Comparison

widget weather vs Weather Time Widget

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

Weather Time Widget

Get current weather, forecasts, time, and date all in one customizable widget for your home screen. Choose from multiple sizes and display options to see the information you need at a glance.

Highlights
  • Current temperature with high/low
  • Hourly and daily weather forecasts
  • Live time and date
  • Humidity, wind speed, and direction
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Customizable themes and units
  • Global weather data
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Weather, date, and word time — all in one beautiful widget. Weather & Time Widget gives you everything you need at a glance, right on your home screen. No need for separate clock and weather widgets taking up space. One widget does it all. Pay once, enjoy forever. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads. What you get: Current temperature with high/low and feels-like Hourly and daily weather forecasts Live time and date with day of the week Humidity, wind speed, and wind direction UV index City name and location indicator Save your favorite cities: Add as many cities as you like and swipe between them in the app Search any city in the world Pin each widget to its own city, or let it follow your current location Tap a widget to jump straight to that city in the app Three widget sizes: Small — Quick current weather overview, time, date, day of the week and location. Medium — Current and forecast weather (Daily/hourly selectable), time, date, day of the week, location, humidity and wind. Large — The full picture with detailed conditions, forecast weather, wind and UV index. Choose your weather source: Open-Meteo for global coverage, with regional models for higher local accuracy NWS for enhanced accuracy in the United States, using live station observations Apple Weather, if you prefer Apple's own forecasts (in-app) Fully customizable: Dark, light, or auto theme (adapts to time of day) 24-hour or AM/PM time format Celsius or Fahrenheit — mph, m/s, km/h, or knots wind units Hourly or daily forecast view works worldwide Use your current location or search for any city Built to stay out of your way: Designed for low battery use, so a widget on your home screen costs you almost nothing Weather icons follow each city's own sunrise and sunset, so day and night are right wherever you're looking Careful icon matching tells scattered showers from thunderstorms, and broken cloud from overcast Available in English and Turkish Simple setup: Download the app Grant location access Add the widget(s) to your home screen Done

Screenshots

widget weather4 screens
Weather Time Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Weather Time Widget at 100% against widget weather's 69%. Weather Time Widget also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). widget weather's advantage is ratings volume (73 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases, chart position 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 Weather Time Widget $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Weather Time Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: widget weather has 73 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Weather Time Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

widget weather ships an update every 6 weeks, Weather Time Widget every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
widget weather versus Weather Time Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterwidget weatherWeather Time Widget
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (73 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#52#25 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrond RossvollLaunchSpace LLC

Customer experience

widget weather

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

Weather Time Widget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

widget weather

No in-app purchases

None

Weather Time Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is widget weather free?
widget weather costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Weather Time Widget free?
Weather Time Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, widget weather or Weather Time Widget?
Weather Time Widget is rated higher. widget weather averages 4.7 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Weather Time Widget averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do widget weather or Weather Time Widget have ads?
Neither widget weather nor Weather Time Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, widget weather or Weather Time Widget?
widget weather ships an update every 6 weeks, and Weather Time Widget every 4 days. Most recently, widget weather was updated on October 26, 2026 and Weather Time Widget on October 25, 2026.
Which is more popular, widget weather or Weather Time Widget?
widget weather currently peaks at #52 in the App Store charts, and Weather Time Widget at #25. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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