chasinglight vs Mistral Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
chasinglight
This app predicts and rates the quality of sunrises and sunsets using real-time atmospheric data. It provides a 3-day forecast, highlights nearby viewing spots, and allows exploration of global locations.
- Sunrise/sunset quality ratings
- 3-day quality forecast
- Golden hour times
- Nearby viewpoint recommendations
- Global location search
- Directional viewing cones
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Never miss a great sunrise or sunset again. chasinglight uses real-time atmospheric data to anticipate and rate the quality of every sunrise and sunset — scored Poor through Great — so you always know whether the sky is worth stepping outside for. QUALITY RATINGS Know before you go. chasinglight scores today's sunrise and sunset quality based on cloud cover, humidity, and atmospheric conditions. A simple rating — Poor, Fair, Good, or Great — tells you instantly whether it's worth chasing. 3-DAY FORECAST Plan ahead with sunrise and sunset quality forecasts for the next 3 days, including golden hour times and first light / last light. BEST SPOTS NEAR YOU The Spots tab finds the best nearby viewpoints, waterfront parks, hilltops, and beaches — ranked and scored for the perfect view. A directional cone on the map shows exactly where to look for the best light. EXPLORE ANYWHERE Planning a trip? Search any city in the world for sunrise and sunset quality and timings before you go. From Santorini to Maui to Boracay — know what the sky has in store. WHAT'S FREE - Sunrise & sunset times - Quality rating & forecast - 3-day outlook - Golden hour times SPOTS TAB — WEEK PASS, MONTHLY & ANNUAL Unlock the full Spots tab with curated viewpoints across Hawaii, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Americas, and beyond. Perfect for travelers. - Week Pass — $2.99 for 7 days, perfect for a trip - Monthly — $6.99/month - Annual — $29.99/year (save $54 vs monthly) Terms of Use: https://chasinglight.app/terms The sun has risen and set every day for 4.5 billion years. Don't miss the next great one.
Mistral Weather
Get detailed current weather, hour-by-hour, and 7-day forecasts with animated radar maps. Explore historical weather data for any date and save multiple locations. An optional AI feature provides natural language summaries of the forecast.
- Current conditions and 7-day forecast
- Animated precipitation radar map
- Sun and moon times
- Historical weather data ('On This Day')
- Save multiple locations
- Home Screen widgets
- AI-powered forecast summaries
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Mistral Weather is a modern weather app for iPhone and iPad. Open it and see current conditions, hour-by-hour and 7-day forecast, sun and moon times, humidity, UV, wind, and pressure at a glance. A layered weather map shows animated precipitation radar, temperature, and wind. "On This Day" surfaces historical weather for today's date from the last 40+ years — a fun way to see how today stacks up. All forecast data comes from Open-Meteo, and no account or sign-in is required. Launch the app and grant location access to get a localized forecast, or skip it and use the search to add any place on Earth. Save multiple locations and switch between them with a tap. Pick your favorite layer on the map — temperature, radar, or wind — and watch weather systems move in real time. Home Screen widgets show the current forecast in small, medium, and large sizes, plus an "On This Day" widget in small and medium. Background refresh keeps widget data current without draining battery. Customize units (°F / °C, mph / km/h), adjust map defaults, and manage Remove Ads and Mistral Weather AI from Settings. Upgrade to Mistral Weather AI for a natural-language summary of today's forecast on the main Weather tab. One quick read covers what's happening right now, what's coming in the next few hours, and what to wear or plan for — refreshed each hour, powered by OpenAI behind our server. Subscribers also have banner ads removed automatically. The subscription is $6.99/month or $59.99/year, which renews until canceled in Settings. All forecasts, locations, and preferences are stored on your device. Coordinates are sent to Open-Meteo only when fetching weather; nothing else is transmitted. The app is free with a single banner ad at the bottom of the main surfaces — purchase Remove Ads for a one-time fee to remove it permanently, or let a Mistral Weather AI subscription remove ads automatically while it's active. Mistral Weather uses Google AdMob and asks for App Tracking Transparency so ads can be personalized; declining is fully supported. Mistral Weather is an independent project and is not affiliated with Open-Meteo, Apple, or Google. Privacy Policy: https://mistralweather.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: chasinglight at none against Mistral Weather's shown. chasinglight also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. chasinglight sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Mistral Weather sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for chasinglight against 5.0 for Mistral Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
chasinglight ships an update every 5 days, Mistral Weather fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | chasinglight | Mistral Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Lim | Clarved Inc. |
Customer experience
chasinglight
Mistral Weather
In-app purchases
chasinglight
- Week Pass$2.997 Days
- Monthly$6.991 Month
- Annual$29.991 Year
Mistral Weather
- Mistral Weather AI (Monthly)$6.991 Month
- Mistral Weather AI (Yearly)$59.991 Year
- Remove Ads$3.99









