wthr! vs Beyond UV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
wthr!
This app provides essential weather information through a clean and elegant interface, stripping away unnecessary data and distractions. It focuses on delivering only the weather details you need without clutter or confusion.
- Clean interface
- Essential weather data
- No distractions
- Elegant design
- Simplified weather
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Weather apps are often overloaded with unnecessary data, cluttered visuals, and distractions. wthr! is different. Designed with simplicity in mind, wthr! focuses on delivering only the information you actually need — in a clean, elegant interface. No noise. No confusion. Just weather.
Beyond UV
Understand your daily sun exposure with real-time UV Index and UVA Context. Plan outdoor activities to minimize exposure and receive timely sun protection reminders. Build better habits for staying safe in the sun.
- Real-time UV Index and UVA Context
- Hourly UV and UVA trends
- Lower-UV time planning
- Sunscreen application reminders
- Activity-aware guidance
- Personalized routine building
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UV Index is useful, but it is not the whole day. Beyond UV shows Apple Weather's UV Index next to UVA Context, Beyond UV's own modeled estimate of longer-wave UV, on the same familiar 0–11+ scale. The UV Index is weighted to sunburn and barely counts UVA, which gets through clouds and window glass all year. UV NOW uses the higher level of the two signals. The numbers are never added or averaged. Tap Start now when you head out and Beyond UV reminds you to reapply sunscreen, with a Lock Screen Live Activity, one-tap Reapplied, and an Apple Watch app. Set a UV alert at the level you choose for each place. A 5-day hourly forecast shows how UV Index and UVA Context move through each day, and Protect can find a lower-UV time for an activity you can move. Answer a few questions to see your sun risk profile: your exposure level, a protection score, and the one change that helps most. Add your skin type to see an estimated burn time range for unprotected skin at today's UV. Estimate only, not medical advice. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep UV in view. Search any city worldwide, or use Current Location. Learn answers common sun questions from reviewed answers stored on your device, and you can share any answer as a card. No account. No ads. No analytics. UVA Context is a forecast-based estimate calculated on your device. It is not a UVA measurement, not an official UV index, and not a personal exposure reading. Beyond UV does not diagnose skin conditions or give medical advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beyond UV at 5.0 against wthr!'s 4.0. Beyond UV also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). wthr!'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beyond UV holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
wthr! ships an update every 2 days, Beyond UV every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | wthr! | Beyond UV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sedat CIFTCI | Grant Shorin |
Customer experience
wthr!
Beyond UV
In-app purchases
wthr!
No in-app purchases
Beyond UV
No in-app purchases
