Comparison

Sunova Weather vs AtmoPulse Weather Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Sunova Weather

A privacy-focused weather app offering honest forecasts and detailed conditions. It provides minute-by-minute rain predictions, extended outlooks, and personalized UV guidance, all without subscriptions, accounts, or ads. The app even grades its own forecast accuracy.

Highlights
  • Honest weather data presentation
  • Minute-by-minute rain forecast
  • 72-hour hourly and 10-day outlook
  • Animated precipitation radar
  • Severe weather alerts
  • Personalized UV guidance
  • Smart Planner for outdoor activities
Features
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Sunova is a weather app built on a simple promise: radical honesty and total privacy. NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. There is no sign-up, no subscription, no analytics, and no backend server. Your weather data flows directly from public weather APIs to your device. Location coordinates are rounded to roughly 111 meters before any request leaves your phone, and your position is never stored anywhere but on your device. HONEST BY DESIGN Most weather apps hide missing data behind blank dashes. Sunova tells you what it knows and what it doesn't. If radar frames aren't available, you'll see a message — not an empty map. If forecast data lags behind what's actually happening outside, Sunova reconciles its current conditions against minute-by-minute nowcast data so the headline matches the sky. EVERYTHING YOU NEED • Current conditions with feels-like, dew point, wind direction, pressure, visibility, and gusts • Minute-by-minute rain nowcast for the next hour, in plain language • 72-hour hourly forecast and 10-day outlook • Animated precipitation radar with playback, past and future frames • Severe weather alerts from official sources (NWS for the US, Environment Canada) • Air quality (US + EU AQI), pollen, and UV index detail screens • Personalized UV guidance: burn-time estimates and SPF recommendations based on your skin type • Sunrise, sunset, and moon phase — computed on your device • Smart Planner: at-a-glance scores for running, cycling, gardening, BBQ, stargazing, and more • What to Wear suggestions and a one-line daily summary • Local notifications for severe weather, rain, temperature extremes, and a daily briefing — scheduled entirely on your device, with quiet hours HOW IT CHECKS THE FORECAST Sunova even grades itself: the Forecast Accuracy screen compares what was forecast for yesterday against what actually happened, using real historical data. When there isn't enough history yet, it says so — no fabricated scores. FREE MEANS FREE Sunova is completely free. No premium tier, no locked features, no upsells. Weather data comes from free, open public APIs (Open-Meteo, RainViewer, NWS, Environment Canada), and the app credits every source. Your weather. Your device. Nobody watching.

About

AtmoPulse Weather Tracker

Features
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AtmoPulse shows more than a forecast — it shows the pulse of the atmosphere. Most weather apps give you a number. AtmoPulse gives you movement: a live chart where temperature, wind, pressure and humidity shift second by second, so you can see the weather changing instead of just reading about it. LIVE TELEMETRY A real-time chart of micro-changes with a measurement log. Switch between temperature, wind, pressure and humidity, watch the trend, and pause the stream whenever you like. WEATHER ALERTS The app warns you on its own: strong wind and gusts, thunderstorm activity, a high UV index, severe frost. FULL FORECAST • 24-hour forecast with precipitation probability • 7-day forecast with temperature ranges • Feels-like, dew point, cloud cover, visibility, barometric pressure AIR QUALITY European AQI with a clear verdict, plus PM2.5, PM10, NO2, O3 and SO2 readings. SUN & DAY Sunrise, sunset, day length and the sun's live position along its arc. WEATHER RADAR An interactive map with precipitation, temperature and wind layers, centred on your city. COMPARE CITIES Put your current city and your favourites side by side — sorted from warmest to coldest, with the warmest and coldest highlighted. Handy before a trip. ANY CITY IN THE WORLD Search any city by name in your own language, or detect your location with one tap. Popular cities are sorted by distance from where you are. EIGHT INTERFACE LANGUAGES English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish — including weather descriptions, dates and units. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU No accounts. No sign-up. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Your cities and settings never leave your iPhone. Completely free, with no in-app purchases. Weather data by Open-Meteo. Requires iOS 17 or later.

Screenshots

Sunova Weather4 screens
AtmoPulse Weather Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sunova Weather at 15.1 against AtmoPulse Weather Tracker's 17.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Sunova Weather versus AtmoPulse Weather Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunova WeatherAtmoPulse Weather Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLOKESH KUMAR GUTTAPALEMRustam Gulov

In-app purchases

None

Sunova Weather

No in-app purchases

None

AtmoPulse Weather Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sunova Weather free?
Sunova Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AtmoPulse Weather Tracker free?
AtmoPulse Weather Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sunova Weather or AtmoPulse Weather Tracker have ads?
Neither Sunova Weather nor AtmoPulse Weather Tracker shows ads.

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