Comparison

Tempera vs SkyBit

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

Head to head
About

Tempera

Experience weather as a visual ritual with 441 global cities rendered as miniature 3D scenes. See local time, weather conditions, and day/night cycles dynamically change. Offers hourly and multi-day forecasts, home screen widgets, and fast city switching for a personal weather experience.

Highlights
  • 441 global city scenes
  • Dynamic weather overlay
  • Day and night artwork
  • Home screen widgets
  • Hourly and multi-day forecasts
  • Fast city switching
Features
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Tempera turns weather into a calm, visual ritual. Explore 441 global cities as miniature 3D scenes that shift with local time, weather, and day or night. Open the app to see the city you care about, then swipe through the rest of your saved places. Why people use Tempera: - 441 city scenes with dedicated day and night artwork - Weather layered directly onto each city scene - Small, medium, and large Home Screen widgets - Local time, current conditions, feels-like temperature, humidity, sunrise, and sunset - Hourly detail and multi-day forecast - Fast city switching and shareable weather snapshots - English, Español, Deutsch, Français, 简体中文, 日本語, and 한국어 Tempera is built for people who watch the weather with emotion, not just utility. Keep a calm set of cities, follow places you love, and see each one change through the day. Perfect for travelers, remote teams, families across time zones, and anyone who wants weather that feels personal.

About

SkyBit

Features
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SkyBit turns the weather into a tiny pixel-art world. Open the app and watch a hand-crafted 16-bit scene react to the real sky above you: rain falls in chunky droplets, snow drifts pixel by pixel, the sun pulses, lightning flickers, and at night the moon glows in its true phase. Powered by accurate data from the most reliable sources, SkyBit gives you precise current conditions, an hourly timeline, and a 10-day forecast — all wrapped in a retro aesthetic you'll actually want to look at. PIXEL-ART THEMES Dress the whole app in 24 hand-tuned palettes. Every animation re-colors itself to match — rain turns pink-purple in one theme, green in another. WIDGETS & APPLE WATCH Put SkyBit on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with pixel widgets in every size. On Apple Watch, get a full app plus complications, all in the same crisp pixel style. EVERYTHING YOU NEED • Current temperature, feels-like, high / low • Hourly and 10-day forecast • Humidity, wind, pressure, UV index, visibility • Sunrise, sunset and moon phase • Add any city in the world and swipe between them • 37 languages ALMOST AD-FREE We hate ads too — but we need a little support to keep SkyBit free. So there are no boring, unskippable, full-screen, in-your-face ads here. Just one small banner at the bottom. Want zero ads? PRO is one tap away. FREE TO USE SkyBit is free. Go PRO to unlock every theme and remove ads, or buy single themes you love. Checking the weather has never been this fun. Download it, pick your theme, and watch the sky — one pixel at a time. —— SkyBit is free to download and includes a single small banner ad. Optional purchases: • SkyBit PRO (auto-renewable subscription, $4.99/year) — unlocks all 24 themes and removes ads. • Individual themes — unlock a single theme with a one-time purchase. SkyBit PRO renews automatically for $4.99/year unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.berryfilm.art/en/skybit/privacy

Screenshots

Tempera4 screens
SkyBit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tempera at none against SkyBit's 10. Tempera also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support 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. SkyBit sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Tempera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tempera ships an update every 3 weeks, SkyBit monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Tempera versus SkyBit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTemperaSkyBit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB11 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperXinyu HongAbdullah Onur SIMSEK

In-app purchases

None

Tempera

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

SkyBit

Subscriptions1
  • SkyBit PRO$4.991 Year
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Questions

Is Tempera free?
Tempera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkyBit free?
SkyBit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tempera or SkyBit have ads?
SkyBit shows ads; Tempera does not.
Which is updated more often, Tempera or SkyBit?
Tempera ships an update every 3 weeks, and SkyBit monthly. Most recently, Tempera was updated on September 26, 2026 and SkyBit on October 3, 2026.

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