Pinpoint Weather | FOX31 & CW2

Name: Pinpoint Weather | FOX31 & CW2
Rating: 2.68 (489 reviews)
Author: Nexstar Inc.

By: Nexstar Inc.

The Pinpoint Weather App gives you the latest weather for our viewing region.

Features & Capabilities

Pinpoint Weather from FOX31 & CW2 brings location-specific weather data to your browser with a Chrome extension. It includes 250-meter radar, future radar, high-resolution satellite imagery, current conditions updated frequently, and hourly/daily forecasts driven by our computer models.

You can save favorites, enable GPS-based location awareness, receive National Weather Service severe weather alerts, and opt-in push alerts to stay safe during storms. This extension delivers reliable, timely weather information right where you work and browse.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

6.2.512 Last updated: 2026-05-26

Version code:

602000512

Creation date:

2015-06-23

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID Moderate risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk

Size:

84.02MB

Email:

br*****@tribune.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 187,972 ▼ 509

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Nexstar Inc.

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kdvr.android.weather

Email:

br*****@tribune.com

Website:

https://kdvr.com/

User Reviews

Users appreciate the app's familiar and straightforward layout and its attempt to provide localized, pinpoint weather forecasts. However, many complain about frequent app crashes, freezing, and poor reliability with weather data and radar. Intrusive ads and poor notification management further detract from the user experience. Visual issues like blurry text and hard-to-see selections also affect usability. While the app was once reliable, recent updates have led to significant performance problems and inaccurate weather information.

Pros

App layout is similar to other weather apps and user-friendly.
Previously reliable and accurate for weather forecasts and radar.
Provides localized weather information for multiple locations.
Contains minimal non-weather related news section that is not intrusive.
Pinpoint weather feature attempts to provide location-specific forecasts.

Cons

Excessive and intrusive advertisements disrupting user experience.
App often freezes, crashes, or fails to open properly.
Weather data and radar often inaccurate or delayed, reducing reliability.
User interface issues such as blurry graphics and hard-to-read text.
Notifications, especially alerts, are repetitive, intrusive, and lack proper control settings.

Recent reviews

Always finding myself coming back to this app. Very reliable information.

Le*****, 2026-05-16

Good app, but sends your data- including GPS COORDINATES - to Index Exchange. UPDATE: Now they send your GPS coordinates to Google, Microsoft, and Amplitude. One star for being spyware and I'm deleting this shhiit off of my phone.

*****, 2026-05-09

Used to like this app but now they have this scam based ad loading on top of it saying I have all these viruses on my phone. I run virus scanning software that protects my phone so I know this isn't true. I find this offensive, I am so tired of misleading ads trying to scare me into downloading their app. I thought this news channel was better than that.