Barometer + Altimeter vs AuroraReach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barometer + Altimeter
This app provides accurate barometric pressure and altitude readings for your device. It's designed to work with specific iPhone and iPad models, offering a straightforward tool for weather enthusiasts and hikers.
- Barometric pressure readings
- Altitude measurements
- Supports iPhone 6 and 6+
- Supports iPad Air 2 and mini 3
- Free to download
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Best barometer and altimeter for iPhone 6, iPhone 6+, iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3!
AuroraReach
Track and forecast aurora activity worldwide. Get local visibility scores based on weather conditions and aurora intensity. Receive alerts for potential sightings and explore aurora travel destinations.
- Global aurora tracking
- Local aurora visibility scores
- Weather condition integration
- 4-day weather forecasts
- Aurora sighting alerts
- Real-time aurora map
- City/country search for forecasts
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AuroraReach app is an aurora tracking, forecasting and alerting app that gives local aurora visibility scores for cities around the world. We take weather conditions like cloud cover, visibility, time of day etc. along with aurora score to generate a score that can help you find the aurora visibility times for a gives city. Along with aurora, weather conditions are also predicted for up to 4 days. We also let users checkin an aurora sighting and alert based on that. We track ~24K cities around the world for aurora activity and weather conditions. It is easy to get started by subscribing to alerts for multiple cities and get alerted on the app for free. Realtime aurora map shows the aurora activity on the map and you can interact with the map to select the cities we are tracking from map and having activity at that time. Aurora Travel destination searching is easier with this and with our city search page you can search by city or country for viewing the city aurora forecast report and subscribe to cities for alerts. You can favorite the cities for quick accesses in the future even if you are not registered with an account. As we track city specific aurora scores, we cover cities under the northern lights (aurora borealis), southern lights (aurora australis) and even cities where aurora hasn't occurred till date. Web page has sighting specific pages to chat on realtime aurora sighting, this will be released soon in the app version too. Enjoy hunting auroras with AuroraReach and find your next aurora destination with this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AuroraReach at 80% against Barometer + Altimeter's 30%. AuroraReach also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (100 vs 1). Barometer + Altimeter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AuroraReach holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AuroraReach has 100 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Barometer + Altimeter's written reviews are positive against 80% of AuroraReach's.
Barometer + Altimeter ships an update every 2 months, AuroraReach every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barometer + Altimeter | AuroraReach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 4.9 (100 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 100 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maxim Melikhov | HuskyCodes Oy |
Customer experience
Barometer + Altimeter
AuroraReach
In-app purchases
Barometer + Altimeter
No in-app purchases
AuroraReach
No in-app purchases
Questions
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