Comparison

widget weather vs Minimalistic Weather App

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 -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.

About

Minimalistic Weather App

Get daily and hourly weather forecasts with a clean, minimalistic design. This ad-free app prioritizes essential information and offers customizable themes. It includes current conditions, daily and hourly forecasts, sunrise/sunset times, and a 7-day outlook.

Highlights
  • Minimalistic design
  • Daily and hourly forecasts
  • Customizable color themes
  • Current weather conditions
  • Sunrise and sunset times
  • 7-day forecast
  • Widget and iMessage extension
Features
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FEATURED BY APPLE AS A "MINIMALIST'S MUST-HAVE" WEATHER APP! Get your daily and hourly weather forecast in a minimalistic and beautifully designed way in over 100 languages! Minimalist Weather App The majority of people think more equals better but as Steve Jobs and Apple have shown us time and time again less equals better. This is why I created Minimalistic Weather App. I wanted, no needed, a weather app that's not cluttered with unnecessary stuff. The app is simple and has a beautiful minimalistic design that only shows you what you want and what you need. The app is ad-free so you have no distractions that annoy you or drains your batteries. Design The beautiful and minimalistic design makes it easy for you to get the information you need and move along with your day. I have included a variety of minimalistic color themes so that you can personalize the app. Functionality To keep the app minimalistic I have carefully chosen the information that is displayed and the functionalities. You can either get the current weather information in your location or in any other city by searching for it. By double-tapping, on the screen, you’ll switch between showing the temperatures in Celsius or in Fahrenheit. The unit of measurement that you have chosen will be saved and synced to the widget and iMessage extension. The information that is giving to you are: - Current temperature - Daily forecast - Hourly forecast - Min & max temperature - Time of sunrise & sunset - The weather type - 7-Day forecast - 12 and 24-Hour timezones - Both Celsius & Fahrenheit as temperature units Widget: - The app provides a small, beautiful, and simple widget where you can get the current weather info at a glance. Thank you for choosing Minimalistic Weather App, I will keep releasing updates so if something isn’t working properly I will fix it!

Screenshots

widget weather4 screens
Minimalistic Weather App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: widget weather at 4.7 against Minimalistic Weather App's 2.3. widget weather also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 50%) and chart position (#62 vs unranked). Minimalistic Weather App's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99). 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

widget weather costs $3.99 and Minimalistic Weather App $1.99 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 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: widget weather has 73 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of widget weather's written reviews are positive against 50% of Minimalistic Weather App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

widget weather ships an update every 6 weeks, Minimalistic Weather App every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
widget weather versus Minimalistic Weather App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterwidget weatherMinimalistic Weather App
Price$3.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.7 (73 ratings) — better2.3 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings73 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#62 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrond RossvollCarl Henningsson

Customer experience

widget weather

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

Minimalistic Weather App

All ratings9 ratings
Positive22.2%
Neutral22.2%
Negative55.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative35.7%

In-app purchases

None

widget weather

No in-app purchases

None

Minimalistic Weather App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is widget weather free?
widget weather costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Minimalistic Weather App free?
Minimalistic Weather App costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, widget weather or Minimalistic Weather App?
widget weather is rated higher. widget weather averages 4.7 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Minimalistic Weather App averages 2.3 from 9 ratings.
Do widget weather or Minimalistic Weather App have ads?
Neither widget weather nor Minimalistic Weather App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, widget weather or Minimalistic Weather App?
widget weather ships an update every 6 weeks, and Minimalistic Weather App every 3 weeks. Most recently, widget weather was updated on November 6, 2026 and Minimalistic Weather App on November 6, 2026.

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