RemoteWeather vs Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RemoteWeather
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RemoteWeather is a complete weather monitoring system designed for personal weather stations. It consists of an app (this app) and weather server software that runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows. RemoteWeather creates a professional live weather website, stores your historical readings, and shares your observations with weather services and amateur radio networks. What you get: - Live weather iOS/iPadOS application (this app) - Live weather website with real-time updates and interactive charts. - Long-term data storage for analyzing trends and patterns. - Automatic uploads to Weather Underground, PWS Weather, and other services. - APRS/CWOP transmission for ham radio operators. - Access your data--in real time--from anywhere on any device. Supported weather stations: - Davis Instruments (VantagePro, VantagePro2, Vue) - Campbell Scientific dataloggers - Ambient Weather stations - AirGradient air quality monitors, and more. Important: This app connects to your RemoteWeather server installation. You'll need RemoteWeather software running on Linux hardware at your station site (available free at github.com/chrissnell/remoteweather).
Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather
Visualize real-time data from your Ecowitt weather station on a clear dashboard. Monitor temperature, wind, rain, and more with historical charts and forecasts. Supports multiple stations and customizable views.
- Real-time weather station readings
- Historical data charts
- Weather forecasts
- Sunrise/sunset and moon phase
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable station names
- Fahrenheit/Celsius options
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Weathervane turns readings from your Ecowitt weather station into a clear, detailed dashboard for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Free, with no ads and no account to create. Connect directly to your gateway on your home Wi-Fi, or use Ecowitt Cloud to check your stations from anywhere. Weathervane shows only the readings your station and sensors provide, with no empty sections for equipment you don't have. See temperature, humidity, dew point, feels like, pressure, wind, rainfall, solar radiation, UV, air quality, CO2, lightning, soil moisture, soil temperature and conductivity, leaf wetness, water leaks, distance and depth, battery levels, signal strength and more. APPLE WATCH Your station on your wrist, with complications for your watch face. Pick any of your stations right on the watch. With Ecowitt Cloud, the watch reads your station itself, so complications stay up to date even when your iPhone isn't nearby. ALERTS Get notified about the weather, your sensors and your devices: high and low temperatures, frost tonight, strong wind and gusts, rain starting and stopping, heavy rain, lightning nearby, falling pressure, humidity, air quality, a daily summary, sensors that stop reporting, low batteries, a station going offline and firmware updates. Set quiet hours so alerts wait until morning. WATER-LEAK ALARM With a WH55 leak sensor, Weathervane sounds a distinct rising alarm the moment water is detected, shows a red warning on your dashboard and watch, and tells you when it's dry again. HISTORY AND RECORDS Graphs from one hour to a month. Tap any graph to see the exact reading and time. The Records screen keeps your highs, lows and totals from today back to all-time. Export your data as a CSV file. FORECAST A 5-day forecast with a one-line summary and each day's chance of rain, plus sunrise, sunset and the moon phase. In the US, add a live radar map and the National Weather Service's written forecast for each day. FEATURES • Apple Watch app and complications • Weather, sensor and device alerts • Water-leak alarm • Live radar and written forecasts (US) • Siri and Shortcuts • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • History graphs and Records • CSV export • "Compared to yesterday" notes • 3-hour pressure trend and outlook • Share a picture of current conditions • Two-column iPad layout with an expanded forecast • Multiple stations, with local and cloud support • Firmware update status for every device • Custom names and order for stations and sensors • Fahrenheit or Celsius, your choice of pressure, wind and rain units • Units that follow your region, with knots, m/s and metric distances • 12-hour or 24-hour time • Light and dark appearance • Demo mode, to try it without a station SUPPORTED HARDWARE Gateways: GW1100, GW1200, GW2000, GW3000, and the WittField WS6210 and WS6006 4G gateways. The original GW1000 through Ecowitt Cloud. Consoles: HP2550, HP2551, HP2560, HP2561, HP2564 Wittboy Pro, HP3500, WS2320, WS2910, WS3800, WS3820, WS3900, WS3910, WN1820, WN1821, WN1920 and WN1980. Stations: any package built on one of these, including GW1101, GW1201, GW1202, GW1210, GW2001, GW3001, GW3002, Wittboy, Essense3, WN1981, HP2552 and HP2553H. Newer and regional models not listed here usually work too, as they share the same interfaces. Available readings depend on your gateway, firmware and connected sensors. Weathervane is independently developed and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ecowitt. Ecowitt and related product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Verdict
RemoteWeather and Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
RemoteWeather ships an update weekly, Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RemoteWeather | Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Snell | Leech Software |
In-app purchases
RemoteWeather
No in-app purchases
Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather
No in-app purchases
Questions
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