# Rain Viewer: Weather Radar Map

> Live weather radar map with rain alerts, local forecast & hurricane tracker

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lucky\_apps.RainViewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lucky_apps.RainViewer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.lucky_apps.RainViewer`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MeteoLab
- **Category:** WEATHER
- **Downloads:** 3,595,475
- **Rating:** 4.37 / 5 (155,951 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.20
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2016-09-23
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 43 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lucky_apps.RainViewer)
- **Website:** [https://www.rainviewer.com](https://www.rainviewer.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.rainviewer.com/privacy.html](https://www.rainviewer.com/privacy.html)

## Description

**Rain Viewer** provides a live weather radar map with rapidly updated precipitation imagery, rainfall totals, radar scan age, and a 2-hour rain forecast. View 48 hours of radar history, precipitation intensity, satellite cloud temperatures, and coverage across more than 80 countries. The app also includes hourly and 14-day forecasts, minute-by-minute rain predictions, wind details, UV index, humidity, sunrise, and sunset information.

Set custom rain and severe weather alerts for saved locations, track hurricanes and storms, and receive AI-generated insights about nearby conditions. Rain Viewer also offers resizable radar and rain widgets, optional Pro Doppler radar products, radar archives, and rainfall estimates. Location data is used for local forecasts and alerts, with no data collection or data sales stated by the app.

## Rankings

- #30,638 — Overall
- #23 — radar

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.QUICKBOOT_POWERON`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `com.lucky_apps.RainViewer.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Overall sentiment is mixed: many users praise Rain Viewer for its clean visuals, up-to-date radar, and usefulness for planning, including reports of accurate rainfall totals. But repeated complaints focus on intrusive ads and a shift to a paid subscription, which many feel devalues the app. Additional concerns include unreliable data accuracy in various regions, problematic widget connectivity, and gaps in data coverage (Africa, some Indonesian stations). Despite some positive feedback, the prevailing tone is frustration with reliability and business model after recent updates.

### Pros

- Accurate rainfall totals.
- Up-to-date radar overview useful for planning.
- Visually appealing UI.
- Helpful for planning the day ahead based on weather.

### Cons

- Intrusive ads and full-screen ads.
- Inconsistent / inaccurate radar data across regions.
- Widget connectivity issues (No Connection / server errors).
- Subscription-based model causing frustration and perceived price gouge.
- Geographic data gaps / some stations offline (Africa, Indonesia, etc).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lucky_apps.RainViewer)