Comparison

RainVis vs MeteAir

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

Head to head
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

About

MeteAir

Features
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MeteAir brings weather, air quality, and pollen together in one clear app—so you know what the sky and the air are doing before you head out. WEATHER, MADE CLEAR • Current conditions and multi-day forecasts • Hourly detail: temperature, feels like, rain, wind, humidity, pressure, UV, and more • Units and time format you can set once and forget WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN • Three sizes: Now (temperature, today's high and low, conditions), Next hours, and a large Forecast with the hours and days ahead • Backgrounds that follow the weather, so you read the sky at a glance • Always on the place you picked in MeteAir, in your units and your language AIR QUALITY YOU CAN ACT ON • Local air quality index with easy-to-read categories • Key pollutants at a glance • Hourly air-quality outlook when you need the full day POLLEN FOR ALLERGY SEASON • Grass, tree, and weed levels (Europe, during pollen season) • Hourly pollen detail so you can plan outdoor time INTERACTIVE WEATHER MAP • Explore wind, gusts, precipitation, clouds, temperature, humidity, snow, and pressure • Follow the next hours on the map—not just a static icon SUN, MOON & FAVORITES • Sunrise, sunset, and day length • Moon phase, illumination, moonrise and moonset • Save favorite locations and switch between them instantly LANGUAGES MeteAir speaks your language - English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.

Screenshots

RainVis4 screens
MeteAir3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MeteAir at none against RainVis's 2. MeteAir also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). RainVis's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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. RainVis sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MeteAir asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RainVis ships an update every 2 days, MeteAir every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RainVis versus MeteAir: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainVisMeteAir
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian HakelAudren SIMON

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RainVis

Subscriptions2
  • RainVis Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • RainVis Pro Annual$14.991 Year
None

MeteAir

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RainVis free?
RainVis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MeteAir free?
MeteAir is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RainVis or MeteAir have ads?
Neither RainVis nor MeteAir shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RainVis or MeteAir?
RainVis ships an update every 2 days, and MeteAir every 3 weeks. Most recently, RainVis was updated on November 5, 2026 and MeteAir on November 8, 2026.

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