Weather Hi Def Radar App Reviews

Hands down the best Radar app on the market.

This application don't work, only you see a map......

I am subscribed to unlimited but wants to charge me. When I press the 99 cent option, it tells me I’m already subscribed. ... sigh. Useless for future radar

Great app, accurate, unlimited coverage as a boater on a Southern Wisconsin Lake I use it and rely on it constantly.

Very good, need real time updates during inclement weather.

Go to this anytime there is a weather event nearby. Great help. Love it.

Works great, accurate and easy to use. Highly recommended it!!

Motorcycles are life. This app will help you ride more, and keep you safe and dry. Must have 👍🏻

To track weather all around the world!

I would encourage any persons who purchased Radar cast and paid for the pro version to rate this new app. Make sure you voice your concerns on being charged for an application only to have it removed and replaced by a new application you have to pay for the same features again. This appears like and unfair business practice. I also plan to contact APPLE and make them aware that their supported vendors are doing this.

I have an iPhone X and keeps crashing. Didn’t happen before but what’s up with this?

great app.

This app used to be far better than it is now. I can’t imagine why but so many aspects of been dumbed down it’s not as enjoyable are useful for me.

I am truly dissatisfied that I paid for an app which had future radar on it ant it was discontinued so that I could be charged for future radar by the same vendor. The app functions well and is a great app it has all the features you need but there are alternatives that are just as good and do not charge for future radar

The best weather app around. Wish I could get it for desk top computer.

Useful but glitchy. Why is it so slow to load the radar imagery? 10-20 seconds. Then it often glitches out and only loads certain squares of radar and other squares are blank. I’m on 2017 iPad with high speed WiFi. Pretty sure it’s an app issue. Other apps on my device are fast. Thanks.

Great tech support when you need it!

I paid for this app and now it only gives me a fraction of the information I paid for. Classic bait and switch! Now requires a monthly subscription fee.

I am very impressed with this app, it has been extremely helpful & accurate. I am glad I have it, it has helped us to plan or rescue efforts.

Appreciate it quite often!

I cancel and downloaded the app at least three times..... and even though I paid for the monthly fee to access future radar it only works on the device I initially loaded into..... not on the iPad. I get an error message saying that I’ve already subscribed to it yet it will default to the future when requested.

Great weather app, keeps you up to date on weather conditions of which you chose from.

Used to have national Weather Service reports. Now they want more money to get what you get for free on their regular website

Very good app

Confusing instructions.

The new updated version basically ruined it. No scrub, and the interface looks terrible.

I have another iPhone with iOS 11.4. This app, while not crashing every launch on the latest iOS does not have many of the features I paid $3.99 a couple years ago. The developers told me that the old data source was going away and they had to rewrite the app. This was a very poor move on the developers part to take away the functionality already paid for: like the slider to manually animate and show time, and the saved locations with custom pins, and many other features that were cool. This used to be my "go to" radar app. It is now being deleted. I can get better info for free from accuweather.

I pay for the premium package to be able to see how the weather will change over time. Unfortunately even when I’m on WiFi it’s waaaaaaay too slow. Yes my phone is up to date the app as well I’m on fast WiFi connection. Not sure why is so slow sometimes I have to wait 5 minuets to load in.

I got an Inavlid HTTP status code-500 when I tried to login with FaceBook and I received a NascentUser matching query doesn’t exist when I tried to create an account in order to use the lightning notification feature. If you’re looking for a weather radar app with a lightning map I would look elsewhere.

I should not have to press play to get the radar loop started. It should start automatically like all of the other radar apps out there. The extra click to get the radar loop started is the reason I’ll use other radar apps. MyRadar is much better, starts automatically, and has better, more vivid colors.

This app always provides the most accurate and easy to view radar of any radar app I’ve ever used! Awesome app!!!

App is confused. Click on future to see says i need to subscribe, option to subscribe and it says I'm already subscribed. Its a do-loop that even removing and install it does not fix. Even tried canceling subscription not able to

It seems I’m in the minority here. But I can’t ever get this app to load the radar images. It’s awful for me.

Love this App

App. Improvements on Radar for Puerto Rico looks good.

I miss the old version that when I opened it that it would be looping automatically. That's my biggest complaint about this app. Otherwise I like it.

First of all I had this app years ago and never did I see an option to pay for lightning notifications. In fact I silenced the notifications because it woke me in the middle of the night to tell me that lightning struck near by. During the time I was awake while a storm was going on. I loved how it showed me the lightning strikes location. Glad to see this app finally got upgraded. I had deleted it a year ago, because it was becoming inaccurate.

So you admit you broke Radar Cast in order to push everyone to this subscription based app. Well done....💩💩💩💩💩. Do not support this app. They charged users for a “pro” version in the past. Now they want to charge a subscription fee to the users who paid for an upgraded version in the past. It’s only a matter of time until their next scam. Keep having my reviews deleted. I check everyday and will continue to repost so it’s fresh. And for the record Radar Cast did have future weather included. As the map moved over past conditions the time on top showed in green. Went it went to the future state it changed to red. It was 100% a paid feature on the “pro” version. The developer responses are lies and subterfuge.

This app has saved me on motorcycle trips countless times. It helps me determine which routes to take, and if necessary, when to hunker down. Zoom in and out with ease. Excellent graphics and maps.

Great, simple app. I love this app mostly because it doesn’t try to be too much. Other radar apps either lack precision or pummel you with features and updates that only the developer thinks are good. Sure, there are some basics missing with this one, but as far as radars go, this is one of the best. And when we had some severe weather recently, this thing was spot on.

I want to like this app but it cycles so slowly though time frames, even on WiFi. I have to close the app out completely and then it usually works on the third or forth time. Also, is there a slider bar option to use to move back and forth through time?

I track Weather all around me through various different apps and broadcasts. This app, with its higher resolution, is to go to app for me.

I paid (wasted) $2 for this app. It wants to charge a monthly subscription for everything I need for which I bought the app. Do not waste your money.

Keeping me and the family updated, information is the best form of defense! Know when I need to get down to basement

Great resolution. Slightly delayed, but that’s okay.

Love it and the high contrast in bright colors of the app itself make it easy to find and I am trying to get my mom to put it on her phone which is different from mine ....anyway love it love it. So great I can push and see the speed and movement of upcoming storms. I live on the south east END of Lake Michigan.... We get tons of Lake effect snow and you name it ....squalls,etc.... that come off of the lake ...fantastic

Got the upgrade on my phone, but doesn’t work on my iPad.

Best for quick national radar

Works ok. Biggest complaint is no way to turn off watch/warning area overlays. They aren’t necessary most of the time and just covers map detail

I like this app because It tells you your speed on land or speed in the air if you’re flying. I like the radar feature works well. I have had this app for over a year

I love this app. I am a weather nut and this is the best one that I ever use to see the weather near me as well as friends all over the country

Great radar app!!

Too much delay!!!!!

I ride a motorcycle and I use this app every time I ride. I’ve been able to plan routes better and avoid some nasty pieces of weather! The free version is great. Satellite map is super helpful. I’m thinking about upgrading because the features really are so useful.

My life was a mess before this app. Now I know when it’s raining.

I’ve had this app for years and I love it. Today it won’t open for some reason. Is there an update needed? My phone is up todate and I have turned off and restarted with the same result

So NOAA...you’re a government agency, right? So my taxes already paid for the privilege of using this NOAA app, right? So why do I need to pay a subscription fee to see “future” radar? Hmmmm... Goodbye, ripoff kings.

Get the radar without any hype.

I’m not sure why the “updated” this because they made it virtually useless, and I’m not exaggerating. Of course if you have about 2-5 minutes to wait for the radar to load then you may very find this to be the app for you. At first I thought it was my setting but nothing seems to help. And the removed the slider which was probably the one thing that made this app stand out to the others. I honestly feel like they own me my money back.

The best. Really shows what is happening weather wise

I pay for the future weather but when I access it it takes me to the subscription page asking me if I would like to subscribe for 0.99/month. Then when I click on subscribe it tells me I am already subscribed and does not let me access future radar. If I click “No Thanks” I don’t get to use it as well. Will try to cancel and see what happens.

Use it all the time

Takes way too long to load the weather graphics. Every single time I use it. iPhone 6s

I would like to see how fast this storm is going and when it is leaving

I love the NOAA satellite app for weather & it is so accurate!

Paid for the app and now their reneging on the initial purchase for making it subscription base. They want to give you a song and dance saying how the data is outdated. Just a sales tactic to get you to spend more money. Apple. Is encouraging all the apps to be subscription base.im Just going to boycott all apps to use this subscription payment plan.

After subscribing to future weather data the app still will not show the future weather. Instead I would continue to get the offer to subscribe. Developer provided helpful tips to resolve my issue.

It’s Grrrrrrrrrrrrreat!!!!!!!!! I work in landscape and it’s awesome to know where the precipitation is at all times.... these folks are on beast mode!!!!

This app initially had all the features that now require subscriptions, garbage. Edit: stop perpetuating the lie with your canned good guy dev response, I’m not the only one who mystically believes features existed and now they don’t. Scum developers.

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Love this high def Radar but only thing I don’t like it takes a long time to load the radar

It does not load weather map on any of our household devices. To load a weather map, you have to play and stop the past weather several times until it finally starts loading a map. This used to be our favorite app, but for the past year it keeps removing features with each update, gets slower, and hardly works when you first open or relaunch. Don’t waste your money on it.

You are not allowed to clarify anything. It’s too late for Weathersphere. The trust was gone months ago. You still respond with lies and excuses. Its better if you keep quiet and remove the app at this point. This is not a good situation for you. Here is the proof you are all liars and lawsuits have been approved across the country. Radar Cast Elite 3.0 is a one time paid app that included the following: future radar, push notifications for lightning and precipitation, driving directions, and lightning strikes. All of which have been taken away from PAID users. This again is what we already paid for already. Asking for paid users to pay for these again is criminal. Making an excuse saying it was discontinued is a lie. The app is still in the App Store as the so called update current version. It would be wise not make the users pay again for features already paid. Or expect lawsuits to continue. PS: a lot of us have done research to know you continue to lie to the general public. The broadcast media has now taken notice about your fraudulent behavior. Mostly about the lies and fake positive reviews. Telling people not use this app and delete it. These developers must really like negative publicity. This customer service nightmare won’t end until you do the right thing. We all know that will never happen unless you get your heads out of your greedy cracks. If not, it will continue to get worse and escalate. Especially, since the media has taken notice.

Don’t waste your time

When I first paid for the app they had a slider on the bottom right where you could select the time. This allowed you to slide it quickly to get a better understanding of where the storm is moving. I wish they would bring that back because it was the only real feature that set them apart from other free apps.

Why would they delete the fire warning layer??

It seems I’m in the minority here. But I can’t ever get this app to load the radar images. It’s awful for me. Was having very slow load times. I fixed this by deleting the app and reinstalling. Now it works very well.

Wouldn’t be caught without it... ☔️⛈💨🌪🌦🌈

Here is the proof you are all liars and lawsuits have been approved across the country. Radar Cast Elite 3.0 is a one time paid app that included the following: future radar, push notifications for lightning and precipitation, driving directions, and lightning strikes. All of which have been taken away from PAID users. This again is what we already paid for already. Asking for paid users to pay for these again is criminal. Making an excuse saying it was discontinued is a lie. The app is still in the App Store as the so called update current version. It would be wise not make the users pay again for features already paid. Or expect lawsuits to continue. PS: a lot of us have done research to know you continue to lie to the general public. The broadcast media has now taken notice about your fraudulent behavior. Mostly about the lies and fake positive reviews. Telling people not use this app and delete it. These developers must really like negative publicity. This customer service nightmare won’t end until you do the right thing. We all know that will never happen unless you get your heads out of your greedy cracks. If not, it will continue to get worse and escalate. Especially, since the media has taken notice.

Particularly useful in selecting route.

I want a refund, please! When they stopped providing free “future” views, I paid for a monthly service. When I try to access the service I signed up to get, they tell me to purchase it. When I try to purchase it I already have it. Save your money.

I have used this app for several months. You can see the weather occurring real time. It’s great for timing outdoor events to avoid the rain.

The reviews on this app and the Star Rating has obviously been falsified!!! This use to be a great radar until the greedy new owners destroyed it! Just read through the history of the reviews!!! It is NOT a 4.6 Star App!!! It has slowly gotten a bit better since they initially destroyed it - but it is DEFINITELY NOT A 4.6 Star App!!!

This week, the app stopped working for no reason. Very disappointing!!!!

8/17/18 !-->FAKE RATINGS<--! DO NOT BELIEVE THE CURRENT RATINGS! The previous versions 2.X were what had all the 5 star reviews the current version 3.X averages 1 or less stars. weathersphere has repeatedly played with the ratings start dates rolling old ratings into the new ratings to improperly represent the current pathetic and poor excuse for an update. The latest update is still a fraction of what the old app was. As of 10/3/17 the previous version V2.1 has stopped working. When the July update turned out to be complete garbage I was able to roll back from a previous backup, I squeezed another few months out of V2.1 sadly it is done. July 2017 Review- I have had this app for the past 3 or 4 years up until now this has been a great app the latest update has removed just about everything that made this app the best. They have limited what the user can adjust for preferences, no longer able to step through past radar, and I no longer see the wild fire information available this is extremely helpful when traveling out west. This use to be my "go to" weather app but sadly it has become garbage. The team the rewrote the app and those that approved it should be given their walking papers. Roll it back to the previous version and call it good.

Slow and inaccurate. Weather app much better. Waste of money.

Here is the proof you are all liars and lawsuits have been approved across the country. Radar Cast Elite 3.0 is a one time paid app that included the following: future radar, push notifications for lightning and precipitation, driving directions, and lightning strikes. All of which have been taken away from PAID users. This again is what we already paid for already. Asking for paid users to pay for these again is criminal. Making an excuse saying it was discontinued is a lie. The app is still in the App Store as the so called update current version. It would be wise not make the users pay again for features already paid. Or expect lawsuits to continue. PS: a lot of us have done research to know you continue to lie to the general public.

have to open and close app multiple times

For some reason, it’s been very slow lately. Just updated the app and still no major improvement. Used to be very good, but not sure what happened!

As of today, August 16, 2018, the App has stopped working. It either loads EXTREMELY slowly, or it doesn’t load at all. Something is wrong. Not much use the way it is.

As a professional pilot I’m picky about my radar. This radar app is way too slow, no future options (without buying more) and very precise.

Slow, slow, slow... grindingly slow..

This app initially had all the features that now require subscriptions, garbage.

It keeps asking me to subscribe. I’m subscribed

An essential app of you live in Thunderstorm/Tornado prone North Texas.

If you need instant weather info, this app is tough to beat. Always on. Always accurate.

This app used to work really well, but lately it has become very slow and takes forever to display storm data.

It’s nice to see what the weather is going to look like...

Paid for future radar app keep saying you own it when I try to use it the purchase page comes up hit the price get a notice I already have it

I used to like the Doppler Radar track across what I think was a 20 minute span, no more. I could tell how long a storm would last with accuracy, no more. It is basically useless to me now. Will be deleting and trying to find something else. Too bad!

I paid for an app with future radar - now it is gone unless I now pay for a subscription service? If it were another single pay I’d even pay twice. Wish I would have known then. Disappointed.

It’s Grrrrrrrrrrrrreat!!!!!!!!!

Love the app but the last several updates remove some useful features like the ability to see the weather at any US continental location, and the ability to see drought area with color coded severity. The latter feature was useful for gardening. It is still a good app to track weather.

Used to be better.

App was fine, but it was perfected to c*** status.

Darn Good

In the old version it had a display that told you how old the data was so you could see and track the loop. This version does not have that and is confusing if you’re looking at old weather data or new data when storms are blowing up, particularly during summer thunderstorms which appear and disappear quickly.

This app would be okay if it wasn’t for the fact that I can’t use the future radar feature I’m paying for. It just keeps telling me that I need to subscribe, then when I do that or hit restore purchase, it tells me I’m okay and I STILL can’t use it. It just starts the process again saying I need to subscribe to it. I’ll probably be deleting this app very soon.

I’m paying .99 per month for future feature and it keep telling me I need to subscribe.

I like it except for the fact : every time they do a updated..it gets a little more simplistic for example: when I first downloaded this app able to login in and on the app post photos of weather for my location💕 now that’s not isn’t available anymore. There was also graphs that showed you the cloud depth to see how far the clouds reached up in the atmosphere and show you kind of lightning whether it was positive or negative.I’m a huge whether!!! this app keeps getting dumber and dumber!!!! I might try noaa app (the United States weather advisory) its the same app used by most meteorologist but you have to pay the 4.99 too the owner of this app: Go back to what you it was like a year and a half ago ....that’s what people would pay for!

Radar much too long to load - literally never does at times

I like the app,I liked it more when you still had the travel speed on the screen

I buy this app (not free??), and then they want 99c a month for future cast?? That’s incredibly deceitful.

I have been using this App for at least two years. IT is very accurate and graphically appealing. With 5 minute updates it is close to real time. I have been using an original iPad with 5.1.1 OS. I would leave it on all day and would have an accurate view of the weather. The recent update made the iPad useless. You get the map but no weather graphics with the old OS. It would be nice if the old version could be made available it would give older iPads something useful to do.

Been using this one for at least eight years it’s always been the best reliable source for minute by minute radar! It even shows when the storm switches with the arrows in regards to the wind! Love it!!

Slow to update. Seems like the upgrade missed the mark.

It is so inconsistent. Especially the radar phase. I forgot why the changes were made a year or so ago, but I don't like it.

Wish it had hourly breakdown as well but great clarity and definition.

How do I get a refund

Who ever loves weather should use this app

After subscribing to future weather data the app still will not show the future weather. Instead I continue to get the offer to subscribe.

so here we are

It is interesting to find that Extreme radar doesn’t always agree with Apple weather. When you clearly see red on the radar in a certain location and ask Siri if it is raining in that area, you would expect the two to be in agreement with each other. I don’t expect perfection with this at all times... but, it may make me question its reliability when I really need to count on it.

Already purchased the app once. It was great. Now a bunch of features were removed and they're looking for more money to bring them back. Not happening. Edit 7/3/18 Came back to see how this app was doing. It’s still awful. Also found out they were doing so bad on the reviews since the rebuild they actually had to restore all the reviews from the golden age of the app to make it appear good. About 300 reviews averaging 1.3 stars in a year to 8,000+ at 4.6 in less than a month. Absolutely pathetic. I would give this app -5 stars if I could. Bait and switch. Deception. Zero functionally. Too bad Apple can’t just delete this app from the App Store. It’s a flaming dumpster fire.

Excellent app. Use it for sailing my yacht on Lake Michigan and it hasn’t let us down. Works fantastic.

In general, it’s a great app, but the future forecasting doesn’t work. I subscribed and it successfully billed me (I don’t even know how many months worth), but when I hit the future button it pops up a screen to subscribe (again) and then tells me I’ve already subscribed. This is a problematic loop. You’ve got a serious bug in this app that you need to fix. At this point you are just collecting money for nothing. Fix it and I’ll subscribe again.

Should have easier ways to check temperatures

I purchased tides active weather map. After the update it brought me back to the free non active program. Now they want me to upgrade again! Not fare at all!

Best app for storms

Do not support this app. They charged users for a “pro” version in the past. Now they want to charge a subscription fee to the users who paid for an upgraded version in the past. It’s only a matter of time until their next scam. Keep having my reviews deleted. I check everyday and will continue to repost so it’s fresh. And for the record Radar Cast did have future weather included. As the map moved over past conditions the time on top showed in green. Went it went to the future state it changed to red. It was 100% a paid feature on the “pro” version. The developer responses are lies and subterfuge.

Same as above

The version I had on my iPhone before I was paying for the service was much easier to watch radar’s changing patterns than now. The colors were more intense. Now, everything seems bland- not distinct. Maybe I don’t know how to use it properly. ??? Open for suggestions. Jim S

App. need improvements with the Radar on Puerto Rico area.

I don’t watch the weatherman anymore on the local news. I know exactly what’s coming and approximately when it will hit. No matter where you are in the world! This is a must have for any outdoorsman/woman. Worth every penny.

This app has completely stopped working. I’ve contacted the developers twice with no response. The future-cast feature I had with this radar app are now offered as a subscription service in one of the developers other apps but I have no interest in paying a monthly subscription fee for features I’ve already paid to have by purchasing this app. I don’t know if this app was disabled in favor of the subscription model or not, but I’d like to have my money returned for buying this useless app. Update after developer response: July 24, 2018. To be clear. I have contacted the developer using both the discontinued app and the app they’ve updated. No response either time. Future radar was absolutely a feature in RadarCast- the app I paid for which has now completely stopped working. The other app (that I purchased before RadarCast) is Hi-Def radar. That app didn’t have the “future cast” feature (which is why I bought RadarCast) until it was offered as a subscription. I have no interest in paying each month for a feature I already paid for when I bought RadarCast. You already got me to buy two different apps from you- then you junk the good one and offer the same features on a monthly subscription basis by “improving and updating the old one”. I’ll never buy another thing from this developer. BTW this review was written through the dropped app RadarCast which I can still open but no radar images show up. But since that app doesn’t show up in the App Store anymore the review appeared on Hi-Def Radar. Funny how you can connect things enough to have your reviews all go to Hi-Def Radar... but not the emails people send using the contact developer link.

This app has completely stopped working. I’ve contacted the developers twice with no response. The future-cast feature I had with this radar app are now offered as a subscription service in one of the developers other apps but I have no interest in paying a monthly subscription fee for features I’ve already paid to have by purchasing this app. I don’t know if this app was disabled in favor of the subscription model or not, but I’d like to have my money returned for buying this useless app. Update after developer response: July 24, 2018. To be clear. I have contacted the developer using both the discontinued app and the app they’ve updated. No response either time. Future radar was absolutely a feature in RadarCast- the app I paid for which has now completely stopped working. The other app (that I purchased before RadarCast) is Hi-Def radar. That app didn’t have the “future cast” feature (which is why I bought RadarCast) until it was offered as a subscription. I have no interest in paying each month for a feature I already paid for when I bought RadarCast. You already got me to buy two different apps from you- then you junk the good one and offer the same features on a monthly subscription basis by “improving and updating the old one”. I’ll never buy another thing from this developer. BTW this review was written through the dropped app RadarCast which I can still open but no radar images show up. But since that app doesn’t show up in the App Store anymore the review appeared on Hi-Def Radar. Funny how you can connect things enough to have your reviews all go to Hi-Def Radar... but not the emails people send using the contact developer link.

When I bought this app it was around $20 and worked great. The 2017 “update” ruined the app and now the developer wants to extort a monthly fee to deliver what purchasers already paid for. How about refunds for the dissatisfied? Deleting this crap-app and contacting Apple regarding developer ethics.

I paid for this app a few years ago and I am not getting the same features. I would like my money back.

Love this - it’s great. Please bring back the progress bar on the radar loop so you can pause or manually move forward or back vs watching 8 hours just to get back to what you want to see.

I purchased the pro edition of this app called “RadarCast” for full price. That used to be the way you got the pro features notably Futurecast. They slowly crippled that app and now it doesn't work period. no radar at all. no communication or response to my many many support requests. I don't understand why apple let's these crooks get away with this. I'm pretty sure it's fraud/illegal!! And the new app stinks and the cost of what i already paid for is now 10 bucks a month. For weather ? are you serious??

Ok, this app is still not the same but it is getting better and closer to the original. I will rate 5 stars if you can PLEASE bring back the loop speed. I don’t like it how the radar just sits in place, I liked it better when I could see it moving at a quick speed as to tell what general direction the storm was heading. Also, maybe I am missing it but I don’t see severe thunderstorm/tornado watches/warnings. All I see are flood, heat, small craft and others. If you could please return those as well. Thank you.

Never has the correct overlay. Never shows the alerts. Now worth it. I will be deleting it.

Fantastic with the weather and the radar pictures.

This was my go-to app. Unfortunately in the past few weeks it started crashing upon opening. I've deleted and reinstalled but the problem continues. It doesn't matter whether I'm connected to Wi-Fi or cell service. I have an iPhone 7 Plus and am running Os11.4.1. Hope it's fixed quickly.

This app has clearly been taken over by a morally bankrupt organization. There used to be two versions of the app, a free version and a version that many people paid good money for. If I recall, I paid over $20 for the upgraded version of the app. Now, they’ve decided to take all the upgraded features and charge a monthly subscription. If this company had any character at all, they would have provided the subscription at no cost to those of us who had already invested in the purchase of the upgraded app. Instead, they pulled a switcharoo and are now aggressively attacking users who bring the issue up. Find another weather app or you’ll be duped out of money as well.

I like the features. That’s why I bought RADARCAST (no longer in App Store). I understand business circumstances change and you have to make trade offs however you failed to tell your customer. My RadarCast app just began intermittently failing to show radar. Over the last month the supporting services clicked off and I was left wondering why my once reliable product stopped working. 🙄🙄🙄 communication. That’s all I’m asking for. Yes, RadarCast is related to NOAA weather radar but it might have been a M&A ago.

Purchased this app over a year or so ago and now it no longer works plus the developer is now making you pay .99 for monthly subscriptions for future weather notifications where it use to be free when you purchased the pro version.. scammers!!! I want a refund.

Nothing. Nada. There’s a raging storm going on and the radar is clear. It stopped working a week or so ago. Have not seen anything since.

With weather getting weirder this App can keep you a little safer! This is a good radar App that is fast and has great resolution!

Not sure what happened to the app but no longer works on the iPad with new iOS update? Please fix!!

Paying the 99 cent or whatever a month and still can't use the future feature. Would like money back or have that work! Good accurate radar though. Several minutes ahead of other radars

One thing I really miss from the earlier app was the ceiling of thunderstorms. This provided great data.

Should not have to pay to see future radar-

Awesome

This is my go to app. I love this app. It helps me know when to expect severe weather or light rain! It helps ease the unknown & keeps me updated. I didn't have to wait for the commercials to end to see my weather! Thank you so very much!

Very accurate

This not an opinion, it’s the truth. Rain alerts were a feature on the discontinued app. STOP LYING!!!!!!! There was lightning notifications on the previous version. I would know. I paid for those once already. Your responses proves my point. Copy and responses show disrespect to customers. Yours is full of lies. You have no respect and regard to current customers. Especially, the ones who had this app since it was created years ago. Asking for us to pay features we already paid for. Your responses mean nothing. They’re nothing but lies. Hiding behind the truth and blame. You people are pathetic liars. This is starting to seem like a typical money making scam. It’s time to take action against these corrupt developers. There is clear evidence of corruption and fraud. I do give 5 stars for your con artist and criminal ability. You might to check your terms and conditions. Before users look and review through them. This developer was not suppose to make the previous users pay again after all. Better be quick or face a lot more lawsuits.

I miss it. Otherwise, app is fine.

This app has completely stopped working. I’ve contacted the developers twice with no response. The future-cast feature I had with this radar app are now offered as a subscription service in one of the developers other apps but I have no interest in paying a monthly subscription fee for features I’ve already paid to have by purchasing this app. I don’t know if this app was disabled in favor of the subscription model or not, but I’d like to have my money returned for buying this useless app.

This not an opinion, it’s the truth. Rain alerts were a feature on the discontinued app. STOP LYING!!!!!!! There was lightning notifications on the previous version. I would know. I paid for those once already. Your responses proves my point. Copy and responses show disrespect to customers. Yours is full of lies. You have no respect and regard to current customers. Especially, the ones who had this app since it was created years ago. Asking for us to pay features we already paid for. Your responses mean nothing. They’re nothing but lies. Hiding behind the truth and blame. You people are pathetic liars. This is starting to seem like a typical money making scam. It’s time to take action against these corrupt developers. There is clear evidence of corruption and fraud. I do give 5 stars for your con artist and criminal ability. You might to check your terms and conditions. Before users look review through them. Looks we’re not suppose to make the previous users pay again after all. Better be quick or face a lot more lawsuits.

I have the regular hi-def radar and it works great. Got this for my iPad to enjoy the high definition and I get nothing. No radar, no wind direction, no water temps. Bummer. Probably doing something wrong but yet to figure out what.

I just purchased, and downloaded this app for $1.99. I can only see PAST radar. Without paying a monthly fee, I cannot see future, as in WHAT IS COMING! Seriously who wants to see what already happened??!! If I could rate this app negative a thousand stars I would!!

Just to be CLEARER YOU Got caught, Scam Jocks Still trying to stick you for a subscription, Pay attention or they will stick you up for a subscription and monthly fees. We used to have lightening alerts as part of your purchase price. Reply if you dare, id like to see you dig your way out of this latest Debacle. Your responses are insulting and the 4.6 rating is Phony and inaccurate, These people are Algebra Liars, 2 good lies make a positive. Musta took a bunch to see 4.6

Loved this app until they changed the app. Now you can’t tell if the storms are severe or not. Very sad when you ruin it. It was awesome before the change.

My go to app.

Great application for weather and radar.

I miss seeing that active wild fires like the old app had before the update

I like the app,I liked it more when you still had the travel speed on the screen. Thanks for getting me straight with the app after my review,back to one of my favorites

I like this update on the weather app! Very useful when it comes to severe weather and hurricanes and any other weather events in The United States! Great job creating this weather app. And nice update too.😎

Love to be able to quickly check radar in our area and then check the multi-day forecast. It’s so much better than any of the other free weather radar apps I’ve tried.

Perfect for coastal fishing

This used to be a good app for checking weather, I still use it , but the "future" prediction feature has turned into a monthly fee which I think is a little ridiculous. I find myself using other apps more frequently now.

Can't live without it!

When I first purchased this app it was AWESOME!!! But after one of their upgrades, it lost most of the features that made it so great. I would definitely NOT recommend this app now.

Paying for Future but when I try to view Future it reverts to the screen saying I need to subscribe. Kathb49

Key features were stripped out. Not worth a dime over countless free versions. Not worth anything.

Now it appears as the the developer has just totally given up on making any improvements or listen to former users complaints. This app is essentially dead in the water! Why did these idiots destroy what USE to be the best radar app hands down...now it’s a piece of crap!!!! I will never in a billion years understand the logic behind the decisions made with this app!!! From first to worst!!!

It used to be an 11, now it’s a zero. It will used to do everything and have 6 hours review, now it has an hour and crashes every time, bunch of crooks, I paid for the good app and now have crap. Worthless.

Why can’t you put the loop speed back? The radar just sits there and looks as if nothing is working. Ugh I will forever HATE this company for ruining a perfectly good, decent working app. You should be completely ashamed of yourselves! May you forever be rated 1 Star.

Radar hi-def is a step above the old radar app. All I use now.

Where are the “arrows” that used to indicate which way the inclement weather was heading? Did I press “something” incorrectly on my app?

I upgraded to get the future radar but when I try to activate it, I am told I have to subscribe. When I check to see if my subscription is up to date, it tells me I am already subscribed. Please, someone address this.

I am a paid subscriber, and this used to be my go-to radar app. But with the latest update, I have found the radar hard to read, especially when it is layered with different warnings and watches, which is the whole point of the app. For example, you cannot turn off a “tornado watch” alert on the radar without also losing the access to see a “tornado warning” or other storm alerts. So the map just becomes a blur of color and you can’t easily click to see where a storm is going etc

There has to be something fundamentally wrong with the way they are transferring images to the app. It takes a terribly long time. An investment into performance needs to occur in order for this app not to be a big annoyance every time I try to use it. And, it’s usage is important- this isn’t just entertainment, it is significant in managing my days.

The time lapse play of weather moving is very frustrating. Sometimes weather and rain just won’t populate on the screen

This is my favorite radar app, always my go to when need to see something quickly, fast loading , high quality graphics make this a real winner in my opinion. I’m not a meteorologist, but was the best forecaster in Pharmacy School!

This app doesn’t even show up on Apple Watch not worth the money.

Had an old version that worked great. Decided to upgrade to subscription version for future info and everything went to crap. First, I had to rebuy the app because the old one was under a different Apple ID. Then I did the upgrade to access future radar. When I did I got a window at the bottom of the screen that takes about a 3rd if you screen. Oh, and the tool bar is under that window. When you tap the X to close that bottom window, surprise it doesn’t close. So now you can’t access any tools located at the bottom of the screen. Went to the website to try to get help. Forget that! That was another ordeal with disappointing results. Should have stuck with old version. Plan to hunt a replacement and call Apple for a refund.

Easy to set locations, accurate radar read outs, quick and easy to look at or to change settings. Love this app!

In my opinion this was the best weather app out there. However, in their efforts to make a higher income producing app, it is now not worth the price to purchase. It is painfully slow to load and to update. So much so that it’s really not very helpful in a storm event.

Display is slow to load even with good connection; currently when location is on, vehicle speed doesn't show.

Loved this app but they took away the storm specifics. Miss that!!

This is one of my favorite apps of all time and has come in handy while traveling during all the stormy weather!

App is very slow loading

I paid for this app and I really liked it a great deal. Somewhere along the way, I lost the ability to look at radar the same way. Now, I am asked to upgrade again to get what I already paid for prior. Nope... not going to do it.

I need more accurately weather and speed

App should be free if you still have ads. It costs a lot to get rid of them.

Great to use & plan your day. Always accurate!

Accurate weather information and warnings! I feel informed and safe having this app!

I love to watch to see the storm actually appear on my screen then out my window! It’s amazing how accurate it is!

The older version of Hi-Def had much greater number of layers & control of laters. Where did the drought monitor go?

Very SLOW LATELY.

Grit app, in the South-central part of the US it can be a life saver. Just wish it updated more frequently. Six to ten minutes between updates during tornado season could be deadly.

Always at least 10 minutes behind and won’t refresh when prompted. I have an iPhone SE and have 100 mbs WiFi at my home and the radar displayed is always at least 10 minutes behind. There is a refresh button but when prompted does nothing. I keep my apps updated.

The older version was much faster new version takes 60-90 second to load can’t zoom in like older version without locking up app

All the bad reviews about this app losing features after update are true. I had paid for this app then lost most of the features I paid for.

This not an opinion, it’s the truth. Rain alerts were a feature on the discontinued app. STOP LYING!!!!!!! There was lightning notifications on the previous version. I would know. I paid for those once already. Your responses proves my point. Copy and responses show disrespect to customers. Yours is full of lies. You have no respect and regard to current customers. Especially, the ones who had this app since it was created years ago. Asking for us to pay features we already paid for. Your responses mean nothing. They’re nothing but lies. Hiding behind the truth and blame. You people are pathetic liars. This is starting to seem like a typical money making scam. It’s time to take action against these corrupt developers. There is clear evidence of corruption and fraud. I do give 5 stars for your con artist and criminal ability.

There is nothing that I see that is of any value unless I needed to know what the weather was in the past. There are plenty of free apps to provide weather forecasts.

Just to be CLEARER YOU Got caught, Scam Jocks Still trying to stick you for a subscription, Pay attention or they will stick you up for a subscription and monthly fees. We used to have lightening alerts as part of your purchase price. Reply if you dare, id like to see you dig your way out of this latest Debacle.

Keeps us safe!

I use it all the time, hunting, fishing and all outdoor activities.

I use this app 10 tines or more a day!

Best rain and storm tracker out there

I have tried many Weather apps. This one is the best hands down. It has come a long ways and automatically updates which most don’t! Now to allow to add out weather station to it...

Update: As of June 2018, this 3.x app is still junk! The new interface is u*** and there is no scrubber. I regret updating to this version. Dropping my former 5 star review from 3+ years ago to 1 star. Do not be fooled by the 5 star fake reviews for this version!!

Love this app when it works as it should. Unfortunately, the radar often does not show and the app must be reloaded a couple times until it builds the animation. The map will sometimes show no clouds / no activity even during a storm. Reloading a couple times will often resolve the glitch and the map shows the appropriate activity. Fix this and the application is five star.

Animated storm track playback slow to initialize. Shows nothing, then something, then nothing, then something. Sometimes nothing when storms overhead, then, wait... wait... wait... there it is! Too slow.

Always interesting to watch how the weather changes on it’s Journey across the NE. Living in New Jersey we get a variety of weather throughout the year. THANK YOU !

I still enjoy the radar but no longer have the ability to see drought maps, which is very helpful for me because I’m a gardener!

Wish it still notified me when it is going to rain at my marked locations

There was lightning notifications on the previous version. I would know. I paid for those once already. Your response proves my point. Copy and responses show disrespect to customers. Yours is full of lies. You have no respect and regard to current customers. Especially, the ones who had this app since it was created years ago. Asking for us to pay features we already paid for. Your responses mean nothing. They’re nothing but lies. Hiding behind the truth and blame. I do give 5 stars for you con artist and criminal ability.

This app helps me as a landlord to know the exact weather conditions on the start and end so I can go do my duties to my properties.

I paid to get this app once upon a time. Now years later they want more money to get the forecast. Great app if you want to see what happened an hour ago with the weather. Not good for showing future unless you pay extra

Amazing performance everywhere I travel!

As a seashore resident year round, I need a good look at what is coming our way at the Jersey shore. None does it better than this visual.

Love it so much! Let’s me know!

Does not show the fronts. I will delete it if and when an app shows them.

Little bit of lag time. No huge deal but plan on about a 5 minute delay if what you see and where the storm is actually over.

Love this app. Hyper local, current, weather info that helps plan your activities.

I count on this app more than the meteorologists

I am really enjoying the radar feature. I pinpoint where my friends live and when storms are coming their way I text them. Also when I am at my Grandchildren’s house-if there are storms in the area I know when it is safe to go home, or whether I should stay overnight.

I like the layers. They allow you to see alerts lighting strikes and storm cell directions.

This is the first radar I check if I am concerned about the weather...I rarely even look at the others

Accurate & colorful radar. Love to reference their map of the world.

Excellent app. Like the paid version of future occurrences. But I'd like to better control that timelapse. I can't see exactly what's happening when. That feature needs to be tweaked to be more precisely controlled by the user

Loads quickly, easy to read, lots of options

I like this app because the radar is very well defined and it’s accurate. Also, I like the location services feature. I’m constantly showing this app off to my friends. And can play weatherman

This app used to be awesome and quick but now it is so slow I barely use it. Please make it fast like it used to be!

I love it because it shows in the future in the past and shoes you like how much rain

I'm sad to think that future weather is not considered to be part of the reason you buy the app. I can look out the window if I want to see 'now'. Gotta squeeze for the big $ huh?

Radar & temperature & wind on the same layer would be nice.

The developers are listening. The app is improving with each release. Nice to see the long tap feature back in the latest version. Thanks!

Often doesn’t show radar.

I bought it on my phone, but it wants me to buy it again on my iPad. Cannot share or recover purchase.

Fabulous product!!! It’s where your TV weatherman gets the best info.

I like the app for the accurate information and storm tracking it provides. But it loads SO slowly, and if you change the map at all, like move further West....get ready to wait. I actually preferred the old app be cause it was accurate and loaded faster. ☹️

I’ve had this for a year and use it many times a day. Thanks!

Not sure what happened with this App. It’s HD radar still looks better than all the rest, but there’s no point if the app doesn’t work. So sad. Again they used to be the best by a billion miles compared to all the others and I know, because I’ve spend a lot of money on weather apps.

It’s very accurate!

When the Hurricane screen is accessed the app will not let you return to the home screen.

I’ve had lots of radars before but this is the best in the world.

Where did the forecast function go?

Why do you lie? We paid for the features already years ago that you are asking us to pay for again? Your copy and paste response clearly indicates that you are having difficulty comprehending that. You just have discontinued the app. Never mind, you basically have done that without knowing. Most of us users have moved on. The real version of this app was discontinued. This is just a cheap limited imitation. Backed by corruption. PS-Delete the review and I will keep posting reviews. The public needs to know who you really are.

Takes to long to show weather. All my friends have deferent apps & are wicked fast. Booo! Fix please cause it used to be AWSOME

What a hunk of junk this app is! Most of the time, it only displays a blank map of the US. I can use a great free app for that, called Google Maps! This must be run by the Trump administration, because it is WORTHLESS!

Scam Jocks Still trying to stick you for a subscription, Pay attention or they will stick you up for a subscription and monthly fees. We used to have lightening alerts as part of your purchase price. Reply if you dare, id like to see you dig your way out of this latest Debacle.

Best app for looking at noaa radar images that I have used. Better than the noaa site.

Good app with no adds but wind and visibility not provided(N/A) at least for Baltimore Maryland location.

A very useful and informative app. It’s very easy to track storms and determine if and about when they may impact your location. I use it several times each day.

Wish there was a tornado warning

Had this app on subscription for several years. Dumped it because Storm Radar gives predictions longer in advance, for free.

Stop looking! This is the one to have!

This was a good app before they moved to a subscription model and took away features we had. What's left isn't enough for me to stay. I don't care what their explanation is. Bottom line: they still took away features to require monthly payments to get them back, and I'm not Ok with that, nor am I willing to pay. Goodbye.

I paid the previous fee for this app because it was good. This version removed all of the functionality and asks for a subscription. I wish I could go back to my old version.

One of my favorite weather apps, except for two things: 1) an update changed the way that the forecast maps move - now it only shows the previous hour or so of radar instead of the option to change the frame rate and show the previous 4-5 hours. I like being able to see the movement of storm systems over time. 2) it’s been charging me $1/month for who knows how long without telling me it was doing that.

Very useful and accurate app. Only gave it four stars because it needs more info on how to interpret the symbols and colors.

Locks up often, not pulling up radar. Setting pins not seamless or simple. Tapping on pins for forecasts works once if at all then you have to back out and start again. When it works it is OK. The old app had multiple layers you could have at once. Now it does not allow much of anything. I paid for an app for future forecast and it was just discontinued. Pretty much garbage compared to earlier version.

I bought this app and signed up for the auto renew. But every time I try to use the radar or future feature all I get is the sign up page. When I click on sign up it tells me already signed up. what the heck?

Do not buy the 4.6 rating that is currently listed for this app. I have no clue how an app jumps from 1 star to 4.6, but clearly there has been some more corruption coming from this highly crooked company. I recommended you sort the ratings by most recent and see what people are really saying. This company STOLE a previous app that people had already paid for, and required them out of nowhere to pay a monthly fee for the features that they had already bought. As of today, this company has done nothing to refund money or return this app to its previous state. You are being warned, this company has shown no mercy when it comes to selling you one thing, and then updating it with something else. The .99 monthly subscription you agree to could jump up to 4.99 with no notice. Do not trust these scammers, they bait and switched people with a great app and then pushed this trash on to us, with no mercy shown for paying customers. Thy are literally thieves, and how this app has not faced punishment for its crooked scheme is beyond me. This app is not 4.6 stars, 1 Star is more accurate.

5 stars because high quality along with accurate weather to the minute.It also aquires add ons for weather such as: severe,tropical, and flood.With this app you are able to fell updated in weather terms.Top notch app a must need for everybody.

Quick, easy and good graphics.

Tremendously disappointed that the “advancebar” for the 2-hour loop at the bottom had been eliminated. This, unfortunately, has greatly limited my utilization of this app. However, since the programming functionality is still available through other apps (Storm App by Weather Channel for example) I’m periodically checking back with Hi-Def radar to perhaps once again utilize as my full-time “go-to” app. Thank you for your consideration.

While I think that this a pretty good app it used to be better. In the years before they wanted you to pay for a subscription this app was my go to for the weather when I was working in the field. Since they “upgraded” to offering a paid subscription, this app is now mediocre. It has a tendency to get “stuck” while loading the radar and will only show where storms were rather than where they are heading.

Bought two apps from them and they quit supporting them and do not answer support emails,

Slow and locks up. Radar is okay but forecast lacks wind info. One plus is you can use as a GPS.

Only problem it takes awhile to download otherwise it’s great

The radar is improving but I greatly preferred the old version better.

I check out the rain and clouds in my area, especially on wet days, to determine the best times to walk my dog so I don't get caught up in the rain. I use it every day along side the weather underground app and it's always point on. Highly recommend it.

How did the star rating for this app go from 1 back up to 4? I’ve uninstalled this app and switched to Dark Sky because it has all the features this app HAD in the past. Version 3.1 update removed features. Really disappointing, do not buy this app. Version 3.2 is no good. What happened to the time-lapse scrubber at the bottom? And the ability to pin any location and get the current and future weather forecast? Am I missing something? Do I have some setting disabled?

Worst Doppler Radar map on the App Store

Each time I click on future weather it takes me to a subscription page, which I already have. I’ve been paying for the future weather feature for a year. No matter what I do I can’t see future weather. I’m canceling my subscription and I feel ripped off.

It’s not as good as the old one sorry That’s all I have to say !!!!

Everything has been ruined and developer keeps providing bs answers. Truly disgusting and greedy bait and switch.

Always at least 10 minutes behind and won’t refresh when prompted.

I purchased this app 5 years ago when I bought my first iphone. Now, in order to get all the features I paid for initially, I have to pay for again for them to work. Radar doesn’t work half the time, only reason I haven’t deleted it is I PAID FOR IT!!!

The previous version was better—mostly faster. This version takes longer to load what’s on radar. Has to slowly reload every time either the current location or play buttons are selected. Provides very valuable information. Just more sluggish/ less responsive.

Slower, harder to use than the original - I see some improvement but needs work

Keep an eye on your neighborhood weather as it unfolds. Loads up fast and presents what you’ll be experiencing as your day begins, or help you plan your day accordingly.

Thank you for bringing back the drop pin and storm tracks, as well as some of the original features. Very happy with this update!

What’s the point of paying for a radar that will not provide future forecast?

I purchased this app some time ago and now I need to pay again in order to use future forecasting.

UpdateJune2018: app marginally better. As I said previously, weathersphere/scripps keeps changing app multiple times to get rid of bad reviews. Feeling sorry for people who may have just paid for app and don't realize that weathersphere/scripps is likely to change what they bought by taking away what they already have. They have already done this. Also now only 167 reviews and mostly good so they have succeeded in fooling the new people. Too bad a year from now they will be in the same boat as thousands of people who paid for something and then had it taken away without refund. UpdateMar2018: noticed people saying they would pay a one time fee to have some of the old feature back ( without subscription). Actually giving better ratings now. Well that is exactly what I did when I bought the app originally.... then they eliminated those things people would be willing to pay a "one time fee" to have. Guess what - it will be a one time fee until they decide to do it again. Weathersphere just waiting it out hoping enough new people will start reviewing the app. UpdateDec: they have added back some features although their response to me is wrong. I purchased this app and another RadarCast together. This one only had current radar, the RadarCast had future radar. Now the RadarCast app is showing current radar and moves through time and actually shows time in the future. Unfortunately now when it gets to the future time the radar just disappears from the screen for the future times. So yes I did pay for radar with future radar on it. And yes they did take it away. There is a reason you can see ratings for the original app people already paid for before 3.x. . ....17,000+ 5stars. Nothing below 4. Updates aren't helping much to eliminate the 1stars. Update: still crap. Do not believe any stars above 2. All are suspiciously similar. Scripts keeps updating so you can't see how many bad reviews there are total compared to what it was before the 3.x disaster. Should not trust any Scripts apps. Weather Underground app works better. Until Scripps returns to old app I would be suspicious of any app they make they may do this bait and switch. I think when Scripps bought Weathersphere(and premium apps)they got rid of people who built the app and don't know how to go back to old version. Now it seems they are going to give SOME of the paid for features back to get a few positive reviews. Also seems like the are doing it piecemeal so the 1000s of 1 star reviews don't show up. Current version reviews will keep going back to zero with each little change/update. Original update3.1: DO NOT BUY/SUBSCRIBE IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING IT. Someone must have said...."what do people like about this app better than other apps? Let's take that away even though people paid for the app". One of the worst updates I have seen in a paid for app. Would never consider paying for anything again from vendor weathersphere. Why would I want to see my location zoomed in all the way to about 3 houses so I have to pan out to see anything?? This app has become useless overnight. Have to find another app. Should have been labeled version 0.1

Thank you for bringing back the drop pin!

This used to be the only app I went to for weather but not anymore because every update that’s released I’m disappointed. The devs have run this app into the ground with the choices they’ve made, completely disregarding users comments. Don’t use this app, the devs won’t do anything to fix the problems that plague it

This was a great app. I paid what was a lot for this app and for its brother with future cast. I used to be a storm chaser and would have killed to have this back then! Now they have gone to a subscription business model. Thanks for s******* those that paid for your app. Uninstalled and wish I could give zero or less stars. Please don’t bother responding with your “canned” response, that is just adding insult to injury. (Look at any of the developer responses, they’re just a copy & paste of the same drivel.)

Shame on you.... your move to a subscription model for features already purchased is unconscionable. Sad at the very least and most certainly shameful!

Already paid for lightning alerts 5 years ago. Yeah, won’t be paying for those again either. You people are still pathetic. Keep trying maybe you will get right someday. Just a FYI, lightning alerts a free on most apps. Just like most data elements you are asking money for. LOL

The only reason I bought this app was that I wanted to quickly look at precipitation/clouds covering and see where it was moving. It used to be perfect in his regard - I could use the little slider at the bottom to move time forth and back and get the idea very quickly. With the new version the slider is gone and it is only possible to start plying the time loop automatically. I miss the slider a lot! On my iPhone 7 Plus the app itself seems to be working reasonably fast. I like the new layer settings - it's much nicer than it used to be. Plus, I like that now it is possible to select the combination of precipitation and clouds! As far as I remember, you could have one or the other before. However, this combination has a problem with animation - when I hit the play button it takes the whole loop to show the clouds/precipitation that move. The other layers work fine in this regard so it is only this combination that has the problem.

I like this update on the weather app! Very useful when it comes to severe weather and hurricanes and any other weather events in The United States! Great job creating this weather app. And nice update too.😎

About a year ago this company took this weather app (which was the best) and “enhanced” it. Not only did the feel, interaction, and options change, but they re-nigged on every upgrade option people purchased. I purchased about $100 of upgrades myself and there are a lot of others like me. Absolutely unethical, shame on you Weather Sphere. I’ll never invest in anything you produce.

This app used to be so great, it’s awful now.

The app just spins in the lower left corner. It doesn’t show weather. It just shows the lovely terrain of the USA and Canada. We have a lot of weather right now, thunderstorms, clouds etc. this app used to show this. Now ... NOTHING.

The producers of this app claim they had to rebuild it from scratch to comply with the new Apple OS. The result was a disaster, loosing almost every function of the original. This brought a deluge of negative reviews. But the app has been steadily improving. We had major storms in our area today, and I was surprised at how much it has improved. Lightning strikes are back, which was one if the best features of the original. Storm warning boxes are back too. For this reason, I’m now giving it 4 stars instead of one. If you don’t have this app, it’s worth taking a look at. (I hope the developers continue to improve it by restoring all of its original features. I’d love to be able to give it 5 stars again.)

Bought three years ago... great app. The radar does stay more timely updated than most “free” apps, but in last year functionality has been removed and placed on subscription only... kinda irritates a guy to have paid for the bait and switch!

This app is useless at best! If I wanted past weather info I could go to the weather channel! Future option never has worked!!

This is a garage app. Like others, I paid for this app when it was good, they ruined it. And with the ruined app, they offer future radar forecasts for more money. A money grubbing developer.

I like using this over any other weather app.

I have relied on this app for several years in tornado alley. We have storms coming through right now and looking at my app, it is almost unreadable. Not useful at all. Gone are the easy to read intuitive features that allowed me to make decisions to keep my family safe. I’m deleting and finding something better...

I just updated this app and it is so horrible now, I am going to delete this app and never use it again. Bummer dudes

This used to be my go to app for instant weather info. Since it updated I can’t get it to play the weather animations so I have no idea where storms are moving. I’ll trash this app and find a new one.

I’ve paid a few times and used this app for years and years and now this update and its just horrible and frustrating. They want subscriptions to the old layers like storm tracks, lightning, fire (which was awesome here in SW Colo to actually know if you’re near an evacuation. I paid for this “Pro” version that doesn’t even have the old features. Just bring the old one back fellas / gals and at least let people know what they may be able to pay for... This app is no longer worthy of occupying my incredibly expensive iPhone memory.

This used to be my go to radar app, the single best feature was the ability to “scrub through” the video playback of radar, ie when playing past radar you could slide the timeline cursor to study the motion. It was also very lousy how the new version dropped features. Many apps update incrementally to stay current, this company apparently does nothing until so outdated it we fail to function, then uses that as an excuse for a bait and switch c***** app I would never have paid for.

Did show current, past, some present, movement of stroms excellent detail. Also had forecast app which was excellent. Update removed all current future information rendering the forecast app completely useless and this one almost useless. Unless you need to see what just happened already or pay a monthly fee!

You guys are scumbags lol I don't even write reviews but I used to use this app all the time and it WAS awesome I could be like weather man but now u wanna make me subscribe for it ??!!! Are you for real? Someone made an Analogy about buying a new truck taking it back to the dealer for free maintenance that the dealer told you you needed to get and then getting it back to find out the truck doesn't have like 4x4 or air conditioning and if you want that you need to pay for it monthly 😭😭 I'm honestly laughing at who ever ideas this was because your sad cash grab tactic has clearly turned your entire ACTUAL PAYING USER-BASE AGAINST YOU!! Awful.

As a golf professional I LOVE this app. Saved my b*** a few times when storms are approaching. Also use it to warn my members of storms. UPDATE...after update I can’t tell you how disappointed I am. This app is NOTHING like it used to be!!!

I reviewed before how awful this was. It was improved a little - I still love the “old version.” Anyway, you guys need to fix a pretty major bug right now. The past few days in the PA, NJ,DE,MD, DC and VA have been very active with sever storms- today is no exception, one problem - the severe cells either don’t appear or it never updates. May 13,2018 - Sunday the app showed a line of storms 100 miles to the NE from NJ — when it actually was only 15-20 miles away. The next day, May 14th storms arriving into the VA, DC area, the the storm cells even tornado warnings again disappeared as they were entering the populated areas. Right now - May 15,2018storm cells and again potentially tornatic cells are again appearing and disappearing as they cross western PA. That’s a pretty major bug if you ask me. Just letting you know.

this app used to be one of my favorites for weather updates. that was 2015/2016. at some point after there was an update and you have to pay a monthly fee for what they used to offer for free. i just read multiple reviews that echo the complaints i’ve posted here. i’m deleting the app now. the app is a total waste of storage space.

I paid for the full version while on iOS 7 and they updated their software and now what I paid for no longer works. These guys are punks learning from the other punks who write iOS updates to intentionally slow my devices just enough to annoy me. My solution is to never buy another Apple anything ever again. Good riddance

Bait and switch. Don't buy. They need to restore the features. Is it really worth ruining your relationship with all your old customers? Give your old customers the features we originally paid for, make a new app if you want any word of mouth promoting of this app again.

I paid for the Pro App with future cast, but now I have to pay for a monthly subscription to get back the features I already paid for. No thanks. Boooooo.

I bought this when you paid for the ap and the co tent was included. I noticed it has been “upgraded” to now require a monthly charge for what was originally included n the purchase price. I want a refund.

What the h*** happened? I paid for this app and then they changed it to a subscription. Talk about bait and switch!

This app is straight up garbage! The only reason I’ve kept is because I bought it in addition to a tide add-on that I don’t even have access to. This is robbery!

This app is nowhere close to what it once was.

The producers of this app claim they had to rebuild it from scratch to comply with the new Apple OS. The result was a disaster, loosing almost every function of the original. (Note, I did not update the app on my iphone, and the original still works great. I wish I had NOT upgraded on my ipad!) Having said that, it is gradually improving. Lightning strikes are back, which was one if the best features of the original. For this reason, I’m now giving it 3 stars instead of one. If you don’t have this app, it’s worth taking a look at. (I hope the developers continue to improve it. I’d love to be able to give it 5 stars again.) If you have not downloaded this version, however, do yourself a favor and avoid this upgrade!

Used to be pretty good now it’s utterly useless. Avoid.

This radar app HAD a lot of functionality. The newer versions of this app have taken away features and placed them behind a monthly subscription. Instead of adding value and asking for users to subscribe, they have taken away features and asked us to pay for something we previously already had. Example of what not to do. Plus new version is not as fast and harder to use.

All the great features of the old version of this app are gone, the time frame is useless for gathering any worthwhile information and is no longer adjustable. Angry that I payed for this once great app.

Edit: enjoyed for years, paid for it originally but now it subscription based, it is useless garbage now.

Purchased this app a couple years ago for $5.99, and now I get no features I had before an update and now I have to pay more money? Terrible development wouldn’t spend a dime on this terrible app. I don’t get readings anymore and active weather status.

Over laying all the layers was the best feature, not you have to pick n choose, not good. Also, where are the fires? I used this app for the severe weather intel and now a lot of those features don’t work or are gone! Bring back the old stuff, please, I paid good money for this!

Watered down

A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: B.... Oh can't click to see more ANYMORE. Sorry not sorry. Hope you enjoyed it for the past few years. No more detailed storm info either. When I hear "upgrade" I don't expect a downgrade. Seriously, free apps work better than this joke now which is absolutely disappointing. At least tell us the name of the new app you created that we get to give you more money for. Good job.

Ah, how I wish I could get a refund for this app. Since Apple only offers refunds during a 30 day window (or whatever it is, I can’t recall), I’m no longer eligible because I bought this app probably 2-3 years ago. Since then, they completely changed it, and now require a monthly subscription to view live radars and forecasts. I paid 2 or 3 dollars originally, and had full access. Now I don’t, because I don’t want to pay a monthly fee. If the developers/creators are reading this, please give me a refund and make it right since the app has changed and I no longer get what I paid for originally.

This app use to have many features and was user friendly. I had even purchased extra layers which now no longer exist. Contact support and all you get is I’m sorry. Unacceptable!

UpdateMar2018: noticed people saying they would pay a one time fee to have some of the old feature back ( without subscription). Actually giving better ratings now. Well that is exactly what I did when I bought the app originally.... then they eliminated those things people would be willing to pay a "one time fee" to have. Guess what - it will be a one time fee until they decide to do it again. Weathersphere just waiting it out hoping enough new people will start reviewing the app. UpdateDec: they have added back some features although their response to me is wrong. I purchased this app and another RadarCast together. This one only had current radar, the RadarCast had future radar. Now the RadarCast app is showing current radar and moves through time and actually shows time in the future. Unfortunately now when it gets to the future time the radar just disappears from the screen for the future times. So yes I did pay for radar with future radar on it. And yes they did take it away. There is a reason you can see ratings for the original app people already paid for before 3.x. . ....17,000+ 5stars. Nothing below 4. Updates aren't helping much to eliminate the 1stars. Update: still crap. Do not believe any stars above 2. All are suspiciously similar. Scripts keeps updating so you can't see how many bad reviews there are total compared to what it was before the 3.x disaster. Should not trust any Scripts apps. Weather Underground app works better. Until Scripps returns to old app I would be suspicious of any app they make they may do this bait and switch. I think when Scripps bought Weathersphere(and premium apps)they got rid of people who built the app and don't know how to go back to old version. Now it seems they are going to give SOME of the paid for features back to get a few positive reviews. Also seems like the are doing it piecemeal so the 1000s of 1 star reviews don't show up. Current version reviews will keep going back to zero with each little change/update. Original update3.1: DO NOT BUY/SUBSCRIBE IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING IT. Someone must have said...."what do people like about this app better than other apps? Let's take that away even though people paid for the app". One of the worst updates I have seen in a paid for app. Would never consider paying for anything again from vendor weathersphere. Why would I want to see my location zoomed in all the way to about 3 houses so I have to pan out to see anything?? This app has become useless overnight. Have to find another app. Should have been labeled version 0.1

Was once a great app. It's deplorable that Apple allows this to occur. I paid good money for this app, they switch their business model and without notifying us can start to charge a monthly fee. Garbage. Just use AccuWeather.

Do not download! This was a reliable app until a couple of years ago. More recent updates have helped a little bit, but I wish the version from a few years ago could be resurrected. Now it still takes a long time to load, and almost always need to run through a cycle of frames before to radar images appear on the map. It’s so disappointing.

I have been using this app since it came out. I'd was good. Fast and accurate. But not now. The weather radar take sooooooo llooooooggggh to load. Makes this app useless to me. Will wait for next update and if not fixed will remove from my phone. Waste of money. DO NOT BUY THIS APP. You will be sorry. I hope they fix it but with the continued 1 star ratings I see not fix from the creators. Sad.

I paid for this app way back when and it was great! Something happened with the developers or something....never understood what. Now I have free apps that give me more than this paid app does. I think it was $3.99 maybe when I got it. At the time it was a good choice. I would love my money back. I have kept it on my screen in hopes it would improve. No such luck. I refuse to buy into subscriptions for things that were included originally in the purchase of the app. I use my local weather station now. I get storm directions, lighting strikes plus a ton of other stuff free. Check your local news and weather stations and use theirs.

I have this app installed on both my iPhone and iPad. I upgraded the iPhone version with the monthly subscription to see the “future” predicted radar plots. Great, works fine. Went to iPad and clicked on Future. It takes me to the page asking me to subscribe. I say yes. The App Store tells me I’m already subscribed, and there is no f***ing way to get past this deadlock. I’ve restarted, rebooted, no joy.

Bait and switch. Don't buy. They need to restore the features. Is it really worth ruining your relationship with all your old customers? Give your old customers the features we originally paid for, make a new app if you want any word of mouth promoting of this app again.

This app went from great, five star rating to zero stars. I was in a critical wx situation and the app does not work. It is worthless. They should refund the money that we paid for the initial app. Apple should take them off the list. I recommend that you do not get this app or pay for any money to this company.

Paid $3.99 to unlock all the features of this app now after recent updates the developers now want $.99 a month to unlock the features I’ve already paid for... Can’t believe apple is letting them get away with this they’re should be some kind of consumer protection against this kind of thing. I can understand making people pay $.99 a month that have been previously purchased the full version I should be grandfathered in... Will be looking for weather information else where now.

Don’t buy

No one on the face of this planet is going to pay $1/month just to get future radar. There are 800 apps that do the exact same thing. For free.

After buying this app you guys stripped it of the weather feature and future radar. A really unfair move. Now I have to buy more to get the same features that this app once had? Totally unfair and unethical. Unbelievable

For what is essentially a basic app that reads data from NOAA, this front end doesn’t even work. I paid for this and it worked for years then just died. Just script and sql errors when I go into menu options, and no longer updates radar. I tried resetting password, signing back in, reinstalling...app is dead.

I paid 7.99 for this App three years ago. Worked well, then came the upgrade. Complete garbage, and now I have to pay again for mediocre garbage. Thank you for stealing my money. Go to Wunderground folks, it’s free and works!

I purchased the pro edition of this app called “RadarCast” for full price. That used to be the way you got the pro features notably Futurecast. That app has been crippled and no longer shows futurecast radar that I paid for. It doesn’t even allow going into the layers settings at all — simply stating “service unavailable”. This is obviously intended to force loyal, paying customers into the expensive monthly subscription plan — in order to simply get those features back which they already paid for by purchasing “RadarCast” over the free version. I am in the process of reporting this dishonest maneuver to Apple.

I also have another iPhone with iOS 11.2.5. This app, while not crashing every launch on iOS 11, does not have many of the features I paid $3.99 a couple years ago. The developers told me that the old data source was going away and they had to rewrite the app. Well, it's been enough time that a 6th grader just getting into coding could have done a better job. I feel like many others here (that I have been robbed) This was a Really poor move on the developers part to take away all the good functionality: like the slider to manually animate, and the saved locations with custom pins, and many other features that were cool. I can't believe what these folks are thinking. If their intent was to destroy a great app and p*** all their customers off. Job well done....

Long time user (4+ years). For an inexplicable reason, developers made horrendous changes in an update, began charging for previously free information and promised to make it better ... NOT! I have given up and have finally decided to delete this piece of c*** app in favor of another radar weather app. Don’t even consider the app! Good bye, so long and good riddance!

This was my go-to app for weather radar. Better than any other app I could find.. then they “had” to update it. Now the UI is terrible, accuracy is horrible, it always crashes and they charge you a monthly subscription fee for features that other apps give to you for free. Pretty amazing to see a 5 Star app plummet to a 1 star. Do yourself a favor and pass on this one.

This app makes it difficult to get a time lapse radar view. If I poke at it, it will only show no radar or current radar. There is no way to tell which way the rain is going.

I used this apps premium version for many years, it was awesome. The new version rewritten to accomodate Apples new IOS wiped a lot of that out. The old version was so good, I would gladly pay a one time $5 to $15 extra fee to the developer again to get the functions again. Gone are lightning strikes, storm path tracking and data, hurricane tracking, (although they say these will be in future updates) and now this new version requires a $1 month subscription to get future radar. I gave a one star rating a month ago which was harsh, and am now changing it to four. It was like kicking an old friend in the teeth when they were down, a little harsh. While I am upset a five star product ( I would have given more if one could!) lost great features at a great price, I have tried the other NOAA weather apps and this is still a solid performer if you want the basics. I ditched them and am back to using this app. I am hoping the developers can bring back the best app, charge a one time fee for upgrade, but no subscription fees.

This thing used to be great. Easy to get weather anywhere. Major update ruined it to the point where you can’t use the map to get weather forecast. You have to type in the name of a city then move a pin around and then you can get a forecast. At that point you can’t get back to the map. Somebody should be fired.

This app use to be good. Don’t know what happened, but it’s complete garbage now. Upon opening the app either the radar will take FOREVER to load or the map - - one or the other. And it doesn’t matter if I’m using my iPhone 5 that has the last iOS app software update or my iPad mini with the latest iOS 11 software update. Both devices are extremely slow to load. I’m too the point where I’m using the radar that comes with wunderground.

This was my go to app for years. Loaded quick, super easy to use, not clutter. I used it every day. It had 1000's of 4/5 star reviews. NOT ANY MORE. Now is a subscription based mess. Loads slow, I mean sloooooow... No radar slider, cluttered map, not intuitive at all. Old developer sold to new owners. Well new owners, you've mucked it all up. Find old owner, pay to have old app use claimed new data source, walk away, collect good reviews. Subscription for new features, sure, that's fair. But you have to actually use the app to want to get subscriptions.

Awful - purchased weathercast - now it is no longer working. Took away features I paid for. Don’t buy. Weathersphere is fraud!

Often down when you really need it!

This app used to be great, I had paid for it already.. Then they "updated" the app. Lost features I paid for, and the app wants me to rebuy. I don't think so. There are much better apps out there, from developers that like weather, not money.

They removed functionality and replaced it with a subscribe button. They ripped off their original customers.

This app used to be so good. Now I will not use it anymore. I just wanted to see what Doppler was showing heading my direction, now it doesn't even show the underlying map.

This app was great! Easy to use, fast and accurate. They changed a good formula and now its complicated and slow. I cant say how accurate it is because I don't have the patients for it to load. I deleted it today and got a different app. If it ain't broke, DON'T FIX IT!!!

Used to be great. Now piss

Why did these idiots destroy what USE to be the best radar app hands down...now it’s a piece of crap!!!! I will never in a billion years understand the logic behind the decisions made with this app!!! From first to worst!!!

These criminals pulled the old bait and switch, trying to sell you publicly available data that they did not create for an app fee + a monthly fee. The monthly fee is especially galling because it is exploitative and it costs the developer nothing to provide this data. It was added after tons of people already bought their app. I hope the NOAA pulls their data supply.

This was useful to see the progress of storms, and what to expect. It looks like now any future forecast displays require a monthly subscription. Deleting the app.

I bought this application several years ago and loved it UNTIL RECENT UPDATES. TEXTX BOOK CASE STUDY ON NOT LISTENING TO YOUR CUSTOMERS. Take my advice and do not buy this HORRIBLE app!!!! Went from 5 stars favorite to “about to be deleted after I write this...” over the past year. How any educated development team could possibly think that the most recent versions are improvements over the older versions would be slightly humorous if I hadn’t paid for the app. I used to like this many times more than the stock IOS weather app. Sadly Hi-Def Radar pretty much useless. DO NOT DOWNLOAD.

The update is horrible probably the worst update in the history of updates! completely ruined the app give me my three dollars back!

This used to be a great app, was fast and accurate. It loads extremely slowly now on all my devices using different carriers and WiFi and the old interface was more useful

I love the app, but it’s still a lot slower since the redesign.

Maps are frozen and won’t play. I left my phone on the table for a couple minutes and the frames simply never loaded. No issues with internet connection or speed, so it’s clearly something to do with the app itself. As it stands, all this app does is open a still frame of a precipitation map. Can’t scroll around or it disappears, can’t play time lapse or it disappears.

I bought this app a year or two ago for 3.99 now you have to pay a subscription fee to access all the features I paid for.

Paid for Future radar forecast, doesn’t work. Keeps asking me buy even though App Store says I’ve already purchased. Bunch of crooks.

Now simplistic icons, no Palmer drought index, no fire maps, just garbage. Worse than other apps. DO NOT BUY.DO NOT UPGRADE. DO NOT EVEN GET FOR FREE. Garbage garbage garbage.

Moving real time radar is excellent and an essential tool during storms when living out here in the country? Excellent for planning activities and anticipating road/driving conditions. DF Florida panhandle. 👍

This app is no where what it used to be. I paid the 2.99 a couple years ago bc it was the best. Now it is junk.

Wow, what the h...!?! This was an awesome app for tracking all weather particularly ice and snow in my area, to help with the drive home up the mountains. I do not know what the developers are doing but the entire thing has been crashed for several months. I have never updated the app on my iPad. The report tonight on my iPad from the old app is the same as my home weather station, 32° Frost and High wind warnings. When I pull up the report on my phone with the new app it is 51° and fair skies. So, developers, what did you do to crash this so severely? My review from a few years age: Grew up with my father working for NOAA. He has been retired for years but I showed him this & he loves it. I am not of the science mind but this is easy to use & understand & handy for day hikes, planning road trips or boating to anticipate weather conditions. Love it

One of my favorite apps for checking radar and weather. Used it several times a day. Not any more after the update. What were you thinking?

11/26/17 Update: I was wrong. And I was even more wrong for jumping to conclusions about the developers and writing about it here, in ignorance. They didn’t take away the features that I loved at all. I just didn’t know how to access them. To the developers, please accept my humblest apology. I’m truly sorry for what I said and that I said it in such a public way. It was truly out of ignorance.

Used to be great before the downgrade. I have deleted this app since it is not what it used to be.

Excellent— best weather site on the entire internet. Victor Tennery Oak Ridge, Tennessee

After paying 3.99 for this app after the update they want you to pay a monthly subscription would give it no stars if I could

I am fine with paying $.99 a month but I was expecting something more like RadarCast... that was the best radar app ever.

An absolutely different app after some updates. Not at all what I originally paid for. Whoever implemented the major changes is very greedy expecting people to pay monthly for an app we were already charged four dollars for. This is a weather app not Netflix. I hope apple releases a radar on the default weather app soon.

Theft: bait and switch crooked developer cheated paying customers by stealing back (removing) a 5 star premium quality app loyal customers paid for and replaced it with a ZERO NO star piece of garbage. Apple should remove and permanently ban this terrible unethical developer from the App Store and issue a full refund for all customers who paid for the original app.

This app should be removed.

No radar Can’t change to current location Not user friendly or intuitive obvious

She ain’t what she use to be. I have quit using but come back once in a while to see if the developers have had a come to Jesus moment. Ain’t happenin yet. So long and goodbye...

Agree with others. This once great app is now almost unusable. Classic case of “if it ain’t broke, fix it until it is.”

This app, which I PURCHASED, featured a time lapse TO CURRENT weather by your current location and into the future just a bit. I USEd this ALL the time traveling AND RECOMMENDED this to MANY individuals who purchased this as well. AFTER the last couple of updates IT NOW wants a monthly fee TO DO WHAT IT DID WHEN I PURCHASED THIS APP. You would think that some purchasers might be “grandfathered in to the current premium app” BUT THAT IS NOT the case. I FEEL ROBBED! And THIS IS WRONG!

This site gives one of the better radar details.