Comparison

Skydive Winds vs Altitude

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

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About

Skydive Winds

Features
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Skydive Winds brings together the wind aloft and weather information skydivers check before a jump. Explore the vertical wind profile from the surface up to exit altitude, review the hour-by-hour forecast, and compare conditions against the limits you configure yourself. WINDS • Full vertical wind profile from the surface up to exit altitude. • Speed, direction and wind shear by altitude. • Weather model, model run and data freshness always visible. • Drift estimates for freefall and canopy flight. FORECAST • Hour-by-hour forecast matrix for the coming days. • Surface wind, gusts, cloud cover, visibility, precipitation and convective risk. • Each hour is shown relative to your configured limits. • Missing or uncertain data is clearly indicated. DROPZONES • Search dropzones, save favourites and view nearby DZs. • Compare conditions across multiple dropzones. LOGBOOK • Log your jumps with gear, altitudes and notes. • Keep a saved weather snapshot for each jump. YOUR SETUP • Define your own ground wind and canopy wind limits. • Adjust your usual exit and opening altitudes. • Sync your preferences and data with your account. Skydive Winds is an informational tool. It does not decide whether you should jump. The final decision always belongs to the skydiver and the dropzone operation. Always verify real conditions and follow your dropzone rules, your licence limits and your equipment requirements. Weather data: numerical weather models available through Open-Meteo.

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Altitude

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Your whole jump day, logged by itself. Press Start once when you get to the dropzone. Altitude watches the barometer and GPS, detects every jump — climb, exit, deployment, landing — and logs each one automatically with its full flight path. Ten loads, zero taps. EVERY JUMP, FULLY MEASURED • Exit and pull altitudes from the barometer • Freefall time, average and peak descent, ground speed • Opening analysis: snivel time and altitude used • Canopy: ride time, sink rate, final-turn altitude and direction • Winds aloft, measured from your own canopy drift SEE IT • Flight path on the satellite map, colored by phase • 3D flight path you can orbit • Animated replay with a scrubber • Wingsuit panel: glide-ratio curve and speed polar A REAL LOGBOOK • Dense, scannable list — your whole history at a glance • Signatures: hand your phone over, batch-sign with a finger • USPA license progress with per-requirement drill-down • Tag jumps for accuracy, night, and water requirements • Import from Skydive Logger and altimeter CSV exports • One-file full backup, CSV export, iCloud sync JUMP-DAY WEATHER • 7-day outlook with a jumpability call per day • Cloud layers with estimated base altitude • Winds-aloft forecast for your DZ AND THE FUN PART • Personal records that celebrate themselves on landing • Badges, streaks, a level ladder from Ground Level to HALO • The Altitude Bank: how many Everests you've fallen • A shareable year-end Wrapped card No accounts. No ads. No analytics. Your data stays on your device.

Screenshots

Skydive Winds4 screens
Altitude3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Altitude at daily against Skydive Winds's every 6 months. Skydive Winds's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skydive Winds ships an update every 6 months, Altitude daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Skydive Winds versus Altitude: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkydive WindsAltitude
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBernat MarimonBENJAMIN RUSSELL DOBBINS

In-app purchases

None

Skydive Winds

No in-app purchases

None

Altitude

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skydive Winds free?
Skydive Winds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Altitude free?
Altitude is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Skydive Winds or Altitude have ads?
Neither Skydive Winds nor Altitude shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skydive Winds or Altitude?
Skydive Winds ships an update every 6 months, and Altitude daily. Most recently, Skydive Winds was updated on October 20, 2026 and Altitude on October 21, 2026.

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