Comparison

Elsewhere vs MeridianWx

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

Head to head
About

Elsewhere

Experience the time in distant cities with immersive, atmospheric scenes that reflect local weather and seasons. See real-time weather, art, and time zones at a glance, making faraway places feel closer. Share moments with custom postcards and enjoy offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Atmospheric city scenes reflecting time and weather
  • Live weather effects (rain, snow, fog, lightning)
  • Original art for each city
  • Shareable 'Moment' postcards
  • Offline search and time zone functionality
  • Customizable city order and art styles
Features
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A world clock that lets you feel the time elsewhere, not just calculate it. Elsewhere shows the cities you care about through beautiful, atmospheric scenes that shift with the local time, the weather, and the seasons. Morning light, evening skies, quiet nights, a sudden thunderstorm. Every city has a sense of place, and you can see it at a glance. Whether you're calling family abroad, working across time zones, planning a trip, or simply wondering what the world feels like right now, Elsewhere makes distant places feel a little closer. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Live weather in every city. Real rain streaks, snow drifts, fog, and lightning — powered by Apple Weather. • Original art for every city, hand-tuned across morning, midday, dusk, and night. • Share a Moment: export a postcard from any city, with a one-line phrase written for that exact place and time. • Beautiful even when you're offline. Search and time zones work without a connection — perfect for flights. • No ads. No tracking. No location permission required. BUILT FOR EVERY KIND OF TRAVELER • Remote workers coordinating across time zones • Families and friends scattered across continents • Travelers planning their next trip, or remembering their last • Anyone who finds the idea of "what time is it in Tokyo right now" quietly magical Tap a city to expand it into a full-screen scene showing the current weather and local time. Reorder, swap your home city, and choose between art styles per city. Available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Arabic. Weather data provided by Apple Weather.

About

MeridianWx

Features
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Meridian puts aviation at a glance on your Home Screen. A clean, fast set of widgets for pilots and aviation fans — live weather, world clocks, FAA delays and more — built for quick glances, not deep menus. Free, no account, no ads. WIDGETS • World Clock — your local time alongside any airport's local time, plus a board of live airport weather. Small, Medium and Large. • Airport Weather — a full METAR for any airport: flight category (VFR/MVFR/IFR/LIFR), wind with gusts, temperature in °C and °F, ceiling or visibility, and altimeter. Turn on "Local Always" to follow your nearest airport automatically. • FAA Delays — live ground stops and delay programs for the airports you choose, or nationwide. Tap to open the full list. • Sunrise & Sunset — sunrise, sunset and the end of civil twilight, for your current location or any airport. • Wx Category Map — VFR/MVFR/IFR/LIFR across the lower 48 on a sleek map, with adjustable density and optional Canada/Mexico borders. • FAA Delays Map — ground stops and delays mapped across the country. IN THE APP • Search any US airport for a detailed, decoded METAR. • A nationwide FAA delays list, with a link to the official FAA status site. • Tap a widget to jump straight to the matching detail. DATA Weather comes from the FAA / NWS Aviation Weather Center, delay information from the FAA's National Airspace System status, and sun times from sunrise-sunset.org. Airport data is from the public OurAirports database. Coverage is US airports (Class B/C/D scale). Meridian is a personal project, made for fun. If it's useful to you, there's an optional "buy me a coffee" link in the app — never required. Not for navigation or flight planning. Always confirm current weather and NOTAMs through official sources before any flight.

Screenshots

Elsewhere4 screens
MeridianWx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MeridianWx at none against Elsewhere's 1. MeridianWx also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. Elsewhere sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MeridianWx asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Elsewhere versus MeridianWx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElsewhereMeridianWx
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiogo Andre AssumpcaoNick Heyland

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Elsewhere

One-time1
  • City Scene$1.99
None

MeridianWx

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Elsewhere free?
Elsewhere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MeridianWx free?
MeridianWx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Elsewhere or MeridianWx have ads?
Neither Elsewhere nor MeridianWx shows ads.

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