Comparison

Skycritter vs Spoon Weather

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

Head to head
About

Skycritter

This weather app features a charming pixel-art critter that visually reflects current weather conditions. It provides detailed forecasts, 'feels-like' temperatures, and moon phases, with optional upgrades for air quality and pollen data. Enjoy weather updates with personality, no ads, and no tracking.

Highlights
  • Pixel-art critter visualizes weather
  • Current, hourly, and 10-day forecasts
  • Feels-like temperature display
  • Sunrise, sunset, and moon phases
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Optional air quality and pollen data
Features
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SkyCritter is a weather app with a heart. A tiny pixel critter lives on your forecast and reacts to the sky outside: napping through clear nights, splashing in puddles, bundling up for the cold, and hiding under a blanket when thunder rolls. MEET THE CRITTERS Tabby the classic kitten comes free, and a growing roster of companions is waiting in the store: • Ash, a fluffy gray cat with sass and a soft heart • Huckleberry, a golden retriever puppy who loves every kind of weather • Ziggy, a very curious raccoon who is always getting into something (new!) • Diva, a Siamese kitten with main character energy (new!) Every critter has 18 weather looks with multiple poses, plus a voice of their own. Tap your critter to hear what they think of the weather. Watch for a full moon surprise. REAL WEATHER • Accurate current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, powered by Apple Weather • Living skies: day and night, stars, clouds, moon phases • Friendly explanations instead of cryptic error codes WIDGETS AND WATCH • Home screen and lock screen widgets with your critter and a fresh line • Apple Watch app and complications NOTIFICATIONS WITH PERSONALITY (optional, off by default) • A daily summary in your critter's own voice • Severe weather alerts SKYCRITTER PRO (one-time purchase) • Air quality and pollen indices with threshold alerts • Auto-updating widget Privacy first: your location is used only to fetch your forecast, never linked to your identity and never used for tracking. You can also search for any city manually. Terms of Use: https://mitmllc.com/skycritter/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://mitmllc.com/skycritter/privacy.html

About

Spoon Weather

This app displays both Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures side-by-side to help users intuitively understand conversions. It also provides local times for saved cities, hourly and 10-day forecasts, and detailed weather information.

Highlights
  • Side-by-side Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures
  • Local time for saved cities
  • Hourly and 10-day forecasts
  • Detailed weather metrics (wind, humidity, UV)
  • Weather and time-based background gradients
  • Weather alerts
Features
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For everyone whose favorite people aren’t all in the same place. I made Spoon Weather to make it a little easier to keep up with life elsewhere. See the weather and local time where your family and friends live - whether you’re planning a call, checking if they’re awake, or just wondering what kind of day they’re having. And if you think in Celsius while they talk in Fahrenheit, both are right there, side by side. No conversions needed. Here's all you get: • Current weather for your location • Favorite cities from around the world • Local time for every city • Hourly forecasts and a 10-day outlook • Important weather alerts for each location • Sunrise, sunset, and moon details • Wind, humidity, visibility, cloud cover, and UV information • Beautiful backgrounds gradients that change with the weather and time of day • The option to show both Celsius and/or Fahrenheit when you want to • Prioritized feature requests since I'm a small solo app developer There are no accounts, ads, subscriptions. Location access is optional. Oh and why Spoon? No reason, other than it is my dog's name. She's cute and is scared of thunderstorms - same tbh. Weather data provided by Apple Weather.

Screenshots

Skycritter4 screens
Spoon Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Spoon Weather at free against Skycritter's freemium. Spoon Weather also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). Skycritter's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Skycritter sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Spoon Weather sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Skycritter against 5.0 for Spoon Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skycritter ships an update every 2 days, Spoon Weather weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Skycritter versus Spoon Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkycritterSpoon Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRene ZelayaVignesh Rajagopal

Customer experience

Skycritter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Spoon Weather

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Skycritter

One-time10
  • Ziggy$1.99
  • Jimothy$1.99
  • Lufi$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Pushkin$1.99
  • Esnupi$1.99
  • S'mores$1.99
  • Pippa$1.99
  • Hex$1.99
  • Boo$1.99
  • SkyCritter Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Spoon Weather

One-time1
  • Treat for Spoon$4.95

Questions

Is Skycritter free?
Skycritter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spoon Weather free?
Spoon Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Skycritter or Spoon Weather?
Skycritter and Spoon Weather are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Skycritter or Spoon Weather have ads?
Neither Skycritter nor Spoon Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skycritter or Spoon Weather?
Skycritter ships an update every 2 days, and Spoon Weather weekly. Most recently, Skycritter was updated on October 25, 2026 and Spoon Weather on October 29, 2026.

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