Mr. Chilly vs microclimates.today
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mr. Chilly
This app provides detailed weather information for San Francisco's diverse microclimates and the entire Bay Area. View current temperatures, future forecasts, and dynamic heatmaps to plan your outdoor activities.
- Hourly forecasts (24 hours)
- Dynamic temperature heatmaps
- Day/night cycle visualization
- San Francisco microclimate view
- Bay Area and Peninsula weather
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See the weather in San Francisco’s different microclimates, or zoom out to check the whole Bay Area! View the temperature in various neighborhoods and towns, and check out future forecasts. Want to see if Dolores Park is warm enough to pop open an ice cold… water? Need to choose between Ocean Beach and Half Moon Bay? Mr. Chilly has your back. Features: - Accurate hourly forecasts for the next 24 hours - Dynamic temperature heatmaps - Day/night cycle - Check San Francisco's microclimates or zoom out to see the Bay Area / Peninsula Mr. Chilly was created by: Alexander Chia & Anna Bleker.
microclimates.today
This app provides hyper-local weather forecasts for San Francisco's distinct microclimates. It visualizes fog patterns, offers live webcam feeds, and displays detailed neighborhood conditions. Get accurate, real-time weather data without any ads or data collection.
- Per-neighborhood fog and weather forecasts
- Live and historical fog views
- Around thirty live webcam feeds
- Side-by-side coast and inland seven-day forecasts
- Neighborhood map colored by weather conditions
- Home and lock screen widgets
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San Francisco doesn't have weather: it has microclimates, and a forecast for "San Francisco" is wrong somewhere in the city almost every day of the year. Microclimates shows you the difference and backs it up with raw data that you can see yourself. Per-neighborhood fog and weather, plus live and historical fog views. And the best signal you can get: webcams showing just about every angle of the Bay. RIGHT NOW One screen that answers the only question that matters before you leave the house: how much colder is the coast, is the fog holding or burning off, and which neighborhoods are socked in. Written out in sentences, not a wall of numbers. FOG TRACKER GOES-18 satellite imagery of the Bay Area, refreshed every five minutes and archived so you can scrub back through the last two hours, the last day, or the last week. Night microphysics after dark, so the fog is visible at 3am. WEBCAMS Around thirty live cameras — Mt. Tam, the bridges, the beaches, the coast — stacked one to a screen so you can actually see them. WEATHER Coast and inland seven-day forecasts side by side, live wind gusts, and the onshore flow that decides which one you get. NEIGHBORHOODS Every San Francisco neighborhood on one map, colored by temperature, cloud cover, humidity, wind, or dew point. Tap one for its current conditions. WIDGET Coast and inland temperatures, the fog percentage, and where it is heading — on the home screen or the lock screen. No account. No advertising. No analytics. Nothing is collected about you, because there is nothing to collect it with. Data from NOAA GOES-18, the National Weather Service, and public webcam feeds. Microclimates is not affiliated with any of them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: microclimates.today at none against Mr. Chilly's 1. microclimates.today also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Mr. Chilly's advantage is ratings volume (6.9K vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, 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. Mr. Chilly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. microclimates.today asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Mr. Chilly against 4.8 for microclimates.today. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mr. Chilly has 6.9K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Mr. Chilly's written reviews are positive against 100% of microclimates.today's.
Mr. Chilly ships an update every 5 weeks, microclimates.today every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mr. Chilly | microclimates.today |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (6.9K ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.9K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Chia | Luke Mackenzie Mulcahy |
Customer experience
Mr. Chilly
microclimates.today
In-app purchases
Mr. Chilly
- No Ads$1.99
microclimates.today
No in-app purchases
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