LudeWeather vs StormCast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LudeWeather
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LudeWeather is a fast, clean weather app with a monochromatic design. Black, white, and system type. Current conditions on top. The next 7 days right underneath, so planning a trip or the weekend takes one glance. WHAT YOU GET Now The live temperature, what it feels like, and today's high and low, with a plain language line about the next hours. 7 day outlook Today plus the days ahead, each with a temperature range and rain chance. Tap a day for its hourly breakdown. Hourly The next 24 hours as a chart you can scrub. Switch between temperature, feels like, and rain. Tap an hour for wind, feels like and amount. Rain When rain is coming, a 12 hour outlook with a headline you can tap for chance and amount hour by hour. Plus an animated radar framed on your location. The finer numbers Humidity, pressure, visibility, dew point and cloud cover. Wind, UV, air and pollen A wind compass with gusts, UV with a short note on what to do, air quality with the pollutant breakdown, and pollen where coverage exists. Make it your own Hide any section you do not use. Search any city, save the ones you care about, or use your location. Metric or imperial. Dark, light, or follow the system. Fast Opens on the last city you checked. Saved places come back without waiting. Stays in step Saved places, layout and settings can sync through iCloud. Sign in is optional, for the same preferences across devices and for severe weather alerts. The app works fully without an account. PRIVACY FIRST No ads. No tracking. Your location is used only to fetch the local forecast. Preferences you choose to sync go through your iCloud or your optional account, never sold. Weather data from OpenWeather and Open-Meteo. LudeWeather is a LudeHQ product.
StormCast
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Rain on the way? See where it’s moving. With StormCast, follow rain and lightning on the map and get alerts for the places you choose: home, work or your weekend destination. Check the radar alongside hourly forecasts to see how the weather could change. FOLLOW RAIN AND LIGHTNING • Rain radar with two hours of history and a movement forecast up to two hours ahead • Live lightning, with distance from your location • Storm cells with movement direction and speed • Satellite, temperature, wind and wave maps ALERTS FOR YOUR PLACES • Nearby lightning alerts with a customisable radius • Incoming rain alerts with updates as it approaches • Approaching storms with an estimated arrival time • Italian Civil Protection weather alerts for your places in Italy • Quiet hours configurable for each place CHECK THE DAYS AHEAD • Hourly and daily forecasts up to 14 days ahead • Forecast reliability index • Air quality, UV, pressure, visibility and marine data • Sunrise, sunset, daylight hours and moon phases • Recent nearby earthquakes, using INGV and USGS data START WITH YOUR FIRST PLACE Search for a location, explore the map and turn on monitoring. Allow notifications on your device to receive alerts. FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PREMIUM StormCast is free to download. Radar, lightning and forecasts are available with ads and a daily usage limit shown in the app. Push alerts remain active after your viewing time runs out. StormCast Premium removes ads and the time limit. It includes Display mode, which turns a tablet into a weather station, beyond the initial trial period. Premium is an annual subscription. The current price is shown in the app before purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled in your store account settings. Restore purchases using the same store account. Available in English, Italian, French, German and Spanish. Forecasts and alerts are estimates based on available data. They do not guarantee the timing or location of severe weather and do not replace official guidance or other personal safety measures. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://www.stormcastlab.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: LudeWeather at none against StormCast's shown. StormCast's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LudeWeather ships an update every 2 months, StormCast weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LudeWeather | StormCast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimitris Dimitriou | Simone Baldi |
In-app purchases
LudeWeather
No in-app purchases
StormCast
No in-app purchases









