MetService NZ Weather

Name: MetService NZ Weather
Rating: 3.2272727 (4830 reviews)
Author: Meteorological Service of New Zealand

By: Meteorological Service of New Zealand

New Zealand weather forecasts, rain radar and severe weather warnings.

Features & Capabilities

MetService NZ Weather Chrome extension offers comprehensive weather information for New Zealand. It provides detailed morning, afternoon, evening, and overnight icons for 47 forecast areas, tailored by expert meteorologists to help you plan your day effectively.

The extension lets you enable location services or select your specific suburb, town, or city for the most relevant forecasts and observations. Customizable weather dashboards allow you to organize forecast modules as you prefer. Features include 48-hour forecast graphs, severe weather warnings and watches, real-time rain radar, 3-day rain forecast maps, MetService TV updates, and live traffic cameras in urban areas. A convenient widget is also available for quick access to weather details.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Weather

By:

Meteorological Service of New Zealand

Downloads:

1,247,611 2.14K

Rating:

3.23

(4,830) 3 new ratings

Version:

2.29.0 Last updated: 2026-06-03

Version code:

394

Creation date:

2012-05-29

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.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk

Size:

18.24MB

Email:

fe*****@metservice.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-11

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 58,281 ▲ 629

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Meteorological Service of New Zealand

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metservice.kryten

Email:

fe*****@metservice.com

Website:

http://www.metservice.com/

User Reviews

Reviews repeatedly cite ads and ad-block issues, slow loading, and widget/location problems as top cons. Forecast accuracy and missing hourly data also appear. Despite these, many find the app useful, trustworthy, and customizable, especially as a free option.

Pros

Trusted data source from MetService.
Helpful daily utility with customizable features.
Free version provides usable weather information without cost.
Some users report good experiences and that it’s the best weather app for them.

Cons

Ads dominate the experience; users want reliable ad-free options and many report ads reappearing after updates.
Slow performance and long load times across updates.
Widget reliability issues, including not updating and displaying errors.
Location/auto-location issues and coverage gaps (e.g., not finding location reliably, missing coverage for some NZ cities).
Forecast inaccuracies and missing data (e.g., hourly rainfall not shown).

Recent reviews

have used the app extensivly. Pretty frustrating and frankly terrible app. Radar is always glitching out, pictures not working properly. Always throws an ad in that you accidentaly click rite when something finally loads too. If these were fixed the app would be ok!