Comparison

Hello Weather vs Daylight

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

Daylight

This app helps you monitor the amount of daylight remaining in your day. It provides sunrise and sunset times, along with the total duration of daylight for any given day.

Highlights
  • Track remaining daylight
  • View sunrise times
  • View sunset times
  • See total daily daylight
Features
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Use this app to keep track of the day's remaining daylight, track the sunrise and sunset times, and see the total daylight for the day.

Screenshots

Hello Weather4 screens
Daylight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daylight at none against Hello Weather's 9. Daylight also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Hello Weather's advantage is ratings volume (9.5K vs 17) and chart position (#71 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hello Weather sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Daylight asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daylight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hello Weather has 9.5K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Hello Weather's written reviews are positive against 80% of Daylight's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hello Weather ships an update every 9 days, Daylight every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Hello Weather versus Daylight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHello WeatherDaylight
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.5K ratings)5.0 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.5% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.5K — better17
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#71 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size313 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElectric Dream Machine LLCBen Farmer

Customer experience

Hello Weather

All ratings9,492 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews481 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.2%

Daylight

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Daylight

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Hello Weather

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Family7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Family$2.991 Month
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  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Family7 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Hello Weather Pro Lifetime$44.99
  • Lifetime$99.99
  • Lifetime (Family)$149.99
None

Daylight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hello Weather free?
Hello Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daylight free?
Daylight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hello Weather or Daylight?
Daylight is rated higher. Hello Weather averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.5K ratings, while Daylight averages 5.0 from 17 ratings.
Do Hello Weather or Daylight have ads?
Neither Hello Weather nor Daylight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hello Weather or Daylight?
Hello Weather ships an update every 9 days, and Daylight every 2 days. Most recently, Hello Weather was updated on September 25, 2026 and Daylight on July 7, 2026.

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