Barometer and Altimeter vs Live Barometer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barometer and Altimeter
This application utilizes your device's barometer sensor to measure altitude and atmospheric pressure. It offers various unit modes and can automatically update reference pressure from nearby weather stations. The app also displays current temperature and includes a widget for quick access to key information.
- Barometer sensor utilization
- Altitude measurement
- Automatic reference pressure updates
- Current temperature display
- Multiple unit modes
- Today widget
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This is an easy to use barometer App. Check you height based on the current pressure and nearest weather station or by a manual entered reference. As a plus the current temperature is also displayed. Explore the iPhone barometer sensor capabilities: - Measure heights while you are in a elevator - Check altitude while hiking on a mountain - much more you can think of Current version includes - 8 unit modes for measuring pressure - Altitude in meter or feet - Disable Auto-Lock and further settings - Automatically update reference pressure from nearest weather station (using openweathermap.org) - Today widget for quick look of current pressure, height and temperature and more to come soon.
Live Barometer
This application measures and displays the current air pressure. It offers a widget for quick access to this information directly from your notification center. Requires specific iPhone or iPad models.
- Measures current air pressure
- Notification center widget
- Displays air pressure data
- Requires specific device models
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Warning: You need an iPhone 6/6+ or an iPad Air 2 to use this app. Use this app to measure the current air pressure. Activate the widget in you notification center to see the current air pressure.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Live Barometer at 4.0 against Barometer and Altimeter's 3.4. Live Barometer also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Barometer and Altimeter's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 3) and review sentiment (78% vs 67%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Live Barometer holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Barometer and Altimeter has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Barometer and Altimeter's written reviews are positive against 67% of Live Barometer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Barometer and Altimeter ships an update every 2 months, Live Barometer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barometer and Altimeter | Live Barometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (24 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.7% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Breitling | Marvin Wagner |
Customer experience
Barometer and Altimeter
Live Barometer
In-app purchases
Barometer and Altimeter
No in-app purchases
Live Barometer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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