Comparison

WXStation Connect vs Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

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

Head to head
About

WXStation Connect

Monitor real-time meteorological data from your Personal Weather Station connected to Weather Underground. Analyze historical trends, view forecasts, and customize your weather dashboard with widgets and themes. Supports multiple stations and offers air quality information.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather data monitoring
  • Daily and weekly historical records
  • Home screen widgets
  • Multi-station management
  • 5-day weather forecast (Pro)
  • Interactive weather charts (Pro)
  • Air quality gauge
Features
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WXStation Connect is the ultimate companion app for your Personal Weather Station (PWS) connected to Weather Underground. Monitor your local weather, track real-time meteorological data, and analyze historical trends right from your iPhone or iPad. Whether you are a weather enthusiast, a farmer, or just want to know the exact conditions in your backyard, WXStation Connect brings your weather dashboard to life. FREE FEATURES • Real-Time Weather Data: Live readings of temperature, humidity, dew point, wind speed and direction, wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, rain rate, UV index and solar radiation from your Wunderground stations. • Daily and Weekly History: Check your station's daily and weekly historical records. • Home Screen Widgets: Three widget sizes (Small, Medium and Extra Large) keep your weather at a glance. Refresh and theme controls built into the widgets. • Personalized Experience: Select your preferred units (°C/°F, km/h/mph, hPa/inHg, mm/in). • Multi-Station Management: Easily add and monitor multiple weather stations from a single, clean interface. • Moon and Sun: Moon phase with illumination, moonrise and moonset times on a visual arc, next new and full moon dates, plus precise sunrise and sunset for your station's coordinates. • Solar and Lunar Eclipses: Next solar or lunar eclipse for your station's coordinates, with a detailed timeline and live progress. • Air Quality: Local AQI gauge with PM10, PM2.5, ozone, dust and pollen levels for your station area. • Multilingual Support: Available in 13 languages. PRO FEATURES (one-time purchase) • 5-Day Weather Forecast: Detailed forecast with day/night breakdown, wind and precipitation. • Daily, Weekly and Monthly Charts: Interactive daily, weekly and monthly graphs for temperature and dew point, humidity, pressure, wind and gusts, precipitation and rain rate, UV and solar radiation. • Extended History: Monthly, yearly and custom date range access for deeper analysis. • Access to All Themes: Exclusive color themes for a fully personalized app look. HOW IT WORKS Designed for Weather Underground station owners. Enter your PWS Station ID and API Key from your Wunderground account to connect securely and fetch your local weather data. Requires iOS 17 or later.

About

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

Visualize real-time data from your Ecowitt weather station on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Receive custom alerts for various weather conditions and sensor readings, and track historical data with export options. Includes forecasts and radar maps for supported regions.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather station data
  • Customizable alerts
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Historical data graphs and export
  • 5-day forecasts and radar maps
  • Water leak detection alarm
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Weathervane turns readings from your Ecowitt weather station into a clear, detailed dashboard for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Free, with no ads and no account to create. Connect directly to your gateway on your home Wi-Fi, or use Ecowitt Cloud to check your stations from anywhere. Weathervane shows only the readings your station and sensors provide, with no empty sections for equipment you don't have. See temperature, humidity, dew point, feels like, pressure, wind, rainfall, solar radiation, UV, air quality, CO2, lightning, soil moisture, soil temperature and conductivity, leaf wetness, water leaks, distance and depth, battery levels, signal strength and more. APPLE WATCH Your station on your wrist, with complications for your watch face. Pick any of your stations right on the watch. With Ecowitt Cloud, the watch reads your station itself, so complications stay up to date even when your iPhone isn't nearby. ALERTS Get notified about the weather, your sensors and your devices: high and low temperatures, frost tonight, strong wind and gusts, rain starting and stopping, heavy rain, lightning nearby, falling pressure, humidity, air quality, a daily summary, sensors that stop reporting, low batteries, a station going offline and firmware updates. Set quiet hours so alerts wait until morning. WATER-LEAK ALARM With a WH55 leak sensor, Weathervane sounds a distinct rising alarm the moment water is detected, shows a red warning on your dashboard and watch, and tells you when it's dry again. HISTORY AND RECORDS Graphs from one hour to a month. Tap any graph to see the exact reading and time. The Records screen keeps your highs, lows and totals from today back to all-time. Export your data as a CSV file. FORECAST A 5-day forecast with a one-line summary and each day's chance of rain, plus sunrise, sunset and the moon phase. In the US & Europe, a live radar map and the National Weather Service's written forecast for each day. FEATURES • Apple Watch app and complications • Weather, sensor and device alerts • Water-leak alarm • Live radar and written forecasts (US) • Siri and Shortcuts • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • History graphs and Records • CSV export • "Compared to yesterday" notes • 3-hour pressure trend and outlook • Share a picture of current conditions • Two-column iPad layout with an expanded forecast • Multiple stations, with local and cloud support • Firmware update status for every device • Custom names and order for stations and sensors • Reorder cards on dashboard • Fahrenheit or Celsius, your choice of pressure, wind and rain units • Units that follow your region, with knots, m/s and metric distances • 12-hour or 24-hour time • Light and dark appearance • Demo mode, to try it without a station SUPPORTED HARDWARE Gateways: GW1100, GW1200, GW2000, GW3000, and the WittField WS6210 and WS6006 4G gateways. The original GW1000 through Ecowitt Cloud. Consoles: HP2550, HP2551, HP2560, HP2561, HP2564 Wittboy Pro, HP3500, WS2320, WS2910, WS3800, WS3820, WS3900, WS3910, WN1820, WN1821, WN1920 and WN1980. Stations: any package built on one of these, including GW1101, GW1201, GW1202, GW1210, GW2001, GW3001, GW3002, Wittboy, Essense3, WN1981, HP2552 and HP2553H. Newer and regional models not listed here usually work too, as they share the same interfaces. Available readings depend on your gateway, firmware and connected sensors. Weathervane is independently developed and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ecowitt. Ecowitt and related product names are trademarks of their respective owners. [WEBSITE]: https://leechsoftware.com/dashboard-for-ecowitt/

Screenshots

WXStation Connect4 screens
Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather at none against WXStation Connect's 1. Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. WXStation Connect sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for WXStation Connect against 5.0 for Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 14 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WXStation Connect ships an update every 3 weeks, Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WXStation Connect versus Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWXStation ConnectDashboard for ECOWITT Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (13 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1314 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIgnacio Castellano EstrellaLeech Software

Customer experience

WXStation Connect

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WXStation Connect

One-time1
  • WXStation Connect PRO$8.99
None

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WXStation Connect free?
WXStation Connect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather free?
Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WXStation Connect or Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather?
Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather is rated higher. WXStation Connect averages 4.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do WXStation Connect or Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather have ads?
Neither WXStation Connect nor Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WXStation Connect or Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather?
WXStation Connect ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather every 4 days. Most recently, WXStation Connect was updated on November 5, 2026 and Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather on November 6, 2026.

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