Nubuki vs Synoptic Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nubuki
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Nubuki is the weather app with a soul. A character —fox, cat, bunny or bear— lives on your screen and dresses for the real weather in your city: sunglasses in the heat, an umbrella in the rain, a coat when it freezes. Real precision, plenty of charm: • Current weather with feels-like, wind, humidity, UV index and air quality • Hourly, daily and weekly forecast • Multiple cities: add and switch between your favourite places • Animated backgrounds for every condition: sun, rain, storm, snow, fog, wind and night • Customize your pet • Home screen widget • Dark mode, in Spanish and English • Clean, distraction-free design: just you and your weather Download for free and let your weather dress with you.
Synoptic Weather
Visualize rain patterns with an animated map and access a 16-day forecast for any location. Get detailed sea and air quality information, with widgets for quick access. No sign-up or ads are required.
- Animated rain map (6 hours past/future)
- 16-day detailed forecast
- Sea and wave conditions
- Air quality index and dust warnings
- Map search and current location forecast
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
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Synoptic Weather shows rain on the map and the forecast for any place in the world. • Animated rain map: six hours back and six hours ahead, with a time slider and play button. • 16-day forecast: temperature, feels-like, humidity, UV index and chance of rain. • Sea and waves: wave height, period, direction and water temperature — for surfing, swimming or fishing. • Air quality: the index, PM2.5, PM10 and dust, with a warning when dust is expected. • Tap the map or search for a city to see its forecast at once. • Opens on the forecast for where you are. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your location or a place you pick. No sign-up and no ads. Weather data from Open-Meteo; map from OpenStreetMap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Synoptic Weather at none against Nubuki's 1. Synoptic Weather also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Nubuki sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Synoptic Weather asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nubuki ships an update every 4 months, Synoptic Weather every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nubuki | Synoptic Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kissylabs | Sharon Shalem |
In-app purchases
Nubuki
- Unlock all pets$2.99
Synoptic Weather
No in-app purchases









