Comparison

Vesper Sky vs Norya

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

Head to head
About

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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Norya

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Is tonight worth going out for? That is the only question. Norya answers it with a score out of 100, computed for your exact position and for the hour ahead. Not a raw Kp index you have to interpret: an answer. Where does the number come from? From five measurements, crossed. Auroral activity, through NOAA's OVATION model. The sky directly above you: three cloud layers, visibility, rain. Real darkness, from how far the Sun has set. The Moon, its phase and height, which erase a weak aurora. And the solar wind, averaged over thirty minutes. What if Norya doesn't know? It says so. No weather data, no score: not zero, not a neutral value, because zero would mean "no chance", which is not the same as "I don't have the data". When two models disagree, confidence drops rather than the score rising. When should you go out? The home screen gives the best window to the hour, the three factors weighing most tonight, and the whole night in one graph. During the day, when the score would be zero no matter what, Norya shows the peak of the coming night: that is the question you ask at two in the afternoon. What about elsewhere? The map draws the live auroral oval on the globe, the day/night line and your pinned spots. Touch a point and it answers. Your saved destinations sit side by side, each with the local time where it is. Do you have to watch the screen? No. Norya watches your location with the app closed and wakes you when the sky opens. Adjustable threshold, confidence requirement, quiet hours. What does the full version cost? The free version genuinely lets you see an aurora: the score, the verdict, the window, the map, the oval, detailed conditions, live measurements and NOAA's three-day forecast. It is not a demo. Norya Pro adds alerts, 72 hours of hour-by-hour forecast instead of 24, the map timeline, detailed solar wind with six hours of curves, the 27-day trend, every window of a night, and last night's comparison. Three plans: 24.99 EUR per year, about 2.08 EUR per month; 3.99 EUR per month; or a 15-day pass at 2.99 EUR, non-renewing, which simply ends. Prices are shown in your local currency before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within the 24 hours before it ends. You manage everything from your App Store account settings. No account to create, no sign-up. The alert service receives only an anonymous token, one coordinate and your thresholds. One button erases everything, on the server too. Terms of Use: https://ted-labs.com/en/apps/norya/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://ted-labs.com/en/apps/norya/privacy/

Screenshots

Vesper Sky4 screens
Norya4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Vesper Sky at 3 against Norya's 1. Vesper Sky also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Vesper Sky sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Norya sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vesper Sky ships an update every 2 months, Norya every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Vesper Sky versus Norya: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVesper SkyNorya
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiSimplifyMe LLCTeddy Verneuil

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
3 purchases

Norya

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • 15-day pass$2.99

Questions

Is Vesper Sky free?
Vesper Sky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Norya free?
Norya is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vesper Sky or Norya have ads?
Neither Vesper Sky nor Norya shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vesper Sky or Norya?
Vesper Sky ships an update every 2 months, and Norya every 3 weeks. Most recently, Vesper Sky was updated on November 9, 2026 and Norya on November 6, 2026.

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