Comparison

WeatherBolt vs AtmoPulse Weather Tracker

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

Head to head
About

WeatherBolt

Visualize live lightning strikes on a detailed radar map and receive storm proximity alerts. Access high-resolution weather data including radar, satellite imagery, wind, waves, and tides. Customize forecasts and safety thresholds to your needs.

Highlights
  • Live lightning strike visualization
  • High-resolution radar and satellite maps
  • Customizable storm proximity alerts
  • Detailed wind, wave, and tide data
  • Hourly and 7-day forecasts
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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WeatherBolt (formerly HarborCast) shows radar, lightning and the forecast for the places you save, with tides and marine tools you can turn on if you are out on the water. RADAR A radar map that plays back the last 2 hours. Pan, zoom and scrub back through time to see where rain is heading. Radar is free. LIVE LIGHTNING See lightning strikes on the map as they happen, with the distance to the nearest one. A short free preview is included. Live lightning is part of Pro. ALERTS AND STORMS Pro sends a notification when lightning is close, or when a tropical storm's forecast path comes within the distance you pick, even when the app is closed. Pro also adds storm tracks, cones and forecast points. FORECAST Current conditions, the next hours and a daily forecast. Free shows today and the next 3 days. Pro shows all 7 days. YOUR OWN LIMITS Set your own numbers for wind, gusts, rain and visibility (and waves with Tides & marine on). The app rates each hour Good, Caution or Danger against them. Saving your limits is part of Pro. WIDGETS AND APPLE WATCH Home Screen widgets and Watch complications show current conditions. TIDES AND MARINE Optional. Turn on tides and the marine forecast if you spend time on the water. DATA Weather data comes from NOAA, the National Weather Service and NASA imagery. WeatherBolt is not endorsed by NOAA. Pricing and any free trial are shown in the app and on the App Store before you subscribe. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://topshopnation.com/weatherbolt/privacy.html

About

AtmoPulse Weather Tracker

Features
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AtmoPulse shows more than a forecast — it shows the pulse of the atmosphere. Most weather apps give you a number. AtmoPulse gives you movement: a live chart where temperature, wind, pressure and humidity shift second by second, so you can see the weather changing instead of just reading about it. LIVE TELEMETRY A real-time chart of micro-changes with a measurement log. Switch between temperature, wind, pressure and humidity, watch the trend, and pause the stream whenever you like. WEATHER ALERTS The app warns you on its own: strong wind and gusts, thunderstorm activity, a high UV index, severe frost. FULL FORECAST • 24-hour forecast with precipitation probability • 7-day forecast with temperature ranges • Feels-like, dew point, cloud cover, visibility, barometric pressure AIR QUALITY European AQI with a clear verdict, plus PM2.5, PM10, NO2, O3 and SO2 readings. SUN & DAY Sunrise, sunset, day length and the sun's live position along its arc. WEATHER RADAR An interactive map with precipitation, temperature and wind layers, centred on your city. COMPARE CITIES Put your current city and your favourites side by side — sorted from warmest to coldest, with the warmest and coldest highlighted. Handy before a trip. ANY CITY IN THE WORLD Search any city by name in your own language, or detect your location with one tap. Popular cities are sorted by distance from where you are. EIGHT INTERFACE LANGUAGES English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish — including weather descriptions, dates and units. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU No accounts. No sign-up. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Your cities and settings never leave your iPhone. Completely free, with no in-app purchases. Weather data by Open-Meteo. Requires iOS 17 or later.

Screenshots

WeatherBolt4 screens
AtmoPulse Weather Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AtmoPulse Weather Tracker at none against WeatherBolt's 2. WeatherBolt's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. WeatherBolt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. AtmoPulse Weather Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WeatherBolt versus AtmoPulse Weather Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeatherBoltAtmoPulse Weather Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoreForge LLCRustam Gulov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WeatherBolt

Subscriptions2
  • WeatherBolt Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • WeatherBolt Pro3 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

AtmoPulse Weather Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WeatherBolt free?
WeatherBolt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AtmoPulse Weather Tracker free?
AtmoPulse Weather Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WeatherBolt or AtmoPulse Weather Tracker have ads?
Neither WeatherBolt nor AtmoPulse Weather Tracker shows ads.

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