Comparison

Downpour Weather vs SkyRewind

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

Head to head
About

Downpour Weather

Features
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Downpour is a focused weather radar built for answering one question quickly: what is the weather doing around me? LIVE WEATHER RADAR Follow NOAA NEXRAD precipitation across the United States with an animated recent-history timeline, readable roads, and a clear intensity legend. FUTURE RADAR Move beyond now with an HRRR simulated-reflectivity forecast extending up to 18 hours. Downpour clearly separates observed radar from forecast guidance and shows the active model run. LOCAL FORECASTS See current conditions, hourly and daily outlooks, wind, humidity, pressure, dew point, sunrise, and sunset. Conditions follow the map: pan anywhere in the U.S. and the forecast updates for the place under the crosshair. Forecasts use Apple Weather, with the National Weather Service as a U.S. fallback. SEVERE WEATHER View active National Weather Service warning polygons directly over the radar map and tap them for details. BUILT FOR PRIVACY No account, advertising, analytics SDK, or tracking. Optional calendar briefings and notifications are processed on your device. DOWNPOUR PRO An optional auto-renewing subscription adds live radar widgets, radar on Apple Watch, and precipitation Live Activities where minute-by-minute data is available. Yearly and monthly plans; the price and term are shown before you subscribe, and you can cancel anytime in Settings. Downpour also supports widgets, Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPad. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SkyRewind

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Weather now. The next few hours. This day, years ago. SkyRewind brings current conditions, forecasts and historical comparisons for your area together on one compact main screen, with no vertical page scrolling. Swipe horizontally through hours, dates and years to explore the data. WEATHER WHERE YOU ARE When you open the app, it asks for permission to use your device's location. If you allow access, it selects your weather area and checks your position while you use the app and when you reopen it. There is no background location tracking. If you decline GPS access, you can select one town manually and still use weather, forecasts and history. Choosing another town replaces the previous one; there is no list of favorite places. A manually selected town stays fixed and does not follow your movements. No account is required. TODAY, TOMORROW AND YEARS PAST - Check the current temperature, feels-like temperature, conditions and weather-data timestamp. - Explore the next 24 hours for temperatures and rain probability, including after midnight. - See forecasts for today and the following six days. - Compare the selected day's forecast low and high with the same calendar date in previous years. - Move along the historical timeline to select a year. Each difference clearly identifies Today or Forecast and whether it is higher or lower. The current temperature remains separate from daily comparisons: low with low, high with high. The visual atmosphere follows the season, time of day and difference from the historical average. HISTORY WITH CONTEXT Historical coverage can extend back to 1940 where data is available for that area and date. A new area's archive may take time to prepare: the app indicates loading, partial coverage or temporary unavailability. A complete series is not necessarily available for every date or location. Data is provided by Open-Meteo. Current conditions and forecasts are based on weather models; the displayed timestamp refers to the data, not a live measurement from a station at your location. Historical ERA5 data is a model-based reanalysis of the area. Averages and differences are calculated by SkyRewind. Weather data is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The app uses Italian when the system language is Italian and English otherwise. You can change the language in Settings. Weather information is indicative and should not be your only source for emergencies, personal safety or critical operational decisions.

Screenshots

Downpour Weather4 screens
SkyRewind1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SkyRewind at daily against Downpour Weather's every 8 days. SkyRewind also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

Downpour Weather ships an update every 8 days, SkyRewind daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Downpour Weather versus SkyRewind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDownpour WeatherSkyRewind
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrad HauserGiuseppe Nesca

In-app purchases

None

Downpour Weather

No in-app purchases

None

SkyRewind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Downpour Weather free?
Downpour Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkyRewind free?
SkyRewind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Downpour Weather or SkyRewind have ads?
Neither Downpour Weather nor SkyRewind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Downpour Weather or SkyRewind?
Downpour Weather ships an update every 8 days, and SkyRewind daily. Most recently, Downpour Weather was updated on October 25, 2026 and SkyRewind on October 18, 2026.

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