Comparison

Hello Weather vs CuteWeather

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hello Weather

Get beautiful, trustworthy weather forecasts with hyperlocal real-time updates. Easily understand current conditions and future predictions with a joyful, information-rich design. Access detailed charts and radar, all customizable to your preferences.

Highlights
  • Information-rich design
  • Detailed data charts
  • Multiple data providers
  • Human-readable weather stats
  • Customizable layout and appearance
  • Widgets and Apple Watch app
  • Built-in radar
Features
Currently charting
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Hello Weather gives you beautiful, trustworthy forecasts powered by the best weather data on Earth. With hyperlocal real-time info and a joyful design that’s easy to read at a glance, you’ll always be prepared for whatever’s coming your way. APP OF THE DAY 2026 + featured globally since 2018 "One of my very favorites in recent years. It’s attractive, original, and highly useful." — Daring Fireball Five reasons why you’ll love planning your day with Hello Weather... 1. All the info you need is right in your face. Current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, minute-by-minute rain, and weather alerts, all in a design you can read in seconds. Everything you need, nothing you don’t. 2. Simple on the surface. Details one tap away. Sometimes you need to dig deeper. Is it going to be windy enough to fly a kite today? When’s the best time to go? Just tap the wind card (or any other stat) for a super friendly chart showing what’s up. 3. Forecasts so advanced, they might be fivecasts. Switch from Apple Weather to ultra-detailed forecasts from the world’s best data providers, like The Weather Channel, AccuWeather, and Foreca. Pick the source that works best for your area, or switch back and forth to compare. 4. You don’t need to be a weather expert. What does barometric pressure mean? Is the dewpoint good or bad? We translated those esoteric stats into human words, so you’ll know how it really feels outside. 5. It’ll make you smile. We filled the app with tons of thoughtful little touches to brighten your day. You’ll love the beautiful color themes, automatic night mode, and sweet secret extras. And that’s not all… • Hello Weather works everywhere, from your phone to your wrist. Great on iPhone and iPad, with widgets, notifications, and a full Apple Watch app to keep you updated on the go. It speaks 27 languages, too. • Radar’s built right in. When there’s a storm front ahead, we’ve got your back. Our powerful radar tab shows you exactly what’s headed your way. • You can have it your way. Tune your app’s layout and appearance to your heart’s content. Pick custom icon sets, themes, charts, data points, or tweak fiddly details if you want. • Made with care by a tiny indie company. We pour a lot of love into our app, and we take great care of our customers. We’re always just an email away, and we’ll get back to you quickly. Here’s what the experts say: "It’s so great-looking, and so easy to use, that it’s been my go-to weather app since I discovered it." — Cult of Mac "Hello Weather strips it down to the essence." — Macworld --- Hello Weather’s free to use, but it’s way better if you upgrade for the Pro stuff. Free features: • No ads or gimmicks. • Easy to read forecasts, powered by Apple Weather. • Minute-by-minute rain estimates. • Basic radar. • Automatic color themes and dark mode. • Weather units customization, including simultaneous Fahrenheit & Celsius mode. Upgrade to Pro and get: • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. • Notifications for rain, severe weather alerts, and future forecasts. • Apple Watch app and complications. • More data sources, including The Weather Channel, AccuWeather, Foreca, and others. • Radar animation and layers. • Air quality and pollen info (with certain data sources). • Weather icon sets, themes, and loads of additional customization options. • Custom app icons. • Some secret stuff too! One more thing—a note about privacy: We’re proud to have the strongest and most transparent privacy policy we can muster. We’ll never track you, sell ads, collect data, or do anything like that. • Privacy Policy: https://helloweather.com/privacy • Terms of Use: https://helloweather.com/privacy#terms Thanks so much for trying Hello Weather! We hope you like it.

About

CuteWeather

This app offers a highly customizable weather experience with a focus on aesthetic appeal. Users can personalize widgets, wallpapers, icons, and layouts to match their style. It provides detailed forecasts, radar, and current weather information for any location.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets, wallpapers, and icons
  • Multiple weather layout options
  • Weather radar for global locations
  • Current weather and detailed forecasts
  • Kawaii/cute icon choices
  • iOS 14, 15, & 16 widget support
Features
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Searching for an aesthetic weather app that combines function and cuteness? Cute Weather let's you customise your iphone's home screen with widgets, wallpapers and icons. Compatible for iOS14, iOS15 & iOS16. Additionally the whole weather app itself can be customised. Choose between weather layouts, icons, widgets and wallpapers and customize backgrounds, fonts and colours. Cute Weather - the only functional and fun weather app! Download and TEST FOR FREE and give weather a new meaning! The features at a glance: • layouts: You define how the weather is presented to you. Choose a layout, customise icons, fonts and background wallpaper • the only customisable weather app • weather radar: See accurate weather data on any location in the word • choose between thousands of widgets and make your weather widget fit your home screen • the only weather app with many kawaii / cute icons to choose from • current weather for your area • temperature, felt temperature and description of the weather situation • high/low temperature • hourly forecast for the next 24 hours • daily forecast for the next 7 days • iOS 14, iOS 15, iOS16 widgets in all sizes: small, medium, large • every widget can have its own custom location • supports Celsius and Fahrenheit Offered subscription models are: weekly subscription for $3.99 yearly subscription for $19.99 Please note: unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period your subscription will automatically renew for an additional period. Renewal charges may appear up to 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. Refunds are not provided if a subscription is canceled before the end of the period. Visit us at: Terms of use: https://www.skyrocket-apps.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.skyrocket-apps.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Hello Weather4 screens
CuteWeather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Hello Weather at free with in-app purchases against CuteWeather's subscription. Hello Weather also leads on chart position (#86 vs unranked). CuteWeather's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hello Weather sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and CuteWeather sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hello Weather holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9.6K and 7.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Hello Weather's written reviews are positive against 71% of CuteWeather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Hello Weather versus CuteWeather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHello WeatherCuteWeather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.6K ratings) — better4.5 (7.5K ratings)
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings9.6K — better7.5K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#86 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size314 MB658 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElectric Dream Machine LLCSkyrocket Apps Limited

Customer experience

Hello Weather

All ratings9,564 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews489 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral8.2%
Negative16.2%

CuteWeather

All ratings7,460 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews780 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral9.0%
Negative19.6%

User reviews

Hello Weather

From 9.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accurate weather data
  • 👍 Clean, intuitive interface
  • 🔒 Respects user privacy
  • 🌓 Customizable dark/light mode
  • 💡 Multiple weather data sources

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Slow widget/complication updates
  • 💰 Subscription-only for advanced features
  • 🌍 Limited international data sources
  • 🌧 Inconsistent precipitation forecasting

CuteWeather

From 7.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Cute and aesthetically pleasing design
  • ⚙️ Customizable widgets and app icons
  • 🌡️ Accurate weather information
  • 🧠 Helpful features like moon phase tracking

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription-based model with limited free options
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches with widgets and location tracking
  • 🔁 Constant prompts to leave a review
  • 📈 Inaccurate weather data in some cases

Bugs and requests

Hello Weather

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Location detection issues
  • Radar tab not functioning properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Moon phase information
  • Precipitation amount details
  • Severe weather notifications
  • Expanded international data sources

CuteWeather

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not working or displaying incorrect information
  • App crashes or freezes when trying to access certain features
  • Location services not functioning properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free customization options
  • Dark mode support
  • Ability to add multiple locations
  • Improved weather data accuracy

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Hello Weather

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Family7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Family$2.991 Month
Show 2 more
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Family7 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$99.99
  • Lifetime (Family)$149.99
8 purchases

CuteWeather

Subscriptions6
  • 1 Week Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • Spread some Cuteness!7 Days trial$2.997 Days
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  • 1 Week with Trial3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Yearly Plan2 variants$9.991 Year
  • 1 year$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Plan2 variants$19.99
  • Lifetime Plan$29.99

Questions

Is Hello Weather free?
Hello Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CuteWeather free?
CuteWeather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hello Weather or CuteWeather?
Hello Weather is rated higher. Hello Weather averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.6K ratings, while CuteWeather averages 4.5 from 7.5K ratings.
Do Hello Weather or CuteWeather have ads?
Neither Hello Weather nor CuteWeather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hello Weather or CuteWeather?
Hello Weather ships an update every 2 weeks, and CuteWeather every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hello Weather was updated on November 9, 2026 and CuteWeather on November 9, 2026.

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