Tempera vs NookSky Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 441 global city scenes
- Dynamic weather overlay
- Day and night artwork
- Home screen widgets
- Hourly and multi-day forecasts
- Fast city switching
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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.
NookSky Weather
Transform a photo of your home into a dynamic 3D diorama that reflects real-time weather conditions. Watch rain streak windows, snow accumulate, and lights glow as the day progresses. Personalize your living forecast with animated scenes and playful moods.
- AI-powered 3D home diorama creation
- Live weather visualization (rain, snow, sun, fog)
- Animated scenes and playful moods
- Home Screen widgets
- Minute-by-minute precipitation forecasts
- Detailed weather data (air quality, UV, wind)
- Severe weather alerts
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Turn a photo of your home into a tiny 3D world that lives and breathes with the weather. Rain streaks the windows, snow settles on the roof, and the lights glow warm at night. It's your real forecast — reimagined as a hand-crafted diorama of your own home. HOW IT WORKS • Upload a photo of your home (or anywhere!) and AI rebuilds it as a 3D diorama • Your diorama changes with live weather — sun, rain, snow, storms, fog, and night • Animate any scene into a living moment, or transform it with playful moods like whirlwinds, aliens, and block parties • Add Home Screen widgets of your living home • Share your animated home with friends REAL WEATHER, BEAUTIFULLY DONE • Current conditions, feels-like, hourly and 10-day forecasts • Rain and snow on the way, minute by minute • Air quality, UV, wind, pressure, visibility, and more • Severe-weather alerts MADE JUST FOR YOU Every diorama is built from your own photo, so no two homes are alike. Rename them, collect them, and switch the one on your Home Screen anytime. Free to download, with live weather and a starter home included. Unlock creating your own home and animations with credits. Upload a photo and watch your home come alive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tempera at none against NookSky Weather's 4. Tempera also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). NookSky Weather's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. NookSky Weather sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Tempera asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tempera against 5.0 for NookSky Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Tempera ships an update every 3 weeks, NookSky Weather daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tempera | NookSky Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xinyu Hong | Diorama Labs |
Customer experience
Tempera
NookSky Weather
In-app purchases
Tempera
No in-app purchases
NookSky Weather
- Generate Your Home$1.99
- 3 Credits$2.99
- 6 Credits$4.99
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- 13 Credits$9.99
