Rain Alarm

Name: Rain Alarm
Rating: 4.5 (3084 reviews)
Author: Carlos Aviles Software

Live Weather Radar, Met Office

Free · In-App Purchases

3.1k Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Weather
Developer

Carlos Aviles Software
Language

EN
+ 24 More
Size

29
MB

Real-time precipitation radar for the whole of the UK. Alerts when rain, snow or hail approaches your location. Rain Alarm warns you when rain or snow is approaching your location using push notifications. Instead of relying on probability forecasts, we use real-time radar data to alert you as soon as precipitation heads your way. The app displays and animates the latest Doppler radar images, letting you see exactly where the rain is coming from and when it will reach you. Full radar coverage across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, powered by Met Office data. Also available in over 30 countries, including Ireland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and many more. Whether you're commuting, walking the dog, at the match, on a hike, or working outdoors — Rain Alarm makes sure you're never caught in the rain. For help, suggestions or complaints: rainalarm@avilessoftware.com.

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

3.1k Ratings

The best rain warning system out there
16/05/2024

Andy T8
This is an excellent graphic app for warning you about impending rain. Just what it says on the tin - Rain Alarm!It show you an animated sequence of rain radar images for your chosen or current location (you can choose either). Adjust the number of images <14 and time between each 5 to 120 mins. So I can adjust anywhere between to see a full 24hr playback or the last hour in detail. I normally leave it on 15 min x 13 images. Special bit is of course the alarm. You can customise to warn you of rain being detected in your vicinity BEFORE it gets to you! Many adjustable settings to do with search radius, sensitivity, intensity, area, sector (in uk most rain comes from SW direction). You are bound to be able to get the warnings you need - as I have and now rarely change the alarm settings. Plus a simple weather forecast for your area. I do use the Apple weather app to get the next 60min rain forecast in mm of rain per min. The two apps work very well together for my needs. Recent bonus for us in Europe is the app now seems to have coverage for France which I believe was only missing before due to licensing costs. Oh yes I long ago paid to remove adverts and get extra settings but the free app works fine.

Developer Response
Thank you very much for this review!
The best rain warning system out there
16/05/2024

Andy T8

This is an excellent graphic app for warning you about impending rain. Just what it says on the tin - Rain Alarm!It show you an animated sequence of rain radar images for your chosen or current location (you can choose either). Adjust the number of images <14 and time between each 5 to 120 mins. So I can adjust anywhere between to see a full 24hr playback or the last hour in detail. I normally leave it on 15 min x 13 images. Special bit is of course the alarm. You can customise to warn you of rain being detected in your vicinity BEFORE it gets to you! Many adjustable settings to do with search radius, sensitivity, intensity, area, sector (in uk most rain comes from SW direction). You are bound to be able to get the warnings you need - as I have and now rarely change the alarm settings. Plus a simple weather forecast for your area. I do use the Apple weather app to get the next 60min rain forecast in mm of rain per min. The two apps work very well together for my needs. Recent bonus for us in Europe is the app now seems to have coverage for France which I believe was only missing before due to licensing costs. Oh yes I long ago paid to remove adverts and get extra settings but the free app works fine.
Developer Response 17/06/2024
Thank you very much for this review!
Buyer beware: Post-purchase downgrade
01/08/2019

edburton
I paid for adverts to be removed from this app some time ago as I found the 8 hour animated display very useful. They have now downgraded the animation to be a small fraction of what it was and you now have to pay extra to get the 8 hour animation back. Without the 8 hour window I do not find the app useful. The developer thinks that this is fair because they say I only paid for adverts to be removed. I think this is not fair because I paid for adverts to be removed only because I found its features useful. If those features are removed then it is no longer the app that I paid to remove ads from. If I pay to unlock the features I used to enjoy there would seem to be no guarantee that they won’t remove more features and place them behind additional pay walls in the future. It’s a good app, but I strongly object to the practice of moving essential features behind a pay wall after one has paid to remove ads from those features. If the legacy features were unlocked for the legacy users that paid to remove ads from them then I would of course amend my review, until then; one star, buyer beware.

Developer Response
Hi edburton,thanks for using the app. Not so many thanks though for the inaccuracies and the accusation of not being trustworthy and the implicit statement that we are cheating our users.I'll try to clarify some things. Here's the first one:You have never paid for this app because it is a free app. You probably paid for removing the ads. Until recently this was the only possible in-app purchase. We have now added more features and some that were for free are now paid. These features that were for free had to be charged for now because they were causing high operational costs. In order to unlock all these paid features at once you have to buy the Additional Settings item. It only costs 1$ for all this to be unlocked. We have also added new free features, like the Apple Watch Extension or the ability to snooze the alarm for 1 or 2 hours.Now, you and all other users of this App have all the guarantee in the world that if you pay for something, we are not going to take that away from you. In your case, since you paid for removing the ads, you are still without ads. You paid for that, you keep that. What we can't guarantee is that when we make changes, these are going to be fully understood by everybody. When making changes to an app there is always the risk of misunderstandings and that surely has happened in your case. We could have done a better communication, that is probably the cause of all this anger. That's on us and we apologize for that.In any case, what we are not going to accept is a completely out of line accusation of us not being trustworthy. This is completely unacceptable and I request you to reconsider your review and to rephrase it. You can criticize all you want (and we welcome criticism) but trying to harm our reputation on purpose is not acceptable and makes your review not trustworthy.
Buyer beware: Post-purchase downgrade
01/08/2019

edburton

I paid for adverts to be removed from this app some time ago as I found the 8 hour animated display very useful. They have now downgraded the animation to be a small fraction of what it was and you now have to pay extra to get the 8 hour animation back. Without the 8 hour window I do not find the app useful. The developer thinks that this is fair because they say I only paid for adverts to be removed. I think this is not fair because I paid for adverts to be removed only because I found its features useful. If those features are removed then it is no longer the app that I paid to remove ads from. If I pay to unlock the features I used to enjoy there would seem to be no guarantee that they won’t remove more features and place them behind additional pay walls in the future. It’s a good app, but I strongly object to the practice of moving essential features behind a pay wall after one has paid to remove ads from those features. If the legacy features were unlocked for the legacy users that paid to remove ads from them then I would of course amend my review, until then; one star, buyer beware.
Developer Response 27/07/2019
Hi edburton,thanks for using the app. Not so many thanks though for the inaccuracies and the accusation of not being trustworthy and the implicit statement that we are cheating our users.I'll try to clarify some things. Here's the first one:You have never paid for this app because it is a free app. You probably paid for removing the ads. Until recently this was the only possible in-app purchase. We have now added more features and some that were for free are now paid. These features that were for free had to be charged for now because they were causing high operational costs. In order to unlock all these paid features at once you have to buy the Additional Settings item. It only costs 1$ for all this to be unlocked. We have also added new free features, like the Apple Watch Extension or the ability to snooze the alarm for 1 or 2 hours.Now, you and all other users of this App have all the guarantee in the world that if you pay for something, we are not going to take that away from you. In your case, since you paid for removing the ads, you are still without ads. You paid for that, you keep that. What we can't guarantee is that when we make changes, these are going to be fully understood by everybody. When making changes to an app there is always the risk of misunderstandings and that surely has happened in your case. We could have done a better communication, that is probably the cause of all this anger. That's on us and we apologize for that.In any case, what we are not going to accept is a completely out of line accusation of us not being trustworthy. This is completely unacceptable and I request you to reconsider your review and to rephrase it. You can criticize all you want (and we welcome criticism) but trying to harm our reputation on purpose is not acceptable and makes your review not trustworthy.
Brilliant App!
25/09/2025

iPhoneHJA
Brilliant App – A Must-Have for everyone especially Cyclists!This app is exactly what you need to avoid getting caught in the rain! I commute by bike, and while I usually don’t worry too much about the weather (since you can’t change it anyway), rain is something I really try to dodge. That’s where this app is perfect. The radar images update in 10-minute intervals, showing the rain’s development, and the forecasts have been spot on! Thanks to it, I’ve managed to avoid showers several times by simply leaving a bit earlier or later.The developer is not only highly skilled but also genuinely friendly and responsive. Customer care is clearly a top priority, and it shows. He truly deserves support, and purchasing this app is the best way to help.The best weather app I’ve ever used! A picture says more than a thousand words – and with this radar you instantly see for yourself how the weather is developing. Simple, clear, and incredibly useful!

Developer Response
That is by far the nicest review we've ever had. Thank you, thank you, thank you very much.
Brilliant App!
25/09/2025

iPhoneHJA

Brilliant App – A Must-Have for everyone especially Cyclists!This app is exactly what you need to avoid getting caught in the rain! I commute by bike, and while I usually don’t worry too much about the weather (since you can’t change it anyway), rain is something I really try to dodge. That’s where this app is perfect. The radar images update in 10-minute intervals, showing the rain’s development, and the forecasts have been spot on! Thanks to it, I’ve managed to avoid showers several times by simply leaving a bit earlier or later.The developer is not only highly skilled but also genuinely friendly and responsive. Customer care is clearly a top priority, and it shows. He truly deserves support, and purchasing this app is the best way to help.The best weather app I’ve ever used! A picture says more than a thousand words – and with this radar you instantly see for yourself how the weather is developing. Simple, clear, and incredibly useful!
Developer Response 29/09/2025
That is by far the nicest review we've ever had. Thank you, thank you, thank you very much.
Good app with great notifications
21/12/2018

SteveDB9
I had the free version and liked it so much I bought the full version. I've used other apps to give rain radar data, but this is accurate and it's the early notifications ahead of rain I really like. I get a status update on my Apple Watch when rain is approaching my location. As a dog owner I find this invaluable in timing the daily walks.
Good app with great notifications
21/12/2018

SteveDB9

I had the free version and liked it so much I bought the full version. I've used other apps to give rain radar data, but this is accurate and it's the early notifications ahead of rain I really like. I get a status update on my Apple Watch when rain is approaching my location. As a dog owner I find this invaluable in timing the daily walks.

Several stability improvements.

Version 4.104 5 days ago

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Provider: Carlos Aviles
Size: 29 MB
Category: Weather
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.6 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 16.6 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.6 or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.

Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
Location: This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.
Languages: English and 24 more

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Age Rating: 4+

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Additional Settings £1.99

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