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@vlemmy.net
    17·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • notapantsday@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • Legalfinding@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • tentphone@lemmy.fmhy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • Axion@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • 9715698@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      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).

  • ffolkes@fanexus.com
    6·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • tsz@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    4·
    1 year ago

    Windy has been great, it gives a really nice overview of data, and lets you pick from 5 different sources, as well as compare each source to local weather stations to figure out which had the closest predictions in the past.

  • HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip
    4·
    1 year ago

    I have to recommend Today Weather (not weather today, thats different). Excellent minimalistic UI, radar forecast, percipatation charts, widgets, all works excellent.

  • HalcyonReverb@midwest.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • bitwolf@lemmy.one
      1·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • Disgustoid@startrek.website
    3·
    1 year ago

    If you’re not a fan of high information density, I recommend Overdrop. It presents the key information in a simple, clear way.

    Also been testing Weather Today which seems to be another good one in the few weeks I’ve had it.

    • 0ops@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      Ooh, just checked out Weather Today. I like it, bought the full version

    • Moontress@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      Overdrop is very well designed, has beautiful themes but is more minimal which suits my needs.

      I was using Appy Weather and liked it for similar reasons but it’s weather sources are not as good and sometimes inaccurate so I had to switch.