Comparison

Barometer & Altimeter vs Wikilinker

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

Head to head
About

Barometer & Altimeter

This app provides precise barometer and altimeter readings with live data, session recording, and historical analysis. It features automatic device calibration and supports various Apple devices and accessibility features.

Highlights
  • Dual barometer and altimeter dashboards
  • Real-time pressure and elevation readings
  • Session recording with rich datasets
  • Interactive Swift Charts for analysis
  • Automatic device calibration
  • Optional WeatherKit sea-level calibration
Features
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Know your elevation. Follow pressure changes. Keep a useful record of your hikes, climbs, stairs and everyday observations—with clear readings on iPhone and iPad, plus Apple Watch, widgets and Live Activities on supported devices. • Current altitude above sea level, with relative gain and net change kept separate. Check the reading source and freshness; authorized GPS can provide a fallback where available. • Start, pause, resume and save a recording. Authorized background recording keeps a session going while you use another app or lock your phone. • Find, rename and favorite saved recordings, add notes, compare charts and share data as CSV. • Check your wrist, widgets or Live Activity. Use Siri and Shortcuts to read, record or open saved sessions; interactive controls are available on supported OS versions. • Keep familiar metric/imperial units, Set Zero and pressure-reference calibration. Choose automatic weather, manual reference or a nearby US weather station where available. Readings depend on device hardware, permissions, source availability and conditions. Widgets and complications refresh on the system's schedule, not continuously. Watch recording controls need a reachable iPhone; phone-free Watch recording is not included. Saved history and supported local readings work offline; weather and station updates need a connection. HowHigh is for observation, not certified navigation or safety-critical guidance.

About

Wikilinker

Features
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Wikilinker automatically adds Wikipedia links to the people, places, organizations, and other notable names mentioned in any webpage. Each name is linked only on its first occurrence, keeping the reading experience clean. How it works: Wikilinker scans article text for proper nouns and acronyms, matches them against a bundled bloom filter of the top 1,000,000 Wikipedia titles (ranked by pageviews), and adds unobtrusive links directly in the page. Everything happens locally on your device — no API calls, no external requests, no logging. Features: - 1,000,000 names in a bloom filter bundled locally (under 2MB) — no network requests - First-occurrence-only linking keeps articles readable - Smart filtering avoids false positives on common words - One-click enable/disable from the toolbar - Works on any website, optimised for 19 major news sites Completely self-contained. No data collection, no analytics, no tracking, no accounts. The only stored value is your enabled/disabled preference. An updated version of the Wikiproxy, originally built in 2004. Source code: https://github.com/smagdali/wikilinker

Screenshots

Barometer & Altimeter4 screens
Wikilinker1 screens

Verdict

The call

Barometer & Altimeter and Wikilinker are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barometer & Altimeter ships an update every 3 weeks, Wikilinker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Barometer & Altimeter versus Wikilinker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarometer & AltimeterWikilinker
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThirty Seven Inc.Stefan Magdalinski

In-app purchases

None

Barometer & Altimeter

No in-app purchases

None

Wikilinker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Barometer & Altimeter free?
Barometer & Altimeter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wikilinker free?
Wikilinker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Barometer & Altimeter or Wikilinker have ads?
Neither Barometer & Altimeter nor Wikilinker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barometer & Altimeter or Wikilinker?
Barometer & Altimeter ships an update every 3 weeks, and Wikilinker fortnightly. Most recently, Barometer & Altimeter was updated on October 18, 2026 and Wikilinker on October 6, 2026.

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