15 Best iPhone Weather Apps

AeroWeather

Free/Lite version

£2.89/Pro version

Aeroweather is one of the best and most comprehensive weather apps for pilots. While available in two versions, lite and pro, the application help the pilots by displaying precise weather conditions and forecasts, also called METER and TAF respectively.

Pros:
• The app is available for use in several languages like English, Chinese, German, French and many others.
• Also displays time zone, sunrise and sunset time, daylight saving and many others.

Cons:
• Collects the data from US NOAA and FAA which cannot be guaranteed.
• Detailed information is available for purchase in-store app.

Weather Pro

The app is developed by MeteoGroup, Europe’s largest weather specialists. The app enables you to look into the weather condition for next 7 days for more than 2 million locations. You can use this app for weather checking for any reasons be it for work, travel or sports. This one app is the answer to all your weather related questions.

Pros:
• Use the app in different devices like iPhones, iPad, Android, Blackberry or even Windows phone.
• Display of satellite and radar images are the two most popular features of WeatherPro.

Cons:
• The app is optimal for use in iOS 8.
• The forecast option is also available as a graph, which may not be useful for several users.

Accuweather

Accuweather is a great app for interactive maps and severe weather alerts. The app is useful for worldwide locations and alerts the users about the snow, rain, wind and storm prediction.

Pro:
• The app is great for customizing and receiving the updates of every minute. You can localize it to receive updates of your street address.
• Its interactive, user-friendly and has great usability.

Cons:
• In app advertisements

SkyMET – Aviation Meteo

The SkyMET can be used with iOS only. It’s an ultimate weather app for Pilots. The app is really appealing and offers several features that help in preparing the flights. The app has weather app for each station and provides TAF and METAR decoding.

Pros:
• SkyMET indicates all the weather condition of local stations like METAR, TAF, webcam info, the wind aloft, Sigmet and many others.
• Use the app to see all PIREPs for latest updates.

Cons:
• Positioning of the "Current Location" button over the "Legal" button in the app.

CloudTopper

The CloudTopper helps to looks beyond the clouds using the revolutionary app loaded in the iPad or iPhone. This fun application allows ease of use.

Pros:
• Ease of use.
• Ability to use the app with device camera, gyroscope and accelerometer.

Cons:
• Optimized for iOS 7.
• The app is not a FAA approved source of determining the cloud height.

Weather Live

Weather Live is a great app with several features that allows you to take a peek at the current weather situations and the forecasts. You can predict the rain to heavy storm and cloudy weather to snowy day. With this app loaded in your phone, you can always be ready to step out.

Pros:
• The app allows you to check the weather forecast using the address, city, or even postcode.
• Met Office sources the severe weather alerts, so you can really rely on the data.

Cons:
• The forecast is available for only 7 days, so you can’t really plan ahead of another week.

RadarScope

It is a great weather radar app beneficial for pilots and meteorologists alike. The use of app allows viewing of Tornado, Flood warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings. The original radar data provides high level of detail that allows the pilots in advance flight preparations.

Pros:
• The app is ideal for use in both iPhone and iPad.
• Also supports iOS 8 version.

Cons:
• Sometimes the stations does not update quickly.

Intellicast HD

Intellicast HD is a great app for weather radar, forecasting and storm tracking. It’s an interactive free real-time weather app with stunning visuals. The app works silently in the background and the push notification alerts and keeps the user updated on weather changes.

Pro:
• The app has global satellite coverage and has radar and satellite layers.
• Intellicast HD app also helps in tracking real-time earthquake identification.

Cons:
• There are no limitations in the free version of Intellicast HD.

MyRadar

The app displays the local weather in an easy to understand and animated way. The app is also beneficial for the pilots as it displays the Airmets & Sigmets and other useful information.

Pros:
• Weather warnings and alerts
• Push notifications

Cons:
• The app is available for use only in USA

World Weather Radar

The app provides accurate weather forecast for UK and European users by displaying the Doppler radar. The results can be displayed using different methods like charts and gives a daily and hourly view of forecast with information on Temperature, wind, pressure and precipitation.

Pros:
• The app is great for displaying the rainfall radar forecast up to an hour ahead.
• The app can cover and intimate the weather for several locations.

Cons:
• There are several features in this app that might make it little difficult to use.

NOAA Weather Alerts

The app allows saving up to 20 locations to monitor and get notifications on Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Snow Storms and Flood and Fire warnings.

Pros:
• The phone alerts even when it lays unused.
• After setting the app with locations and alert types whether ‘severe’ or ‘urgent’, the app continues to run in the background.

Cons:
• Only USA based users can use the app.

Storm Shield Weather Radio

This app is a sophisticated radio in the phone that even warns of the upcoming threats before alerts on TV or appearance of tornado alerts. With Storm Shield you can receive storm based alerts and alerts of life threatening events straight into your iPhone or iPad.

Pros:
• Users can choose to receive either voice or push notifications.
• Storm Shield alert users with exact local locations within the county.

Cons:
• The app is useful only for United States.

Dark Sky

Dark Sky app uses the GPS to find the exact location giving every minute update of the precise location. The app keeps working in the background and sends the alerts to your device to notify of upcoming rain, storm or thunder.

Pro:
• The app is available for use in both iPhone and iPad.
• Dark Sky app is available for UK, USA and Ireland based users.

Cons:
• Sometime the app doesn’t give out more than one notification in a day.

MyWARN

The app is great for keeping a watch on tornado, thunderstorm and flood alerts from National Weather Service and available for use in iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Pros:
• The app allows filtering the alerts.
• MyWARN app works on the background and alerts in hours advance.

Cons:
• This app keeps running in the phone’s background.

SWACKETT

Swackett is a new fun app that is great for use by any age group. The weather is displayed using people symbols, called ‘Peeps’ dressed suitably for upcoming weather.

Pros:
• Easy to understand people symbols to represent the weather forecast.
• The app is ideal for use with iPhone, iPads and Web.

Cons:
• The weather watch of the app is not always updated.