Weather Live - Radar & Alerts

Review by eFreeware

The app has been on Google Play since June 2023 and has passed five million installs, with a 4.3 average from more than 24,000 ratings. For a category crowded with options, that is a reasonable signal that the core experience works for a lot of people.

What makes it worth considering is the breadth of what it tries to cover. Most weather apps stop at a forecast and a radar view. Weather Live adds a hurricane tracker, an earthquake early warning system, air quality and allergy information, and forecasts that stretch from the next few minutes out to 45 days. If you want a single app to cover ordinary daily planning and unusual events, this is the pitch.

The app is free to download and supported by ads, with in-app purchases also offered. For a free weather app, the feature set is unusually broad.

Daily planning, from the next hour to the next month

The forecasting tools are the heart of the app. Hourly forecasts run up to seven days ahead, which is the range most people need for deciding whether to carry an umbrella or move a weekend plan. Beyond that, a daily forecast extends to 45 days, which is a much longer horizon than most weather apps offer. I would treat anything past a week or two as a rough guide rather than a firm plan, but having it in the same place as the short-range view is convenient.

The precipitation detail is where the app gets more interesting. It includes two-hour and minute-level rainfall forecasts, which are aimed at the question of whether rain is about to start or stop where you are. That level of granularity is useful if you are trying to time a walk, a commute or a trip to the store between showers. The app also reports temperature, wind speed, humidity and atmospheric pressure, with customizable units so you can set things the way you prefer.

Around the forecast, the app bundles several pieces of environmental information that usually live in separate tools. Sunrise and sunset times are joined by air quality readings and allergy forecasts. For anyone who checks pollen levels before heading outside, or who wants to know when the light will fade, having these in the same app as the forecast removes a step from the routine.

Radar maps and storm tracking

The interactive radar maps are the app's most visual feature. They offer multiple layers, including rainfall, temperature, dew point, wind speed and UV index, so you can look at the same area through different lenses depending on what you care about. Tracking a band of rain across a region, or seeing where wind speeds are highest, is the kind of task these maps are built for.

The hurricane tracker extends that idea to larger storms, letting you monitor the projected paths of hurricanes as they develop. An earthquake early warning system covers geological events rather than weather, which is an unusual addition for an app in this category. Together these features point to an app designed for people who want to keep an eye on hazards, not just the temperature.

Alerts cover flooding, heat waves, high winds and heavy rain. The developer says the app will send notifications so you can prepare in advance. Alerts like these are only as good as the data behind them, and the app attributes its updates to what it calls advanced meteorological sources. The range of alert types is broad enough to be genuinely useful in regions that see more than one kind of extreme weather.

Widgets and watching cities beyond your own

Customizable widgets let you put weather information on your home screen in a format and layout you choose. The value of a widget is that it saves you from opening the app at all, and having several formats available means you can pick one that shows only what you actually check. If you mostly want the current temperature and conditions at a glance, that is a reasonable use of the feature.

Global coverage means you can look up conditions in cities around the world, not just where you are. You can add cities of your choosing, which is useful if you have family in another region, are planning a trip, or simply want to compare conditions in a few places. Keeping a short list of locations alongside your own is a straightforward way to use the app.

The combination of widgets and multiple saved cities makes the app feel oriented toward people who check the weather often rather than once a day. If your interest is limited to whether it will rain on your street this afternoon, the extra locations and widget options are there without getting in the way.

What you need before you start

It is supported by ads, and in-app purchases are available, so you should expect both from the outset. The content rating is Everyone, which reflects the fact that this is a utility rather than anything with sensitive material.

The latest update, from September 2026, is described only as a bug fix, which points to ongoing maintenance rather than a major feature change. The app has been available since June 2023, so it has had time to settle.

That is inherent to what a weather app does rather than a limitation specific to this one, but it is worth remembering if you are often in areas without signal.

Where it fits and who it suits

The app is best suited to people who want a single place to check both routine conditions and unusual events. If you live somewhere that sees hurricanes, earthquakes or flooding, the tracker and alert features are more than decoration. If you travel or have family in other regions, the ability to save cities and compare conditions is a natural fit.

It also suits anyone who likes having detailed forecast data on hand, particularly the minute-level rainfall view and the long daily outlook. The 45-day forecast is unusual enough that it may appeal to people planning events or trips well in advance, even if the later days are only a rough indication.

The app is free and ad-supported, with in-app purchases available. That combination means you can try the app without paying, and decide from there whether the experience matches what you need. With more than five million installs and a 4.3 average, it has clearly found an audience, though a rating is not a substitute for your own judgment about which features matter to you.

A broad weather tool for people who watch more than the temperature

Weather Live - Radar & Alerts packs an unusually wide set of features into a free app. Radar layers, severe weather alerts, hurricane and earthquake tracking, air quality and allergy data, widgets and forecasts reaching 45 days give it more range than most weather apps at this price.

The trade-offs are the ones you would expect from a free, ad-supported app with in-app purchases. If that is acceptable, the app covers a lot of ground.

I would recommend it to anyone who wants a single weather app for daily planning and for keeping an eye on bigger hazards, especially if you track conditions in more than one place.

What's new in version 1.3.7

Bug fixed.