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.
Another +1 for Weawow. The widgets and choice of weather provider put it over the top for me.
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.
https://github.com/woheller69/weather
You’ll need an api key from openWeather
Personally the BBC Weather app has always been my favourite although the default Samsung one has gotten really good, too.
I thought I’d heard that Weather Timeline was coming which is what I use, but it still appears to be hidden for new users. My next recommendation would be Today Weather which I’ve heard good things about from others.
I use prognoza - it’s open source and has MD3 widgets
https://github.com/davidtakac/prognoza
I started using it after the weather apps I use were just so fucking bloated I gave up and looked for another solution
I had never heard of this one before. Very clean thanks!
wX
Wx is great, but it is really complex for someone who didnt attend classes in meteorology. Sure it is usable, but a lot of its functions are not geared for the average user IMO.
just downloaded. I think this is going to get to be my new weather app – but that UI is going to take some getting used to.
Thanks for the suggestion!
This one, I presume?
wX (Weather app geared towards storm chasers, meteorologists and weather enthusiasts)
I’m a fan of the very light, widget-only AF Weather. All it does is a chart showing temp & precipitation for the next 24hrs. I like it more than “hourly” forecasts in other apps, but it is pretty niche.
It only works for Germany I believe, but the best app (both for the actual forecasts and the nice widget) is the Deutsche Wetterdienst app - though thanks to legal shenanigans you have to pay a euro for it.
eWeather HDF
International: Weather&Radar - best overall UK: Wearher Forcast UK or MetOffice app (same source but different UI) GER: Deutscher Wetterdienst und Regen Vorschau (very accurate but only GER)
I’m fairly satisfied with AccuWeather. Not as good as Dark Skies was but close!
Shadow Weather on Android is pretty good, a lot of people switched to it after dark sky went down. It does forecast aggregation from multiple sources like dark sky used to.
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.
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.
Is there something else I have to do besides downloading the APK and installing it? When I try to install it it says I cannot install it on this device.
Edit: nevermind I ended up finding it on the play store
Never heard of it, checking it out now!
Downloading weather apps like I was downloading Lemmy apps the other day…
