Windoo vs SKY WACH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Windoo
This app works with a physical device to measure wind speed, temperature, humidity, and pressure. It's ideal for outdoor enthusiasts like sailors, surfers, and hikers, providing instant readings and historical data.
- Instant wind, temperature, humidity, and pressure measurements
- Graphical display of readings
- Measurement history tracking
- Share measurements on social media
- Display measurements on a map
- Multiple unit options for wind, temperature, and pressure
- Supports instant, min, max, and average modes
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The SKYWATCH Windoo measures accurately the wind speed, the temperature, the humidity and the pressure with your iPhone or your iPad! Your device for all outdoor activities: sailing, kite surfing, windsurfing, paragliding, paddling, hiking… The device doesn’t have any battery and has to be plugged into the headphone jack. The device needs that audio output level is at the maximum. If not, the application will ask you to push up the volume. 3 steps to have your local weather on your iPhone or iPad: 1. Get a SKYWATCH Windoo on windoo.ch or by a JDC distributor (www.jdc.ch/distributors) 2. Download the Windoo application 3. Connect the Windoo to your device General features: • Instant measurements • Graphical display of measurements • Measurements history • Share measurements on Facebook, Twitter and windoo.ch • Display of all measurements on a map • Wind speed units: km/h, m/s, fps, mph, knots, Beaufort • Temperature units: °C, °F • Pressure units: hPa, mbar, inHg • Modes: instant, minimum, maximum, average • Available languages: English, French, Japanese, German and Chinese Windoo 1 features: • Wind speed • Wind direction • Temperature, wind chill Windoo 2 features: • Wind speed • Wind direction • Temperature, wind chill • Humidity, dew point Windoo 3 features: • Wind speed • Wind direction • Temperature, wind chill • Humidity, dew point • Pressure (QFE, QNH), altitude Compatible with iPhone 4S or newer and iPad 2 or newer. iOS 6.0 or newer is required. The application is not working on iPhone 4.
SKY WACH
Get hyper-local weather information with high-resolution radar and satellite imagery. Receive severe weather alerts and detailed forecasts for your favorite locations or current position.
- 250-meter high-resolution radar
- Future radar for severe weather tracking
- High-resolution satellite imagery
- Current weather updates
- Daily and hourly forecasts
- Favorite location saving
- Severe weather alerts
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WACH is proud to announce a full featured weather app for the iPhone and iPad platforms. Features • Access to station content specifically for our mobile users • 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available • Future radar to see where severe weather is headed • High resolution satellite cloud imagery • Current weather updated multiple times per hour • Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models • Ability to add and save your favorite locations • A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness • Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service • Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SKY WACH at 4.8 against Windoo's 1.5. SKY WACH also leads on ratings volume (144 vs 4). Windoo's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SKY WACH holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SKY WACH has 144 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Windoo | SKY WACH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (144 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 144 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 241 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JDC Electronic SA | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc |
Customer experience
Windoo
SKY WACH
In-app purchases
Windoo
No in-app purchases
SKY WACH
No in-app purchases
