Comparison

Precipitator vs WeatherRace

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

Head to head
About

Precipitator

Get essential weather information with a clean and intuitive interface. Receive alerts for your current location and browse severe weather in U.S. cities. Integrates with your Ambient weather station and optionally adds daily summaries to your Apple Calendar.

Highlights
  • Weather alerts for current location
  • Browse severe weather in U.S. cities
  • Ambient weather station feed integration
  • Optional daily weather summaries in Apple Calendar
  • Liquid Glass UI with animated weather effects
Features
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Precipitator provides simple, clean, and beautiful access to the weather you care about. -Weather alerts for your current location -Easily browse U.S. cities that are experiencing severe weather -View your Ambient weather station feed inside Precipitator -Add a brief weather summary for each day in your Apple Calendar to the weather in the context of your day! (Optional) -Liquid Glass UI with fun, beautiful animated weather effects.

About

WeatherRace

This app provides detailed weather forecasts and race results for motorsport events. It features a race calendar that adapts to your local time and allows you to search for historical races with similar weather conditions.

Highlights
  • Weather forecasts for race weekends
  • Race calendar with local timezone adaptation
  • Race results and weather data
  • Historical race weather matching
  • Global city weather search
  • 10-day forecast with hourly breakdown
  • Dark theme
Features
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WeatherRace is a weather companion app for motorsport fans. Track race calendars, weather forecasts, and podium results for each race weekend, from Grand Prix to endurance racing. Key features: • Weather forecasts for race weekends - air temperature, rain chance, humidity, wind speed and direction. • Switch between series: each has its own race calendar, results and race weather. • Race calendar with local timezone adaptation - automatically adjusts race times to your location or searched location. • Race results and race weather data. Endurance races show results by class and the weather for each part of the race. • Unique race-matching feature - discover historical F1 and endurance races with weather conditions similar to your current or searched location, or browse past races by year and month, including each race's results. • Search any city worldwide to see its weather, race schedule in local time, and race match. • 10-day weather forecast with hourly breakdowns, highlighting upcoming race days. • Dark theme. Perfect for motorsport fans planning to attend races, or anyone curious about the weather conditions at iconic racing circuits around the world, before and during race events. This is an unofficial fan application and is not associated with Formula 1, the FIA, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the ACO, or any of their official entities.WeatherRace is a weather companion app for motorsport fans. Track race calendars, weather forecasts, and podium results for each race weekend, from Grand Prix to endurance racing.

Screenshots

Precipitator4 screens
WeatherRace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WeatherRace at 17.0 against Precipitator's 26.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Precipitator against 5.0 for WeatherRace. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Precipitator ships an update every 5 days, WeatherRace every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Precipitator versus WeatherRace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrecipitatorWeatherRace
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJosh FentonLouis De Jaegher

Customer experience

Precipitator

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WeatherRace

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Precipitator

No in-app purchases

None

WeatherRace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Precipitator free?
Precipitator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WeatherRace free?
WeatherRace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Precipitator or WeatherRace?
Precipitator and WeatherRace are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Precipitator or WeatherRace have ads?
Neither Precipitator nor WeatherRace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Precipitator or WeatherRace?
Precipitator ships an update every 5 days, and WeatherRace every 6 days. Most recently, Precipitator was updated on November 7, 2026 and WeatherRace on November 6, 2026.

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