Comparison

WheatherPlan vs Whimsy Weather

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

Head to head
About

WheatherPlan

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WeatherPlan is the simplest and most reliable way to organize your plans based on the weather. It’s not just another weather app — it’s a tool designed for real life, for people who want to enjoy more and worry less. Imagine you’re planning a weekend trip, a family day, a photo session, or a quick getaway two Saturdays from now. You check the forecast, see that it’s sunny, and save your plan. So far, so good. The difference is that WeatherPlan keeps an eye on that forecast for you. If the weather changes, you’ll receive an instant notification. If you want to check how things are evolving, you can open the app anytime and see all your saved plans, each with its date, city, and a clear indicator showing whether the weather has changed or everything remains the same. Why WeatherPlan is different • Save plans linked to a specific date and city • Automatic weather monitoring for each plan • Instant alerts when the forecast changes • A clean, modern interface that keeps everything clear and organized • Search for cities, use your current location, and manage all your saved plans easily • Designed to be fast, simple, and stress‑free Perfect for: • Weekend trips and getaways • Family activities • Outdoor events • Photo sessions • Weekly planning • Any plan that depends on the weather Your time matters. Your plans do too. WeatherPlan helps you make better decisions, avoid surprises, and enjoy more of what truly matters. Create your plan, save the date, and let us take care of the rest.

About

Whimsy Weather

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Whimsy Weather draws the weather instead of tabulating it. The top half of the screen is a hand-drawn landscape under a real sky. The Sun and the Moon are where they actually are for your latitude and the time of day, the Moon shows its true phase, and the rain, snow, cloud and wind in the picture are the ones in the forecast. The bottom half is the numbers — feels-like, humidity, wind, pressure, visibility, UV, sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset. A SKY THAT IS ACTUALLY THE SKY Sunrise, sunset, twilight and the midnight sun are computed, not faked. At 64°N in June the sky never goes fully dark, because it doesn't. Drag the timeline and the Sun and Moon glide along their arcs as the light changes — or tap an hour, or a day in the five-day strip, to jump there. SIXTEEN LANDSCAPES, ALL OF THEM ALIVE Hills, farm, city, beach, harbour, open sea, mountains, desert, lake and the tropics — and every one has something in it that the wind moves. Smoke leans downwind, the windmill turns in proportion to the wind, palms bend and coconuts fall above 60 km/h. People wander through: walking the dog, chasing a hat in a gale. SIX PLACES THAT READ THE WEATHER Taipei 101 shows the cloud base by which floor disappears into it. Fuji puts the freezing level on a cone of known height. The Golden Gate's 1,280 m span is a ruler for visibility. The Eiffel Tower's fountains lean in the wind, and drain in a frost. Liberty stands in water that turns to pack ice. The Pyramids cast the Sun's bearing and altitude across the sand. FESTIVE SCENES On the few days that call for it, the scene hangs lanterns or lights — Chinese, Japanese or Western. The weather itself is untouched. WARNINGS, AND HONESTY ABOUT WHERE THEY CAME FROM Where a national weather service publishes warnings the app reads them and names the issuer — the US National Weather Service, or MeteoAlarm for Europe. Everywhere else it derives its own advisories from the forecast and labels them as derived, rather than dressing them up as official. SEVEN WIDGETS ON THE HOME SCREEN Tonight's sky, with the Moon at its true phase and the planets that are up. Today's conditions. The five-day outlook three ways — icons, floating high and low bars on one scale, and rainfall beside the chance of rain. What to wear. And the scene itself, photographed from the app while it is drawing it. YOURS, IN YOUR UNITS Temperature, wind, pressure and distance each switch independently, or follow your region. English, Français, 繁體中文, 简体中文 and 日本語, system or hand-picked. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No analytics. No advertising. The forecast comes from Apple's own WeatherKit, and searching for a place goes through Apple's frameworks — so the only thing that leaves your phone is where you want the weather for. FREE AND PRO Free keeps one saved place plus wherever you are, with the full conditions panel, the hourly and five-day forecasts, and warnings and advisories. Pro adds unlimited places, the seven widgets, the other fifteen landscapes, and the timeline to scrub hour by hour — today and the days on either side of it. Subscribe, or buy it once and keep it. NOT A WARNING SERVICE This is a weather app for looking at, not a safety system. For decisions that matter, use your national weather service and follow your civil authorities. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Whimsy Weather Pro (Monthly) is US$2 per month and Whimsy Weather Pro (Yearly) is US$18 per year; both renew automatically. Whimsy Weather Pro (Lifetime) is US$60, is permanent and never renews. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically for the same period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://candan-weng.blogspot.com/2026/08/terms-of-use-whimsy-weather.html Privacy Policy: https://candan-weng.blogspot.com/2026/08/privacy-policy-whimsy-weather.html

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WheatherPlan4 screens
Whimsy Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Whimsy Weather at 16.0 against WheatherPlan's 18.6. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
WheatherPlan versus Whimsy Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWheatherPlanWhimsy Weather
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDidac FernandezCandan

In-app purchases

None

WheatherPlan

No in-app purchases

None

Whimsy Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WheatherPlan free?
WheatherPlan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Whimsy Weather free?
Whimsy Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WheatherPlan or Whimsy Weather have ads?
Neither WheatherPlan nor Whimsy Weather shows ads.

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