Comparison

Benidorm Beach vs StormCast

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

Head to head
About

Benidorm Beach

Features
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Don't walk to the wrong beach. Benidorm has two great beaches — Levante and Poniente — and they face different directions. The wind that ruins one often makes the other perfect. Benidorm Beach does the maths for you and tells you which one is better right now. WHAT YOU GET • Today's pick — a clear score for each beach, updated live • Side-by-side compare — air temp, sea temp, "feels like", wind, waves and UV for both beaches at once • Transparent scoring — every score explains why one beach beats the other today • Monthly guide — what to expect through the year, plus what to wear • Sunrise and sunset times HONEST BY DESIGN Live sea and weather data is updated every hour from Open-Meteo. No invented numbers. When conditions are genuinely even between the two beaches, we say so. SIMPLE AND PRIVATE Free. No ads. No account needed. The app collects almost nothing about you. Available in English and Spanish. Temperature in °C or °F, wind in km/h, mph or m/s — your choice. Weather data provided by Open-Meteo.com.

About

StormCast

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Rain on the way? See where it’s moving. With StormCast, follow rain and lightning on the map and get alerts for the places you choose: home, work or your weekend destination. Check the radar alongside hourly forecasts to see how the weather could change. FOLLOW RAIN AND LIGHTNING • Rain radar with two hours of history and a movement forecast up to two hours ahead • Live lightning, with distance from your location • Storm cells with movement direction and speed • Satellite, temperature, wind and wave maps ALERTS FOR YOUR PLACES • Nearby lightning alerts with a customisable radius • Incoming rain alerts with updates as it approaches • Approaching storms with an estimated arrival time • Italian Civil Protection weather alerts for your places in Italy • Quiet hours configurable for each place CHECK THE DAYS AHEAD • Hourly and daily forecasts up to 14 days ahead • Forecast reliability index • Air quality, UV, pressure, visibility and marine data • Sunrise, sunset, daylight hours and moon phases • Recent nearby earthquakes, using INGV and USGS data START WITH YOUR FIRST PLACE Search for a location, explore the map and turn on monitoring. Allow notifications on your device to receive alerts. FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PREMIUM StormCast is free to download. Radar, lightning and forecasts are available with ads and a daily usage limit shown in the app. Push alerts remain active after your viewing time runs out. StormCast Premium removes ads and the time limit. It includes Display mode, which turns a tablet into a weather station, beyond the initial trial period. Premium is an annual subscription. The current price is shown in the app before purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled in your store account settings. Restore purchases using the same store account. Available in English, Italian, French, German and Spanish. Forecasts and alerts are estimates based on available data. They do not guarantee the timing or location of severe weather and do not replace official guidance or other personal safety measures. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://www.stormcastlab.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Benidorm Beach4 screens
StormCast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Benidorm Beach at none against StormCast's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Benidorm Beach versus StormCast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBenidorm BeachStormCast
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperByte Projects LtdSimone Baldi

In-app purchases

None

Benidorm Beach

No in-app purchases

None

StormCast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Benidorm Beach free?
Benidorm Beach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StormCast free?
StormCast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Benidorm Beach or StormCast have ads?
StormCast shows ads; Benidorm Beach does not.

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