Comparison

Cloud Shift vs RainWatch

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cloud Shift

Features
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CloudShift delivers a stunning and precise weather experience. Designed with a modern glassmorphism interface, it allows you to track real-time weather conditions with beautiful animations. Key Features: Accurate Forecasts: Get real-time weather data based on your precise location. 7-Day Outlook: Plan your week with detailed daily weather reports. Interactive Search: Easily find and track weather conditions for any city globally. Beautiful UI: Enjoy a modern, dark-themed interface with fluid animations. Stay ahead of the storm with CloudShift!

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RainWatch

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RainWatch shows the weather on your Apple Watch as an animated 3D cloud instead of a table of numbers. One glance tells you what it's like outside: the cloud frowns when it rains, hides from lightning, drifts in fog, holds on in the wind and steps aside when the sun comes out. ONE CLOUD, EVERY KIND OF WEATHER Rain, thunderstorm, snow, sleet, fog, wind, cloudy, partly cloudy, sunny, and their night versions. City, temperature, condition and chance of precipitation are always shown as live text over the animation. ON YOUR IPHONE TOO RainWatch comes with an iPhone app: the same cloud above the full reading, a pull-up panel with the hourly and 7-day forecast and air quality, and the place where you search for cities. Cities you save on iPhone appear on your watch by themselves. FREE • Current weather for your location, on the watch and on iPhone • One saved city: search for it on iPhone, see it on the watch • Every animated weather state • Forecasts from Apple Weather • In English and Polish • No account, no setup, no ads RAINWATCH PREMIUM • Hourly forecast: tap the cloud on the watch, or open the panel on iPhone • 7-day forecast: press and hold the cloud on the watch, or open the panel on iPhone • Air quality on iPhone • Up to five saved cities on iPhone and on the watch • Swipe left between your saved cities on the watch RainWatch Premium is a weekly auto-renewable subscription with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. You can buy it in the app on iPhone or on Apple Watch; one subscription unlocks both. The price is shown in the app before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. You can restore purchases and redeem Apple offer codes in the app. Requires watchOS 26.6 or later on Apple Watch and iOS 26.2 or later on iPhone. The watch shows the weather for where you are on its own. Location is optional. Without it, search for a city and RainWatch shows its weather. With it, your location is used only to fetch local weather, show the name of the place and, on iPhone, the air quality. It is sent to Apple and, for air quality, to the World Air Quality Index — never to us. Privacy Policy: https://damianai.org/rain/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cloud Shift4 screens
RainWatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cloud Shift at none against RainWatch's 1. Cloud Shift also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). RainWatch's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RainWatch sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per 7 days. Cloud Shift asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cloud Shift ships an update every 9 days, RainWatch every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Cloud Shift versus RainWatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloud ShiftRainWatch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBaris GorgunDamian Glasek

In-app purchases

None

Cloud Shift

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

RainWatch

Subscriptions1
  • RainWatch Premium Weekly7 Days trial$0.497 Days

Questions

Is Cloud Shift free?
Cloud Shift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RainWatch free?
RainWatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cloud Shift or RainWatch have ads?
Cloud Shift shows ads; RainWatch does not.
Which is updated more often, Cloud Shift or RainWatch?
Cloud Shift ships an update every 9 days, and RainWatch every 8 days. Most recently, Cloud Shift was updated on October 8, 2026 and RainWatch on October 17, 2026.

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