Comparison

nibe vs Pickleball Forecast

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

Head to head
About

nibe

Track natural light cycles, including sunrise, sunset, and golden hour. Build healthier light habits with daily reminders and visualize daylight changes throughout the year. Plan ahead with a 14-day forecast of light events.

Highlights
  • Circadian Light Coach
  • Multi-Day Planner
  • Custom Alerts
  • Daylight Tracker
  • Free to use
Features
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nibe helps you stay in sync with natural light — sunrise, sunset, golden hour, and the daylight your body actually needs. nibe is completely free. Every feature, for everyone: Circadian Light Coach — Daily light streaks & reminders to help you build healthier light habits Multi-Day Planner — See 14 days of sunrise & sunset at a glance Custom Alerts — Get notified for any light event, on your schedule Daylight Tracker — Watch how your daylight is changing throughout the year No subscriptions. No paywalls. No trial that expires. Just open the app and use it. If nibe brightens your days, you're welcome to leave a small optional tip to support development — but everything works fully without one. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pickleball Forecast

This app simplifies outdoor pickleball planning by translating hourly weather forecasts into easy-to-understand color-coded ratings. It helps you quickly identify ideal playing conditions, avoiding factors like wind, rain, or darkness.

Highlights
  • Hourly pickleball weather ratings
  • Color-coded pickleballs for quick decisions
  • Morning, afternoon, and evening ratings
  • Temperature, wind, and precipitation details
  • Customizable playing preferences (Premium)
  • Multiple saved locations
  • Shareable forecasts
Features
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Pickleball Forecast helps you quickly see when the weather is right for playing pickleball outdoors. Pickleball Forecast turns the hourly weather forecast into simple color-coded pickleballs so you can instantly tell when conditions are great, good, challenging, or poor for playing outdoors. No more looking up temperature, wind, rain, and daylight details yourself. Check today’s hourly forecast, look ahead at upcoming days, and see how the weather changes throughout the morning, afternoon, and evening. Whether you’re planning a casual game, meeting friends at the courts, or trying to avoid wind, rain, heat, or darkness, Pickleball Forecast helps you see at a glance when conditions are perfect for an outdoor game. Features include: • Hourly pickleball weather ratings • Color-coded pickleballs for quick decisions • Morning, afternoon, and evening ratings for upcoming days • Temperature, wind, wind gusts, precipitation, daylight, and more • Detailed condition breakdowns for each hour • Multiple saved locations • Shareable pickleball weather forecasts • Customizable playing preferences with Premium Pickleball Forecast Premium Upgrade to Premium to personalize the conditions that matter most to your game. Premium lets you customize your ideal playing conditions, including temperature, wind speed, wind gusts, precipitation chance, daylight, and more, so the app can rate weather based on how you like to play. Premium benefits include: • Customize all weather preferences • Personalize pickleball ratings around your ideal conditions • Share beautiful forecasts with friends • Support ongoing development of Pickleball Forecast Subscription Information Pickleball Forecast offers an optional auto-renewing subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Auto-renewable subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://secure.glinberg.com/public/pdf/20260709-Pickleball-Forecast-Terms-of-Use.pdf Privacy Policy: https://secure.glinberg.com/public/pdf/20260709-Pickleball-Forecast-Privacy-Policy.pdf

Screenshots

nibe4 screens
Pickleball Forecast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: nibe at free against Pickleball Forecast's freemium. nibe also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. nibe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Pickleball Forecast sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for nibe against 5.0 for Pickleball Forecast. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
nibe versus Pickleball Forecast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternibePickleball Forecast
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyle NeerGlinberg Robotics, LLC

Customer experience

nibe

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pickleball Forecast

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

nibe

Subscriptions1
  • nibe Pro — Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • nibe Pro — Lifetime$9.99
1 purchases

Pickleball Forecast

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Plan Yearly$7.991 Year

Questions

Is nibe free?
nibe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pickleball Forecast free?
Pickleball Forecast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, nibe or Pickleball Forecast?
nibe and Pickleball Forecast are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do nibe or Pickleball Forecast have ads?
Neither nibe nor Pickleball Forecast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, nibe or Pickleball Forecast?
nibe ships an update every 3 days, and Pickleball Forecast every 3 days. Most recently, nibe was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pickleball Forecast on October 31, 2026.

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