Clime is a weather-tracking app providing real-time radar, storm alerts, and NWS data for US and international users on iOS and Android.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#84
▼8Weather · free
Sentiment
4.4
1.5M reviews
Nemesis
The Weather Channel - Radar
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Clime to monitor severe weather and plan daily activities, relying on its visual radar and push alerts to mitigate safety risks.
For US and international users requiring real-time storm tracking and severe weather alerts.
What does it look like?
Key features
Animated precipitation movement for the last 40 minutes.
Push notifications for tornadoes and hurricanes.
Visual representation of NWS watches and warnings.
How much does it cost?
Freemium model gates advanced safety features behind a subscription, which users increasingly cite as a primary churn driver.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentperformanceopaqueShow more...
The app exhibits a fragmented release cadence, with the latest version on iOS released 16 days ago, while the Android platform has not seen an update in 288 days. Both recent releases consist solely of generic bug fixes and performance improvements, indicating a focus on maintenance rather than feature expansion. There is no evidence of live operations or new content cycles. Development appears to be in a maintenance phase, particularly on the Android platform.
Who built it?
Mosaic Srl
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What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews thrilled. Users appreciate high precision weather tracking and radar visualization provide reliable data for daily planning and travel and the free version offers sufficient functionality and quick loading times for casual daily weather checks, but report subscription pricing is perceived as too high compared to other available weather tracking alternatives.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Weekly average review rating
What users say, by theme
- High precision weather tracking and radar visualization provide reliable data for daily planning and travel
- The free version offers sufficient functionality and quick loading times for casual daily weather checks
- Live radar and storm intensity alerts help users prepare for changing conditions in real time
- Subscription pricing is perceived as too high compared to other available weather tracking alternatives
61 of 99 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Thrilled overall
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Competitive landscape for Clime: NOAA Weather Radar Live
How's the Weather market?
Clime holds a #3 Grossing position in the US weather category, but the 0.3-star rating gap between iOS and Android suggests inconsistent performance across platforms.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By The Weather Channel Interactive
Both apps compete for the same user base of outdoor enthusiasts and travelers by offering real-time radar and severe weather alerts. They overlap directly in their freemium monetization strategy and reliance on meteorological data for core utility.
- The Weather Channel offers personalized activity forecasts; Clime: NOAA Weather Radar Live focuses primarily on radar-based storm tracking.
- The Weather Channel provides 72-hour future radar; Clime: NOAA Weather Radar Live lacks this extended predictive visualization.
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Key takeaways for Clime: NOAA Weather Radar Live
Where is it heading?
The weather category is consolidating around high-frequency, ad-supported utilities, and Clime's maintenance-mode update cadence leaves it vulnerable to churn. If the team does not address the tablet widget regressions and pricing friction, the current #3 Grossing slot will erode as users migrate to more stable, lower-cost alternatives.
- Tablet widget regressions in the latest update erode the daily active habit, which compounds the rating drag already visible on Android.
- Recent updates focused on stability with no feature expansion, signaling a maintenance-mode posture that leaves the app exposed to more agile competitors.
The SWOT
- NWS-integrated polygon overlays provide a defensible safety-first barrier
- Text-based AI weather summaries could fill the gap requested by users
Next best moves
Ship widget performance fixes because tablet users report unresponsive home screen elements → restore daily active habit
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's high grossing rank is a liability…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The app has transitioned from a passive maintenance phase to a more active, risk-mitigation posture, specifically targeting pricing friction and platform-specific performance gaps.
Bottom line
Clime maintains a strong safety-focused utility through NWS data integration, but the high subscription cost and persistent widget bugs threaten long-term retention, so the team should prioritize stability fixes over new feature expansion to protect the current revenue base.
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- [1] App Store listing, source
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