Comparison

Thermometer vs CARROT Weather

Should I use CARROT Weather or Thermometer?

They are opposites. CARROT is a highly configurable weather app with selectable data sources, extensive customisation and an optional comic personality. Thermometer does one thing — the outdoor air temperature on an analog dial with both scales — with nothing to configure and no voice at all.

Opposite answers to the same category

CARROT Weather and Thermometer are about as far apart as two weather apps on the same platform can be, which makes this a more useful comparison than most.

CARROT is maximal. Multiple selectable weather data sources, deep customisation of what appears where, an extensive notification system, radar and maps, watch complications, and a set of personality settings ranging from strictly professional to actively rude. It is built for someone who wants to shape their weather app.

Thermometer is minimal, deliberately. One screen with a mercury column against two numbered scales, a second page with hourly and ten-day forecasts, three widget sizes, and a unit toggle. There is nothing to configure because there are no choices to make.

Neither is a compromised version of the other. They are aimed at different people.

Side by side

Feature sets and pricing change; the App Store listing is the current source.
	CARROT Weather	Thermometer
Data source	Selectable, several available	Apple Weather, via WeatherKit
Customisation	Extensive	Unit and language only
Tone	Five personalities, professional to rude	None. It shows a reading
Temperature display	Numeral, configurable layout	Analog mercury dial
Both scales at once	No	Yes, numbered °C and °F
Radar and maps	Yes	No
Notifications	Extensive, tiered	None
Apple Watch	Yes, with complications	No
Widgets	Yes, many configurations	Small, medium, large, numbered scales
Cost	Free with premium tiers	Free on the App Store

Who should choose which

CARROT if you enjoy setting an app up exactly how you want it, if you want to choose your forecast provider, if you use an Apple Watch seriously, if you want rain and storm notifications, or if the humour appeals. It rewards attention. It is also the only app in this comparison that lets you switch data source, which is a genuine advantage if you have opinions about forecast providers.

Thermometer if you want to install something and never open its settings, if you check the temperature rather than the forecast, if you want both scales without a toggle, or if you would rather your weather app had no voice at all.

The honest framing

CARROT's premium tiers unlock most of what makes it distinctive. That is a normal model and worth knowing before comparing free versions: the free tier is not the app people are enthusiastic about.

Thermometer is free with no tiers, no advertising, no account and no analytics, which is easy to offer when the product is one screen. It is not generosity, it is scope.

If you want one app to do everything, neither of these is really the answer — that is Apple Weather, already on your phone. If you want a design-led app with a wider remit than an instrument, Mercury Weather is the closer comparison.

Common questions

Does CARROT Weather cost money?

It is free to download with premium subscription tiers above that, which unlock things like additional data sources, extra notifications, customisation, widgets and watch complications, with higher tiers adding more. There is a trial. Tiers and pricing change, so the App Store listing is the place to check.

Can CARROT be used without the jokes?

Yes. It has several personality settings, and the professional one turns the comedy off entirely and leaves a straightforward weather app. The humour is the app's reputation but it is genuinely optional, which is worth knowing if the jokes are the reason you have avoided it.

What does CARROT do that Thermometer does not?

A great deal: selectable weather data sources, deep customisation of the layout and the data shown, extensive notification options, radar and maps, watch complications, and features like viewing historical or far-future dates. It is one of the most configurable weather apps on iOS.

What does Thermometer do that CARROT does not?

One thing, in one way: a continuous analog mercury column read against a numbered °C scale and a numbered °F scale simultaneously, with the same instrument rendered in three widget sizes. CARROT can show you a great many things; it does not present the temperature as a physical instrument.

Which one is better?

Neither, in any general sense. If you enjoy configuring an app to show exactly what you want, CARROT will suit you and Thermometer will feel bare. If you want one number read at a glance with no setup, the reverse. This is a taste decision and it is fine for it to be one.

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