Comparison

GPF Weather System vs Cloudbreak Weather

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

Head to head
About

GPF Weather System

Features
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GPF Weather System delivers precise, real-time weather information powered by Apple WeatherKit. Designed with clarity and minimalism in mind, the app provides current conditions and a 7-day forecast in a clean, distraction-free interface. Weather data refreshes automatically every minute and when the app returns to the foreground, ensuring up-to-date information. With the latest updates, the app introduces configurable weather alerts for temperature thresholds and incoming rain, along with customizable cooldown intervals. A dedicated Settings panel allows full control over notifications. The Home Screen widget displays the latest saved data and updates automatically on a best-effort basis. A companion Apple Watch app allows you to check current conditions and manually request a refresh directly from your wrist. Key Features: • Real-time current conditions • 7-day forecast • Configurable temperature and rain alerts • Automatic refresh (foreground + background best-effort) • Home Screen widget • Apple Watch companion app with iPhone-synced updates • Location-based weather • Clean, high-contrast interface No login required. No account registration. No tracking. Accurate weather data, presented clearly.

About

Cloudbreak Weather

A fast, private weather app focused on fire-weather risk and air quality. It provides detailed current conditions, hourly forecasts, and a seven-day outlook, with specialized layers for active incidents, smoke plumes, and historical burn scars.

Highlights
  • Fire-weather risk assessment
  • Dedicated fire map with incidents and perimeters
  • Smoke and air quality index (AQI) with outlook
  • National Weather Service and Environment Canada alerts
  • Visual weather exploration (radar, satellite, overlays)
  • Personal weather station integration
Features
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Cloudbreak is a fast, private weather app for people who actually watch the sky — built with a fire-weather edge for anyone living in or near wildfire country. Open it and you get a clean, honest read on right now: current conditions, an hourly strip you can scan at a glance, and a seven-day outlook — sourced from the U.S. National Weather Service and, in Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Tap any detail for a 24-hour chart of humidity, wind, pressure, UV, visibility, and more, or drag the sun along its arc to see exactly how much daylight is left. Where Cloudbreak goes further is fire and air: • Fire-weather risk — the day's expected max, from Low to Extreme, with the official drivers (humidity, wind, Haines index) and a 48-hour outlook, so an elevated day never catches you off guard. Official NWS data in the U.S.; a clearly-labeled modeled estimate anywhere else. Each day in the 7-day forecast is flagged for its peak fire risk, too. • A dedicated fire map — active incidents and perimeters, satellite hotspots, smoke, and historical burn scars (official USGS/USFS records for major fires), each a layer you can turn on or off, with a tap-through detail on every feature. • Smoke and air quality — live AQI with a multi-day outlook, plus NOAA smoke plumes on the map, so you know when to keep the windows shut. • National Weather Service and Environment Canada alerts — the most severe warning for your area, front and center. Explore the weather visually: play NEXRAD radar forward past now with a short-range forecast, loop GOES GeoColor satellite imagery, read surface wind and temperature fields, and add lightning or air-quality overlays on top — with active-fire hotspots available over any of them. Have your own hardware? Connect a personal weather station — Ambient Weather, Tempest, Davis, Netatmo, or PWSWeather — and Cloudbreak blends your backyard readings into the forecast. (Newer providers are marked Beta in the app.) Cloudbreak comes with an Apple Watch app, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and a native Mac app, so the forecast is wherever you are. Private by design We don't run servers that store your data, and there are no accounts to create. Your location is sent to public weather and fire-data providers only to fetch a forecast — it is never stored by us, never tied to your name, and never used to build a profile. No ads. No analytics. No third-party tracking. The keys for any station you connect stay in the Keychain on your device. Full guide, FAQ, and support: apps.stonemesastudio.com Fire-weather, smoke, and air-quality information is for general awareness — always follow official guidance from local authorities in an emergency.

Screenshots

GPF Weather System4 screens
Cloudbreak Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Cloudbreak Weather at 4 against GPF Weather System's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPF Weather System ships an update every 11 days, Cloudbreak Weather weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
GPF Weather System versus Cloudbreak Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPF Weather SystemCloudbreak Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGian Paolo FontaniStone Mesa Studio, LLC

In-app purchases

None

GPF Weather System

No in-app purchases

None

Cloudbreak Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GPF Weather System free?
GPF Weather System is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cloudbreak Weather free?
Cloudbreak Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GPF Weather System or Cloudbreak Weather have ads?
Neither GPF Weather System nor Cloudbreak Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPF Weather System or Cloudbreak Weather?
GPF Weather System ships an update every 11 days, and Cloudbreak Weather weekly. Most recently, GPF Weather System was updated on October 14, 2026 and Cloudbreak Weather on October 28, 2026.

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