Comparison

Vanecast vs Stickman Weather

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

Head to head
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
Read full description

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.

About

Stickman Weather

This app transforms your weather forecast into a dynamic, hand-drawn stickman character that visually reacts to real-time conditions. See your stickman on your home and lock screens, updating instantly to reflect the weather outside.

Highlights
  • Real-time, location-based weather
  • Stickman character reacts to conditions
  • Live Activities support
  • Hourly and daily forecast
  • Clean, minimal design
Features
Read full description

Ever wish checking the weather felt a little more... alive? Stickman Weather turns your forecast into a living character. Instead of staring at a generic sun or cloud icon, you get a hand-drawn stickman who reacts to the actual weather outside your door — rain gear when it's pouring, sunglasses when it's blazing, a scarf when it's freezing. HOW IT WORKS Stickman Weather uses your location to pull accurate, real-time weather data, then updates your stickman to match — instantly, right on your home screen and Lock Screen. LIVE ACTIVITIES Your stickman doesn't wait for you to open the app. With Live Activities, he shows up right on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, updating automatically as conditions change throughout the day. KEY FEATURES Real-time, location-based weather A stickman character that visually reacts to current conditions Live Activities support — see your stickman without unlocking your phone Clean, minimal design that puts the character front and center Hourly and daily forecast at a glance GO PREMIUM Want more personality? Upgrade to unlock: Exclusive hand-crafted stickman art packs — new looks, new styles, yours to keep A weekly subscription option that generates fresh, custom stickman content just for you, every week Whether you check the weather once a day or a dozen times, Stickman Weather makes it something you actually want to look at. Download Stickman Weather today and give your forecast a face.

Screenshots

Vanecast4 screens
Stickman Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

Vanecast and Stickman Weather are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Vanecast against 5.0 for Stickman Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Vanecast versus Stickman Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVanecastStickman Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSide Channel StudiosOnur Can KILIC

In-app purchases

None

Vanecast

No in-app purchases

None

Stickman Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

Other comparisons