Weather is a visual-first forecasting app for iOS and Android that provides daily and 14-day outlooks through animated conditions.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#196
▼26Weather · free
Sentiment
4.5
329k reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users open Weather to check conditions at a glance, relying on the visual animations to provide immediate context for the day's forecast.
For General users seeking a visually engaging and simple interface for daily and long-term weather forecasting.
What does it look like?
Key features
Visualizations for rain, snow, and celestial cycles that update based on current conditions, driving repeat daily opens.
Extended outlook for the next two weeks, encouraging daily habit formation.
Granular temperature and condition trends, expanding ad-inventory per session.
How much does it cost?
The app utilizes an ad-supported free model with subscription gates for advanced features.
Velocity
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The app exhibits a maintenance-level cadence, with the latest release occurring 22 days ago on Android and the iOS platform remaining untouched for 1,071 days. Development is currently limited to minor bug fixes and performance optimizations, with no evidence of new features or live-service content. The disparity between platforms suggests a lack of unified development momentum. The publisher provides no insight into the roadmap, as recent changelogs remain entirely opaque.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads excited. Users appreciate simple and clean interface allows users to check weather conditions at a single glance and visual animations provide helpful context when severe weather events occur in the user area, but report aggressive advertising in the free version makes the interface difficult to navigate and close.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Weekly average review rating
What users say, by theme
- Simple and clean interface allows users to check weather conditions at a single glance
- Visual animations provide helpful context when severe weather events occur in the user area
- Accurate forecasting performance provides reliable daily information for users in various geographic regions
- Aggressive advertising in the free version makes the interface difficult to navigate and close
74 of 74 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
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Competitive landscape for Weather
How's the Weather market?
Weather maintains a 4.5-star rating across over 329,000 total platform ratings, signaling a stable core audience. The two-year gap in major feature updates suggests a maintenance-mode posture that risks losing ground to more active competitors.
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Key takeaways for Weather
Where is it heading?
The weather category is increasingly defined by granular, real-time storm tracking and radar capabilities. Weather's current maintenance-mode cadence leaves it exposed to churn as users migrate to apps that provide more reliable, feature-rich forecasting tools.
- The two-year gap in major feature updates suggests a maintenance-only posture, which leaves the app vulnerable to rivals with faster release cadences.
- Persistent user complaints regarding ad frequency and prediction accuracy indicate that the current monetization model is creating significant friction for the free user base.
The SWOT
- Animated weather visualizations drive repeat daily opens by reflecting real-time conditions.
- Clean interface design allows for efficient data retrieval without excessive navigation.
- Radar integration would address the #1 user request and close a parity gap with category rivals.
Next best moves
Ship radar map integration because it is the top-requested missing feature → unlock user utility and reduce churn
The counter-intuitive read
The lack of radar is not just a missing feature…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Radar map integration (missing here but standard in category rivals)
Since the last report: The app's outlook has shifted from stable to declining due to a persistent two-year development stagnation and the resulting competitive vulnerability. Strategic priorities have pivoted to focus on radar integration as a necessary defense against churn.
Bottom line
Radar integration would address the primary feature gap driving negative sentiment, allowing Weather to defend its user base against more feature-complete rivals.
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Is Weather free to use?
Does Weather include a radar map?
What are the alternatives to Weather?
Sources
- [1] Play Store listing, source
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