Comparison

CloudySky2 vs WeatherNote

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

Head to head
About

CloudySky2

Identify and learn about different cloud types with this pocket field guide. Explore detailed information, photos, and weather map symbols to enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the sky.

Highlights
  • Cloud identification guide
  • Detailed cloud characteristics
  • Photo index of cloud types
  • Weather map symbol chart
  • Cloud formation explanations
  • In-app photo logging
  • Share photos via iMessage/email
Features
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More than just a picture gallery of clouds, CloudySky2 is an easy to use and complete pocket field guide for your iPhone and iPad that will help you to enjoy and better understand clouds by quickly identifying their names and characteristics. Just look up in the sky and get your head in the clouds. Take your time. This is not learning as a test, but learning for your enjoyment. When you are out for a walk the clouds are there for you to enjoy, and with CloudySky in your hands you will appreciate them even more. Look at the clouds around you and then take CloudySky2 out of your pocket, purse or bag and easily learn the names and characteristics of the clouds at your own pace. You will be surprised and pleased how over time your appreciation of clouds will grow and your enjoyment of them, with the knowledge you get with CloudySky2, will increase. CloudySky2 includes: A beautiful cloud chart/photo collage that gives you an overview of the ten main types of clouds A photo index of all the major cloud types grouped by the major elevation categories (étages) A detailed view of each cloud type that gives you quick access to everything you would like to know about that cloud A photo index of all the species, varieties, supplemental features and accessory clouds for each cloud type A chart with all of the symbols used in weather maps for every cloud 90+ stunning photos to help you identify the cloud you are looking at All image are fully licensed and attributed from the Wikimedia Commons source Useful, authoritative and detailed explanations of how clouds form, what their distinguishing features are, how they are categorized and a history of how the clouds came to be named as they are Take photos from within the app, save them to the Cloud Log and share them with others via email and iMessage Annotate the photos you take with your own Observation Notes So, get CloudySky and get your head in the clouds!

About

WeatherNote

Features
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Weather Note is a minimalist weather app that presents the weather in a clean, elegant design. Instead of cluttered graphs and unnecessary data, it generates smart sentences that describe the current weather in natural language. HOW IT WORKS Open the app and your location is detected automatically. Current temperature, weather conditions, and tomorrow's forecast are displayed on a single screen with bold typography. You read the weather in natural sentences like "It's sunny and warm today. It'll be cooler tomorrow." KEY FEATURES ● Smart Weather Sentences — Automatically generated, human-readable weather descriptions based on temperature and weather codes. ● Dynamic Color System — The interface color changes automatically based on weather conditions: ice blue for snow, blue for rain, purple for storms, orange for hot weather. ● iOS Home Screen Widget — See the current temperature, city name, and weather icon right from your home screen without opening the app. ● Favorite Cities — Save the cities you follow most and swipe between them. ● 8 Languages — Turkish, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Japanese. ● Dark and Light Theme — Adapts to your system theme or lets you choose manually. ● Parallax Effect — Background glows move as you tilt your device, creating a sense of visual depth. ● Privacy Focused — Your location data is processed only on your device. No data is stored on our servers, no ads, no tracking. ● Completely Free — No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases. Weather Note is the fastest and most beautiful way to check the weather.

Screenshots

CloudySky24 screens
WeatherNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WeatherNote at 16.0 against CloudySky2's 26.2. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CloudySky2 versus WeatherNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudySky2WeatherNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWonder Valley SoftwareALI EREN CINAR

In-app purchases

None

CloudySky2

No in-app purchases

None

WeatherNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CloudySky2 free?
CloudySky2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WeatherNote free?
WeatherNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CloudySky2 or WeatherNote have ads?
Neither CloudySky2 nor WeatherNote shows ads.

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