Comparison

WeatherThan vs Orbiting Sky

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

Head to head
About

WeatherThan

This app compares current weather conditions to those of the previous day. It helps users quickly understand if it's hotter, colder, warmer, or cooler today.

Highlights
  • Daily weather comparison
  • Temperature difference indicator
  • Simple interface
  • Historical weather data
Features
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WeatherThan compares today's weather to yesterday's so you know if it's hotter, colder, warmer, or cooler.

About

Orbiting Sky

Visualize celestial movements and shadows on an interactive map. Explore daylight, moonlight, twilight, and eclipses by moving through time and location. Understand solar and lunar positions, shadow lengths, and lunar phases.

Highlights
  • Interactive sky map
  • Daylight and twilight visualization
  • Sun and Moon elevation/azimuth
  • Shadow projection and length
  • Lunar phase and illumination
  • Eclipse browser and visualization
  • Time travel control
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See the sky’s rhythm on the map. Orbiting Sky turns any place and time into a clear, interactive view of daylight, moonlight, shadows, twilight, and eclipses. Move across the map, travel through time, and watch the geometry of the Sun and Moon change instantly. EXPLORE DAYLIGHT • See the moving day-and-night boundary • Distinguish civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight • Follow the subsolar point around Earth • Show sunlight and moonlight direction vectors UNDERSTAND YOUR SKY • View Sun and Moon elevation and true-north azimuth • Trace projected daily arcs above the local horizon • Estimate the direction and length of a vertical object’s shadow • Inspect lunar phase and illumination DISCOVER ECLIPSES • Browse solar and lunar eclipses visible from the selected location • Filter partial, annular, total, penumbral, and lunar events • Jump directly to each event’s local maximum • Visualize eclipse shadows on the world map CONTROL TIME • Choose any date and time • Play time forward or backward at multiple speeds • Use the selected location’s civil time zone • Search all IANA time zones or switch to UTC Orbiting Sky works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, supports eight languages, and requires no account. Optional rewarded ads unlock 30 minutes of Pro access; a Pro purchase removes ads. Astronomical and shadow results are educational estimates. Do not use Orbiting Sky for navigation, eye-safety decisions, or professional eclipse-contact timing.

Screenshots

WeatherThan3 screens
Orbiting Sky4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Orbiting Sky at 5.0 against WeatherThan's 3.7. Orbiting Sky also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 months). WeatherThan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Orbiting Sky sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WeatherThan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orbiting Sky holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WeatherThan has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WeatherThan ships an update every 9 months, Orbiting Sky every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
WeatherThan versus Orbiting Sky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeatherThanOrbiting Sky
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (23 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA Relatively Unique IncPrairieSoft LLC

Customer experience

WeatherThan

All ratings23 ratings
Positive69.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.4%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.8%

Orbiting Sky

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WeatherThan

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Orbiting Sky

One-time1
  • DayArc Pro Lifetime$7.99

Questions

Is WeatherThan free?
WeatherThan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbiting Sky free?
Orbiting Sky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WeatherThan or Orbiting Sky?
Orbiting Sky is rated higher. WeatherThan averages 3.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Orbiting Sky averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do WeatherThan or Orbiting Sky have ads?
Orbiting Sky shows ads; WeatherThan does not.
Which is updated more often, WeatherThan or Orbiting Sky?
WeatherThan ships an update every 9 months, and Orbiting Sky every 5 days. Most recently, WeatherThan was updated on October 3, 2026 and Orbiting Sky on October 9, 2026.

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