Comparison

Meteociel vs Open/Shut

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

Head to head
About

Meteociel

Get comprehensive weather information including real-time observations, detailed forecasts, and meteorological news. Explore a collaborative map with user-submitted weather reports and photos, and access advanced analysis tools with multiple weather models.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather observations
  • Detailed 10-day forecasts
  • Collaborative weather map
  • User-submitted photos and reports
  • Meteorological news and analysis
  • Multiple weather models and diagrams
  • 8+ years of historical data
Features
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Meteociel iOS, la météo complète et gratuite : actualités météorologiques, prévisions, observations en temps réel, analyse... * Général : toute l'actualité générale sur la météo. News, vigilance, carte en temps réel ... * Prévisions : prévisions globales pour la France à 3 jours, et pour toutes les villes de Frances et des milliers de villes en Europe ! (température, vent, direction du vent, humidité, pression, pluie... toutes les 3 heures) à 10 jours * Live : une carte collaborative vous permet de visualiser en temps réel les observations météo et photo reportées par les milliers d'utilisateurs de Meteociel. A tout moment et n'importe où en France, reportez-vous même le temps qu'il fait. Visualisez les photos de la galerie jour par jour ainsi que les relevés officiels heure par heure de plus de 300 villes en France et Europe, le tout sur plus de 8 ans d'archives. * Analyse : pour les passionnés de météo, consultez plusieurs de centaines de runs réactualisés plusieurs fois par jours. Avec plus de 15 modèles et diagrammes, vous disposez des meilleurs outils pour faire vos propres prévisions. L'application et le site Meteociel qui ont déjà conquis plusieurs dizaines de milliers d'utilisateurs vous suit aussi aujourd'hui gratuitement sur iOS !

About

Open/Shut

Features
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Open or shut? During a heatwave, everyone answers this question with instinct, and instinct is wrong. We open the windows when the weather feels nice, while the air outside is hotter than inside. We let in air that feels dry, while it actually carries more water. Open/Shut ends the guessing. ONE GLANCE, ONE ANSWER A full-screen verdict, updated in real time: OPEN or SHUT, with the reason in one sentence. No charts to interpret, no thresholds to configure. PHYSICS THAT IS ACTUALLY RIGHT Relative humidity is misleading: hot afternoon air can show a low percentage while holding more water than your living room. Open/Shut compares absolute humidity, the grams of water per cubic metre, indoors and out. Airing never trades a cool room for a damp one. IT KNOWS YOUR HOME Describe your windows once: "garden side", "bedroom skylight". When the verdict is OPEN, the app crosses the wind direction with your façades and tells you which openings to use for cross-ventilation, in your own words. It also learns your building's thermal inertia and estimates the indoor temperature between your readings. IT PLANS AHEAD An hourly timeline shows the next favorable window over the coming hours, and a notification arrives at the exact moment conditions flip. Open at the right time, not when you happen to think about it. SUMMER AND WINTER In summer, flush out the heat as soon as the evening air turns cooler. In winter, air strategically to fight condensation and mould without throwing your heating out the window. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no backend, no tracking. Your location is only used to fetch your local forecast. Free, with no subscription. Open/Shut. An open-and-shut case.

Screenshots

Meteociel4 screens
Open/Shut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Open/Shut at daily against Meteociel's every 6 weeks. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meteociel ships an update every 6 weeks, Open/Shut daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Meteociel versus Open/Shut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeteocielOpen/Shut
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (110 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings110 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB65 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperMeteocielBerenger.dev

In-app purchases

None

Meteociel

No in-app purchases

None

Open/Shut

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meteociel free?
Meteociel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Open/Shut free?
Open/Shut is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meteociel or Open/Shut have ads?
Neither Meteociel nor Open/Shut shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meteociel or Open/Shut?
Meteociel ships an update every 6 weeks, and Open/Shut daily. Most recently, Meteociel was updated on October 18, 2026 and Open/Shut on October 10, 2026.

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