Comparison

WeatherJoy vs Elemental Weather

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

Head to head
About

WeatherJoy

Features
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Beautifully designed Weather application for iPhone. Current conditions and 7 day forecast available for all major cities. New in v3: 1. Add favorites - You can now search for a specific location and add the city to your Favorites. 2. Search - Search for a location anywhere in the world 3. One tap switch between Fahrenheit to Celsius Additional UI tweaks and bug fixes. Not recommended for iPad.

About

Elemental Weather

Access comprehensive weather data, including current conditions, extended forecasts, and historical information. View detailed metrics like temperature, wind, precipitation, and more. Integrates with USGS data for streamflow and water levels.

Highlights
  • Current weather conditions
  • Extended forecasts
  • Historical weather data
  • Detailed weather metrics
  • Buoy and C-MAN station data
  • USGS streamflow and water levels
Features
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Elemental Weather is a cloud-based service and mobile application providing comprehensive weather data, including current conditions, extended forecasts, and historical weather data for web and mobile applications supporting active user communities. Available weather metrics include temperature, rainfall, wind speed (including gusts), snow, perceived temperature, humidity, and air pressure. Historical weather data is available at hourly and daily levels. Forecasts are available for hourly, daily, and 12-hour (day/night) periods. In addition to current, forecasted, and historical weather data, the Elemental Weather API provides hourly observations from the NOAA network of National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buoys and Coastal Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations. All stations measure wind speed, direction, and gust; atmospheric pressure; and air temperature. In addition, all buoy stations, and some C- MAN stations, measure sea surface temperature and wave height and period. Conductivity and water current are measured at selected stations. Weather condition data is also available from offshore oil rigs and ships at sea participating in government data reporting programs. The Elemental Weather app also presents near real-time data provided by the US Geological Services (USGS) Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program. The program supports the collection and delivery of streamflow and water-level information from approximately 8,500 sites and water-level information from more than 1,700 additional sites. Our clients include marine fishery managers (at the federal, state, and local levels), nonprofit environmental and conservation agencies, universities, recreational anglers, outdoor enthusiasts.

Screenshots

WeatherJoy4 screens
Elemental Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WeatherJoy at every 3 months against Elemental Weather's every 7 months. Elemental Weather's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). 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

WeatherJoy ships an update every 3 months, Elemental Weather every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WeatherJoy versus Elemental Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeatherJoyElemental Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShamir DASGUPTAElemental Methods, LLC

In-app purchases

None

WeatherJoy

No in-app purchases

None

Elemental Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WeatherJoy free?
WeatherJoy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elemental Weather free?
Elemental Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WeatherJoy or Elemental Weather have ads?
Neither WeatherJoy nor Elemental Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WeatherJoy or Elemental Weather?
WeatherJoy ships an update every 3 months, and Elemental Weather every 7 months. Most recently, WeatherJoy was updated on October 26, 2026 and Elemental Weather on October 24, 2026.

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