Comparison

Vanecast 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

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.

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

Vanecast4 screens
Weather Studio Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vanecast at every 2 days against Weather Studio Widgets's every 3 weeks. Vanecast also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vanecast ships an update every 2 days, Weather Studio Widgets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Vanecast versus Weather Studio Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVanecastWeather Studio Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSide Channel StudiosDaryl Gialolo

In-app purchases

None

Vanecast

No in-app purchases

None

Weather Studio Widgets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vanecast free?
Vanecast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Weather Studio Widgets free?
Weather Studio Widgets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vanecast or Weather Studio Widgets have ads?
Neither Vanecast nor Weather Studio Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vanecast or Weather Studio Widgets?
Vanecast ships an update every 2 days, and Weather Studio Widgets every 3 weeks. Most recently, Vanecast was updated on October 31, 2026 and Weather Studio Widgets on October 25, 2026.

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