MSN vs Widget Thermometer ext room
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MSN
Stay informed, productive, and entertained with a personalized feed of news, weather, stock updates, and short videos. Access quality content from trusted publishers and track your favorite stocks with real-time market data.
- Tailored content feed
- Real-time weather forecasts
- Financial news and stock tracking
- Personalized video feed
- Content from trusted publishers
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The MSN app keeps you informed, productive, and entertained with tailored content, real-time weather, stock tracking, short videos and more. Key features Your tailored feed, with you on the go. Quality content from thousands of trusted publishers. Weather report Get hourly and 10-day forecasts, air quality, UV index and more. Financial news hub See the latest on the market, trends and your favorite stocks. Your personalized video feed Scroll short clips of the latest news, trending stories and viral moments.
Widget Thermometer ext room
Quickly view the outside temperature directly from your home screen. This widget provides the fastest access to current weather conditions without needing to open the application.
- External temperature display
- Home screen widget
- No device unlock needed
- Fastest temperature check
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Widget Thermometer shows you the outside temperature the way a thermometer does: one glance and you know it. No need to unlock your phone or open an app. THE THERMOMETER WIDGET • Add it to your Home Screen or Lock Screen and see the current temperature where you are • The thermometer changes color with the temperature, from icy blue to hot red • Automatic location or a city of your choice • Celsius or Fahrenheit • Tap the widget to open the app IN THE APP • Current temperature, high and low, feels like • Hourly forecast for the next 24 hours and 10-day forecast • Details: humidity, wind, UV index, pressure, visibility, sunrise and sunset • Cities: save your favorite places and check their temperature in one list Weather data by Apple Weather. Simple, fast, free. Widget Thermometer is free to download and use. Extra features — no ads, hourly and 10-day forecast, all the details, unlimited cities and Lock Screen widgets — are available through an optional one-time in-app purchase: pay once and keep it forever, with no subscription and nothing that renews. Purchases are handled by the App Store and can be restored on any device signed in with the same Apple ID. Privacy: https://sites.google.com/site/termofuseapp/ Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MSN at 4.6 against Widget Thermometer ext room's 3.0. MSN also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (124K vs 3). Widget Thermometer ext room's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. MSN sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $20.00 per month. Widget Thermometer ext room asks for nothing beyond the download.
MSN holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MSN has 124K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of MSN's written reviews are positive against 33% of Widget Thermometer ext room's.
MSN ships an update every 2 weeks, Widget Thermometer ext room every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MSN | Widget Thermometer ext room |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (124K ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 124K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #119 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 260 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | luca calciano |
Customer experience
MSN
Widget Thermometer ext room
Bugs and requests
MSN
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to comment on articles
- Inconsistent behavior when clicking back button
- News articles not loading properly
- Personalization settings not saving
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable news feed and interests
- Offline reading mode
- Dark mode option
- Improved article sharing capabilities
- Better integration with other Microsoft services
Widget Thermometer ext room
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MSN
- Microsoft Copilot Pro$20.001 Month
Widget Thermometer ext room
No in-app purchases
