Wx Models vs Rockets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wx Models
Visualize weather forecast models like GFS, ECMWF, and NAM on your mobile device. Explore different parameters and zoom into specific regions to understand potential weather patterns.
- View GFS, ECMWF, NAM, HRRR models
- Zoom into specific regions
- Change weather parameters
- Visual weather forecast data
- On-the-go access
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Easily view visual weather forecast models on the go. View GFS, ECMWF, NAM, and even HRRR models with more to come. Zoom into regions and change parameters to see what weather could be near.
Rockets
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Rockets is a personal launch-day companion for spaceflight fans who want to know what is worth watching, what changed, and what to do next. Today highlights the next relevant mission and source freshness. Explore keeps the 3D globe, search, Mission Planner, and Launch Pulse. My Missions saves a complete local journey, while Launch Room combines the countdown, status, source details, change history, Calendar, Live Activity, and alert controls. Mission Control is the existing optional EUR 4.99 one-time purchase. It unlocks unlimited watched missions and advanced enthusiast tools forever. There is no subscription, trial, recurring billing, account, or Rockets-operated backend. Existing Mission Control buyers receive the Rockets 2 paid capabilities automatically after StoreKit restoration. Explore launch sites on a 3D globe, search pads and missions, compare recent and upcoming launches, and use Mission Planner to filter missions by provider, orbit, status, timing, and weather or hold concerns. Add selected launch windows to Calendar and start a Live Activity for upcoming missions. Rockets uses Launch Library 2 for launch schedules and launch pad data. If launch-site data is temporarily unavailable, the app may use OpenStreetMap Overpass as a fallback for public launch-site map data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wx Models at none against Rockets's 1. Rockets's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Rockets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wx Models asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Wx Models | Rockets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 8 days |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | — | iPhone — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Atlas Horne | Mirco Schoepf |
In-app purchases
Wx Models
No in-app purchases
Rockets
- Mission Control$3.99









