Comparison

Fine° Rise vs widget weather

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Animated weather graphics
  • Worldwide weather and time
  • Weather change notifications
  • Map-based weather display
  • iMessage weather sharing
Features
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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.

About

widget weather

This app offers a highly customizable weather widget and application for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Personalize symbols, detail levels, fonts, and backgrounds. It provides two forecast services and saves data locally for offline access.

Highlights
  • Customizable weather widget
  • Animated weather symbols
  • Two forecast services
  • Offline forecast data
  • Apple Watch support
  • Touch responsive meteogram
Features
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Even bad weather can be forecasted beautifully! Works on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac! -"I have tried every widget and this is by far the best. The pixelated weather animations are very cool. It has a ton of options and I like how you can double tap the widget to refresh the info." (New type widget does not support double tapping) -"Maybe the best weather widget on the appstore." -"It's simple, beautiful and does what it says." -"LOVE THIS! Best weather app I've used so far!" -“The app is great, I only ask that the application, on the iPad, can be viewed in landscape. Attach 5 Stars, but, when the landscape is ready, become 7 Stars. Congratulations!” (iPad now supports landscape mode) widget weather is a highly customizable weather app with widgets. Pick your favorite weather symbols, detail level, font and background color. There are even two weather forecast services so pick the most accurate one for your location. On Apple Watch you can use swipe up/down or use the digital crown to travel through time on the current weather page. Tap the screen to go back to current weather. Feature list: -Touch responsive meteogram -Two forecast styles: list and graph (meteogram) -Customizable widgets -Separate locations for widgets -Apple Watch support -20 beautiful weather icon sets -2 animated weather symbol sets -Customizable background -Customizable detail level (rain/wind/units etc.) -Font picker -Forecast for map locations and GPS position -Two forecast services: openweathermap.org and met.no -Choose how often new forecast data should be downloaded -Weather forecast in 49 languages -Universal for iPhone and iPad and the iPad version can be installed on Mac and gives you weather widgets on your desktop Usage tips: -Touch and drag graph or tap list to show forecast details -You can force update a location manually by double clicking the screen in the app -To change the location for a widget: Long press a widget and choose “Edit widget”, then choose from a list of your locations. Add more locations from within the app before selecting them in a widget ### Weather forecast from met.no available in: English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian. Weather forecast from openweathermap.org available in: English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Zulu. App menus in English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.

Screenshots

Fine° Rise4 screens
widget weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: widget weather at 69% against Fine° Rise's 47%. widget weather also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Fine° Rise's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fine° Rise costs $2.99 and widget weather $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

widget weather holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Fine° Rise's written reviews are positive against 69% of widget weather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fine° Rise ships an update every 2 months, widget weather every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Fine° Rise versus widget weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFine° Risewidget weather
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.4 (54 ratings)4.7 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews68.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5473 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#189#65 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoshihiko EtoTrond Rossvoll

Customer experience

Fine° Rise

All ratings54 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral9.3%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral20.6%
Negative32.4%

widget weather

All ratings73 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative19.7%

In-app purchases

None

Fine° Rise

No in-app purchases

None

widget weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fine° Rise free?
Fine° Rise costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is widget weather free?
widget weather costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fine° Rise or widget weather?
widget weather is rated higher. Fine° Rise averages 4.4 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while widget weather averages 4.7 from 73 ratings.
Do Fine° Rise or widget weather have ads?
Neither Fine° Rise nor widget weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fine° Rise or widget weather?
Fine° Rise ships an update every 2 months, and widget weather every 6 weeks. Most recently, Fine° Rise was updated on November 6, 2026 and widget weather on November 6, 2026.
Which is more popular, Fine° Rise or widget weather?
Fine° Rise currently peaks at #189 in the App Store charts, and widget weather at #65. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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