WeathAware Plus vs River Stages
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WeathAware Plus
This app alerts you to immediate danger from National Weather Service severe weather warnings. It can monitor warnings for your location and up to ten contacts, ensuring you know when storms could affect you and your loved ones.
- Immediate severe weather danger alerts
- National Weather Service warning display
- Monitor own location
- Monitor up to 10 contacts' locations
- Real-time warning issuance
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Does your weather app answer this one question: Am I in immediate danger from this National Weather Service severe weather warning? If not, give WeathAware a try! WeathAware wants to be the first app you think of when severe weather threatens. There is no other app like WeathAware. WeathAware can display the National Weather Service severe weather warnings that are affecting you AND your chosen contacts address or pinned locations as soon as they are issued. When every second counts, you need to know if the storms could be affecting you so that you can act if you need to. WeathAware now has a radar layer available on the maps!
River Stages
Access real-time water level data from over 10,000 river gauges across the USA. View stream flow, temperature, and precipitation maps. Get flood alerts and forecasts for informed decision-making.
- 10,000+ US river gauges
- Stage and stream flow data
- Water temperature and pH (USGS)
- Map view of observed and forecast stages
- Precipitation maps and outlooks
- Flood alerts
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The River Stages App provide more than 10000 river gauges of the NWPS in USA. First,you can check the information of each gauge, such as stage flow, stream flow. If available, also can view the PH,water temperature data which is provided by the USGS. In addition, the App can view the observed stages or stages forecast of all gauges on map. At last the App provide the observed quantitative precipitation map of last days in USA Conus and precipitation outlook image.
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Verdict
WeathAware Plus and River Stages both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of River Stages's written reviews are positive against 63% of WeathAware Plus's. River Stages also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). WeathAware Plus's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#156 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
WeathAware Plus costs $2.99 and River Stages $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for WeathAware Plus against 4.5 for River Stages. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of WeathAware Plus's written reviews are positive against 100% of River Stages's.
WeathAware Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, River Stages every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WeathAware Plus | River Stages |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #156 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eddie Barber | 雪平 王 |
Customer experience
WeathAware Plus
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In-app purchases
WeathAware Plus
No in-app purchases
River Stages
No in-app purchases
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