Aurora Weather vs OpenWindow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aurora Weather
Get a clear and calming weather forecast with current conditions, hourly details, and a weekly preview. This app offers a minimalist design, prioritizing essential weather metrics. It's powered by a privacy-first protocol, using your location only for forecasts.
- Current weather conditions
- Hourly forecast details
- Weekly weather preview
- Minimalist and clean layout
- Switch between current location and favorite cities
- Privacy-first location usage
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Aurora Weather brings you a focused, calming weather experience. Check current conditions at a glance, scan the next few hours with refined detail, and preview the week ahead through a clean, airy layout. Switch between your current coordinates and favorite cities in a tap, and refresh the data anytime with a simple pull. Designed with SwiftUI, Aurora Weather embraces a thoughtfully minimal architecture that keeps vital metrics—Temperature, Summary, Wind, Humidity, and Precipitation—front and center for efficient decision-making. Powered by Open‑Meteo with a privacy‑first protocol: your location is utilized only to fetch your specific forecast. No accounts. No clutter. Just the weather, beautifully refined.
OpenWindow
This app provides clear, practical recommendations on whether to open your windows or go outside. It combines local weather and air-quality data into simple guidance for everyday decisions.
- Window and outdoor activity recommendations
- Hourly weather and air quality outlooks
- Local and manual location search
- Saved default location
- Unit preferences
- Light and dark mode
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OpenWindow helps you decide when the air outside is worth letting in. Check whether it is a good time to open your windows or go outside using local weather and air-quality conditions. OpenWindow combines temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, visibility, UV, and air-quality data into clear, practical recommendations. Instead of making you interpret every weather metric yourself, OpenWindow gives you simple guidance for two everyday questions: - Is it a good time to open the windows? - Is it a good time to go outside? Features: - Current recommendations for windows and outdoor activity - Hourly outlooks so you can plan around better conditions - Weather and air-quality data powered by Open-Meteo - Current-location lookup with optional location permission - Manual location search if you prefer not to use device location - Saved default location for quick checks - Unit preferences for temperature, wind, visibility, and more - Light and dark mode support - No account required OpenWindow is built for quick, low-friction decisions: checking the room before opening a window, planning a walk, timing errands, or seeing whether air quality makes staying inside the better call. Location access is optional and used only to fetch local weather and air-quality data. You can always search for a location manually instead.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OpenWindow at every 3 days against Aurora Weather's every 8 days. Aurora Weather's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Aurora Weather against 5.0 for OpenWindow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Aurora Weather ships an update every 8 days, OpenWindow every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aurora Weather | OpenWindow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Konstantin Nechaev | South Bay Compute, LLC |
Customer experience
Aurora Weather
OpenWindow
In-app purchases
Aurora Weather
No in-app purchases
OpenWindow
No in-app purchases









