Zenith Weather vs Restless Planet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zenith Weather
Understand atmospheric conditions with detailed forecasts, alerts, and interactive radar. Connect a personal weather station for backyard observations or follow official U.S. weather data. Share selected station weather privately with trusted contacts.
- Current conditions and forecasts
- Interactive radar and precipitation tracking
- Official U.S. weather data
- Personal weather station support
- Private weather sharing
- Home Screen widgets
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Zenith Weather helps you understand what the atmosphere is doing and why. Start with official weather for any supported U.S. place, or connect a Tempest weather station for backyard observations. - See current conditions, forecasts, alerts, and nearby observations - Explore interactive radar and follow changing precipitation - Read local National Weather Service forecast discussions with weather language explained in context - Follow pressure, wind, temperature, precipitation, and other station signals when supported - Share selected station weather privately through Weather Circle - Explore public stations in the Weather Network and optionally share your own - Add radar widgets for a quick view from your Home Screen Your station stays private unless you choose to share it. Weather Circle access is invitation-based and limited to the places you choose. Weather Network publication is optional, with controls for your public name and approximate or exact location. You can stop sharing at any time. Tempest is supported today. You can also use Zenith without a personal station by following official weather for places that matter to you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Restless Planet
Visualize global events like earthquakes, wildfires, and storms on an interactive 3D globe. Get real-time updates on natural disasters, conflicts, and space weather, with detailed information for each event. Receive custom alerts for phenomena you care about.
- Interactive 3D globe visualization
- Real-time event tracking (natural disasters, conflicts)
- Detailed event information cards
- Global weather patterns (jet stream, ocean currents)
- Space weather monitoring (solar flares, asteroids)
- Customizable event alerts
- No account required
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Restless Planet puts everything happening on Earth onto one globe you can spin. Earthquakes, wildfires, floods, volcanoes, drought and tsunamis. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones, with the track they have actually taken and the forecast drawn separately, because a forecast is not a promise. Armed conflict, protests and disease outbreaks. Airport ground stops. All of it placed where it is really happening, and refreshed while you watch. TAP ANY PIN Every event opens a card with the detail behind it: magnitude and depth for a quake, position and track points for a storm, and the report it came from. Where several outlets covered the same incident, they are gathered onto one pin instead of scattered across the map. THE PLANET IN MOTION Watch the jet stream run, the ocean currents turn, and the day and night line sweep across the world in real time. SPACE WEATHER The Space Station, live, with its altitude, speed and the orbit ahead. Near-Earth asteroids passing today with their distance in lunar distances. Solar flares, geomagnetic storms, solar wind and Kp, plus NOAA's three day outlook. TELL ME WHEN Choose what you want to hear about. Major earthquakes, new tropical systems, disease outbreaks, solar flares, geomagnetic storms, near-Earth asteroid passes, or the Space Station passing over your house. NO ACCOUNT, NOTHING TO SIGN UP FOR There is no login, no password and no profile. Free for seven days, then a single payment of $5.99 and it is yours for good. Not a subscription. Restless Planet is for information and interest. It is not an emergency service and does not replace official warnings. Never rely on it in an emergency.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Zenith Weather at free against Restless Planet's paid. Zenith Weather also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). Restless Planet's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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
Both are free to download. Zenith Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Restless Planet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Restless Planet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Zenith Weather ships an update every 2 days, Restless Planet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zenith Weather | Restless Planet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taphouse Labs, LLC | Carat International LLC |
Customer experience
Zenith Weather
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In-app purchases
Zenith Weather
- Zenith Patron Monthly$2.991 Month
- Zenith Patron Yearly$24.991 Year
Restless Planet
- Full Access$5.99
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