Weather Here Forecast vs Whimsy Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weather Here Forecast
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Easy to read weather forecast for any location in the world. Configure up to 5 different locations. You can define them by: • choosing from worldwide city lists • selecting from your favorite cities list • using your current location • picking any location on the map Get short and long term forecast for any of the defined locations - temperature actual and feels-like - precipitation - precipitation probability - cloud coverage - wind speed and wind gusts - pressure - humidity The app is free to download and comes with a 30-day free trial. After the trial ends, access is limited to one location. A subscription is required for full access. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) apply (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) Privacy Policy: https://axelmihal.com/index.php/privacy-policy-for-weather-here/
Whimsy Weather
This app visually represents weather forecasts through hand-drawn landscapes that dynamically change with real-time conditions. It offers detailed information on celestial bodies, geographical features, and atmospheric phenomena, all presented in a unique artistic style.
- Hand-drawn animated weather landscapes
- Accurate Sun, Moon, and phase display
- Detailed geographical and landmark visualizations
- Real-time wind, rain, and snow effects
- World clock with animated city weather
- Home screen widgets
- National weather service warnings
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Whimsy Weather draws the weather instead of tabulating it. The top half of the screen is a hand-drawn landscape under a real sky: the Sun and the Moon are where they actually are, the Moon shows its true phase, and the rain, snow, cloud and wind in the picture are the ones in the forecast. The bottom half is the numbers. A SKY THAT IS ACTUALLY THE SKY Sunrise, sunset, twilight and the midnight sun are computed, not faked. At 64°N in June the sky never goes fully dark, because it doesn't. NINETY-EIGHT PLACES, ALL OF THEM ALIVE Hills, farm, beach, harbour, desert, lake, the tropics — each with something the wind moves. Taipei 101 shows the cloud base by the floor that disappears into it; the Golden Gate's span is a ruler for visibility. TWENTY-ONE FAMOUS MOUNTAINS Each reads one thing: Alishan's sea of clouds is the night's inversion, the banner off the Matterhorn is the summit wind, Taroko's river runs jade or brown with the last three days' rain, and the Dolomites turn pink in a low Sun. FIFTY-FIVE PLACES IN MINIATURE Cities as tabletop models — Old Taipei, Kyoto, London, Prague — with clouds and their shadows drifting over and the real Sun and Moon above. From up here you see what the rain did: puddles, snow on roofs, rivers rising. THE VIEW FROM A WINDOW A plane, high-speed rail, a car, a train and a bus. Rain on the glass is a speedometer: straight down at a red light, flat at 300 km/h. A WORLD CLOCK WITH LANDMARKS Every saved city on one 24-hour dial, ringed by landmarks that turn with the time and light their windows at night, with each city's weather drawn over its own. WARNINGS, AND HONESTY ABOUT WHERE THEY CAME FROM Where a national weather service publishes warnings the app reads them and names the issuer — the US National Weather Service, or MeteoAlarm for Europe. Everywhere else its own advisories are derived from the forecast, and say so. SEVEN WIDGETS ON THE HOME SCREEN Tonight's sky with the true Moon, today's conditions, the five-day outlook, what to wear — and the scene itself. YOURS, IN YOUR UNITS Every unit switches on its own, or follows your region. Each place can have its own scene. English, Français, 繁體中文, 简体中文 and 日本語. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No analytics. No advertising. The forecast comes from MET Norway, or with Pro from Apple's own WeatherKit, and searching for a place goes through Apple's frameworks — so the only thing that leaves your phone is where you want the weather for. FREE, SOURCES AND PRO Free keeps one saved place plus wherever you are, with the full conditions panel, the hourly and five-day forecasts, and warnings and advisories; its forecast comes from MET Norway. Pro adds Apple Weather, with next-hour rain where Apple has radar, unlimited places, the seven widgets, the other ninety-seven places, the world clock and the timeline to scrub hour by hour. Subscribe, or buy it once and keep it. Sources is a one-time purchase with everything in Pro except Apple Weather: MET Norway out of the box, or OpenWeatherMap, WeatherAPI.com, Pirate Weather and others with your own free API key — or several at once. NOT A WARNING SERVICE This is a weather app for looking at, not a safety system. For decisions that matter, follow your national weather service. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Whimsy Weather Pro (Monthly) is US$2 per month and Whimsy Weather Pro (Yearly) is US$18 per year; both renew automatically. Whimsy Weather Pro (Lifetime) is US$60 and Whimsy Weather Sources is US$29.99; both are one-time purchases that never renew. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically for the same period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://candan-weng.blogspot.com/2026/08/terms-of-use-whimsy-weather.html Privacy Policy: https://candan-weng.blogspot.com/2026/08/privacy-policy-whimsy-weather.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Whimsy Weather at 16.0 against Weather Here Forecast's 18.2. On price, update cadence, 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. Weather Here Forecast sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Whimsy Weather sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Weather Here Forecast ships an update every 3 days, Whimsy Weather weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weather Here Forecast | Whimsy Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michal Sidorczyk | Candan |
In-app purchases
Weather Here Forecast
- Full Access Monthly$0.991 Month
- Full Access 6-Month$4.996 Months
- Full Access Yearly$8.991 Year
- Lifetime Full Access$39.99
Whimsy Weather
- Whimsy Weather Pro (Monthly)$2.001 Month
- Whimsy Weather Pro (Yearly)$18.001 Year
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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- Whimsy Weather Sources$29.99
- Whimsy Weather Pro (Lifetime)$60.00
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