Comparison

Cloudbreak Weather vs Aiolos Weather

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

Head to head
About

Cloudbreak Weather

A fast, private weather app focused on fire-weather risk and air quality. It provides detailed current conditions, hourly forecasts, and a seven-day outlook, with specialized layers for active incidents, smoke plumes, and historical burn scars.

Highlights
  • Fire-weather risk assessment
  • Dedicated fire map with incidents and perimeters
  • Smoke and air quality index (AQI) with outlook
  • National Weather Service and Environment Canada alerts
  • Visual weather exploration (radar, satellite, overlays)
  • Personal weather station integration
Features
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Cloudbreak is a fast, private weather app for people who actually watch the sky — built with a fire-weather edge for anyone living in or near wildfire country. Open it and you get a clean, honest read on right now: current conditions, an hourly strip you can scan at a glance, and a seven-day outlook — sourced from the U.S. National Weather Service and, in Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Tap any detail for a 24-hour chart of humidity, wind, pressure, UV, visibility, and more, or drag the sun along its arc to see exactly how much daylight is left. Where Cloudbreak goes further is fire and air: • Fire-weather risk — the day's expected max, from Low to Extreme, with the official drivers (humidity, wind, Haines index) and a 48-hour outlook, so an elevated day never catches you off guard. Official NWS data in the U.S.; a clearly-labeled modeled estimate anywhere else. Each day in the 7-day forecast is flagged for its peak fire risk, too. • A dedicated fire map — active incidents and perimeters, satellite hotspots, smoke, and historical burn scars (official USGS/USFS records for major fires), each a layer you can turn on or off, with a tap-through detail on every feature. • Smoke and air quality — live AQI with a multi-day outlook, plus NOAA smoke plumes on the map, so you know when to keep the windows shut. • National Weather Service and Environment Canada alerts — the most severe warning for your area, front and center. Explore the weather visually: play NEXRAD radar forward past now with a short-range forecast, loop GOES GeoColor satellite imagery, read surface wind and temperature fields, and add lightning or air-quality overlays on top — with active-fire hotspots available over any of them. Have your own hardware? Connect a personal weather station — Ambient Weather, Tempest, Davis, Netatmo, or PWSWeather — and Cloudbreak blends your backyard readings into the forecast. (Newer providers are marked Beta in the app.) Cloudbreak comes with an Apple Watch app, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and a native Mac app, so the forecast is wherever you are. Private by design We don't run servers that store your data, and there are no accounts to create. Your location is sent to public weather and fire-data providers only to fetch a forecast — it is never stored by us, never tied to your name, and never used to build a profile. No ads. No analytics. No third-party tracking. The keys for any station you connect stay in the Keychain on your device. Full guide, FAQ, and support: apps.stonemesastudio.com Fire-weather, smoke, and air-quality information is for general awareness — always follow official guidance from local authorities in an emergency.

About

Aiolos Weather

This app combines forecast models and local observations into a unified weather workspace. It offers detailed current conditions, wind tracking, and map exploration with multiple weather layers. Users can set alerts, customize dashboards, and choose from various temperature data sources.

Highlights
  • Hyperlocal weather workspace
  • Current conditions and AQI
  • Wind and gust tracking
  • Multi-layer weather maps
  • Customizable temperature sources
  • Weather alerts
  • Configurable dashboard widgets
Features
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Make sense of the weather around you and the places you care about. Aiolos brings forecasts, nearby observations and weather maps together in a customizable workspace. YOUR DAY, HOUR BY HOUR See current conditions and the week ahead, then open a day for rain, temperature and wind detail. Today's rain and temperature charts focus on the time remaining, from Now to midnight. Choose Celsius or Fahrenheit and your preferred wind units, including Beaufort. MAPS AND LOCAL OBSERVATIONS Explore street, terrain and satellite maps with weather overlays. Search for a city or address and save places for quick access. Where available, compare forecast-model temperatures with nearby National Observatory of Athens stations, airport METAR reports and Sensor.Community observations. Set the search radius and choose how available temperature sources are combined. THE DETAILS THAT MATTER TO YOU Follow wind and gusts, precipitation, air quality, humidity, pressure, cloud cover, UV, visibility and dew point. Choose and reorder dashboard widgets, and create weather alert rules for current and saved locations. ACROSS YOUR APPLE DEVICES Use Aiolos on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Optional Apple or Google sign-in syncs saved places, settings and alert rules. On Mac, check weather from the menu bar and choose whether Aiolos starts at login. English and Greek are supported. PRIVACY BY CHOICE An account is optional. Usage analytics and crash reporting are off unless you enable them in Config. Weather data and individual features vary by location, device and provider. Forecasts and alerts are informational and must not be used for emergency or life-safety decisions. Developed by Iliadis LLC. Support: info@iliadisllc.com.

Screenshots

Cloudbreak Weather4 screens
Aiolos Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

Cloudbreak Weather and Aiolos Weather are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cloudbreak Weather against 5.0 for Aiolos Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Cloudbreak Weather versus Aiolos Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudbreak WeatherAiolos Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStone Mesa Studio, LLCAlexandros Iliadis

In-app purchases

None

Cloudbreak Weather

No in-app purchases

None

Aiolos Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cloudbreak Weather free?
Cloudbreak Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aiolos Weather free?
Aiolos Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cloudbreak Weather or Aiolos Weather?
Cloudbreak Weather and Aiolos Weather are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Cloudbreak Weather or Aiolos Weather have ads?
Neither Cloudbreak Weather nor Aiolos Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cloudbreak Weather or Aiolos Weather?
Cloudbreak Weather ships an update weekly, and Aiolos Weather weekly. Most recently, Cloudbreak Weather was updated on October 28, 2026 and Aiolos Weather on October 29, 2026.

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