Metar Italia vs St. Cloud Live StormTRACKER
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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• Apple Watch app: your station plus the ten closest to you • The observation time is highlighted when the report is no longer current • No account, no advertising, no data collected Data comes from the Aviation Weather Center (NOAA), exactly as published at the source.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.
St. Cloud Live StormTRACKER
Get hyper-local weather forecasts and severe weather alerts. This app provides high-resolution radar, future radar, and satellite imagery to track storms. Save favorite locations and receive push notifications for safety.
- 250 meter radar resolution
- Future radar tracking
- High-resolution satellite imagery
- Current weather updates
- Daily and hourly forecasts
- Favorite location saving
- GPS for current location
- Severe weather alerts
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The St. Cloud Live StormTRACKER Mobile Weather App includes: • Access to station content specifically for our mobile users • 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available • Future radar to see where severe weather is headed • High resolution satellite cloud imagery • Current weather updated multiple times per hour • Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models • Ability to add and save your favorite locations • A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness • Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service • Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: St. Cloud Live StormTRACKER 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.
Metar Italia ships an update every 8 months, St. Cloud Live StormTRACKER every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metar Italia | St. Cloud Live StormTRACKER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 246 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emanuele Chiavelli | Forum Communications Company |
In-app purchases
Metar Italia
No in-app purchases
St. Cloud Live StormTRACKER
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Metar Italia free?
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Do Metar Italia or St. Cloud Live StormTRACKER have ads?
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