Weather Informant vs EverythingWeather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weather Informant
Access all NOAA National Weather Service forecasts, watches, advisories, and warnings. Receive push notifications for critical weather information relevant to your location. This app provides comprehensive NWS data in a streamlined interface.
- Access all NOAA NWS products
- Push notifications for weather alerts
- View previous weather products
- Identify local NWS office
- Browse by office or hazard type
- Customizable favorites and alerts
- Hazards Around Me feature
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Weather Informant allows streamlined access and push notification of all NOAA National Weather Service forecast, watches, advisories, warnings observations, statements and discussions from all 122 Weather Forecast Offices and six specialty centers. This is the only application that allows access to all NWS products. It is quite simply NWS in an app ! The redundant database processes approximately 19,500 products per day. -All NOAA National Weather Service text forecasts, statements, discussions, observations, tables, matrices, collectives, watches, advisories and warnings -Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) displayed for all hazard products -View up to 72 hours of previous products (swipe) -Identifies your local NWS office based on current location (GPS). -Browse by individual NWS Office -Browse by active hazard type -Add favorites for any product -Customized favorites by product type, NWS office and keyword search -Enable push notification of any product favorite - Customized alert sounds -Favorite keywords are highlighted for easy viewing -Pinch zoom or zoom in and out - Hazards Around Me feature delivers active NWS watches & warnings specific to your current NWS zone based on your smartphone location (GPS). - Hazards Around Me utilizes background location services to track your current NWS zone based on lat/long and send you hazard notifications that are relevant to your current location.* *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
EverythingWeather
Access comprehensive weather data, including NWS/NOAA forecasts, alerts, and real-time radar with lightning. Customize your homepage, receive push notifications for hazards, and track tropical activity globally. Includes detailed probabilistic precipitation, tide data, and space weather information.
- NWS/NOAA forecasts and alerts
- Customizable homepage
- Real-time radar with lightning
- Push notifications for hazards
- Tropical weather tracking
- Detailed probabilistic precipitation
- Space weather data
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EverythingWeather utilizes all National Weather Service (NWS) and NOAA data to get current conditions and forecast data for anywhere within the United States and it's territories. What can be found in the app: - Current and forecast conditions with a fully customizable home page - Choose from countless weather stations to use as your default. - Current hazards in effect (includes all NWS hazards/alerts) - Realtime customizable push notifications for NWS hazards/alerts - Daily Weather Summary and Tropical Push Notifications - Push notifications for observed and forecast river levels. - Easy to share Weather Stories from all NWS offices - Current Storm Prediction Center (SPC) and Weather Prediction Center (WPC) outlooks shown on the home page - Probabilistic precipitation data (rain/snow/ice) - Tide data shown on the home page if you are near the coast - NEW Tropical Center where you can follow along with all things tropical across the globe - Real time radar with lightning data and many map overlays: * Lightning data from GOES satellite GLM * All NWS products and you can customize the colors for each one and filter to only show what you want to see * GOES satellite data with a 3-hour loop * Composite radar and super-res level 2 radar data with split screen capability * Severe Weather Outlook (Days 1-8) from the SPC * Fire Weather Outlook (Days 1-8) from the SPC * Active Mesoscale Discussions from the SPC * Storm Reports from the last 24 hours * Excessive Rainfall Outlook from the WPC * Active Mesoscale Precipitation Discussions from the WPC * Forecast rainfall amounts (Days 1-7) from the WPC * PROBSevere information * Tidal information/forecasts for all of the US and it's territories * Tropical Outlooks and discussions from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) * Active Tropical Depressions/Storms/Hurricanes and their forecast tracks, watches/warnings, surface wind field, wind probabilities, wind radii, arrival time of TS force winds, and peak storm surge from the NHC * Current weather conditions from around the US * Plot your saved favorites right on the map for a quick look at conditions for all your favorites * Show your current location on the map - NWS Products such as Area Forecast Discussion, Climate Reports, Local Storm Reports, etc. - Save Favorite locations - View detailed weekly and hourly forecast data - Detailed astronomy data including info on upcoming meteor showers - Space Weather page that includes solar wind data, GOES Magnetometer, solar flare probabilities, KP conditions and forecast, and solar imagery - Current and forecast air quality data See the Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ See our Privacy Policy: https://everythingwx.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: EverythingWeather at 91% against Weather Informant's 35%. EverythingWeather also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months). Weather Informant's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. EverythingWeather sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Weather Informant asks for nothing beyond the download.
EverythingWeather holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EverythingWeather has 1.4K ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Weather Informant's written reviews are positive against 91% of EverythingWeather's.
Weather Informant ships an update every 8 months, EverythingWeather every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weather Informant | EverythingWeather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (33 ratings) | 4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.5% of reviews | 91.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #75 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 911Weather | Cory Mottice |
Customer experience
Weather Informant
EverythingWeather
Bugs and requests
Weather Informant
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
EverythingWeather
Reported bugs
2 issues- Settings changes not persisting
- Detailed view showing next day instead of current day
Requested features
3 requests- Home screen and lock screen widgets
- ASOS/weather observation data
- Snow level information in precipitation
In-app purchases
Weather Informant
No in-app purchases
EverythingWeather
- EverythingWeather Pro$1.997 Days
- EverythingWeather Pro$2.997 Days
- EverythingWeather Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
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- EverythingWeather Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- EverythingWeather Pro3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- EverythingWeather Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
Questions
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