WIFR Weather

Name: WIFR Weather
Rating: 4.7 (2633 reviews)
Author: Gray Television Group, Inc.

By: Gray Television Group, Inc.

Weather

Features & Capabilities

WIFR Weather is a Chrome extension that brings real-time local weather to your browser, featuring 250-meter radar, future radar, high-resolution satellite imagery, and hourly updates from trusted computer models.

With GPS-based location awareness, you can save favorite locations and receive severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service. Optional push alerts help you stay safe during severe events.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Weather

By:

Gray Television Group, Inc.

Rating:

4.70

(2,633) 5 new ratings

Version:

6.2.501 Last updated: 2026-04-30

Version code:

885134515

Creation date:

2010-08-20

Compatible devices:

Size:

247.27MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-07

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 36,792 ▼ 88

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Developed by:

Gray Television Group, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wifr-weather/id386966014

User Reviews

Users praise WIFR Weather for accurate, up-to-date radar and reliable storm alerts that help with daily planning. However, many report repeated performance problems after updates—crashes, slow loading, and instability. Ads and data usage are heavy, and recent UI changes clutter the interface and degrade map/radar usability. Some note alert delays or missing warnings compared with other services. Overall, the app provides solid weather information when it loads, but stability, UX, and resource use are recurring complaints.

Pros

Accurate and reliable weather reporting
Up-to-date forecasts with current radar
Timely storm alerts before impact
Helpful for daily planning
Improved graphics and radar visuals

Cons

Crashes and unstable performance after updates
Excessive ads and data usage (data hog)
Alerts/radar sometimes delayed or missing (behind, not appearing)
UI/UX regressions from updates (ruined maps page, cluttered bottom bar, hard-to-use map area)

Recent reviews

I am so happy to have needed to add this app while I was on a trip to the Rockford area. I grew up there and moved away many years ago. During one of the springtime storms this last month I loaded the app to watch the weather. I used it to travel back east and forgot about it. Then I got a weather notification for the area I live in. I am getting more up to date weather info from this station with current radar than local information. So I now use this app for my Northeast Ohio weather updates and I can’t thank you enough!! Awesome app!!

by li*****, 2026-03-25

Newest update totally ruins, the Maps page. Major loss of physical map page,, Big settings bar all across the bottom can’t remove ,,don’t update ,don’t update ,don’t update.