17 METEO vs UAV Drone Forecast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
17 METEO
This app provides real-time weather data and AI-powered forecasts specifically for drone pilots. It offers a go/no-go traffic light system, detailed wind profiles, and route analysis to ensure safe and confident flights. It also includes features for naval and ground operations, and works offline.
- Drone-specific go/no-go traffic light
- AI-powered weather forecasts
- Detailed wind profiles by altitude
- Route analysis accounting for flight time
- GNSS monitor with spoofing alerts
- Offline maps and forecast cache
- Naval and ground mode features
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Can I fly right now? 17 METEO answers in a second: green — fly, yellow — caution, red — better wait. And it always tells you why. A drone is hundreds of hours of work and serious money. One weather mistake takes it away in a minute. Set your aircraft's limits once, or pick one of 50+ ready-made profiles (DJI Mavic, Mini, Air, Matrice, Autel EVO and professional platforms), and every forecast is checked against YOUR drone — no more stitching the picture together from five tabs of raw numbers. AI FORECASTS THAT ACTUALLY WORK Real next-generation neural weather models deliver a go/no-go verdict with a confidence level, cross-checked against a classical model. The model-agreement card shows whether ECMWF, GFS and ICON converge — how much today's forecast can be trusted. WHAT YOU GET • Go/no-go traffic light — tuned to your drone, not the "average weather" • Nearest green launch window — when it opens and how long it lasts • Detailed wind profile by altitude up to 3,000 m • Hourly forecast for 24 h and a 15-day outlook • GNSS monitor with spoofing alerts and a visible-satellite forecast • Route analysis: weather where your aircraft will BE, accounting for flight time • Pilot calculators: Point of No Return (PNR), wind triangle, radio line-of-sight (Fresnel zone, 360° coverage, MGRS) • Upper air: winds and temps to FL450, Skew-T diagram, CAPE, freezing level • Geomagnetic activity (Kp), lightning risk, density altitude, icing risk • Astronomy: twilight, moon phase, thermal crossover • Battery state before launch with cold-weather derating • Bluetooth anemometer support — ground-truth wind • Air-raid alert (selected regions) BEYOND THE AIR Naval mode: wave height, sea state and departure windows for surface platforms. Ground mode: soil trafficability, night-frost windows, fords and control-link range. APPLE WATCH Readiness on your wrist: colored verdict, temperature and the limiting factor — without reaching for the phone. WORKS EVERYWHERE Worldwide coverage: the same forecast at any point on the planet. Offline maps and forecast cache keep working with no connectivity. Built in Ukraine — proven by pilots where weather decides everything. PRIVACY (OPSEC) Everything is computed on-device. The app collects and transmits nothing — there is simply nothing to leak. Private by default. Built for people who fly for a living: aerial photo and video, FPV, inspections, search and rescue, agriculture. The dashboard is fully customizable — keep only the cards you need. Localized in English and Ukrainian. 17 METEO — fewer guesses, more confidence before takeoff.
UAV Drone Forecast
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Every drone weather app shows you numbers. UAV Drone Forecast gives you the answer. GO / CAUTION / NO-GO — one verdict, computed for YOUR drone. Pick from 32 models (DJI Mini, Air, Mavic, Avata, Inspire, Matrice and more) and the safety limits come from the manufacturer's real wind rating, not a generic guess. A Mini 2 and a Matrice 350 do not fly in the same weather, and this app knows it. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Honest data, or no data. Every number on screen comes from a real source — measured airport reports (METAR), official aerodrome forecasts (TAF), live satellite orbits, real airspace boundaries. When a source is unavailable the app says "no data". It never invents a reading. • Flight windows, not tables. The 16-day forecast tells you "Fly 06:00–15:00" for each day instead of handing you a wall of numbers to interpret. • A time band you can scrub. Drag across the day and watch the verdict, the wind arrow on the map and every tile follow. Sunrise, sunset, stars and the actual moon phase included. • Wind by altitude. Ground to 120 m in your legal envelope — coloured by your drone's limits — plus the free atmosphere up to 5.6 km for context. • Real airspace. FAA LAANC grids in the US and worldwide zones from a community-maintained open aviation database, drawn on a fast vector map with your drone's transmission range and visual line-of-sight rings. Zones that can't affect a drone at 120 m are shown as advisory instead of painting your whole city red. • Save your spots. Long-press the map to save a launch site; every saved pin shows its own live verdict, so the map answers "where can I fly today?" • Visible satellites, computed for real. GPS + Galileo + BeiDou counts from live orbital data — not a hardcoded guess. • Quality vs safety, separated. Gusty air that would shake cinematic footage is a warning, not a fake no-go. Darkness is advice ("obstacle sensors may not work"), never a veto. The no-go line is your aircraft's physics. • Find yourself instantly. Open the app and it centres on where you stand (with your permission) — or search any place on Earth. No account, no ads. Data: Open-Meteo, NOAA (METAR/TAF, Kp), CelesTrak, FAA UAS Facility Maps, open aviation data (CC BY-NC 4.0), OpenFreeMap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Weather and airspace data are not certified for flight planning. Always check your national aviation authority and NOTAMs before every flight.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: 17 METEO at 4 against UAV Drone Forecast's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 17 METEO | UAV Drone Forecast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrii Kniaziev | Burak Birerdinc |
In-app purchases
17 METEO
No in-app purchases
UAV Drone Forecast
No in-app purchases
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