Modern METAR Widget vs StormBase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Modern METAR Widget
Get instant aviation weather reports directly on your home and lock screens. This app offers customizable widgets to display METAR data for multiple airports without requiring a subscription or in-app purchases.
- Live METAR data on home/lock screen
- No subscriptions or in-app purchases
- Customizable widget appearance
- Support for multiple airports
- Automated flight category tags (VFR, MVFR, IFR)
Read full descriptionHide full description
No Monthly Subscription and No In-App Purchases! Display any METAR data on your Lock screen and Home screen! Modern METAR Widget provides instant situational awareness with just a glance at your phone. Whether you are checking the latest station report or monitoring wind shifts for your next flight, the data you need is always one glance away, no need to unlock your phone or launch a heavy app. CORE FEATURES: -No Subscriptions: Pay once and enjoy unlimited access to live METAR data. -Instant Home & Lock Screen Access: View real-time reports via sleek, color-coded widgets. -Customizable Appearance: Fully control text and background colors -Multi-Airport List: Save multiple airports to toggle between at anytime! -Automated Flight Categories: Tags for VFR, MVFR, and IFR appear at a glance to easily know the conditions SIMPLICITY: Modern METAR Widget strips away the clutter. It has a modern User Interface with sleek designs and easy controls. Add your airports, customize your look, and get back to flying. Reliable, professional data from aviationweather.gov, delivered exactly where you need it.
StormBase
This app consolidates high-impact weather and space weather information from official NOAA and NWS sources. It provides forecast outlooks, alert maps, status feeds, and technical tools in a single, organized interface for quick access to critical U.S. weather intelligence.
- SPC convective and fire weather outlooks
- WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlooks
- SWPC space weather alerts and forecasts
- GOES satellite imagery with animation
- U.S. Alerts dashboard with search/filter
- Radar network status monitoring
- NWS local forecast tools and text products
Read full descriptionHide full description
StormBase is a one-time $0.99 purchase, with no nonsense subscriptions or recurring fees. It helps you track high-impact weather and space weather in one clean, fast app. Built around official NOAA and NWS products*, StormBase brings forecast outlooks, live alert maps, status feeds, and technical tools into a single workflow so you can check what matters quickly and with context. Whether you are a weather enthusiast, spotter, pilot, forecaster, or emergency-focused user, StormBase is designed to reduce tab-hopping and keep core U.S. weather intelligence organized, current, mobile friendly, and easy to interact with. Features: - SPC coverage in one place: Day 1-8 convective outlooks, fire weather outlooks, watches, mesoscale discussions, local storm reports, partner regional graphics, and experimental guidance. - WPC products: PMD discussions, Excessive Rainfall Outlooks (Day 1-5), QPF Day 1-7 and multi-day totals, plus an interactive surface analysis viewer. - CPC outlook suite: 6-10 and 8-14 outlooks, monthly/seasonal outlooks, drought outlooks, and Hazards products including Day 3-7 composite Hazards - SWPC space weather view: SWPC alert messages and forecast scales, X-ray trends, solar probabilities, sunspot/solar region data, and numerous solar imagery loops. - Satellite imagery: GOES East/West, Himawari, and EUMETSAT selection, multiple sectors including mesoscale, multiple bands, and animated loop playback with latest-frame start options. - Fully interactive earthquake viewer map. - U.S. Alerts dashboard: National alerts map plus grouped active warnings, watches, and advisories with search, filters, and sort options. - Radar network status: Monitor radar site health, see outage/status messaging, and search/filter stations quickly. - Soundings archive browser: View observed radiosonde products by station, date, and cycle and sounding climatology. - Historical Events browser: NOAA SWDI historical weather events with year/month/day drill-down, event type filtering, impact sorting, metadata, and narrative views. - NWS local forecast tools: saved U.S. locations with point forecasts, hourly graphs, active alerts, local storm reports, AFD summaries, office graphics, and recent observation history. - NWS WFO Text Products: Browse WFO AFD/CLI/CLM/CLA bulletins by office, quick-jump search to specific WHO and product, plus ADM/ADA administrative messages. - SPC Mesoanalysis viewer: layered SPC mesoanalysis products in a dedicated in-app browser. - SPC Archive tools: browse archived convective outlooks, archived MCDs, archived watches, archived mesoanalysis, and archived preliminary storm reports, including historical images and report tables. - Observations + models: MAG observations, sector/product/cycle loops, SKEWT, and MAG model guidance with run comparisons. - Aviation Weather Center Products: METAR/TAF search plus a native AWC graphics viewer for aviation weather products. - Moon phases page for saved or current location. - iCloud sync across devices for favorite app pages. - Favorites and quick access: Pin frequently used products and jump back fast. - Customizable layout: Configure menu destinations and viewing preferences for your workflow. - Time and refresh controls: Current UTC time, Local/UTC display options and foreground refresh behavior. - Built-in glossary and references - Native app language support in Japanese, Korean, French, English GB, and English AU. - Privacy-minded design: No ad SDKs, no profiling analytics, and locally stored preferences/caches. Widget Suite: Favorites widget, SPC Outlook widget, Radar Status widget, WFO Bulletin widget, METAR Widgets, Situational Summary widgets (Home Screen + Lock Screen) Data and attribution: StormBase uses official public weather sources including NOAA/NWS/NCEP centers. *StormBase is not affiliated with or endorsed by NOAA/NWS.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Modern METAR Widget at none against StormBase's 3. Modern METAR Widget also leads on chart position (#8 vs #191) and ratings volume (42 vs 4). StormBase's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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
Modern METAR Widget costs $0.99 and StormBase $0.99 up front. StormBase sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Modern METAR Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
StormBase holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Modern METAR Widget has 42 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Modern METAR Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of StormBase's.
Modern METAR Widget ships an update every 3 days, StormBase every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Modern METAR Widget | StormBase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (42 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #8 — better | #191 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean Heiken | Abdullah Sheikh |
Customer experience
Modern METAR Widget
StormBase
In-app purchases
Modern METAR Widget
No in-app purchases
StormBase
- Shower Tip$1.99
- Downburst Tip$4.99
- Microburst Tip$9.99
Questions
Is Modern METAR Widget free?
Is StormBase free?
Which has better reviews, Modern METAR Widget or StormBase?
Do Modern METAR Widget or StormBase have ads?
Which is updated more often, Modern METAR Widget or StormBase?
Which is more popular, Modern METAR Widget or StormBase?
Other comparisons















