Ambient Almanac vs Weather Studio Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ambient Almanac
Experience atmospheric moodscapes that dynamically shift with real-time weather, time, and location. Discover seasonal gardening tips, local foraging information, and historical weather proverbs. Enjoy gentle nature sounds and a human-crafted design with no ads or tracking.
- Live weather visualization
- Seasonal gardening guidance
- Location-based foraging
- Historical weather proverbs
- Real-time forecast dashboard
- Moon phases and calendar
- Nature soundscapes
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Gentle sounds drift through ambient moodscapes that change with the time, location, and meteorological conditions. • Live weather visualized as drifting light, clouds, rain, and snow • Seasonal gardening guidance • Foraging and market produce by location • Daily entries from Weather Proverbs, a 19th century collection of folk meteorology • Realtime meteorological conditions and forecast dashboard • Moon phases, times, and calendar • Season and Microseason tracking • Daily atmospheric vibes and seasonal observations • Land, terrain, & soil profile • Gentle nature sounds from field recordings • In-app postcard mailing • Widget support (phase 1, more to come) • Human-crafted design • No generative AI content • No ads • No tracking • Buy once, free updates ∞ Feedback welcome — new features added regularly. Please leave a review if you are enjoying the app!
Weather Studio Widgets
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Build weather with tiles. Weather Studio gives you control over what weather information you see, where it appears, and how it looks. Create your dashboard by adding weather tiles, then arrange and resize them to fit the information you need. Customize every tile Choose the content, style, and layout of individual tiles. Build a simple dashboard for quick weather checks or combine more tiles for a detailed view. Display weather information such as temperature, hourly and daily forecasts, humidity, wind, precipitation, and more. Design widgets your way Build Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets using the same tile-based system. Choose the weather data you want, arrange your tiles, and customize the appearance of each widget. Weather Studio supports multiple widget formats, including Home Screen and Lock Screen layouts. Create multiple layouts Save different dashboard tile arrangements and switch between them whenever you need a different setup. With Weather Studio, your dashboard and widgets are built around the weather information that matters to you. Privacy Policy: https://penguinworksco.work/weather-studio/privacy-policy Support: https://penguinworksco.work/weather-studio/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Weather Studio Widgets at Free against Ambient Almanac's $3.99. Ambient Almanac's advantage is iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Weather Studio Widgets is free to download; Ambient Almanac costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ambient Almanac | Weather Studio Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomato Laboratories | Daryl Gialolo |
In-app purchases
Ambient Almanac
No in-app purchases
Weather Studio Widgets
No in-app purchases
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