Comparison

WetBulbCast vs The Dew Point

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

Head to head
About

WetBulbCast

This app provides hourly wet-bulb temperature forecasts for up to 10 days, helping you determine the effectiveness of evaporative coolers. It also includes dew point, feels-like temperature, UV index, wind speed, and precipitation probability for a comprehensive weather overview.

Highlights
  • Hourly wet-bulb temperature forecast
  • 10-day forecast
  • Dew point and feels-like temperature
  • UV index, wind speed, precipitation
  • Interactive weather charts
  • Multiple saved locations
Features
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Is it a good day for your swamp cooler? Your evaporative (swamp) cooler cannot cool the air it blows into your house to below the wet bulb temperature — and how well they work depends almost entirely on one number: the wet-bulb temperature. When it's low, your cooler can drop indoor temperatures dramatically and cheaply. When it's high, running it barely helps. What you get
: • Wet-bulb temperature — the single most important number for swamp cooler effectiveness, shown for every hour of the next 10 days 
 • Dew point — a direct measure of how much moisture is already in the air
 • Feels-like temperature — so you know what it's actually like outside, not just what the thermometer says
 • 10-day hourly forecast — plan your cooler schedule days ahead and whether you may need AC instead 
 • UV index, wind speed, precipitation probability, and cloud cover — the full picture in one compact table
• Interactive chart — visualize temperature, wet-bulb, and dew point trends at a glance 
 • Multiple saved locations — check your home, office, or any place you care about Powered by Apple Weather
 WetBulbCast uses Apple's WeatherKit for accurate, hyperlocal forecasts updated throughout the day.

About

The Dew Point

This app provides a single, easy-to-understand word summarizing how the weather feels, considering both temperature and dew point. It also displays precipitation types and air quality information.

Highlights
  • One-word comfort summary
  • Watch face complications
  • Precipitation type display
  • Air Quality Index (AQI)
  • Current temperature and dew point
  • No accounts, ads, or tracking
Features
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The Dew Point turns the current temperature and dew point into one glanceable word that tells you how it actually feels outside — Crisp, Pleasant, Muggy, Steamy. Temperature alone doesn't tell the whole story, and relative humidity is misleading: 90% humidity on a cool morning feels fine, while 50% on a hot afternoon can be brutal. The dew point is an absolute measure of the moisture in the air, and it maps directly to how the air feels on your skin. The Dew Point reads it for you and answers in a single word. FEATURES • One-word comfort summary, designed for your watch face • Complications for rectangular, circular, corner, and inline slots: the word, the dew point, and the EPA Air Quality Index • When it's raining or snowing, the word gives way to what's actually falling: Heavy Rain, Snow Showers, Scattered Thunderstorms • Current temperature, dew point, and AQI at a glance in the app • No accounts, no ads, no tracking The Dew Point runs entirely on Apple Watch — no iPhone app needed. Weather data is provided by Apple Weather. Air quality data comes from EPA AirNow (United States only). Location access is used only to fetch conditions where you are; it never leaves your device except to request weather for your coordinates.

Screenshots

WetBulbCast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: The Dew Point at 3 against WetBulbCast's 1. WetBulbCast's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WetBulbCast against 5.0 for The Dew Point. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WetBulbCast versus The Dew Point: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWetBulbCastThe Dew Point
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRob BoerDANNY BROOK TANNER

In-app purchases

None

WetBulbCast

No in-app purchases

None

The Dew Point

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WetBulbCast free?
WetBulbCast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Dew Point free?
The Dew Point is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WetBulbCast or The Dew Point?
WetBulbCast and The Dew Point are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do WetBulbCast or The Dew Point have ads?
Neither WetBulbCast nor The Dew Point shows ads.

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