Fine° Rise vs CloudySky2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fine° Rise
This app provides detailed weather forecasts and local times for locations worldwide. It features customizable widgets, animated weather graphics, and notifications for weather changes. Share weather updates easily via messages or social media.
- Customizable widgets
- Animated weather graphics
- Worldwide weather and time
- Weather change notifications
- Map-based weather display
- iMessage weather sharing
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◆Widget is simple and easy to understand. ◇Can show weather by long-tap on the map. ◆Can show weather and time around the world. ◇Beautiful gradation color and animation. ◆Notification when weather changed. ◇ Supports iOS/iPadOS 13 Dark Mode. ◆◇Also Available Free App Fine°◆◇ ▼ FEATURES: - Widget ・Display Weather information as Widget. ・You can choose the background color of the widget from the default and dark. ・Supports compact mode. ・If you use 3D Touch/Haptic Touch to firmly press the App icon, the Widget can be checked quickly. - Notification ・When the weather changes, you will be provided a notification. ・By using 3D Touch/Haptic Touch to firmly press the notification, details can be viewed through a beautiful animation. ・For devices without 3D Touch/Haptic Touch, details can be viewed by sliding the notification and pressing the View button. ・Notification point can be changed in the setting of the App. - iMessage - You can send the weather of your location by message. - You can send still images and animation images. - Map ・Weather icons on the map. ・Add weather icon by long-tap on the map. ・Weather icons is animated based on temperature or weather. ・Customize of weather icon animation, color, time, radius. - Weather Forecast ・Beautiful animation based on weather. ・Current weather, temperature, local time, time difference, humidity, wind speed, wind direction. ・Beautiful background gradation color based on local time. (Morning, day, evening, night) ・Country name, sunrise time, sunset time, updated time of weather info. ・Weather forecast of every three hours. ・Weather forecast of a week. ・Multiple points display. (iPhone is 2 points, iPad is 4 points.) - Weather Points List Beautiful gradation color in weather points list. - Others ・The registered 30 weather points of city in the world. ・Rename of added weather point. ・Delete of added weather point. ・Show or hide weather point. ・Weather info update in the background. ・Weather info of current location. ・Switching maximum display of the map. ・Switching animation of temperature and weather on the map. ・Reduction of the map. ・Layer of the map. ・Search the map by location name. ・Share with Twitter, Facebook, LINE etc. ・Switching of Fahrenheit or Celsius temperature. ・Setting disabled auto lock while launch time. ・Customizing the weather animation. - Additional the number of weather points Add unlimited number of weather points.
CloudySky2
Identify and learn about different cloud types with this pocket field guide. Explore detailed information, photos, and weather map symbols to enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the sky.
- Cloud identification guide
- Detailed cloud characteristics
- Photo index of cloud types
- Weather map symbol chart
- Cloud formation explanations
- In-app photo logging
- Share photos via iMessage/email
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More than just a picture gallery of clouds, CloudySky2 is an easy to use and complete pocket field guide for your iPhone and iPad that will help you to enjoy and better understand clouds by quickly identifying their names and characteristics. Just look up in the sky and get your head in the clouds. Take your time. This is not learning as a test, but learning for your enjoyment. When you are out for a walk the clouds are there for you to enjoy, and with CloudySky in your hands you will appreciate them even more. Look at the clouds around you and then take CloudySky2 out of your pocket, purse or bag and easily learn the names and characteristics of the clouds at your own pace. You will be surprised and pleased how over time your appreciation of clouds will grow and your enjoyment of them, with the knowledge you get with CloudySky2, will increase. CloudySky2 includes: A beautiful cloud chart/photo collage that gives you an overview of the ten main types of clouds A photo index of all the major cloud types grouped by the major elevation categories (étages) A relative elevation scale on the cloud chart that can be toggled between miles, kilometers or off A detailed view of each cloud type that gives you quick access to everything you would like to know about that cloud A photo index of all the species, varieties, supplemental features and accessory clouds for each cloud type A chart with all of the symbols used in weather maps for every cloud 90+ stunning photos to help you identify the cloud you are looking at All image are fully licensed and attributed from the Wikimedia Commons source Useful, authoritative and detailed explanations of how clouds form, what their distinguishing features are, how they are categorized and a history of how the clouds came to be named as they are Take photos from within the app, save them to the Cloud Log and share them with others via email and iMessage Add your own photos to the Cloud Log from your Photos library and classify them with their genus and subtype Annotate the photos you take with your own Observation Notes So, get CloudySky and get your head in the clouds!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CloudySky2 at 100% against Fine° Rise's 47%. CloudySky2 also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Fine° Rise's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 1) and chart position (#188 vs unranked). On 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
CloudySky2 is free to download; Fine° Rise costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CloudySky2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fine° Rise has 54 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Fine° Rise's written reviews are positive against 100% of CloudySky2's.
Fine° Rise ships an update every 2 months, CloudySky2 every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Fine° Rise | CloudySky2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (54 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #188 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yoshihiko Eto | Wonder Valley Software |
Customer experience
Fine° Rise
CloudySky2
In-app purchases
Fine° Rise
No in-app purchases
CloudySky2
No in-app purchases









