# Weather Informant

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id802517287](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id802517287)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id802517287`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** 911Weather
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 2.60 / 5 (33 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2020-01-04
- **First published:** 2014-01-29
- **Size:** 35 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weather-informant/id802517287)
- **Website:** [http://911weather.com/](http://911weather.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/privacy/view/a86a0aaa159f88016fb478220e8aa195](https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/privacy/view/a86a0aaa159f88016fb478220e8aa195)

## Description

Weather Informant allows streamlined access and push notification of all NOAA National Weather Service forecast, watches, advisories, warnings observations, statements and discussions from all 122 Weather Forecast Offices and six specialty centers. This is the only application that allows access to all NWS products. It is quite simply NWS in an app !  The redundant database processes approximately 19,500 products per day.

-All NOAA National Weather Service text forecasts, statements, discussions, observations, tables, matrices, collectives, watches, advisories and warnings
-Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) displayed for all hazard products
-View up to 72 hours of previous products (swipe)
-Identifies your local NWS office based on current location (GPS). 
-Browse by individual NWS Office
-Browse by active hazard type
-Add favorites for any product
-Customized favorites by product type, NWS office and keyword search
-Enable push notification of any product favorite
- Customized alert sounds
-Favorite keywords are highlighted for easy viewing
-Pinch zoom or zoom in and out
- Hazards Around Me feature delivers active NWS watches & warnings specific to your current NWS zone based on your smartphone location (GPS).
- Hazards Around Me utilizes background location services to track your current NWS zone based on lat/long and send you hazard notifications that are relevant to your current location.*

*Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

## Rankings

- #255,925 — Overall

## Review summary

Weather Informant is lauded for its rich NWS data access and alert capabilities, especially by storm spotters and emergency managers. However, iOS users repeatedly report broken subscription flows (Apple ID prompts and failed upgrades) and a perceived lack of developer support or updates, with ongoing purchase verification problems diminishing overall usability.

### Pros

- Push alerts for all National Weather Service products (watches, warnings, advisories) with real-time updates.
- Broad access to NWS data and text-based products within the app (AFOS-style viewing).
- Highly valued by storm spotters and emergency managers for rapid weather information and easy data access.

### Cons

- iOS subscription flow is broken: repeated prompts to enter Apple ID password with no completed purchase.
- App appears abandoned on iOS with no updates for years and little to no developer support.
- Persistent purchase verification/restore issues (unable to verify or restore purchases, hangs or redirects).

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