Comparison

Day & Night Map vs Windy.app

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

Head to head
About

Day & Night Map

Visualize the Earth's day and night cycles on an interactive world map. Select any date and time to see current illumination, or create animated GIFs of changing light patterns.

Highlights
  • Real-time day/night map
  • Selectable date and time
  • Animated GIF creation
  • Minute-by-minute updates
  • Global illumination visualization
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Day & Night Map shows you exactly which parts of Earth are in daylight and which are in darkness — right now, or at any date and time you choose. Watch the terminator move across the globe as hours and days pass. Explore sunrise, sunset, and twilight around the world. Perfect for travellers, astronomers, photographers, teachers, and anyone curious about time on our planet. KEY FEATURES • Live world map of day and night • Move through time with intuitive date and time controls • Jump back to the current moment with one tap • Pinch to zoom and pan across the map • Full-screen map view • Home Screen widgets in multiple sizes (including Extra Large on iPad) • Configurable widgets: sun, moon, moon phase, twilight, icon size, and more • Show sun and moon positions on the map • Display the current moon phase • Twilight zones: smooth shading or separate civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight • Equator and tropics lines • Show your current location on the map (optional) • Display time in local time or UTC • Light, dark, or system appearance • Share a map image by email, message, and more • Create animations over a chosen time range • Export animations as animated GIFs ANIMATIONS Pick a start and end date, set the step interval and speed, and watch the day/night line move over hours or days. Play the animation in the app or create an animated GIF to share. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add the widget to your Home Screen and keep the current day/night map at a glance. Customize what is shown and how it looks directly when adding or editing the widget.

About

Windy.app

This app provides detailed wind, wave, and weather forecasts for various outdoor activities. It offers historical data, real-time alerts, and a community feature for sharing conditions. Ideal for surfers, sailors, and other wind sports enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Wind report, forecast, and statistics
  • Wind alert and storm warnings
  • Weather history (2012-2024)
  • Local NOAA forecast with 10-day prediction
  • Wave forecast for ocean and sea
  • Animated wind tracker and radar
  • Offline mode for forecast access
Features
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Windy.app - wind, waves and weather forecast app for surfers, kitesurfers, windsurfers, sailors, fishermen and other wind sports. FEATURES: • Wind report, forecast and statistics: wind map, accurate wind compass, wind meter, wind gusts and wind directions. It’s very useful for extreme wind sports. • Wind alert: Set up windalert and be aware of wind, storm and tornado warning via push-notifications • Weather history (archive) for 2012-2024: view wind data, temperature (day and night) and atmospheric pressure. Weather archive will help you to choose the best month for travel to the spot. • Local forecast from NOAA: temperature in Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin, humidity, wind speed, precipitation (rain and snow). Forecast for 10 days with 3 hours step in metric or imperial units: m/s (mps), mph, km/h, knt (knout), bft (beaufort), m, ft, mm, cm, in, hPa, inHg. NOAA is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Weather Service (nws). • Wave forecast: ocean or sea conditions, ocean waves and sea swell, fishing forecast • Animated wind tracker: weather radar for sailing, yachting and kiting in light wind • Cloud base/Dewpoint (dew point) data: necessary weather information for pleasant paragliding • Spots: over 30.000 spots sorted and located by the type and area. Add your spots to favourites. • Spot chats. Got anemometer? Share info about weather conditions and wind direction in the chat from a kite spot. • Community: exchange weather reports on the spot. Want to be a local/spot leader? Email us the name of your spot at feedback@catchwind.co and we will create a chat for it. • Weather Stations: online data from nearby online weather stations. • Offline Mode: activate offline mode and check the forecast for your activities without internet connection. PERFECT FOR: • Kitesurfing (kitesurf) • Windsurfing (wind surf) • Surfing • Sailing (Boating) • Yachting • Paragliding • Fishing • Snowkiting • Snowboarding • Skiing • Skydiving • Kayaking (kayak) • Wakeboarding • Cycling • Hunting (hunt) • Golf -------------------------- The free version allows you to use basic app functions. WINDY PRO Account auto-renewable subscription allows using all functions of this app. Subscription length periods: 1 month with 3 days free trial, and 1 year with 7 days free trial. Payment for WINDY PRO Account subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account at the time of purchase. Your subscription will be automatically renewed every 30 or 365 days. If you have never subscribed to a monthly Premium account subscription before, you will have the option of getting a free 3/7-day trial period. Cancelling the trial period will immediately disable your subscription. Payment for subscription renewals will be charged to your account within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can disable subscription renewal in your iTunes account settings on your device. Terms of Use: https://windyapp.co/CustomMenuItems/34/en -------------------------- Created by kite addicted for wind addicted! Be WINDY. Join us! Waiting for your feedback and recommendations. Help us to make the best wind sports app!

Screenshots

Day & Night Map4 screens
Windy.app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Day & Night Map at none against Windy.app's 23. Day & Night Map also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 65%). Windy.app's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (73K vs 1.4K). On price, rating, ads 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. Windy.app sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Day & Night Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Day & Night Map against 4.7 for Windy.app. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Windy.app has 73K ratings behind it against 1.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Day & Night Map's written reviews are positive against 65% of Windy.app's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day & Night Map ships an update every 7 months, Windy.app weekly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Day & Night Map versus Windy.app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay & Night MapWindy.app
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better4.7 (73K ratings)
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews — better64.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K73K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#6 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB382 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVolker Voecking Software EngineeringWindy Weather World Inc

Customer experience

Day & Night Map

All ratings1,365 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral10.2%
Negative13.6%

Windy.app

All ratings73,191 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews1,274 reviews
Positive64.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative30.5%

User reviews

Day & Night Map

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app
  • 🚀 Useful for radio hams
  • 👍 Interesting to see sun/moon movement
  • 👍 Excellent for travelers

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Widget issues (doesn't update, resizing)
  • 🐛 Crashes on some devices

Windy.app

From 73K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌊 Accurate wind and weather forecasts
  • 🔍 Ability to compare multiple weather models
  • 🗺️ Detailed and customizable map views
  • 🛥️ Useful for sailing, fishing, and other water sports
  • 🔧 Responsive and helpful support team

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription fees
  • 🤔 Confusing user interface for casual users
  • 🔒 Difficulty cancelling subscriptions
  • 🔄 Inconsistent data accuracy across locations
  • 📢 Excessive notifications and upsell prompts

Bugs and requests

Day & Night Map

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Moon position not displayed on iPad
  • Daylight savings time not working properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to keep noon at center and have map move
  • Show analemma and sun position on it
  • 24-hour clock setting for widget
  • Improve moon position display on iPad

Windy.app

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after recent updates
  • Saved locations and settings not syncing properly
  • Incorrect weather data displayed in some areas

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add radar and precipitation overlays
  • Improve tide and current data accuracy
  • Introduce more affordable subscription options
  • Provide better support for Apple Watch integration
  • Allow more customization of the user interface

In-app purchases

None

Day & Night Map

No in-app purchases

18 purchases

Windy.app

Subscriptions18
  • WINDY PRO access for 1 month$9.991 Month
  • WINDY PRO account - 1 month$19.991 Month
  • WINDY PRO account$19.991 Year
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  • WINDY PRO account$29.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account$39.991 Year
  • Windy.app Fishing Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO access$59.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account$119.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial$144.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account1 Month trial$159.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial$164.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account14 Days trial$164.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account1 Month trial$164.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial$209.991 Year

Questions

Is Day & Night Map free?
Day & Night Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Windy.app free?
Windy.app is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Day & Night Map or Windy.app?
Day & Night Map is rated higher. Day & Night Map averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Windy.app averages 4.7 from 73K ratings.
Do Day & Night Map or Windy.app have ads?
Neither Day & Night Map nor Windy.app shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Day & Night Map or Windy.app?
Day & Night Map ships an update every 7 months, and Windy.app weekly. Most recently, Day & Night Map was updated on November 1, 2026 and Windy.app on November 1, 2026.

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