Atmosphere WRF vs Sferic Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Atmosphere WRF
Access detailed weather maps for Europe with high-resolution models. Visualize precipitation, snow, wind, temperature, and more for upcoming days. Ideal for weather enthusiasts and general users seeking forecast insights.
- High-resolution WRF-ARW ECM weather models
- Detailed precipitation and snow forecasts
- Wind, temperature, and pressure data
- Cloud cover and humidity information
- Interactive pinch-to-zoom maps
- Map animation and legend
- Map sharing and saving options
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With Atmosphere WRF you have under control, with a simple touch, weather maps of models WRF-ARW ECM with resolution at 2,5km, 3km and 7km developed by the LaMMA consortium for Italy and most part of Europe and with zoom on Northern Italy. The number of available parameters allow the weather expert and meteorology enthusiast to check the details of the evolution of the weather for the next few days but also the common user, with a simple look at the maps, to understand, for example, how much it will rain or how much snow will fall in the coming days. Available parameters: - Cumulative precipitation in the previous hour - Cumulative precipitation in the previous 3 hours - Cumulative precipitation in the previous 6 hours - Cumulative precipitation in the previoud 12 hours - Cumulative precipitation in the previous 24 hours - Snow accumulated in the previous 6 hours - Snow accumulated in the previous 24 hours - Clouds Cover - Wind at 10 meters - Wind gust - Pressure at sea level - Temperature at 2 meters - Temperature and geopotential at 950 hPa - Temperature and geopotential at 925 hPa - Temperature and geopotential at 850 hPa - Temperature and geopotential at 500 hPa - Relative humidity at 2 meters - Relative humidity at 950 hPa - Relative humidity at 925 hPa - Relative humidity at 850 hPa - Relative humidity at 700 hPa - Relative humidity at 500 hPa - Altitude of the freezing level - Temperature potential equivalent to 850 hPa - Total Totals Index and Sweat - K Index - Lifted Index - Delta Theta-e - CAPE - CIN - Precipitable water Available areas for the models with 7Km Resolution: - Most part of Europe - Zoom on Italy Available areas for the models with 2.5 and 3km Resolution: - Italy - Zoom on Northern Italy Plus: - Ability to pinch-to-zoom on maps to display the forecasts details - Convenient animation to control the progress of the maps in time - Legend of the scales used in the maps - Ability to choose the maps displayed on launch - Share maps on Facebook, Twitter or by email, save maps to the Camera Roll. The forecast are updated twice a day.
Sferic Connect
This app ensures organizational compliance with severe weather policies to protect employees and infrastructure. It provides real-time weather conditions, alerts for severe threats, and forecasts for various locations. Access requires an organizational subscription.
- Severe weather threat monitoring
- Organization-wide policy compliance
- Real-time weather conditions
- Push alerts for severe weather
- Radar and lightning tracking
- Hourly and 7-day forecasts
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Sferic Connect keeps everyone at your organization on the same page, ensuring organization-wide compliance to severe weather policies that protect employees, the community and infrastructure. You require a subscription form your organization to login and use the app. To sign up, contact info@aem.eco. HIGHLIGHTS: • Monitor and alert on severe weather threats for mobile and fixed locations • Total organization control over weather related warnings and alerts • Real time conditions including temperature, humidity, wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT), wind, precipitation and lightning • Push alerting for severe weather based on the thresholds you define • Radar and lightning storm tracking on a contextual map • Hourly and 7-day forecasts for each location
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sferic Connect at Free against Atmosphere WRF's $1.99. Atmosphere WRF's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 61 months). On ads, 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
Sferic Connect is free to download; Atmosphere WRF costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Atmosphere WRF ships an update every 5 months, Sferic Connect every 61 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Atmosphere WRF | Sferic Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 61 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniele Fruzzetti | Earth Networks |
Customer experience
Atmosphere WRF
Sferic Connect
In-app purchases
Atmosphere WRF
No in-app purchases
Sferic Connect
No in-app purchases
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