Comparison

Open Window vs Open/Shut

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

Head to head
About

Open Window

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Practical weather information for the day. Open Window uses the forecast to answer everyday questions: what to wear, whether to take an umbrella, when to open a window, and what changes to expect. Included Features • Current weather guidance for outfit, umbrella, ventilation, and outdoor comfort • Temperature, air quality, wind, humidity, rain, and UV details • Current-location weather that updates as you move when location access is allowed • The main current-weather screen remains available after the preview ends 3-Day Preview • Today's weather summary at 3 a.m. and a remaining-day summary at 4 p.m., based on the selected place's local time • Important weather-change alerts for your current place • A basic Home Screen widget Open Window Plus • Continued weather alerts and widgets after the 3-day preview • Custom summary times and quiet hours • Up to four saved places with sorting and place-specific alerts • Detailed hourly views for temperature, air quality, wind, humidity, rain, and UV • Up to 10 days of forecasts, including today • Widgets for multiple places • Direct access to the matching place from an alert or widget • An option to skip repetitive default summaries when there is no meaningful weather change (In-App Purchase) Plus is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Price and any available offer are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your Apple account settings. Location and Privacy • No account is required • Weather data comes from Apple Weather • Air-quality details may be supplemented by the Open Window server where available • Location is used only for app features and optional alerts, not for tracking Device Support • Supports iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro • Feature availability varies by platform - Contact: help@paran.app - Terms of Use: https://paran.app/open-window/terms - Privacy Policy: https://paran.app/open-window/privacy/

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Open/Shut

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Open or shut? During a heatwave, everyone answers this question with instinct, and instinct is wrong. We open the windows when the weather feels nice, while the air outside is hotter than inside. We let in air that feels dry, while it actually carries more water. Open/Shut ends the guessing. ONE GLANCE, ONE ANSWER A full-screen verdict, updated in real time: OPEN or SHUT, with the reason in one sentence. No charts to interpret, no thresholds to configure. PHYSICS THAT IS ACTUALLY RIGHT Relative humidity is misleading: hot afternoon air can show a low percentage while holding more water than your living room. Open/Shut compares absolute humidity, the grams of water per cubic metre, indoors and out. Airing never trades a cool room for a damp one. IT KNOWS YOUR HOME Describe your windows once: "garden side", "bedroom skylight". When the verdict is OPEN, the app crosses the wind direction with your façades and tells you which openings to use for cross-ventilation, in your own words. It also learns your building's thermal inertia and estimates the indoor temperature between your readings. IT PLANS AHEAD An hourly timeline shows the next favorable window over the coming hours, and a notification arrives at the exact moment conditions flip. Open at the right time, not when you happen to think about it. SUMMER AND WINTER In summer, flush out the heat as soon as the evening air turns cooler. In winter, air strategically to fight condensation and mould without throwing your heating out the window. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no backend, no tracking. Your location is only used to fetch your local forecast. Free, with no subscription. Open/Shut. An open-and-shut case.

Screenshots

Open Window4 screens
Open/Shut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open/Shut at none against Open Window's 2. Open/Shut also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). Open Window's advantage is device support (5 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Open Window sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Open/Shut asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open Window ships an update every 5 days, Open/Shut daily. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Open Window versus Open/Shut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen WindowOpen/Shut
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParanBerenger.dev

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Open Window

Subscriptions2
  • Open Window Plus$1.991 Month
  • Open Window Plus$9.991 Year
None

Open/Shut

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open Window free?
Open Window is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Open/Shut free?
Open/Shut is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Open Window or Open/Shut have ads?
Open Window shows ads; Open/Shut does not.
Which is updated more often, Open Window or Open/Shut?
Open Window ships an update every 5 days, and Open/Shut daily. Most recently, Open Window was updated on October 26, 2026 and Open/Shut on October 29, 2026.

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