Comparison

Pascal Barometer vs SoilIQ

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

Head to head
About

Pascal Barometer

Monitor atmospheric pressure and receive weather predictions using your device's built-in barometer. Get storm alerts and track trends with on-device forecasting. Features include Lock Screen Live Activities and Apple Watch complications.

Highlights
  • Real-time pressure monitoring
  • On-device weather forecasting
  • Storm alerts
  • Live Activities
  • Flight mode tracking
  • Widgets and complications
Features
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Track atmospheric pressure and predict weather changes using your device's built-in barometer. Pascal transforms your iPhone and Apple Watch into precision barometric instruments. Monitor pressure trends, receive storm warnings, and get weather predictions — all computed on-device with no internet required. FEATURES • Real-time pressure monitoring with 12-hour trend charts • On-device weather forecasting using the Zambretti algorithm • Storm alerts via push notifications • Live Activities showing pressure on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Flight mode with cabin altitude tracking • iOS widgets (small, medium, large) and Apple Watch complications • Hybrid calibration system for accurate readings PRIVACY FIRST All data stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud sync, no tracking. Location is used only for GPS altitude calibration and is never stored. TECHNICAL Pascal uses Apple's Core Motion framework to access the barometric sensor, delivering sub-Pascal resolution. The hybrid calibration system combines GPS altitude with relative altitude tracking to filter out elevation changes and surface true weather signals.

About

SoilIQ

This app provides data-driven insights for gardening and lawn care. It uses soil temperature, forecasts, and AI to guide planting, watering, and maintenance decisions. Features include calculators for materials and nutrients, and a journal to track activities.

Highlights
  • Soil temperature monitoring
  • 14-day soil forecasts
  • PlantAI for crop readiness
  • LawnIQ for lawn care guidance
  • Material and nutrient calculators
  • Activity and field journal
  • Apple Watch and Siri integration
Features
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Stop Guessing. Plant by Soil. SoilIQ™ tells you when to seed, plant, water, mow, protect, or wait, using the two numbers that actually decide what happens in your ground. Air temperature tells you how the day feels. Soil temperature and soil moisture decide whether seed germinates, whether roots grow, whether a pre-emergent barrier holds, and whether today's watering helps or hurts. KNOW MY LAWN Build your Lawn Profile with grass type, sun exposure, irrigation, soil type, drainage, foot traffic, current condition, and a custom lawn name. Today's Lawn Read combines your Lawn Profile with soil data and forecast trends into one recommendation on the Today tab. Tap it to see why it triggered and what to do next. SOIL AWARE WATERING The same moisture reading means opposite things in sand and in clay. SoilIQ measures root zone moisture against your own soil's wilting point and field capacity, so dry means dry for your ground. Forecast rain is weighed against evapotranspiration and weighted by probability, so a light chance is not banked as a soaking. When the root zone is holding all it can, SoilIQ tells you to wait. SOILIQ CALCULATOR Plan what to buy. Measure what to apply. - Product Rate Calculator - Nitrogen Calculator - Grass Seed Calculator - Mulch, Soil & Sand Calculator Save calculations to your Journal, share image cards, or log them as lawn activity. LAWNIQ LawnIQ™ is a soil-powered lawn advisor built into SoilIQ. It turns soil temperature, soil moisture, forecast trends, your lawn profile, and recent activity into clear guidance. Use LawnIQ to understand: - When to mow - When to water, and when to wait - When to seed or overseed - When heat stress may become a concern - When rain may change your plan - When pre-emergent timing windows may be approaching LAWN ACTIVITY & FIELD JOURNAL Log mowing, watering, overseeding, fertilizing, aerating, pre-emergent, rain, field notes, photos, and seasonal observations. SOIL TEMPERATURE AT MULTIPLE DEPTHS Readings at 2, 6 and 21 inches, calculated to exactly those depths. Seeds germinate near the surface. Roots live below. 14-DAY SOIL FORECASTS Soil temperature trends for seeding, planting, watering, and frost protection. HISTORICAL GDD TRACKING Tracked crop Growing Degree Days calculate from the actual planting date using historical weather data, not just the forecast. PLANTAI FOR 160 CROPS PlantAI™ asks two questions before calling a crop ready: is the soil warm enough today, and is enough season left to finish before frost. Home garden crops come first, field crops in their own section. Crops started from seed get a verdict. For the rest, SoilIQ says so plainly rather than inventing an answer. SAVED LOCATIONS & PROBE CALIBRATION Track conditions across your lawn, garden, plot, farm field, or client site. Calibrate readings against your own probe, per location and depth. APPLE WATCH, SIRI, WIDGETS & LIVE ACTIVITIES Check soil temperature from your wrist, ask Siri without opening the app, and pin readings to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities. PRIVACY-FIRST No account required. Your location is used only to fetch soil and weather data. SoilIQ does not sell your data, and core features work offline from cached readings. Export your full history at any time, because your records are yours. SOILIQ PRO Upgrade to unlock: - SoilIQ Calculator - LawnIQ lawn guidance - Lawn Profile and Today's Lawn Read - PlantAI guidance for 160 crops - 14-day soil forecasts - Historical GDD tracking - Soil aware watering guidance - Field Journal and Lawn Activity tracking - Saved locations and probe calibration - Smart alerts and reminders - Apple Watch soil and LawnIQ insights Feedback: hello@soiliq.app SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Free features stay free forever. SoilIQ Pro auto-renews monthly or annually and can be canceled anytime in Apple ID settings. LEGAL Terms: https://www.soiliq.app/terms Privacy: https://www.soiliq.app/privacy

Screenshots

Pascal Barometer3 screens
SoilIQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pascal Barometer and SoilIQ both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SoilIQ's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pascal Barometer's. SoilIQ also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 1). Pascal Barometer's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, rating, 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. Pascal Barometer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SoilIQ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pascal Barometer against 5.0 for SoilIQ. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SoilIQ has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Pascal Barometer's written reviews are positive against 100% of SoilIQ's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pascal Barometer ships an update daily, SoilIQ every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pascal Barometer versus SoilIQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPascal BarometerSoilIQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings121 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHRISTOPHER JOHN DILLONTeddy Mutterperl

Customer experience

Pascal Barometer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

SoilIQ

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pascal Barometer

One-time1
  • Unlock Widgets$3.99
2 purchases

SoilIQ

Subscriptions2
  • SoilIQ Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • SoilIQ Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Pascal Barometer free?
Pascal Barometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SoilIQ free?
SoilIQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pascal Barometer or SoilIQ?
Pascal Barometer and SoilIQ are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 21 ratings respectively.
Do Pascal Barometer or SoilIQ have ads?
Neither Pascal Barometer nor SoilIQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pascal Barometer or SoilIQ?
Pascal Barometer ships an update daily, and SoilIQ every 4 days. Most recently, Pascal Barometer was updated on October 13, 2026 and SoilIQ on October 8, 2026.

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