Comparison

Window Season vs OpenWindow

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

Head to head
About

Window Season

Features
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Know when to open your windows. Window Season is a tool for helping decide when to open your windows for passive cooling. It watches the temperature, air quality, and rain for the places you care about and gives you one clear call: open up, or keep them closed. Set your comfort range once and it tracks the rest, hour by hour. • Open now or closed now, at a glance • What's next, like "Close at 8 PM" • Whether you should open overnight • Air quality and rain handled automatically • Adjustable comfort settings • Home & Lock Screen widgets on iOS • Apple Watch app, complications, and widgets

About

OpenWindow

This app provides clear, practical recommendations on whether to open windows or go outside based on local weather and air quality. It simplifies complex data into easy-to-understand guidance for everyday decisions.

Highlights
  • Window opening recommendations
  • Outdoor activity guidance
  • Hourly weather outlooks
  • Air quality data integration
  • Current and manual location search
  • Customizable units
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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OpenWindow helps you decide when the air outside is worth letting in. Check whether it is a good time to open your windows or go outside using local weather and air-quality conditions. OpenWindow combines temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, visibility, UV, and air-quality data into clear, practical recommendations. Instead of making you interpret every weather metric yourself, OpenWindow gives you simple guidance for two everyday questions: - Is it a good time to open the windows? - Is it a good time to go outside? Features: - Current recommendations for windows and outdoor activity - Hourly outlooks so you can plan around better conditions - Weather and air-quality data powered by Open-Meteo - Current-location lookup with optional location permission - Manual location search if you prefer not to use device location - Saved default location for quick checks - Unit preferences for temperature, wind, visibility, and more - Light and dark mode support - No account required OpenWindow is built for quick, low-friction decisions: checking the room before opening a window, planning a walk, timing errands, or seeing whether air quality makes staying inside the better call. Location access is optional and used only to fetch local weather and air-quality data. You can always search for a location manually instead.

Screenshots

Window Season4 screens
OpenWindow4 screens

Verdict

The call

Window Season and OpenWindow are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Window Season ships an update every 2 days, OpenWindow every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Window Season versus OpenWindow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWindow SeasonOpenWindow
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZachary ColemanSouth Bay Compute, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Window Season

No in-app purchases

None

OpenWindow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Window Season free?
Window Season is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenWindow free?
OpenWindow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Window Season or OpenWindow have ads?
Neither Window Season nor OpenWindow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Window Season or OpenWindow?
Window Season ships an update every 2 days, and OpenWindow every 3 days. Most recently, Window Season was updated on October 25, 2026 and OpenWindow on October 26, 2026.

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