Comparison

Tempera vs Weather Magic PWS

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

Weather Magic PWS

Features
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Weather Magic PWS puts your own personal weather station on your iPhone. It reads the data your station already sends to Weathercloud and shows your readings as they come in. You can also connect your own station's Weather Underground account (optional). If your station goes offline, Weather Magic PWS can use a nearby backup station so you still see current conditions until your station is back. FREE - Live data from your home station - Today's graphs - One backup station Free does not include long-term history, cloud storage or data export. PRO: ONE UNLOCK FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC Pro is a single purchase, not a subscription. Buy it once and it unlocks Pro on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. On iPhone and iPad you can try Pro free for 30 days first, once; the trial never renews or charges. Pro adds: - Your station's history and week, month and year graphs, read from your own cloud database. Long-range graphs load quickly because they use hourly and daily averages. - Your own cloud database: choose Turso or Supabase and connect an account you control - Multiple devices: one computer, such as your Mac, collects your station's data every minute. If it stops, another computer takes over automatically. Your iPhone and iPad view the data from the cloud. - A second backup station - Air quality - Near-real-time lightning: the wind vane shows nearby strikes on 1, 5, 10 and 20 mile rings with a flashing bolt. On iPhone and iPad, lightning comes from your collecting computer through your cloud database, so no key is needed here. - Data export YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Your station's data goes only to your own database. It is not sent to us. Data read from public backup stations is used only in the app and is never pushed back to its source. GOOD TO KNOW - Weather Magic PWS is built for owners of a personal weather station that sends its data to Weathercloud. Connecting your own station's Weather Underground account is optional. - Viewing history from the cloud needs Pro, your own Turso or Supabase account, and a computer running Weather Magic PWS to collect your station's data. - Lightning data is provided by OpenWeather and requires a free OpenWeather account and API key on your collecting computer. Pro setup there walks you through creating one. No key is needed if your weather station reports lightning itself. - Air quality and lightning depend on the data available for your area. - Readings come from your station and the sources you connect, and may sometimes be delayed or unavailable. Not for lightning safety decisions.

Screenshots

Tempera4 screens
Weather Magic PWS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tempera at none against Weather Magic PWS's 2. Weather Magic PWS's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Weather Magic PWS sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Tempera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tempera ships an update every 3 weeks, Weather Magic PWS every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Tempera versus Weather Magic PWS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTemperaWeather Magic PWS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXinyu HongRichard Derry

In-app purchases

None

Tempera

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Weather Magic PWS

One-time2
  • 30-Day Free Pro TrialFree
  • Weather Magic PWS Pro$10.99

Questions

Is Tempera free?
Tempera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Weather Magic PWS free?
Weather Magic PWS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tempera or Weather Magic PWS have ads?
Neither Tempera nor Weather Magic PWS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tempera or Weather Magic PWS?
Tempera ships an update every 3 weeks, and Weather Magic PWS every 11 days. Most recently, Tempera was updated on October 31, 2026 and Weather Magic PWS on October 31, 2026.

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