Comparison

widget weather vs Hourtin Wind

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

Head to head
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 -19 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.

About

Hourtin Wind

This app provides real-time wind data and forecasts for Hourtin Lake, catering to water sports enthusiasts. It offers live station data, wind direction and strength visualization on a map, and personalized alerts for ideal conditions.

Highlights
  • Real-time wind data
  • Wind direction and strength map
  • Integrated weather forecasts
  • Customizable weather alerts
  • Live station data
Features
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Hourtin Kite est l’application dédiée aux riders du spot d’Hourtin. Pour le kite, la wing, la planche à voile, la voile et tout ceux qui souhaite connaitre les conditions météo sur le lac d'hourtin - Vent en temps réel Accédez aux données live de la station météo de l’école Kite Zone School (KZS). - Visualisation sur carte Consultez la direction et la force du vent directement sur une carte claire et intuitive. - Prévisions météo Anticipez vos sessions grâce aux prévisions Windguru intégrées. - Alertes personnalisées Définissez vos conditions idéales (force, orientation…) et recevez une notification dès que la météo est parfaite pour vous. Que vous soyez débutant ou rider confirmé, Hourtin Kite vous aide à ne jamais manquer le bon créneau. Bon vent et bon ride !

Screenshots

widget weather4 screens
Hourtin Wind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hourtin Wind at Free against widget weather's $3.99. Hourtin Wind also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%). widget weather's advantage is chart position (#133 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

Hourtin Wind is free to download; widget weather costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

widget weather ships an update every 6 weeks, Hourtin Wind every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
widget weather versus Hourtin Wind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterwidget weatherHourtin Wind
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#133 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrond RossvollKevin MARTIN

Customer experience

widget weather

All ratings73 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral11.6%
Negative19.8%

Hourtin Wind

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

widget weather

No in-app purchases

None

Hourtin Wind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is widget weather free?
widget weather costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hourtin Wind free?
Hourtin Wind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do widget weather or Hourtin Wind have ads?
Neither widget weather nor Hourtin Wind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, widget weather or Hourtin Wind?
widget weather ships an update every 6 weeks, and Hourtin Wind every 2 months. Most recently, widget weather was updated on October 19, 2026 and Hourtin Wind on October 1, 2026.

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