FOX Weather is a news-centric weather tracking app for iOS and Android that provides live broadcast video and 3D radar.
Product velocity
Active
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#57
▲4Weather · free
Sentiment
4.8
359k reviews
Nemesis
The Weather Channel - Radar
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app for authoritative, broadcast-style storm coverage that standard data-only weather apps cannot replicate.
For General users seeking real-time weather tracking, severe weather alerts, and news-style video coverage.
What does it look like?
Key features
Interactive mobile radar maps with zoom, tilt, and swipe capabilities.
24/7 live video feeds and on-demand forecasts.
How much does it cost?
Ad-supported model leveraging high-frequency weather data to maximize ad-impression inventory.
Velocity
Active developmentUX improvementsperformanceShow more...
FOX Weather is currently in an active development phase, shipping 5 releases over the last 105 days, averaging roughly one update every 3 weeks. Development is focused on a mix of UI refinements, stability improvements, and functional feature additions like the recent Picture-in-Picture player. The release history shows a stable cadence with a clear distinction between feature-heavy updates and maintenance-focused bug fixes. The team is actively iterating on the user experience, including visual refreshes and platform-specific widget optimizations.
Who built it?
Fox News Network
6 apps tracked · Weather
FOX News: US & World Headlines
Fox News International
Fox Business: Invested In You
FOX News - Daily Breaking News
Fox NationUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans mixed. Users appreciate comprehensive weather coverage and live broadcast features provide value for weather enthusiasts, but report widget instability and frequent crashing patterns disrupt the daily weather monitoring habit.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Comprehensive weather coverage and live broadcast features provide value for weather enthusiasts
- Widget instability and frequent crashing patterns disrupt the daily weather monitoring habit
50 of 50 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for FOX Weather: Daily Forecasts
How's the Weather market?
FOX Weather holds a top-50 position in the US Weather category, but its grossing rank lags behind free chart performance, signaling that ad-monetization friction is limiting revenue conversion.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By The Weather Channel Interactive
Dominates the market with massive scale and high-frequency release cycles, maintaining a near-identical feature set to this app.
- Maintains a massive, multi-year historical data repository that powers hyper-local, street-level forecast accuracy.
- Aggressive release cadence of seven updates in six months ensures rapid adaptation to OS-level weather widget changes.
- Deep integration with broadcast-quality meteorology assets provides a level of authority this app struggles to match.
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Key takeaways for FOX Weather: Daily Forecasts
Where is it heading?
The weather app market is consolidating around high-stability, high-frequency update cycles. FOX Weather remains exposed due to technical debt, so the PM must pivot from feature expansion to stability hygiene to avoid losing the core audience to more reliable rivals.
- Widget instability in the latest release disrupts the daily habit, which compounds the rating drag already visible on Android.
- Active feature investment in event card styling suggests the team is not in maintenance mode, providing a path to fix stability.
The SWOT
- News-first identity provides broadcast authority
- 3D radar utility drives daily habit
- Paid ad-free subscription tier
- Wearable-specific weather data
Next best moves
Rebuild widget architecture because widget crashes are the #1 complaint theme → stabilize daily active usage.
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's reliance on ad-supported revenue is a strategic moat, not a weakness…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Hyper-local street-level forecast accuracy (available in The Weather Channel but missing here)
Since the last report: The app transitioned to a freemium pricing model and is actively addressing technical instability, specifically regarding widget performance.
Bottom line
FOX Weather wins through broadcast-quality news integration, but technical instability and ad-clutter erode the user experience, so the PM must prioritize widget reliability to prevent churn to more stable competitors.
Unlock 2 critical frictions, 2 market threats, 1 more prioritized move and the analyst’s take.
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