Live Barometer vs Barometer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Barometer
This app logs atmospheric pressure with sea level correction using GPS data. It can record data in the background or more frequently when in the foreground. Manual height and position settings are also available for fixed location logging.
- Atmospheric pressure logging
- Sea level correction
- GPS height integration
- Background logging
- Manual height/position setting
- Foreground logging
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The atmospheric pressure logger with the sea level correction by using GPS height information. It can keep logging in background, approximately every 10 min (more longer when battery powered). App is in foreground, keep logging every minute, In order to obtain the sea level correction value, we use the GPS position and the temperature of weather information. It is also possible to set height and position information manually if you want to record at a pre-fixed location.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Live Barometer at none against Barometer's 3. Live Barometer also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). Barometer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Barometer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Live Barometer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Live Barometer holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Live Barometer's written reviews are positive against 62% of Barometer's.
Live Barometer ships an update fortnightly, Barometer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Live Barometer | Barometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.7 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 61.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marvin Wagner | ichiro NAKAHARA |
Customer experience
Live Barometer
Barometer
In-app purchases
Live Barometer
No in-app purchases
Barometer
- coffee$0.99
- orange juice$3.99
- dinner$8.99
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