Comparison

Weather Widgets vs Why Weather

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

Head to head
About

Weather Widgets

Get real-time weather updates directly on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and CarPlay. Choose from over 50 customizable widget styles for accurate, hyperlocal forecasts without opening an app.

Highlights
  • 50+ Home Screen widget styles
  • Lock Screen widget integration
  • CarPlay dashboard weather
  • Automatic GPS-based location
  • Intelligent refresh intervals
  • Severe weather alerts (Premium)
Features
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Weather Widget brings stunning, real-time weather directly to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and CarPlay dashboard — so you always know what's outside without opening an app. Powered by Apple WeatherKit, Weather Widget delivers accurate, hyperlocal forecasts right where you need them. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Choose from 50+ beautifully designed widget styles in Small, Medium, and Large sizes. Each widget updates automatically with live temperature, conditions, hourly forecasts. LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Stay informed at a glance with Circular, Rectangular, and Inline widget styles — designed to fit perfectly on your Lock Screen without cluttering it. CARPLAY DASHBOARD See live temperature and weather conditions right on your car's display. Weather Widget is one of the few apps to bring real-time weather to CarPlay — perfect for road trips and daily commutes. SMART LOCATION • Automatic GPS-based weather for your current location • Search any city worldwide and get instant weather • Recent searches saved for quick access ALWAYS UP TO DATE Intelligent refresh intervals: every 15 minutes during active weather (rain, storms, alerts), every 60 minutes for stable conditions — so your battery stays happy. PREMIUM FEATURES Upgrade to Premium to unlock: • All widget styles (Home Screen + Lock Screen) • CarPlay weather dashboard • Severe weather alerts & notifications • Ad-free experience Free plan includes beautiful widgets with standard refresh. Upgrade anytime with a weekly, monthly, yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. PRIVACY & DATA Weather data is provided by Apple WeatherKit. Location is used only to fetch weather for your area and is never sold or shared with third parties. Download Weather Widget today — beautiful, accurate weather, always within reach. Terms of use: https://deeplyai.app/terms.html Privacy policy: https://deeplyai.app/privacy.html • Support & Contact Need help? Rate us! Got feedback?
 info@deeplyai.app

About

Why Weather

This app goes beyond basic forecasts to explain the science and uncertainty behind weather. It features an AI meteorologist named Sky that answers your weather questions and provides daily narrative summaries of upcoming conditions. It highlights discrepancies between forecasts and real-time observations.

Highlights
  • AI meteorologist for answering weather questions
  • Daily narrative weather stories
  • Forecast uncertainty and disagreement flagging
  • Ground truth badge for real-time observation discrepancies
  • Animated radar and nowcast
  • Morning weather story notifications
  • Severe weather alerts
Features
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Other weather apps give you the play-by-play. Why Weather adds the color commentary. Meet Sky, your AI weather guide. Sky pulls the models, the radar, and the forecaster's own notes into one weather story—and explains the why. Ask anything about your forecast, in plain words. FORECAST IN FLUX When forecasters flag doubt or the models split, you'll know—and see why. See how the model runs divide, and what the forecasters are saying. RADAR READ (PREMIUM) Sky watches the live radar and tells you what's actually happening: rain on its way, rain passing you by, or nothing close at all. It cross-checks nearby weather stations, and says so when the forecast and the radar disagree. ADAPTIVE GLANCE Quiet skies keep the forecast front and center. When something's brewing, the map eases up. When it's serious, the radar takes the lead. RAIN ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN (PREMIUM) Live Activities on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island show what the rain is doing over the next hour. WIDGETS Home and lock screen widgets, with a daily headline from Sky. SKY ALMANAC (PREMIUM) How this week stacks up against 30 years of history—and the climate story behind it. THE AIR TODAY (PREMIUM) Humidity and pressure, translated. Sky turns the air's numbers into how your day will actually feel. ALSO INSIDE • Your weather story every morning • Radar, plus wind and temperature maps (Premium) • The next 24 hours and the days ahead, with how the week compares to normal • Severe weather alerts (US) and a heads-up before rain starts • Choose your source: NOAA, Foreca, Apple WeatherKit and more (Premium) FREE AND PREMIUM Why Weather is free to download, with 3 questions to Sky a day. Premium adds unlimited Sky, Radar Read, Live Activities, the Sky Almanac, The air today, wind and temperature maps, future radar, the full 10 days, and every forecast source. Available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Weather Widgets4 screens
Why Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Why Weather at none against Weather Widgets's shown. Why Weather also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Weather Widgets sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Why Weather 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 Weather Widgets against 5.0 for Why Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weather Widgets ships an update every 2 weeks, Why Weather every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Weather Widgets versus Why Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather WidgetsWhy Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDEEPLY AIChristopher Edward Risdon

Customer experience

Weather Widgets

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Why Weather

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Weather Widgets

Subscriptions3
  • Weather Widgets Premium Week$1.997 Days
  • Weather Widgets Premium Month$4.991 Month
  • Weather Widgets Premium Year$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Weather Widgets Premium Lifetime$34.99
2 purchases

Why Weather

Subscriptions2
  • Why Weather Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Why Weather Premium Annual$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Weather Widgets free?
Weather Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Why Weather free?
Why Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Weather Widgets or Why Weather?
Weather Widgets and Why Weather are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Weather Widgets or Why Weather have ads?
Weather Widgets shows ads; Why Weather does not.
Which is updated more often, Weather Widgets or Why Weather?
Weather Widgets ships an update every 2 weeks, and Why Weather every 5 days. Most recently, Weather Widgets was updated on October 31, 2026 and Why Weather on October 31, 2026.

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