Comparison

Weather mini vs Skyward

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

Head to head
About

Weather mini

This app offers beautiful weather illustrations and detailed forecasts for the next 10 days. It includes trip forecasts powered by Apple Intelligence and customizable widgets for your devices. An optional subscription unlocks expanded features.

Highlights
  • Delightful weather illustrations
  • AI-powered trip forecasts
  • 10-day detailed hourly forecasts
  • Multi-city support
  • Home Screen and desktop widgets
  • Live Dock icon
Features
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Weather mini helps you plan your days and trips around the weather — and experience the weather as more than just numbers. SEE THE WEATHER IN COLOR AND MOTION Weather is full of color, movement, and change. Weather mini brings those qualities into every forecast with artful, animated weather illustrations that reflect the conditions around you. Clear skies, passing clouds, rain, snow, and wind each have their own visual character. PLAN WITH THE FORECAST Trip Forecasts lets you check multiple cities and dates in one place. Compare the weather across your itinerary, prepare for changing conditions, and see what each day of your trip may bring. On supported devices, Apple Intelligence can help simplify trip planning by turning your plans and forecast data into a clearer overview. ASK WEATHER ON IPHONE Ask weather questions in natural language on iPhone and read answers as they arrive. Open Ask Weather from the app, its Lock Screen widget, or an App Shortcut. STAY NATURALLY INFORMED Weather mini can use AI to turn changing weather conditions into more natural notifications and daily summaries. EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR EVERYDAY WEATHER - Artful, animated weather illustrations that bring changing conditions to life - Current weather conditions for the places you care about - Detailed hourly forecasts for the next 10 days - Daily weather summaries and weather alert notifications - Multi-city support for following important places - Precipitation, temperature, wind, humidity, UV, visibility, and more - Regional weather from local sources in supported regions - Weather information powered by WeatherKit MADE FOR THE APPLE ECOSYSTEM Weather mini works across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Keep the weather close with: - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Apple Watch widgets and complications - A live Mac Dock icon showing current conditions - Spotlight integration - App Shortcuts for quick access to your weather and trips For more details, features, and the roadmap, visit: weathermini.app FOLLOW US ON - youtube.com/@airwolf-space - Threads: @weather.mini - X: @weather_mini - Discord: discord.gg/hTaXJ7gBuJ * Previous version 1 and version 2 users are automatically upgraded to the Lifetime plan. If anything does not unlock correctly after updating, please contact us. * AI features may be unavailable depending on your region and device. Air quality index (AQI) and supplementary weather data availability varies by region. For details, visit our help page or contact us: https://weathermini.app/support * Terms of Use: https://weathermini.app/terms * Privacy Policy: https://weathermini.app/privacy

About

Skyward

This app provides detailed weather forecasts for up to 30 days, with longer-range outlooks up to 6 months. It offers clear charts, radar, historical comparisons, and tide information to help users understand weather patterns.

Highlights
  • 30-day detailed forecasts
  • 6-month long-range outlooks
  • Rain radar and weather maps
  • Tide information
  • Historical weather comparisons
  • Customizable weather tiles
  • Smart weather alerts
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Skyward is a powerful weather app for people who want more than just today’s forecast. See detailed weather forecasts for the next 30 days, explore longer-range outlooks up to 6 months ahead, and understand what the weather is doing with clear charts, radar, historical comparisons, tides and useful insights. Skyward goes beyond temperature and rain chance. Follow air pressure, sea temperatures, precipitation, wind, sunshine, air quality, tides and climate trends in a clear and easy-to-read way. Key features include: • Detailed weather forecasts up to 30 days ahead • Long-range weather outlooks up to 6 months • Rain radar and weather maps • Save favourite places and switch between them quickly • High and low tide information • Air pressure graphs and trends • Sea temperature charts • Temperature, precipitation, wind and climate charts • Weather widgets for quick information • Smart weather alerts • Forecast confidence and uncertainty information • See how accurate previous Skyward forecasts were • Compare expected weather with normal conditions • Historical weather comparisons and records • Daily weather highlights and visual summaries • Sunrise, sunset and daylight information • Air quality information • Search weather anywhere in the world • Choose which weather tiles you want to see • Hide weather tiles you don’t need • Arrange Skyward around the information that matters to you • Customise units, language and appearance Understand the forecast Skyward doesn’t just show you numbers. It helps explain what stands out, how reliable a forecast is and how expected conditions compare with what is normal for that time of year. Look further ahead Explore weather trends weeks and even months into the future. Longer-range forecasts naturally become less certain, so Skyward also shows forecast confidence to help you understand how much weight to give them. Follow the tides Check high and low tide information alongside weather, wind and sea conditions. Useful for coastal trips, fishing, boating, beach days and anyone who wants to understand what is happening around the coast. Check past predictions Look back at previous forecasts and see how closely Skyward predicted the weather that actually occurred. Make Skyward your own Skyward can be adapted to the way you use a weather app. Save your favourite places, choose which weather tiles you want to see and hide the information you don’t need. Whether you mainly care about rain, wind, air pressure, sea conditions, tides or long-range forecasts, you can keep the information that matters to you and remove the rest. Your preferences stay remembered, keeping Skyward clean, personal and easy to use. Skyward is available in English, German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Portuguese, with more languages planned. No subscription. No monthly payments. Just one small price for a complete weather app.

Screenshots

Weather mini4 screens
Skyward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Weather mini at Free against Skyward's $1.99. Weather mini also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 2). Skyward's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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

Weather mini is free to download; Skyward costs $1.99 up front. Weather mini sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Skyward asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skyward holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weather mini has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Weather mini versus Skyward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather miniSkyward
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.3 (20 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKai LuoAhmed Khelifi

Customer experience

Weather mini

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

Skyward

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

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Weather mini

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Monthly (Family)$2.491 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
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  • Yearly (Family)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$38.99
  • Lifetime (Family)$89.99
None

Skyward

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weather mini free?
Weather mini is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skyward free?
Skyward costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weather mini or Skyward?
Skyward is rated higher. Weather mini averages 4.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Skyward averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Weather mini or Skyward have ads?
Neither Weather mini nor Skyward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weather mini or Skyward?
Weather mini ships an update every 5 days, and Skyward every 5 days. Most recently, Weather mini was updated on November 1, 2026 and Skyward on October 29, 2026.

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