SmartMeteo vs Metar Italia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartMeteo
Access real-time wind and environmental data from stations worldwide. Visualize trends with charts and tables, and customize your monitoring experience with station selection and auto-refresh features.
- Live station data
- Wind, temperature, and pressure charts
- Table view for data scanning
- Fullscreen charts mode
- Smart auto refresh
- Station selection and favorites
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SmartMeteo is an iOS app for remotely monitoring wind conditions and meteo readings collected by SmartMeteo stations around the world. Built for windsurfers, kitesurfers, and anyone who depends on accurate wind data. SmartMeteo can also be useful in construction, meteorology, ecology, and other fields where environmental monitoring matters. What you get: - Live station data - Charts / trends for wind (min/avg/max + direction), temperature, and pressure - Table view for quick, data-first scanning - Fullscreen charts mode - Smart auto refresh (refresh rate calculator) - Station selection and Favorites - Timezone display: phone or station - “Active stations only” filter - More settings and improved UI/UX
Metar Italia
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Metar Italia shows the METAR reports of every Italian airport, read straight from the official Aviation Weather Center (NOAA) source. The app opens on the full list of Italian stations with the raw report, the observation time in UTC and the ICAO identifier coloured by flight category: green VFR, blue MVFR, red IFR, purple LIFR. One glance tells you where you can fly. Tap a station and the report is decoded item by item: temperature and dewpoint, wind direction and speed with gusts, visibility, QNH in hectopascals and inches of mercury, field elevation and cloud layers in METAR notation. • Every Italian station, refreshed on launch and on pull to refresh • Search by ICAO identifier • Map of all stations — tap a pin to read the report • Home Screen widget for the station you choose, in three sizes • Apple Watch app: your station plus the ten closest to you • The observation time is highlighted when the report is no longer current • No account, no advertising, no data collected Data comes from the Aviation Weather Center (NOAA), exactly as published at the source. Metar Italia is a quick reference tool: always rely on official sources and the required aeronautical documentation for flight planning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SmartMeteo at every 2 months against Metar Italia's every 8 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SmartMeteo ships an update every 2 months, Metar Italia every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | SmartMeteo | Metar Italia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Ryltsov | Emanuele Chiavelli |
In-app purchases
SmartMeteo
No in-app purchases
Metar Italia
No in-app purchases









