# Pinpoint Weather | FOX31 & CW2

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id366796676](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id366796676)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id366796676`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tribune Broadcasting Company
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 2.60 / 5 (158 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.512
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-26
- **First published:** 2010-05-06
- **Size:** 236 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pinpoint-weather-fox31-cw2/id366796676)
- **Website:** [https://kdvr.com/weather/](https://kdvr.com/weather/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.nexstar.tv/privacy-policy/](https://www.nexstar.tv/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Pinpoint Weather by FOX31 & CW2 delivers precise, location-aware weather data. It features a 250-meter radar, future radar, and high-resolution satellite imagery to show where conditions are headed.

Get current conditions and hourly forecasts updated frequently, save favorite locations, use GPS for your position, and receive National Weather Service severe weather alerts and optional push alerts to stay safe.

## Rankings

- #141,440 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Pinpoint Weather for its strong radar capabilities and customizable overlays, offered for free and historically reliable. However, widespread full-screen ads and hard-to-close interruptions severely degrade the experience. Updates have introduced feature instabilities, especially with lightning data and radar, and several reviews question the app’s forecast accuracy. Overall, many feel the app has declined due to ads and reliability issues, prompting consideration of alternatives.

### Pros

- Powerful radar capabilities with helpful overlays (precipitation, clouds, temperature) and storm tracking, including lightning data.
- Customizable map overlays and controls for quick access to specific weather data (e.g., storm track and lightning overlays).
- Free app offering a robust set of weather features without needing a paid plan.
- Historically reliable and long-used go-to weather app with strong radar features prior to recent updates.

### Cons

- Intrusive, full-screen ads and video ads that disrupt usage and appear frequently.
- Ads are hard to dismiss or close (often you have to wait or restart) and can block navigation or viewing of forecasts.
- Recent updates have introduced stability issues, such as lightning icons not showing time/type and radar glitches.
- Forecast/radar accuracy concerns; some reviews say it isn’t as accurate as advertised and doesn’t always match other sources.
- Perceived degradation of the app over time, with some users shifting to alternative weather apps.

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