Forecast Now+ vs GOES Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forecast Now+
Get detailed local weather forecasts for any US town. View daily and hourly predictions, animated radar, hazardous weather alerts, and air quality information. Track up to eight locations with easy swiping.
- 7-day daily forecast
- 24-hour hourly forecast
- Animated radar and satellite views
- Hazardous weather warnings
- Air quality index
- UV index
- Up to 8 stored locations
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Want the latest local weather forecast on your mobile device? For any town in the US, Forecast Now+ provides: - the daily local weather forecast for the next 7 days - the hourly forecast for the next 24 hours - animated radar, forecast chart and satellite views - hazardous weather warnings - predicted snowfall totals (winter months) - the air quality index - the ultraviolet index - up to 8 stored locations - swipe between multiple stored locations from the front page Weather and climate information comes directly from the National Weather Service, NOAA, and the EPA.
GOES Viewer
Easily view and share the latest satellite imagery from NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) directly on your mobile device. This app simplifies accessing global satellite views and animations, making it quick to share images via message or save them to your gallery.
- View GOES satellite imagery
- Access global satellite views
- Watch satellite animations
- Easy image sharing
- Save imagery to gallery
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Do you like to view and share the latest satellite imagery of the world? Think the NOAA GOES website is hard to navigate on your phone? Give GOES Viewer a try! This app is designed to give a quick preview of every view NOAA has for it's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) and even lets you view the animations of the most recent imagery. To top that all off, sharing is as easy as tapping the share button which will attach the imagery to a message or let you save it to your gallery!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GOES Viewer at 86% against Forecast Now+'s 33%. GOES Viewer also leads on price (Free vs $8.99) and rating (4.9 vs 4.4). Forecast Now+'s advantage is ratings volume (157 vs 15) and chart position (#124 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
GOES Viewer is free to download; Forecast Now+ costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GOES Viewer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forecast Now+ has 157 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Forecast Now+'s written reviews are positive against 86% of GOES Viewer's.
Forecast Now+ ships an update monthly, GOES Viewer every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Forecast Now+ | GOES Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (157 ratings) | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 157 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #124 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kelly Technology Inc. | Emery Silberman |
Customer experience
Forecast Now+
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In-app purchases
Forecast Now+
No in-app purchases
GOES Viewer
No in-app purchases
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