Comparison

SkyMochi Weather & Radar vs Herebeat

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

Head to head
About

SkyMochi Weather & Radar

Get detailed local weather forecasts, track precipitation with radar, and explore the night sky for celestial objects. Plan your day with hourly and daily predictions, and receive important weather alerts.

Highlights
  • Hourly and daily weather forecasts
  • Precipitation radar tracking
  • Night sky stargazing guide
  • Weather alerts and warnings
  • Customizable widgets
  • Multi-device support
Features
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Check your local forecast, track rain on radar, and find planets in the night sky with SkyMochi. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Pull up from the cinematic sky to read the forecast. Open hourly and daily details, plan activities around forecast windows, and search saved places from the location header. HOURLY FORECASTS See current conditions, temperature, rain chance, and wind. Check how the weather is expected to change throughout the day. LIVING SKY Watch your forecast come to life with the sun, Moon, stars, clouds, and 100 curated city horizons from major travel and business destinations worldwide. RADAR AND WEATHER ALERTS Follow precipitation on radar. Read official warnings for your location and advice on staying safe. STARGAZING Check tonight's viewing conditions and use the stargazing guide to find the Moon and planets. IPHONE, IPHONE DUO, IPAD, AND APPLE WATCH Check the weather on your Apple devices, including the cover and inner displays of iPhone Duo. Add widgets to see conditions on your Home Screen. INCLUDED AT NO CHARGE Current-location forecasts, basic radar, local weather alerts, and the next 48 hours in Futures are free. Life-safety alerts and notifications are always free. SkyMochi has no ads, including on the free plan, and does not sell personal data. SKYMOCHI PLUS A subscription adds the extended 15-day outlook in Futures, advanced radar, severe weather tools, tropical storm tracking, the complete planetarium, additional sky-event tools, and up to 10 saved places. Read expert weather discussions, with plain-language summaries on supported devices. Weather coverage and features vary by location. SkyMochi uses licensed official weather sources for the United States and Canada. Japanese rain radar uses JMA precipitation data and its familiar rainfall colors. Choose English or Japanese independently of your weather location. Contact: hello@skymochi.com Terms of Use: https://skymochi.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://skymochi.com/privacy

About

Herebeat

Features
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STORMS. QUAKES. FIRES. FLOODS. Herebeat watches the places you care about and shows you what changed, straight from the official sources that issue it. SEE YOUR PLACE BEFORE YOU SUBSCRIBE Spin the 3D globe and land on your town. Herebeat shows what's covered there and what isn't, plus what's happening right now: an official alert, air quality, rain in the next hour, the nearest earthquake. Add home, work and family, set up a route, and try the app before you decide. WATCH YOUR OTHER ADDRESS Mark a second home, rental or family home as a property. Its alerts say "Your property", so you never mix it up with where you are, and it gets a storm checklist for that address, with a spot for who checks on it. OFFICIAL, NOT RUMORS Every alert says who issued it and when: the National Weather Service, the Japan Meteorological Agency, USGS, NOAA river gauges, the National Hurricane Center, the Storm Prediction Center, interagency wildfire data, GDACS, MeteoAlarm and national weather services around the world. WHAT YOU GET - Warnings, watches and advisories for your places - Hurricane forecast cones, tracks and coastal warnings from NOAA - Severe storm outlooks for the next three days (US) - Earthquakes worldwide, with magnitude and distance from you - Wildfires, storm reports and river levels nearby - Air quality from official monitors, with a five-day forecast in the US - NOAA radar on the map (US) - Today's weather on a sky that moves with the conditions, plus the next 10 days and rain in the next hour - Next 24 hours charts, UV index through the day and the moon - Routes: reported closures near the roads you use, where agencies publish road data - Home and Lock Screen widgets: status, weather, air quality and your places - Follow a warning on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island until it ends - Apple Watch app and complications - Calm notifications: bundled updates, a daily limit, an "only urgent" option and quiet hours - Alerts read aloud in plain words - 7 languages, your units, your time format PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your places stay on your iPhone unless you turn on notifications for them. SUBSCRIPTION Herebeat requires a subscription. Try it free for 7 days, then $7.99 a month or $39.99 a year (prices vary by country). Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Herebeat is not an emergency alert system. In danger, follow local authorities and emergency services. Terms: https://herebeat.app/info/terms/ Privacy: https://herebeat.app/info/privacy/

Screenshots

SkyMochi Weather & Radar4 screens
Herebeat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SkyMochi Weather & Radar at 18.0 against Herebeat's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. SkyMochi Weather & Radar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Herebeat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SkyMochi Weather & Radar versus Herebeat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkyMochi Weather & RadarHerebeat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB17 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperFavad AmirShahzod Abduhalimov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SkyMochi Weather & Radar

Subscriptions2
  • SkyMochi Plus (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • SkyMochi Plus (Yearly)$24.991 Year
2 purchases

Herebeat

Subscriptions2
  • Herebeat Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Herebeat Yearly1 Year trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is SkyMochi Weather & Radar free?
SkyMochi Weather & Radar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Herebeat free?
Herebeat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SkyMochi Weather & Radar or Herebeat have ads?
Neither SkyMochi Weather & Radar nor Herebeat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SkyMochi Weather & Radar or Herebeat?
SkyMochi Weather & Radar ships an update every 2 days, and Herebeat every 2 days. Most recently, SkyMochi Weather & Radar was updated on November 7, 2026 and Herebeat on November 6, 2026.

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