Comparison

Beyond UV vs 6lips.

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

Head to head
About

Beyond UV

Understand your daily sun exposure with real-time UV Index and UVA Context. Plan outdoor activities to minimize exposure and receive timely sun protection reminders. Build better habits for staying safe in the sun.

Highlights
  • Real-time UV Index and UVA Context
  • Hourly UV and UVA trends
  • Lower-UV time planning
  • Sunscreen application reminders
  • Activity-aware guidance
  • Personalized routine building
Features
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UV Index is useful, but it is not the whole day. Beyond UV shows Apple Weather's UV Index next to UVA Context, Beyond UV's own modeled estimate of longer-wave UV, on the same familiar 0–11+ scale. The UV Index is weighted to sunburn and barely counts UVA, which gets through clouds and window glass all year. UV NOW uses the higher level of the two signals. The numbers are never added or averaged. Tap Start now when you head out and Beyond UV reminds you to reapply sunscreen, with a Lock Screen Live Activity, one-tap Reapplied, and an Apple Watch app. Set a UV alert at the level you choose for each place. A 5-day hourly forecast shows how UV Index and UVA Context move through each day, and Protect can find a lower-UV time for an activity you can move. Answer a few questions to see your sun risk profile: your exposure level, a protection score, and the one change that helps most. Add your skin type to see an estimated burn time range for unprotected skin at today's UV. Estimate only, not medical advice. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep UV in view. Search any city worldwide, or use Current Location. Learn answers common sun questions from reviewed answers stored on your device, and you can share any answer as a card. No account. No ads. No analytics. UVA Context is a forecast-based estimate calculated on your device. It is not a UVA measurement, not an official UV index, and not a personal exposure reading. Beyond UV does not diagnose skin conditions or give medical advice.

About

6lips.

Features
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6lips. is a minimal weather app that turns the forecast into six dots. See the next 24 hours or 6 days from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island without opening the app. 24 HOURS AND 6 DAYS Follow the next 24 hours in 4-hour steps, or switch to a compact 6-day forecast. TAP FOR MORE DETAIL Keep things simple with weather icons. When you want more information, tap the widget to see temperature and chance of rain through dot-based metrics and numbers. BEYOND THE HOME SCREEN Add 6lips. to your Lock Screen. With Live Activities, you can also view the forecast on Dynamic Island on supported iPhones. CHOOSE YOUR LOCATION Use your current location or set a fixed location for the forecast you want to see. PLUS Plus is a one-time purchase. Hide individual display elements for an even simpler look: • 24h / 6d labels • Midnight marker • Temperature and rain-chance numbers Dynamic Island requires a supported iPhone. Live Activities are started and refreshed through Shortcuts.

Screenshots

Beyond UV4 screens
6lips.4 screens

Verdict

The call

Beyond UV and 6lips. are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Beyond UV versus 6lips.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeyond UV6lips.
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrant ShorinYuma Ishida

In-app purchases

None

Beyond UV

No in-app purchases

None

6lips.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beyond UV free?
Beyond UV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 6lips. free?
6lips. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beyond UV or 6lips. have ads?
Neither Beyond UV nor 6lips. shows ads.

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