Comparison

TinyCelsius vs Vanecast

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

Head to head
About

TinyCelsius

This app displays current weather conditions with both Celsius and Fahrenheit side-by-side for easy reading. It offers a menu bar item on Mac and widgets for iPhone's Home and Lock Screens, allowing quick access to local weather data.

Highlights
  • Celsius and Fahrenheit side-by-side
  • Current location or pinned city
  • Mac menu bar weather item
  • iPhone Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Weather condition symbol and update time
  • Unit order and decimal controls
Features
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TinyCelsius keeps current weather small, readable, and always nearby. See Celsius and Fahrenheit together without mental conversion. On Mac, TinyCelsius lives in the menu bar near the clock. On iPhone, it gives you a simple weather view and widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen. Use your current location or set a city. TinyCelsius loads live weather, shows the current condition, and lets you choose whether Celsius or Fahrenheit appears first. On Mac, you can keep the menu bar item compact, show or hide the condition icon, and refresh from the panel. On iOS, widgets can show the latest temperature pair and optional refresh time. Features: * Celsius and Fahrenheit side by side * Current location or pinned city * Mac menu bar weather item * iPhone Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets * Weather condition symbol and update time * Unit order, decimal, and compact menu bar controls * Local weather powered by WeatherKit TinyCelsius is intentionally focused: current conditions, quick reading, and no account to manage. All data is on device and using Apple Weather for realtime weather information – we don't have access to your location at any time.

About

Vanecast

This weather app prioritizes your privacy by never requesting your location. Simply enter a city name or ZIP code to get detailed forecasts. It offers current conditions, hourly and daily predictions, and moon phases without any tracking or ads.

Highlights
  • No location services required
  • Manual city/ZIP code input
  • Current conditions and feels like
  • Hourly and 9-day forecasts
  • UV index and moon phase
  • Saved cities with default option
  • Weather icon and color key
Features
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Vanecast is a weather app that never asks for your location. Most weather apps open with a Location Services prompt. Vanecast opens with a text field. You type a ZIP code or a city name, and that is the only location detail the app ever uses. It does not link CoreLocation at all, so there is no prompt to decline and nothing to turn off later. Everything comes from Open-Meteo, a free and open weather service. No account, no sign-in, no tracking, no ads. WHAT YOU SEE - The current temperature and condition, with feels like - Humidity, wind speed, and wind direction - The UV index with its exposure band, from Low through Extreme - Sunrise and sunset for the city you are viewing, in that city's own time zone - An hourly forecast for the next 24 hours - A nine day forecast with the high, the low, and the chance of rain - The moon phase, named and shown at all times - A weather key that explains every forecast icon and colour - Fahrenheit or Celsius, switched from the toolbar SAVED CITIES Keep up to five places and tap between them. Star one as your default and Vanecast opens on it every time. Pull down to refresh whenever you want a fresh reading. PRIVACY Vanecast stores your saved cities and your degree preference on your device. It collects nothing, tracks nothing, and sends nothing anywhere except the weather request itself. Vanecast is also available for Mac.

Screenshots

TinyCelsius4 screens
Vanecast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Vanecast at 17.0 against TinyCelsius's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TinyCelsius against 5.0 for Vanecast. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
TinyCelsius versus Vanecast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTinyCelsiusVanecast
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDion Software, LLCSide Channel Studios

Customer experience

TinyCelsius

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

Vanecast

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

In-app purchases

None

TinyCelsius

No in-app purchases

None

Vanecast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TinyCelsius free?
TinyCelsius is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vanecast free?
Vanecast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TinyCelsius or Vanecast?
TinyCelsius and Vanecast are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do TinyCelsius or Vanecast have ads?
Neither TinyCelsius nor Vanecast shows ads.

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