Reviews of Weather Radar - Weather Alerts

By: Tran Minh

List of user reviews and ratings for Weather Radar - Weather Alerts

Total ratings

4.40 (Rating count: 2,043)

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Review summary

Most reviews center on ad-driven friction, pricing concerns, and usability problems. The top points are: an ad-heavy experience with frequent subscription prompts; difficulty navigating and configuring basics like location, units, and widgets; reliability issues with radar/alerts; perceived high costs or deceptive free-content claims; and doubts about data sources (not NOAA official). A minority express positive sentiment about mobile weather access, but overall concerns about reliability and value dominate.

Pros

Allows viewing weather from anywhere on your phone.
Offers weather alerts/radar features.
Some users express positive sentiment and appreciation for the app despite issues.

Cons

Excessive ads and pop-ups, with frequent prompts to subscribe or pay.
Poor usability and navigation; difficulty setting location or units and adding widgets.
Radar visibility and push/alert reliability are inconsistent or nonfunctional for some users.
Pricing concerns; perceived high cost and deceptive or forced paid content.
Branding concerns; app is described as not NOAA official and relies on third-party data.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 1.70

All time rating average: 4.40

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1% (27)

Date	Author	Comment
2024-11-14	Ma*****	When you can’t close an app without restarting your device it’s considered a Virus!
When you can’t close an app without restarting your device it’s considered a Virus!
2024-10-10	🤬*****	This is not from NOAA….it is a third party pushing NIAA data. Not ad responsive as the advertising alludes. Disappointed….downloaded this just for Milton. Not worth the cost.
This is not from NOAA….it is a third party pushing NIAA data. Not ad responsive as the advertising alludes. Disappointed….downloaded this just for Milton. Not worth the cost.
2024-10-08	Ch*****	Why does this have to be bad? It won't let me set to preferred units, it's very difficult to navigate to a different location, and the hurricane tracking is terrible. Why is the official app of such an important organization so difficult to use, so expensive, and so useless? Really disappointed, canceling that free trial immediately. it's just completely useless. You can't find anything, you can't use anything, you can't navigate anything, I hate it.
Why does this have to be bad? It won't let me set to preferred units, it's very difficult to navigate to a different location, and the hurricane tracking is terrible. Why is the official app of such an important organization so difficult to use, so expensive, and so useless? Really disappointed, canceling that free trial immediately. it's just completely useless. You can't find anything, you can't use anything, you can't navigate anything, I hate it.