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?
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.
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.
Another +1 for Weawow. The widgets and choice of weather provider put it over the top for me.
I’ve been using Weawow and I like it so far.
Yes. Weawow is customizable and you can switch the weather provider. Also a good selection of widgets if you need them.
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Another happy user of Weawow here!
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.
+1 to Overdrop. I like it quite a bit!
Overdrop does have a great UI and plenty of widget options. I go between Overdrop and Today, as I prefer the overall UX of Overdrop, but find the multi-location switching easier to do in Today (unless I’ve somehow missed it in Overdrop).
I can recommend this app: https://github.com/WangDaYeeeeee/GeometricWeather
Here’s a fork of Geometric Weather that’s still being maintained, which is what I use now: https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather
This app is awesome, has way more data than other weather apps I’ve used. Really nice to see allergen information as somebody that gets bad allergies!
Thanks a lot, I was still using Geometric Weather !
Good to know, thank you!
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I use Geometric Weather from fdroid, it’s very polished. It’s entirely FOSS, so nothing’s spying on you.
Geometric weather hasn’t been updated in ages, its been forked and is called breezy weather fyi
Wow, I’ve been using geometric for some time now but breezy definitely fixes a few things that had been annoying me! Thank you!
can’t seem to find that on the play store or fdroid
https://github.com/weblate/breezy-weather The page says available on Fdroid soon™️
I like yr.no, by the Norwegian meteorological institute.
Pretty neat, installed it from their GitHub. What change I was really hoping for from Geometric Weather was better widgets and to have the widgets include material you colors. Seems like they’re largely unchanged right now.
Just installed it 5 minutes ago from Fdroid, so it’s there.
I couldn’t find
breezy weatherbutgeometric weatheris there.
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Shadow weather is what I’ve been using since dark sky shut down. It has multiple sources, including apple(dark sky). Seems to be pretty accurate since it pulls from several sources.
Seconding, the UI isn’t the prettiest but it has a lot of information, one of the best weather radar setups I’ve encountered, and fairly accurate predictions due to pulling data from multiple sources.
Downloading weather apps like I was downloading Lemmy apps the other day…
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.
I’m surprised no one here has said Shadow Weather. It’s meant to be a replacement for Dark Skies on Android.
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Yup. This has been my go-to weather app for a few months now.
MyRadar
I worked outside for a few years and found this to be the most reliable app out there. It’d give me a fifteen minute warning for rain and was consistently spot on. I like the ui, but it’s not as snazzy as some of the others.
Not an app, but I’ve become quite a fan of MerrySky recently on both mobile and desktop.
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If I remember correctly it’s a drop in replacement for the Dark Sky API.
Yep, this is it.
Check this site for the most accurate weather provider in your area. Then choose an app that can use that as a source. https://www.forecastadvisor.com/
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I was about to write that some local (country level) have the better forecast.
Living in Switzerland, I’m using mostly MeteoSwiss as it gives me good forecast.
Do you know any similar site that works well outside us?
I was about to write that some local (country level) have the better forecast.
Living in Switzerland, I’m using mostly MeteoSwiss as it gives me good forecast.
Do you know any similar site that works well outside us?
I was about to write that some local (country level) have the better forecast.
Living in Switzerland, I’m using mostly MeteoSwiss as it gives me good forecast.
Do you know any similar site that works well outside us?
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Thanks! Never occurred to me to look for an accuracy scoreboard.
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Sorry I don’t.
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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.
Is the new Google Weather app still the web app you get when searching “weather”?
I couldn’t find it in the app store and am curious if it’s just the web app.
It is not a separate app, but it can be opened by tapping on the weather widget or searching weather in the Google app, tapping the 3 dot menu next to “Weather / Today” and then tap on add to homescreen. It is more like a full app UI vs searching for weather.
I have to recommend Today Weather (not weather today, thats different). Excellent minimalistic UI, radar forecast, percipatation charts, widgets, all works excellent.
