# KWTX Weather

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1365128114](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1365128114)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1365128114`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (9,330 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.604
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2018-03-30
- **Size:** 247 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kwtx-weather/id1365128114)
- **Website:** [https://www.kwtx.com/](https://www.kwtx.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.kwtx.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.kwtx.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

The KWTX Weather Chrome extension provides fast, mobile-friendly access to station content, including a 250-meter radar and high-resolution satellite imagery, plus future radar to track impending severe weather. Current conditions update multiple times per hour, and you can add and save your favorite locations for quick reference.

Forecasts are daily and hourly from computer models, with GPS-based location awareness. Opt-in push alerts keep you informed during severe weather, and you receive Severe Weather Alerts from the National Weather Service.

## Rankings

- #18,499 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise KWTX Weather for timely, location-based alerts and useful, planning-friendly information, and note the app is free. However, repeated issues revolve around reliability (crashes and not loading on devices), heavy ads and calls to paid versions, radar usability (speed issues and lack of a prior radar option), confusing warning colors during storms, and cumbersome navigation (non-working left panel and overly wordy forecasts). Addressing stability, a cleaner radar UI, clearer warnings, and a more streamlined UI would improve their experience.

### Pros

- Timely, location-based weather alerts and warnings
- Comprehensive weather information useful for planning and safety
- Free to use without mandatory paywall
- Provides useful safety guidance during severe weather (e.g., tornadoes)

### Cons

- Reliability issues: app frequently fails to open or load, especially on iPad/iOS
- Intrusive ads and monetization; many users would prefer a paid, ad-free version
- Radar usability problems: radar can move too fast; desire for previous radar or a simpler, stable map
- Warning colors are confusing during storms, making tornado vs severe warnings hard to differentiate
- Navigation/UI problems: left panel delete/rearrange not functioning and forecasts can be overly wordy

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1365128114)