Comparison

LudeWeather vs Nievee

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

Head to head
About

LudeWeather

Features
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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.

About

Nievee

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Nievee is the mountain forecast, made clear. Base, mid-mountain, and summit, each with its own elevation, so you always know which point each number refers to. I'm Nicolás Lacoste, and I learned to ski at Cerro Catedral in Argentina. Every time I headed to the mountains, the weather surprised me one way or another, so I made Nievee. It starts simple and goes deeper. The first thing you see is what matters, and the pro-level detail is one tap away. FORECAST BY ELEVATION Hour by hour, up to fifteen days out. Snow, rain, wind and gusts, temperature, feels-like temperature, clouds, and visibility at every elevation. OUR OWN FORMULA We started with more than 20 global and regional weather models and used machine learning to train a formula on nearly 3,000 mountain weather stations and over 800,000 hours of measurements. It learned how terrain changes the wind and temperature in each place. WIND AND TERRAIN A 3D map shows how the wind blows across the whole mountain. We use WindNinja, the US Forest Service model, to see where the terrain speeds it up and where it pushes it off course. MOUNTAIN UV The UV index adjusted for altitude and snow, based on scientific research. A UV of 4 is nothing in the city, but on the mountain it matters. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HEAD UP • Over 5,000 live webcams • Trail maps • Lift status • Avalanche danger • Each mountain's emergency number, right at hand • Alerts for snowfall, wind holds, and lifts • Widgets and a live card on the Lock Screen • More than 50 languages FREE, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY Nievee is free, and I'm building it on my own. If something looks off or your mountain is missing, email me at lacoste@nievee.com. Nievee isn't affiliated with any ski resort. It's a forecast, not a guarantee. Before you head into the backcountry, always check the official avalanche forecast.

Screenshots

LudeWeather4 screens
Nievee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nievee at every 2 days against LudeWeather's every 2 months. LudeWeather's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LudeWeather ships an update every 2 months, Nievee every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
LudeWeather versus Nievee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLudeWeatherNievee
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDimitris DimitriouNICOLAS LACOSTE

In-app purchases

None

LudeWeather

No in-app purchases

None

Nievee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LudeWeather free?
LudeWeather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nievee free?
Nievee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LudeWeather or Nievee have ads?
Neither LudeWeather nor Nievee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LudeWeather or Nievee?
LudeWeather ships an update every 2 months, and Nievee every 2 days. Most recently, LudeWeather was updated on October 15, 2026 and Nievee on October 25, 2026.

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