Rain Alarm

Rain Alarm

This weather app warns you when rain is currently nearing.

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What is Rain Alarm?
'Rain Alarm' is an innovative Chrome extension that alerts users of incoming rain. The app uses real-time data rather than forecast projections, making it a valuable tool for outdoor activities like cycling, hiking, and more. It harnesses data from governmental weather services across various countries, making it versatile and reliable.
Stats
Users: 50,000+
Rating: 3.98 (812)
Version: 1.3.1 (Last updated: 2021-06-08)
Creation date: 2020-01-22
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • geolocation
  • notifications
  • background
Size: 20.18K
URLs: Website
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Summary
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The simple idea of the app is to warn you against approaching precipitation This weather app warns you when rain is currently nearing. Instead of forecasting it warns using almost real-time data, which is more precise than any forecast can be. It is an useful assistant for everything outdoors like cycling, biking, hiking, and more.

The data used originates from governmental weather services. Works in the USA (including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam), Canada, Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Finland, Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands, Spain (including the Balearic and the Canary Islands), Slovenia, Croatia, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia.

For the latest news follow us on Twitter: @rainalarm

If your country is not supported, this is probably for one of the following reasons:

  • your country's weather service demands a license fee for commercial use
  • your country's weather service does not respond to my emails
  • your country's weather service does not provide radar images

In case you want to uninstall a web application from chrome: http://www.google.com/support/chrome_webstore/bin/answer.py?answer=1053346

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well
  • Efficient
  • Useful for planning outdoor activities
Cons
  • Crashes frequently
  • Difficult to uninstall completely
  • False alarms
Most mentioned
  • Crashes frequently
  • Difficult to uninstall completely
  • Does not work for certain locations
Recent reviews
今までグーグルマップが表示されていたはずなんですが、突然地図が見覚えのないもの変わり、かつ十分に拡大できません
by S U S U, 2018-08-27

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by carlitos guevara carlitos guevara, 2017-12-03

Very precise and useful here in Quebec city Canada where it rains frequentltly. Great app
by A Google user, 2016-08-21
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Safety
Risk impact

Rain Alarm is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Rain Alarm has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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