Comparison

DryRoute vs RainVis

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

Head to head
About

DryRoute

Features
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Don't let the weather catch you off guard. DryRoute turns complex weather data into simple, actionable answers for your next outdoor adventure. Tell it what you're doing — cycling, hiking, trail running, or water sports — and it watches the weather so you don't have to. SMART ACTIVITY PROFILES Choose your sport and DryRoute adapts every threshold to match. A cyclist gets a 15-minute rain warning. A hiker gets 30. Wind limits, temperature ranges, and alert timing are all tuned to your activity — and fully editable in Settings. Profiles: Cycling · Hiking · Trail Running · Water Sports · Weather Only BEST WINDOW FINDER No time to stare at charts all day? DryRoute scans the next 24 hours and highlights the longest consecutive stretch of dry, safe weather between 05:00 and 22:00 — so you always know when to head out. DAILY ACTIVITY PLANNER Each day of the week scores 0–100 with a traffic-light rating. Plan your whole training week in seconds. LIVE RADAR MAP Seven interactive layers — Rain, Snow, Wind, Temperature, Lightning, Wave Height, and Sea Temperature — each with a live weather pin at your exact location. Always know what's overhead without squinting at coloured tiles. ROUTE WEATHER · PRO Draw your route on the radar map. DryRoute snaps it to real roads, divides it into segments, and shows precipitation, wind, temperature, or lightning at every checkpoint. Add your departure time and transport type and switch to ETA mode: see the exact weather you'll face when you arrive at each point along the way. Share your route as a GPX file (Garmin, Komoot, Strava), a map screenshot, or send it straight to Apple Maps or Google Maps. APPLE WATCH Check conditions from your wrist. DryRoute's watch app shows a glance view, a watch-face complication, and full workout tracking with HealthKit (heart rate, active energy, distance). Rain alerts arrive as haptic taps even with your phone in your pocket — and the watch fetches weather on its own when your iPhone is out of range. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add the rain graph widget for a minute-by-minute forecast without opening the app. FREE · Full weather forecasts and rain alerts · All five activity profiles · Best window and daily planner · Radar map with all seven layers · Apple Watch glance and complication · Home screen rain graph widget · Route drawing on the radar map PRO · Snap to real roads (Apple Maps routing) · Weather markers at every route checkpoint · ETA forecast mode · Save and name routes · GPX export — Garmin, Komoot, Strava · Map screenshot sharing · Navigate via Apple Maps or Google Maps · Editable activity thresholds Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://nicewindideas.blogspot.com/p/dryroute-privacy-policy-terms-of-use.html Available in English · Deutsch · Español · Français · Nederlands · Português (Brasil)

About

RainVis

Visualize detailed weather data with customizable forecasts. Track rain, temperature, wind, tides, and solunar timing in one view. Ideal for outdoor planning and coastal activities.

Highlights
  • Customizable forecast metrics
  • Visual hourly previews
  • Expandable hourly charts
  • Coastal planning tools
  • Rain-focused forecast
  • Current conditions
  • Radar with history
Features
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RainVis turns detailed weather data into a visual forecast you can understand at a glance. Build your own forecast by choosing the details that matter most to you. Instead of jumping between separate hourly, daily, wind, rain, tide, and radar screens, RainVis lets you customize the forecast view around your plans. Track rain chance, accumulation, temperature, wind, gusts, humidity, pressure, dew point, cloud cover, tide height, tidal coefficient, and solunar timing in one visual forecast. Expand any day to inspect the hourly chart, compare multiple metrics together, and see when conditions line up. RainVis is especially useful for coastal fishing, boating, surfing, and outdoor planning, where the best window often depends on more than one number. Add tide and solunar details to your forecast to see tide movement, coefficient, moon timing, and major/minor activity periods alongside weather. Features: - Build-your-own forecast with customizable metrics - Compact daily forecast cards with visual hourly previews - Expandable hourly charts for rain, temperature, wind, gusts, humidity, pressure, dew point, cloud cover, tide, and solunar data - Coastal planning tools with tide height, tidal coefficient, NOAA tide source labels, moon data, and solunar activity periods - Rain-focused forecast showing chance, amount, timing, and accumulation - Current conditions for searched cities, saved places, or your current location - Radar with recent NEXRAD reflectivity history - iOS widgets for quick glanceable forecasts - Optional RainVis account for syncing Pro access across devices RainVis works immediately without signup. Free users can view the core visual forecast experience. RainVis Pro unlocks deeper planning features, including 15-day forecast trends, extended hourly forecast charts, longer radar history where available, live activities, and account-based access across iOS and web. Weather forecasts and coastal conditions can change quickly. Always follow official alerts and emergency guidance from the National Weather Service, NOAA, and local authorities. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rainvis.com/privacy

Screenshots

DryRoute4 screens
RainVis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: RainVis at none against DryRoute's shown. RainVis also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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. DryRoute sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and RainVis sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DryRoute ships an update every 5 days, RainVis every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DryRoute versus RainVis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDryRouteRainVis
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose VianaBrian Hakel

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DryRoute

Subscriptions2
  • DryRoute Pro$1.991 Month
  • DryRoute Pro$19.991 Year
2 purchases

RainVis

Subscriptions2
  • RainVis Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • RainVis Pro Annual$14.991 Year

Questions

Is DryRoute free?
DryRoute is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RainVis free?
RainVis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DryRoute or RainVis have ads?
DryRoute shows ads; RainVis does not.
Which is updated more often, DryRoute or RainVis?
DryRoute ships an update every 5 days, and RainVis every 2 days. Most recently, DryRoute was updated on October 17, 2026 and RainVis on October 28, 2026.

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