What are Android's Best Weather Apps?

Ever since I started using smart phones, I have been jumping between different weather apps and have not been very satisfied with most of them. I found the apps from the big weather providers like Accuweather and Weather Channel to be bloated and distracting with advertisements and irrelevant news. The app I was closest to being satisfied with was the free version of Dark Sky, but I didn't get to enjoy it for very long since I discovered it not long before Apple acquired it. What are some of the best weather apps on Android right now?

rahmad,

I recommend Weawow.

Odd name. Great app and widget. Single, dedicated developer and very simple monetization hook (just a donation, if I recall correctly).

Multiple data sources supported, and very customizable.

pz303,

I just switched to Weawow and love it.

error418,
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Another +1 for Weawow. The widgets and choice of weather provider put it over the top for me.

notapantsday,

That’s what I use and it’s the best weather app I’ve seen so far. The coolest thing is, when you’re choosing weather providers, it will show you the current forecast for each one, so you can compare them better.

And it has so many widgets that are easy to configure.

mihnt,
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windy.com is what use for radar. (There's an app for it too.)

XGC75,
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Windy is it. Great initial view of favorites for the quick check and beautiful visualizations, but man does it get deep if you want to double click.

For instance, a few weeks back I wanted to see why the sun looked orange and the sky was pale at ~3pm, so I pulled up the particulates map. I could see a 6hr moving map of particulates making their way from Alberta CA over to the skies to my west.

Also, they show a breakdown of all the major weather service providers' forecasts and detail which are better in which situations, helping you understand if that forecast you're planning on is really going to happen or it's just wishful thinking.

Oh, and you can set up alerts to notify you days ahead of time if conditions are right for activities, like if it's cool enough and good enough air quality to go for a run or if the wave swells will be high for surfing or what have you.

Blegh,

I’m using Today Weather. Great overall app in terms of UI and info.

HouseOfJazz,
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This is a great weather app. I can vouch for that. I’ve been using it for a little while now and I really like the layout.

fne8w2ah,

Weawow by far.

Polo421,

I highly recommend Foreca Weather. They have recently decided to put a ton of work into the app and for the past few months it’s been getting updated weekly with a bunch of new features. I love that kind of shit.

confetti_8tVST5,

I like geometric weather on github

Sekemoto,

Yup. This has been my go-to weather app for a few months now.

ohlaph, (edited )

I’m actually developing a weather app for Android. Its still in its early phases and is lacking in features, but if you search for Weather Warbler on the play store, you will find it. It’s in beta and you can expect some bugs here and there, but trying to build a fun weather app.

HalcyonReverb,

I liked Appy Weather for a while. Nice clean design, and had access to the Dark Sky API and now the Apple Weather API after Dark Sky was shut down.

The precipitation notifications became nonsense for me though. We were on week 2 of a drought recently and I would get notifications saying things like “heavy rain continues for 8 hours” with no precipitation in sight. Not sure if that was the app’s fault (developer hasn’t updated in a while) or the API’s, but yeah. Inaccurate notifications.

I am on a Pixel Fold now, so I’m currently using the redesigned Google Weather app. I really like the redesign. I just noticed that I had notifications disabled due to previously using that other app though, so I’m curious to see if it has live precipitation notifications now that they have the ML-Powered Dark Sky-like Nowcast thing.

skylinestar,

How many weather data providers are there in most country?

ntg90,

I’ve been using Weawow and I like it so far.

toffi,

Yes. Weawow is customizable and you can switch the weather provider. Also a good selection of widgets if you need them.

matcherock,

second this. its a great app with loads of detail and you can select your data provider

HouseOfJazz,
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Honestly, my go to has to be Weather Today. Great layout with support for Apple Weatherkit (dark sky api).

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kokosch…

Axion,

Overdrop is a really nice one with a great looking UI.

Carrot Weather is also pretty good and has funny quotes it shows you if you like that kinda thing, but the dev is primarily an IOS developer so the Android app is pretty far behind feature wise if you compare the two versions.

ffolkes,
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Meteogram is an amazingly customizable widget-type app that shows everything you could imagine on a timeline/chart. One of my all-time favorite and most used apps. It is updated regularly, and the amount of customization is insane. It is so nice to be able to just look at a chart and instantly know everything you need to know about the upcoming hour(s) and day(s).

I have been also been using an app called Forecaster which is pretty cool, that’s more of a conventional weather app.

My favorite radar app is MyRadar.

Hopfgeist,

Windy, overall, but especially for VFR forecasts, one of the few that will give cloud ceiling and visibility, and detailed winds (both on the ground and aloft, steady and gusts).

DWD Warnwetter for rain and warnings.

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