Comparison

RWIS vs ER Weather

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

Head to head
About

RWIS

Visualize your field services and surface conditions on an interactive map. Monitor weather stations, vehicles, and staff in real-time for quick analysis and informed decision-making. Access detailed information about interventions and equipment directly from your smartphone.

Highlights
  • Interactive map visualization
  • Real-time fleet tracking
  • Weather station data monitoring
  • Intervention route display
  • Surface condition analysis
  • Live situation overview
Features
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Stay connected on the go with the RWIS app, bVision native app! Thanks to our app, you can keep an eye on your surface condition and your field services at all time. Displayed on an interactive map, the RWIS app is the perfect tool for on the field visualization. RWIS gives you the power of bVision, in your pocket. Live situation With the RWIS app, you can always keep an eye on your organization, wherever you are. From the field to the office, the RWIS app enable a quick analysis of your surface conditions and your field services directly on your smartphone. From your weather stations, to your vehicles and staff, you can monitor the current situation in your organization anytime, anywhere. Stay on top of your game thanks to the RWIS app. Map overview Thanks to our user-friendly map interface, you can keep an eye on your organization. All of your interventions, vehicles and weather stations are displayed on a map for you to analyze. With a simple tap on a map element, you can access more information about your intervention or station. With a second tap, you have access to all the details you need about your intervention or station. Easily accessible on a familiar map, RWIS app allows for a perfect analysis of the situation of your organization. Use map, satellite or traffic layers to gain more insights about your environment. Interventions Visualize all your ongoing interventions directly on your smartphone thanks to the RWIS app. The route taken by your vehicle or operator is displayed on the map. Moreover, this route is colored based on ongoing activities. The current position of the intervention is displayed directly on the map with a colored arrow head. More than just knowing what was carried out during the intervention, the details screen enable you to know which equipment are currently in use. Fleet management More than just data on a map, the RWIS app enables you to keep an eye on your fleet. You can now know which vehicles are currently in use, where they are and what they are doing directly from your smartphone. Thanks to the RWIS app, you have all the knowledge you need to reach informed decisions. Weather station More than just interventions, the RWIS app displays all of your RWIS or AWIS weather stations directly on the map for a perfect analysis of the situation. Get your Boschung ice early warning alarms, the precipitation type and intensity, water depth on the surface, road and air temperature and much more data from your weather station. Our user-friendly screen enables a quick analysis of the current data of your RWIS or AWIS stations as well as graphical view showing you the evolution of all data during the last 2 hours. Even better, if you have a camera on your station, you can directly visualize it from the same screen. Thanks to the RWIS app, you have all the information for your decision-making process! Public weather stations Thanks to several customers and partners believing in data sharing, we built an ever-growing network of public weather stations. For those public stations, you have access to several data such as precipitation type and intensity, water depth on the surface as well as road and air temperature. bMoves integration For you to keep a track of your field services, the RWIS app offers now a native integration with the field services management solution bMoves. With bMoves, you can gain valuable insights onto what your staff is doing, where and when.

About

ER Weather

This weather app prioritizes privacy and uses a unique forecast system to predict severe weather events like tornadoes and thunderstorms. It aims for high accuracy while minimizing resource usage.

Highlights
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Custom severe weather prediction
  • Tornado and thunderstorm alerts
  • Lightning and hail detection
  • Wind and snow squall forecasts
  • Resource-efficient operation
Features
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A light privacy focused weather app that uses a custom forecast system to predict phenomenas like tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, hail, lightning, powerful winds, snow squalls and others. Trying to achieve the most accurate forecast possible with the least resources.

Screenshots

RWIS4 screens
ER Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ER Weather at 5.0 against RWIS's 1.5. ER Weather also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ER Weather holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RWIS ships an update every 4 months, ER Weather weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RWIS versus ER Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRWISER Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoschungJEAN-MARIE BOIS

Customer experience

RWIS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ER Weather

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RWIS

No in-app purchases

None

ER Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RWIS free?
RWIS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ER Weather free?
ER Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RWIS or ER Weather?
ER Weather is rated higher. RWIS averages 1.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ER Weather averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RWIS or ER Weather have ads?
Neither RWIS nor ER Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RWIS or ER Weather?
RWIS ships an update every 4 months, and ER Weather weekly. Most recently, RWIS was updated on October 23, 2026 and ER Weather on October 24, 2026.

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