Comparison

Windy.app vs smaABC

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

Head to head
About

Windy.app

This app provides detailed wind, wave, and weather forecasts for various outdoor activities. It offers historical data, local forecasts, and community features to help users plan their adventures.

Highlights
  • Wind report, forecast, and statistics
  • Wind alert notifications
  • Weather history (archive) for 2012-2024
  • Local forecast from NOAA
  • Wave forecast
  • Animated wind tracker
  • Over 30,000 spots with community chats
Features
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Windy.app - wind, waves and weather forecast app for surfers, kitesurfers, windsurfers, sailors, fishermen and other wind sports. FEATURES: • Wind report, forecast and statistics: wind map, accurate wind compass, wind meter, wind gusts and wind directions. It’s very useful for extreme wind sports. • Wind alert: Set up windalert and be aware of wind, storm and tornado warning via push-notifications • Weather history (archive) for 2012-2024: view wind data, temperature (day and night) and atmospheric pressure. Weather archive will help you to choose the best month for travel to the spot. • Local forecast from NOAA: temperature in Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin, humidity, wind speed, precipitation (rain and snow). Forecast for 10 days with 3 hours step in metric or imperial units: m/s (mps), mph, km/h, knt (knout), bft (beaufort), m, ft, mm, cm, in, hPa, inHg. NOAA is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Weather Service (nws). • Wave forecast: ocean or sea conditions, ocean waves and sea swell, fishing forecast • Animated wind tracker: weather radar for sailing, yachting and kiting in light wind • Cloud base/Dewpoint (dew point) data: necessary weather information for pleasant paragliding • Spots: over 30.000 spots sorted and located by the type and area. Add your spots to favourites. • Spot chats. Got anemometer? Share info about weather conditions and wind direction in the chat from a kite spot. • Community: exchange weather reports on the spot. Want to be a local/spot leader? Email us the name of your spot at feedback@catchwind.co and we will create a chat for it. • Weather Stations: online data from nearby online weather stations. • Offline Mode: activate offline mode and check the forecast for your activities without internet connection. PERFECT FOR: • Kitesurfing (kitesurf) • Windsurfing (wind surf) • Surfing • Sailing (Boating) • Yachting • Paragliding • Fishing • Snowkiting • Snowboarding • Skiing • Skydiving • Kayaking (kayak) • Wakeboarding • Cycling • Hunting (hunt) • Golf -------------------------- The free version allows you to use basic app functions. WINDY PRO Account auto-renewable subscription allows using all functions of this app. Subscription length periods: 1 month with 3 days free trial, and 1 year with 7 days free trial. Payment for WINDY PRO Account subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account at the time of purchase. Your subscription will be automatically renewed every 30 or 365 days. If you have never subscribed to a monthly Premium account subscription before, you will have the option of getting a free 3/7-day trial period. Cancelling the trial period will immediately disable your subscription. Payment for subscription renewals will be charged to your account within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can disable subscription renewal in your iTunes account settings on your device. Terms of Use: https://windyapp.co/CustomMenuItems/34/en -------------------------- Created by kite addicted for wind addicted! Be WINDY. Join us! Waiting for your feedback and recommendations. Help us to make the best wind sports app!

About

smaABC

This app provides detailed agrometeorological information for farmers and ranchers. It offers real-time data from weather stations, personalized forecasts, and crop-specific insights based on soil and planting details. The goal is to help users make informed decisions to reduce agricultural risks.

Highlights
  • Real-time agrometeorological data
  • Farm and field registration
  • Personalized weather forecasts
  • Crop and soil data input
  • Accumulated weather metrics
  • Extreme weather event alerts
Features
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O Sistema de Monitoramento Agrometeorológico do Grupo ABC (smaABC) completou 13 anos de operacionalidade em Junho de 2017. Durante todo este período, os agricultores e pecuaristas associados, consultores técnicos e Cooperativas Agropecuárias e Industriais de Arapoti (Capal), Frísia (Batavo) e Castrolanda receberam operacionalmente informações sobre a climatologia regional, monitoramento (agro)meteorológico, previsão de tempo e clima, om o objetivo de reduzir os riscos nos processos de tomada de decisão baseados em informações agrometeorológicas. Através do site do smaABC (http://sma.fundacaoabc.org.br), entre Dezembro de 2015 e Dezembro 2016 foram registradas 369.413 visualizações de páginas, com um tempo médio de permanência no site de aproximadamente 00:02:15h, um aumento da ordem de 41% em relação ao mesmo período do ano anterior. Diante de tamanha procura pela informação (agro)meteorológica, a Fundação ABC decidiu disponibilizar exclusivamente ao associado das Cooperativas ABC o aplicativo smaABC, versão 1.0 em Abril de 2014, com apoio da Universidade da Flórida. Abaixo estão descritas as principais funcionalidades da versão 1.0 do aplicativo smaABC: • Visualização dos registros agrometeorológicos em tempo real, de 53 estações agrometeorológicas automáticas pertencentes a Fundação ABC; • Cadastro de uma ou mais fazendas através do auxílio de um mapa; • Associação de cada fazenda com a estação agrometeorológicas mais próxima; • Cadastro de um ou mais talhões pertencentes a cada fazenda; • Para cada talhão, o usuário deverá informar a cultura, a textura do solo, a data de plantio e mais alguns dados; • Em função destas informações, o aplicativo atualizará a cada intervalo de 60 minutos, informações como precipitação acumulada, índice de seca ou estresse hídrico, temperatura máxima e mínima, graus dias acumulados e ocorrência de alguns eventos meteorológicos extremos desde a data de plantio até o momento atual, para cada talhão cadastrado; • Acesso rápido a previsão horária de temperatura média e precipitação para as próximas 6 horas, ou previsão de temperaturas (máxima e mínima), umidade relativa do ar, precipitação e velocidade do vento para os próximos 5 dias, tanto para a sua fazenda, quanto para a estação mais próxima, utilizando o modelo Regional ETA 5km e 15km. Novidades: A partir de Setembro de 2017, a equipe de Agrometeorologia da Fundação ABC desenvolveu a versão 2.0 do aplicativo smaABC, incluindo novas funcionalidades como: 1) Disponibilidade de registros agrometeorológicos em intervalos de 15 e 60 minutos, tomados em 70 estações agrometeorológicas automáticas da FABC, instaladas de acordo com as normas da Organização Mundial de Meteorologia; 2) Integração do GPS do celular com as funcionalidades de desenho dos talhões, monitoramento e previsão de tempo (personalizada); 3) Integração dos polígonos de talhões cadastrados com os mapas de solos em escalas de 1:250.000, 1:600.000 e 1:1.000.000; Este aplicativo utiliza o mesmo login e senha cadastrados para acesso ao portal da Fundação ABC

Screenshots

Windy.app4 screens
smaABC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: smaABC at 100% against Windy.app's 65%. smaABC also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). Windy.app's advantage is chart position (#8 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Windy.app sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. smaABC asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Windy.app ships an update weekly, smaABC every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Windy.app versus smaABC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWindy.appsmaABC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (73K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#8 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size377 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWindy Weather World IncFundação ABC

Customer experience

Windy.app

All ratings73,306 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews1,274 reviews
Positive64.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative30.5%

smaABC

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Windy.app

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after recent updates
  • Saved locations and settings not syncing properly
  • Incorrect weather data displayed in some areas

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add radar and precipitation overlays
  • Improve tide and current data accuracy
  • Introduce more affordable subscription options
  • Provide better support for Apple Watch integration
  • Allow more customization of the user interface

smaABC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Windy.app

Subscriptions9
  • WINDY PRO access for 1 month$9.991 Month
  • WINDY PRO account - 1 month$19.991 Month
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • WINDY PRO account$39.991 Year
  • Windy.app Fishing Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO access$59.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • WINDY PRO account7 Days trial$164.991 Year
None

smaABC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Windy.app free?
Windy.app is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is smaABC free?
smaABC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Windy.app or smaABC have ads?
Neither Windy.app nor smaABC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Windy.app or smaABC?
Windy.app ships an update weekly, and smaABC every 2 weeks. Most recently, Windy.app was updated on November 12, 2026 and smaABC on November 6, 2026.

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