CieloTracker vs Neptune Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CieloTracker
Receive instant push alerts for critical aviation weather changes at your selected airports. This tool helps pilots and dispatchers monitor METARs and TAFs without constant manual checks, offering a clean, ad-free interface for efficient workflows.
- Real-time METAR/TAF push alerts
- Custom minima thresholds
- Unlimited airport monitoring
- Alternate legality assessment
- Ad-free interface
- Background monitoring
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CieloTracker is the professional aviation weather monitoring tool built for pilots and dispatchers who demand precision without the noise. Get real-time push alerts the moment METARs or TAFs at your selected airports drop below your custom minima thresholds. No more constant manual checks—focus on decisions, not data hunting. Key features: • Add and monitor unlimited airports with personalized minima settings • Instant notifications for deteriorating conditions • Quick alternate legality assessment and tracking • Clean, ad-free interface designed for efficient professional workflows • Continuous background monitoring of METARs and TAFs • Simple, powerful controls for busy ops environments Whether you’re single-pilot IFR, managing a fleet, or handling dispatch—stay ahead of changing weather with reliable, threshold-based intelligence. Important Safety Disclaimer: CieloTracker is a supplementary tool for situational awareness only. It is not certified for operational control, primary flight planning, or regulatory compliance. Always verify weather information with official FAA/NWS sources (e.g., Aviation Weather Center, Flight Service) before making any go/no-go decisions. Use at your own risk—cross-check all data independently. Download now and take back control of your weather monitoring.
Neptune Weather
This app provides highly accurate, localized weather forecasts using advanced data analysis and a unique forecast engine. It features volumetric radar, detailed map overlays, and a query terminal for custom data access. Receive alerts for severe weather like hail and rotation.
- Live 3D volumetric radar
- Custom terrain map overlays
- Forecast confidence bands
- Built-in query terminal
- Hail and rotation alerts
- Astronomy and solar storm data
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Neptune has been built from the ground up to provide the most accurate and local weather forecast possible. It maintains simplicity without sacrificing the details that make a weather application useful. Neptune ingests a wide variety of raw weather models from around the world and monitors their forecasts against what actually happens. Neptune's forecast engine creates a precise prediction tailored to your location, and it’s designed to learn and get better over time. After a few days of forecasting and observing, Neptune will publish its accuracy against the National Weather Service to prove it's worth. VOLUMETRIC RADAR Neptune ingests raw volumetric radar data from the leading, most up-to-date sources and displays it against true to life terrain. Watch a timelapse of storms growing from the ground up and use Neptune's radar tools to cut apart layers of the storms at different elevations. Neptune offers both high resolution raw radar data, and pre-filtered radar data. Neptune also offer's HRRR and GFS data all built into the maps functionality for extended visual forecasts and analysis. MAPS AND OVERLAYS In addition to radar, Neptune offers temperature, precipitation, dynamic wind, lightning, and cloud overlays. The underlying map was custom built from the ground up to show detailed terrain features and elevation changes. This allows storms to be displayed at real scale against perfectly recreated mountains and ravines. FORECAST CONFIDENCE Instead of showing you an arbitrary probability, Neptune publishes a confidence band for its forecast fields to display the agreement between the models it ingests. This allows you to visualize model convergence and divergence and get a feel for the true range of possibilities being predicted. Neptune automatically tunes its final prediction; however, it also aims to be transparent enough to show its work. BUILT-IN QUERY TERMINAL If interacting with a UI isn’t your style, or you prefer to have data in a custom format, Neptune provides a query terminal with its own built in query language to access its weather data. The syntax is easy to learn and suggestions are provided for you; however, you can also query in plain text using Apple’s on device LLM to translate it into a weather query and interpret the output. Query historical data as far back as the data goes for your location or put together custom forecasts based on only the fields that you want. You can create preset commands to quickly run a query that you find useful. HAIL AND ROTATION ALERTS Neptune uses leading data sources to warn you of any nearby hail or rotational activity. It monitors the live, high resolution radar in your area to be as accurate as possible and increase its chances of providing plenty of reaction time. AND A TON MORE -Hurricane tracker -Earthquake risk and monitoring -Wildfire alerts and visualization -Astronomy and solar storm data -U.S. Army Core of Engineer reservoir data -Tide, wave, and ocean climate data -Aviation conditions -Wildlife and fishing -Seasonal forecasts -Detailed historical analysis -Fully customizable ONGOING SUPPORT AND INNOVATION Neptune is a brand new weather application and this is just the beginning. Our team is dedicated to providing ongoing, meaningful updates to Neptune for the foreseeable future. Stay tuned for what’s to come! OUR COMMITMENT TO TRUE PRIVACY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION Unlike other weather applications, Neptune will never sell or distribute ANY of your data. For more details, see our privacy policy below. Neptune requires a subscription after a 3-day free trial; no account or card needed to start. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://neptuneweather.io/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://neptuneweather.io/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Neptune Weather at Free against CieloTracker's $99.99. Neptune Weather also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). CieloTracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On iOS requirement 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
Neptune Weather is free to download; CieloTracker costs $99.99 up front. Neptune Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. CieloTracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
CieloTracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neptune Weather has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CieloTracker ships an update daily, Neptune Weather every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CieloTracker | Neptune Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Samuel Gonzalez | Aleph Collective LLC |
Customer experience
CieloTracker
Neptune Weather
In-app purchases
CieloTracker
No in-app purchases
Neptune Weather
- Neptune Monthly$9.991 Month
- Neptune Yearly$59.991 Year
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