Simple Weather Widget vs SimpleWeather
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!
SimpleWeather
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SimpleWeather puts four weather forecasts side by side: the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Apple Weather, OpenWeather and MET Norway. • Compare sources: current temperature, today's high/low and chance of rain from each source in one card • Who got it right: 30-, 15- and 7-day forecast accuracy records for places in Korea • Air quality at a glance: the background color follows the fine dust level, with animated rain and snow • Hourly and 10-day forecasts, feels like, humidity, wind, UV index, sunrise and sunset • Fine dust and ultrafine dust with forecasts (Korea) • Weather alarms with notifications and voice reading (double-tap the screen to hear the weather) • Home screen widgets in three sizes — switch places with ‹ › right on the widget • Places worldwide: KMA for Korea, Apple Weather, OpenWeather and MET Norway everywhere • Dark mode and large text support No sign-up needed. Your location is used to show the weather. Questions or ideas: leesungju.dev@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimpleWeather at none against Simple Weather Widget's 2. SimpleWeather also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Simple Weather Widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Simple Weather Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 6 months. SimpleWeather asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Weather Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, SimpleWeather every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Weather Widget | SimpleWeather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Back Bay Bytes LLC | SungJu Lee |
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
SimpleWeather
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Weather Widget
- Premium 6 Month Subscription$0.996 Months
- Simple Weather Widget Plus$0.99
SimpleWeather
No in-app purchases
Questions
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