Comparison

Vesper Sky vs Global Weather 3D

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

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Vesper Sky

Features
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Vesper Sky tells you whether tonight's sunset is worth stepping outside for, and only interrupts you when it is. Every evening Vesper scores the coming sunset from 0 to 100, from cloud cover and cloud height, humidity, visibility and air quality. On great evenings you get one heads-up 45 to 60 minutes before sunset. Every morning at 7 you get the day in a sentence, even if you never open the app. WHAT'S INSIDE • Tonight's sunset, scored 0–100, with when to step outside. Rate the sky you saw and Vesper grades its own call over time • Sunset worth seeing: a heads-up sent only on great evenings • A 7 AM briefing with the day's weather in one line • Severe-weather warnings for your area (US, from the National Weather Service), even when the app is closed, plus a heads-up before rain starts • Falling pressure: an optional warning 12 hours before air pressure drops sharply, for anyone whose headaches follow the barometer • Live radar on a dark map, with a plain-language card about what the sky is doing right now • What to Wear: AI-written outfit notes for the day's feels-like temperature, humidity and wind, for a woman, a man and a child • Home Screen widgets in 7 kinds, a sunset countdown Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and an Apple Watch app with sunset complications • Made for iPhone Duo: two columns on the inner display, and a reading column beside the instruments when you hold it tall SIGNATURE FEATURES — Sunset Verify: rate the sky you actually saw. Vesper scores itself against your rating and builds your verification history over time. — The Sky tab: live radar overlaid on a custom dark map, with an editorial card that tells you in plain language what the atmosphere is doing right now, not just in numbers. — What to Wear: three silhouettes (woman, man, child), each outfit chosen for the day's feels-like temperature, humidity and wind. — Journal: every sunset you rated, every outfit you built, every sky that meant something, saved to your device and never uploaded. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Vesper is built like an instrument, not an ad-supported utility. White telemetry with Solar Gold and Frosted Indigo where intensity matters, a Deep Navy map, Sofia Pro for reading and Futura for display. Weather, worth reading. PRICING & TRIAL Vesper is a paid app with a 3-day free trial. After the trial: • Monthly — $2.99/mo • Annual — $24.99/yr (saves 30%) • Lifetime — $59.99 (one-time, no subscription) Cancel any time in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. PRIVACY Vesper does not sell your data. Photos and journal entries stay on your device. Location is sent to weather providers only to return your forecast and is not stored, with two exceptions that keep a location rounded to about a kilometer so a notification can reach you while the app is closed: severe weather alerts, with your National Weather Service zone and county, and the 7 AM morning briefing and good-sunset alerts, with your time zone and an anonymous subscription ID the server uses to check that your subscription is active. Switch either off in Vesper and its data is deleted. Full privacy policy: vespersky.ai/privacy Terms: vespersky.ai/terms Privacy: vespersky.ai/privacy Support: brief@vespersky.ai

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Global Weather 3D

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See weather as a living planet. Global Weather 3D combines local forecasts with worldwide weather exploration. Check current, hourly, and daily forecasts, then explore weather, oceans, air quality, and atmospheric systems on an interactive 3D Earth. AT A GLANCE - Rotate and zoom a 3D Earth with worldwide city weather. - Check current, hourly, and daily forecasts in the focused 2D Weather view. - Turn ten weather, ocean, atmosphere, air-quality, and space-weather layers on or off. - Move seven forecast layers through time without leaving the globe. - Search for cities, save places, or use your current location when permitted. - Switch between Standard and Terrain surfaces and customize visual effects. - Start with an optional Guided Globe Tour, then review data availability in Data Health. EXPLORE TEN CONNECTED DATA LAYERS - Weather Information places worldwide conditions and forecasts on the globe. - Ocean Currents shows broad surface-current patterns and eddies. - Waves & Swell shows combined seas, wind waves, and primary or secondary swell using height, direction, and period. - Wind Flow uses animated streamlines to show direction and relative speed. - Temperature Heat Map shows warm and cool modeled air masses. - Global Precipitation displays the latest available rain and snow patterns. - Cloud Structure separates low, middle, and high clouds or combines them in an atmospheric stack. - Upper Atmosphere / Jet Stream explores winds at multiple pressure levels. - Aurora Forecast places the latest short-term aurora forecast above the polar regions. - Air Quality & Haze explores modeled AQI, fine-particle pollution, and mineral dust. EXPLORE THE GLOBE THROUGH TIME Drag to rotate, pinch to zoom, focus on a city, or tap visible markers to inspect available conditions. The timeline keeps your globe position, selected surface, and active layers together as you move through forecast hours. FOLLOW WEATHER FROM HOME TO ANYWHERE Search for cities around the world and save the places you follow. My Places keeps recent conditions, icons, temperatures, and today's high and low available from cache when you are offline. Selecting a city turns the globe toward it and presents its weather in context. Location access is optional. If you decline, city search, saved places, forecasts, and the global 3D experience remain available. CHOOSE HOW THE PLANET LOOKS AND MOVES Switch between the clear Standard globe and a natural Terrain surface without losing your place, selected time, or active layers. Adjust motion, detail, lighting, atmosphere, and other visual effects to suit your device. UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SEE Expandable legends and Layer Information sheets explain each layer, its timeline behavior, colors, motion, controls, and display scales. Illustrated learning pages explain how major weather, ocean, atmospheric, and space-weather systems form. Data Health summarizes availability, coverage, freshness, and cached or offline context for active layers. Visual motion, height, spacing, translucency, color, and animation help explain large-scale patterns but do not add precision to the source data. PRIVACY CHOICES Global Weather 3D does not require an account. Optional usage analytics remains off unless you explicitly agree. Anonymous aggregate usage helps improve the app. Declining does not limit weather features, and you can change your choice at any time in Settings. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Fresh data requires an internet connection and may sometimes be delayed, limited, or unavailable. Forecasts, observations, and modeled fields can differ from local conditions. Global Weather 3D is an exploratory visualization product. Do not use it for emergency decisions, marine navigation, aviation, or other safety-critical activities. When safety matters, follow official authorities, warnings, and specialist services. Questions or feedback: support@globalweather3d.com Website: https://globalweather3d.com/

Screenshots

Vesper Sky4 screens
Global Weather 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Global Weather 3D at none against Vesper Sky's 3. On price, ads, 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. Vesper Sky sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Global Weather 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Vesper Sky versus Global Weather 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVesper SkyGlobal Weather 3D
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB63 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperiSimplifyMe LLC小健 赵

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vesper Sky

Subscriptions2
  • Vesper3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Vesper Annual3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vesper Lifetime$59.99
None

Global Weather 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vesper Sky free?
Vesper Sky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Global Weather 3D free?
Global Weather 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vesper Sky or Global Weather 3D have ads?
Neither Vesper Sky nor Global Weather 3D shows ads.

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