# WeatherKit -Live Weather Radar

> Live Radar,Forecast,RainAlert

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1076414499](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1076414499)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1076414499`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** softhaus
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (1,273 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.9.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-28
- **First published:** 2016-05-22
- **Size:** 28 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weatherkit-live-weather-radar/id1076414499)
- **Website:** [https://weatherkit.org](https://weatherkit.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://softhaus.org](http://softhaus.org/)

## Description

WeatherKit — Live Weather Radar is a sleek Chrome extension that brings real-time weather radar and forecasts directly to your browser. It offers a multi-layer live radar, a 7-day forecast, hourly updates, RainAlert, Air Quality Index, and the ability to choose your data source.

Track weather across multiple locations with Glances, get unique weather descriptions to help you decide what to wear, control app icons, and easily share conditions with friends. Pro adds more radar layers, more cities, and extended features for power users.

## Rankings

- #51,841 — Overall

## Review summary

Users largely praise the app’s look and ease of use, and some express genuine satisfaction. However, repeated crash issues, missing radar functionality, and poor delivery as a Dark Sky replacement dominate feedback. Critics also flag pricing concerns and a perceived lack of ongoing developer support or updates. Overall, strong visual appeal and usability are offset by reliability and feature gaps, with a sizable portion of users warning others away.

### Pros

- Easy to use and understand interface.
- Visually appealing UI/design.
- Some users express overall positive satisfaction and fondness for the app.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes on launch or app won’t open across multiple devices.
- Radar data is largely unavailable or unusable (no Doppler, not accessible in paid version).
- Fails as a Dark Sky replacement: lacks long-range forecasts and timely precipitation warnings.
- Pricing/value concerns: radar is charged separately; paid upgrades seen as overpriced or misleading.
- Poor or abandoned support and infrequent updates (dev appears inactive, support pages unreliable).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1076414499)