Simple Weather Widget vs Pixel Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Weather Widget
This app provides a highly customizable and compact weather widget for your iPhone's Today view. Display current conditions and forecasts with a clean, minimalist design, choosing how much information you want to see.
- Compact widget design
- Customizable information display
- Current weather details
- Forecast options
- Color and icon customization
- Today View integration
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Simple Weather Widget is simply the best weather widget in the App Store. It provides a highly customizable, very compact, beautifully designed widget in the "Today" view on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, which displays the current weather (and, optionally, a forecast) for your location. Finally a weather widget with NO WASTED SPACE on your Today screen! A simple, clean, compact design with lots of options so you see as much or as little information as you want. Available information: Current Weather: - Temperature - Clouds/Precipitation - Relative humidity or dew point - Today's high/low temperatures - Wind speed and direction - Sunrise/sunset time - Severe weather alerts (premium users only) - "Feels like" temperature (premium users only) - UV Index (premium users only) Forecast: - Temperature (hourly & daily high/low) - Clouds/Precipitation - Precipitation likelihood (hourly & daily) (premium users only) - Wind speed (hourly) (premium users only) As much or as little as you'd like of all that information, and it only takes up a tiny bit of your Today View screen space. You can also change the colors, select from three icon styles, or add a background image. The free version features high quality weather data for your area from OpenWeatherMap. With a "Premium" upgrade, the widget can access more detailed data ("feels like" temperature, UV index, forecasted precipitation likelihood etc.) powered by the Dark Sky weather data service (it's a paid service, which is why the Premium option costs a bit more). There's also an economical "Plus" option that simply removes the "free version" message and updates the forecast more frequently. To add the widget to your Today view, once you've installed the app, just swipe down from the top of the screen, select the "Today" tab, and then find the "Edit" button at the bottom of the page. Under "Do Not Include", you'll find an item called "Weather" with the app's icon. Tap the little green (+) button next to it, and you're all set!
Pixel Weather
A charming weather app offering detailed forecasts with a unique pixel art aesthetic. It provides current conditions, hourly and daily predictions, and air quality data for your location and global cities. Supports widgets and multiple devices.
- Current location weather details
- 12/24 hour and 10-day forecasts
- Air quality index (AQI) display
- Celsius/Fahrenheit temperature options
- Global city and POI support
- Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
- Apple Watch and iPad support
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# Awards App Store - Today Recommendation, Apps Recommendation, Today is partly sunny App Store - Pixel Collection Recommendation, Top Paid No.3 & Weather Top Paid No.1 in history Product Hunt - Recommendation Alipay, Sspai, Appinn, Zuimeia, AppSo Appwall, Smzdm - Recommendation AppWall.Today - Recommendation PriceTag - Taking care in Typhoon days Digitalychee - New style weather Recommendation # Introduction Simple and cute weather forecast application with pixel style :) # Features - Display current location weather, including temperature, relative humidity, probability of precipitation, precipitation, wind direction & speed, UV index, pressure; - Display future 12 and 24 hours weather forecast; - Display future 10 days weather forecast; - Display current location pollutant, including AQI (Air Quality Index) / PM2.5 / PM10 / NO2 / SO2 / Ozone / CO; - Display and change Celsius temperature and Fahrenheit temperature; - Display current location detailed street or city information; - Support global cities and POI weather; - Support Lock Screen Widget and Home Widget; - Support iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch; - Support Arduino Uno and Nano devices as Personal Weather Station. # Feedback Any feedback and recommendation please kindly click Email icon in info page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Simple Weather Widget at Free against Pixel Weather's $4.99. Simple Weather Widget also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Pixel Weather's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (82% vs 46%). On update cadence, ads 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
Simple Weather Widget is free to download; Pixel Weather costs $4.99 up front. Simple Weather Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 6 months. Pixel Weather asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixel Weather holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 115 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Simple Weather Widget's written reviews are positive against 82% of Pixel Weather's.
Simple Weather Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, Pixel Weather every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Weather Widget | Pixel Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.8 (26 ratings) | 4.4 (115 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | 81.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 115 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #104 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Back Bay Bytes LLC | 涛 吴 |
Customer experience
Simple Weather Widget
Pixel Weather
User reviews
Simple Weather Widget
From 26 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Clean and compact design
- 💡 Customizable information display
- 🚀 Fast loading times (historically)
- 👍 Easy to use (historically)
- ✅ Good for widget functionality (historically)
Room to improve
- ❌ App no longer works
- ❌ Abandoned by developers
- ❌ Inaccurate weather data
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 💸 Paid for features that don't work
Pixel Weather
From 115 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Unique pixel art style
- 💖 Adorable and cute design
- ✨ Retro aesthetic
- 👍 Informative and complete data
- 💯 Accurate weather forecasts
Room to improve
- 📉 Inaccurate forecasts sometimes
- 🐌 Slow location detection
- 🚫 Watch app issues
- 😵💫 Confusing icons/legends
- 💸 Money wasted on non-functional app
Bugs and requests
Simple Weather Widget
Reported bugs
15 issues- App does not open
- Error messages 'Unable to Display'
- Widget not showing up in add widget list
- Daily forecast has problem with current temperature in centigrade
- Hourly forecast gone since iOS 11
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- "Unable to Load" errors since iOS 10
- Crash after in-app purchase
- Crash every time after upgrade
- Current location won't update on widget
- App doesn't show up on Add Widget List
- Paid for premium, app crashes
- Location is not correct
- Widget data disappears until tapped
- Doesn't update, spinning wheel
- Paid for deluxe version, app crashes
Requested features
11 requests- Add Russian language
- Fix portrait only on iPad
- Allow manual location input
- Option to select different weather data sources
- Add wind direction to widget
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- Make app universal for iPad layout
- Option to open a different weather app when tapping widget
- Add daily forecast to hourly
- Color weather icons
- List city name in widget
- Add landscape mode for iPad
Pixel Weather
Reported bugs
17 issues- Watch app not opening or crashing
- App not loading weather info
- Widget shows 0 for AQI
- App crashes when changing Celsius to Fahrenheit
- Location detection issues
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- Widget display blocking text
- App crashes on Apple Watch Series 1
- Widget not loading
- App forcing Celsius
- Inaccurate weather at night
- App not updating properly
- Notification center widget not showing
- AQI data mismatch
- Apple Watch complications not showing data
- App crashes on update
- Location stuck in previous place
- Widget location not updating in real-time
Requested features
35 requests- Customize widget display and order
- Add weather icon legend
- View dew point, wind gusts, barometric pressure
- Add hourly weather status to widget
- Add sunrise and sunset times
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- Dark mode for app and widgets
- Option for 12-hour clock
- Add humidity as a watch complication
- Add Turkish language support
- Dynamic background based on weather
- Add previous day's temperature
- Add short-term forecast (e.g., next 6 hours)
- More color theme options
- Option to change color schemes
- Add weather map/radar
- Add temperature in Celsius/Fahrenheit toggle
- Add wind speed in m/s
- Add UV index to widget
- Add felt temperature
- Add dynamic weather animations
- Add daily high/low temperatures
- Add option for default non-holiday style
- Add weather notifications/alerts
- Add more detailed weather descriptions
- Add ability to rearrange saved locations
- Add ability to delete saved locations easily
- Add option for pixelated weather map
- Add more countries' weather data
- Add simple explanations for air quality/humidity
- Add a pixelated alarm clock feature
- Add a moon icon for night time
- Add temperature notifications to home screen
- Add option to select specific districts for location
- Add swipe to switch cities
- Add a weather tips reminder
In-app purchases
Simple Weather Widget
- Premium 6 Month Subscription$0.996 Months
- Simple Weather Widget Plus$0.99
Pixel Weather
No in-app purchases
Questions
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