Mad Weather vs SkyForge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mad Weather
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NYC doesn't say "partly cloudy." NYC says "it's giving overcast but we still outside." Mad Weather is the only weather app that translates real forecast data into authentic NYC vernacular -- because "deadass OD brick" hits different than "very cold." REAL TALK WEATHER Every temperature, condition, and wind reading gets translated into how New Yorkers actually talk. Real Talk reads the weather the way you experience it: a downpour, a thunderstorm, and a gray day each get the right energy, and the language escalates the longer bad weather sticks around. Humidity, nighttime, and wind combos all get their own lines. Toggle between Regular and Extra intensity. ASK SIRI "Hey Siri, what's my Mad Weather status?" gets you a live spoken report: temperature, conditions, your subway lines, and the Real Talk. Siri fetches fresh weather when you ask, so there's no need to open the app first. Rename the shortcut to your own phrase and Siri answers to that too. ONE TAP FROM ANYWHERE A Control Center button shows your current temperature and conditions and taps to deliver your full status -- no unlock needed. Assign it to the Action Button for a one-press check. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets refresh the moment the app does. ALERTS WHEN IT ACTUALLY CHANGES Get notified when conditions shift: rain starting or stopping, a sudden temperature swing, a storm moving in. Updates replace each other instead of piling up, so your Lock Screen always shows what's true right now. Plus precipitation ETA alerts 10--60 minutes before rain or snow hits your block. LIVE MTA SUBWAY STATUS Real-time alerts for all 25 subway lines from the official MTA feed. Color-coded badges with plain-talk status. Favorite up to 5 lines and yours show up first -- no more scrolling through 25 lines to find your train. INTERACTIVE BORO MAP A full Apple Maps experience with Standard, Satellite, and Hybrid views. All five boroughs outlined from official NYC data -- including the Rockaway peninsula and Rikers Island -- with real MTA subway routes drawn on top, color-coded by live status. Traffic overlay. 3D terrain and buildings. ALL 5 BOROUGHS AT A GLANCE Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, each with its own forecast. See the temperature swing across the city in one view. NYC'S 12 SEASONS New York doesn't have 4 seasons -- it has 12. Winter, Fools Spring, Second Winter, Spring of Deception, Third Winter, The Pollening, Actual Spring, Summer, Hell's Front Porch, False Fall, Second Summer, and Actual Fall. Tap the season card to see all 12 on a subway-style timeline. The season card knows when the weather doesn't match the season, and says so. FIT CHECK Weather-based outfit recommendations -- no brands, no ads, just what to wear. Forecast-aware advisories warn you about incoming rain, temperature swings, and snow before you step out. 40+ GAME CENTER ACHIEVEMENTS Earn "Stoop Kid" for never leaving your borough, "Bodega Run" for checking weather in the rain, "All-City" for hitting all 5 boroughs. Plus hidden ones for real New Yorkers. AIR QUALITY INDEX Live AQI for your location, color-coded from Good to Hazardous. NYC-flavored health advice and a full breakdown of what you're breathing. ALSO INCLUDED -- Weather animations: rain, snow, sun rays, clouds, and fog -- Next-hour precipitation timeline, minute by minute -- Commute card with weather-aware departure advice -- Siri shortcuts for weather, MTA, air quality, borough weather, and what to wear -- Light, Dark, and System appearance modes -- NWS severe weather alerts No subscriptions. No paywalls on the forecast. Just NYC weather that actually sounds like NYC.
SkyForge
Experience a dynamic, full-screen weather map with animated radar, 3D storms, and live wind streams. Get detailed 10-day forecasts with interactive charts and severe weather alerts. This app prioritizes privacy with no sign-up or tracking.
- Full-screen animated weather radar
- 3D storm visualization
- Live wind streams
- 10-day forecast with interactive charts
- Severe weather alerts
- Privacy-focused, no tracking
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SkyForge makes the weather radar the whole app — a full-screen, buttery-smooth animated map is your home screen, and everything else floats cleanly on top. RADAR THAT MOVES • Smooth, motion-interpolated radar: the past two hours, then up to an hour of forecast radar where it's available • 3D storms — heavy rain rises off the map as shaded clouds that cast shadows • Live wind streams — thousands of moving particles showing direction and speed • Temperature overlay with a color-graded legend • Show precipitation, temperature and wind together • Fronts & pressure from NOAA's surface analysis • Zoom out far enough and the map becomes a spinning 3D globe, colored with NASA satellite land cover A FORECAST WITH DEPTH • 10-day forecast — tap any day to expand a plain-English brief • Interactive charts for every day: temperature, precipitation, UV, wind, humidity, visibility, and pressure — drag to pinpoint any minute • Hourly forecast, current conditions, "feels like", and high/low • Air quality (US AQI), UV index, sunrise & sunset, dew point, and more BUILT FOR WHERE YOU ARE • Automatic radar and forecast for your current location • Save cities and reorder your list with a long-press • Dark and light map themes that remember your choice SEVERE WEATHER • Live watches, warnings, and advisories from the US National Weather Service, right at the top of your screen when they matter HONEST BY DESIGN • 100% free and ad-free • No account, no sign-up, no tracking • Your location is used only to fetch weather — never stored or sold Weather data from Open-Meteo, LibreWXR, RainViewer, NOAA / National Weather Service, NASA GIBS, Iowa State Mesonet, and OpenWeatherMap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SkyForge at none against Mad Weather's 1. SkyForge also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and update cadence 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. Mad Weather sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SkyForge asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mad Weather ships an update fortnightly, SkyForge monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Mad Weather | SkyForge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bleek Vision LLC | Tyler Posey |
In-app purchases
Mad Weather
- Remove Ads Forever$1.99
SkyForge
No in-app purchases









