchases









