RainVis vs Sunset Score AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable forecast metrics
- Visual hourly previews
- Expandable hourly charts
- Coastal planning tools
- Rain-focused forecast
- Current conditions
- Radar with history
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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
Sunset Score AI
Predicts the quality of sunsets worldwide with an AI-powered score out of 100. Receive alerts for exceptional skies and share your own sunset photos to create a real-world record of predictions.
- AI-powered sunset quality prediction
- Global sunset forecasts
- Customizable sunset alerts
- User photo submissions
- Real-world prediction tracking
- No account required for forecasts
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Know how amazing tonight’s sunset will be before it happens. Sunset Score is an AI powered sunset prediction app that forecasts sunset quality anywhere in the world and gives it a simple score out of 100. Whether you are a photographer planning a shoot, a travel blogger chasing the perfect view, a creator looking for golden hour content, or someone who just does not want to miss an incredible sky, Sunset Score helps you know when it is worth being outside. A score of 30 might mean a quiet grey evening. An 80 could mean the kind of sunset you stop what you are doing to watch. PREDICTED BY AI Sunset Score uses a machine learning model trained on thousands of real sunset photographs paired with the weather conditions that created them. The model analyzes factors including cloud coverage, cloud height, atmospheric moisture, horizon visibility, seasonal conditions and the structure of the sky around your location. Forecasts update throughout the day as conditions change, so the prediction becomes increasingly useful as sunset approaches. ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD Check tonight’s sunset where you are, scout a photography location across town, or see what the sky might look like during an upcoming trip. Every location on Earth can receive a Sunset Score. SMART SUNSET ALERTS Save locations and choose the minimum score worth notifying you about. If conditions meet your threshold, Sunset Score can alert you before sunset so you have time to grab your camera, head to the beach, hike to a viewpoint or simply step outside. Most nights you may hear nothing. That is the point. SEE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED Share the sunset you saw and rate it yourself. Your photo is displayed alongside the predicted Sunset Score for that location and time, creating a real world record of how the forecast performed. Browse sunsets nearby or follow people and locations whose skies you want to see. BUILT FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS, TRAVELERS AND SUNSET CHASERS Sunset Score can help with: Photography planning Landscape and travel photography Golden hour scouting Travel itineraries Social media and creator shoots Engagement and proposal photography Beach trips and scenic drives Vacation planning Simply knowing when tonight’s sky might be special PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account is required to check forecasts. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want to post photos or follow others. Photo metadata, including embedded GPS coordinates, is removed during upload before the image is stored. No advertising. No third party tracking. No selling your data. A one time purchase with no subscription, no in app purchases and no ads. Stop guessing which nights will deliver. Check the score. Find your spot. Be there before the sky changes. sunsetscore.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sunset Score AI at none against RainVis's 2. Sunset Score AI also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 days) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). RainVis's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. RainVis sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sunset Score AI asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RainVis against 5.0 for Sunset Score AI. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
RainVis ships an update every 2 days, Sunset Score AI daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | RainVis | Sunset Score AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Hakel | Kevin Brice |
Customer experience
RainVis
Sunset Score AI
In-app purchases
RainVis
- RainVis Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- RainVis Pro Annual$14.991 Year
Sunset Score AI
No in-app purchases









