Comparison

Pickleball Forecast vs Weather Studio Widgets

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

Head to head
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

About

Weather Studio Widgets

Features
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Build weather with tiles. Weather Studio gives you control over what weather information you see, where it appears, and how it looks. Create your dashboard by adding weather tiles, then arrange and resize them to fit the information you need. Customize every tile Choose the content, style, and layout of individual tiles. Build a simple dashboard for quick weather checks or combine more tiles for a detailed view. Display weather information such as temperature, hourly and daily forecasts, humidity, wind, precipitation, and more. Design widgets your way Build Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets using the same tile-based system. Choose the weather data you want, arrange your tiles, and customize the appearance of each widget. Weather Studio supports multiple widget formats, including Home Screen and Lock Screen layouts. Create multiple layouts Save different dashboard tile arrangements and switch between them whenever you need a different setup. With Weather Studio, your dashboard and widgets are built around the weather information that matters to you. Privacy Policy: https://penguinworksco.work/weather-studio/privacy-policy Support: https://penguinworksco.work/weather-studio/support

Screenshots

Pickleball Forecast4 screens
Weather Studio Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Weather Studio Widgets at none against Pickleball Forecast's 1. Weather Studio Widgets also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Pickleball Forecast's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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. Pickleball Forecast sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per year. Weather Studio Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pickleball Forecast ships an update every 3 days, Weather Studio Widgets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pickleball Forecast versus Weather Studio Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickleball ForecastWeather Studio Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlinberg Robotics, LLCDaryl Gialolo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pickleball Forecast

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Plan Yearly$7.991 Year
None

Weather Studio Widgets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pickleball Forecast free?
Pickleball Forecast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weather Studio Widgets free?
Weather Studio Widgets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pickleball Forecast or Weather Studio Widgets have ads?
Neither Pickleball Forecast nor Weather Studio Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pickleball Forecast or Weather Studio Widgets?
Pickleball Forecast ships an update every 3 days, and Weather Studio Widgets every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pickleball Forecast was updated on October 11, 2026 and Weather Studio Widgets on October 14, 2026.

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