NOAA Weather & Tides 4+

BEST WEATHER APP

I have been using a variety of weather apps, and my friend who is a United pilot, Capt., introduced me to this app, which is the best. It’s detailed, the advertisements are download, and you don’t have to find where the little axes to get it off your screen. It’s detailed hour per hour, including the wind and the wind direction. And it’s been very accurate thus far. I have been so frustrated with the apps I was using that kept wanting me to click on their commercials, and this one is very respectful of my attention. It doesn’t have the radar of the storm coming in but I use a separate app for that.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the review! The app does have NOAA radar, which you can view from the map. Let me know if you are having trouble finding it. pandamoniumsoftware@gmail.com

About time to move on

UPDATED REVIEW: it’s been about a year or so since my initial review & sadly, still have NEVER RECEIVED A WEATHER ALERT! No favorites tab has been added. Still have to select which overlay on the map I want to view, and now have to zoom in on my location because it shows all of the US, Mexico, & Canada. The radar in motion is still clunky & slow, & that’s if it works @ all. Very disappointed. It’s really not even a 1 Star app @ this point.

The app does provide the detailed forecast from the NWS. & that's about the good thing.
You can set up weather alerts & there's an option for sound, but according to the developer you will only get these if you leave the app open. Really? I had several winter weather advisories for my area & did not receive a single notification of any of them.
Each time you enter the app it takes you to the map tab. Which is ok if you want that. There's no option to add a favorite tab. On this map, you have to select which overlay you want each time. It does not save the overlay you want. Causes additional taps & gets annoying. The overlays look clunky & not as accurate as the NWS radar.
Overall just a 2 star app right now. If the severe weather notifications were to actually work w/ sound, better map, ability to save a favorite tab & settings on the radar, could be the perfect app. Hopefully some things will be fixed/added

Search function not working

I’ve had this app for years and have sworn by it to others who used other weather apps. However, as other reviewers have mentioned, the search function no longer works and the hourly info is hit and miss. I tried using the developer’s web site to report problem, but just got a blank page.

Update: the app developer got back to me and probably others and fixed the search and temperature problems in the latest update. App working perfectly for me again! Thank you for fairly quick customer service.

Developer Response ,

The latest update (1.26.4) should fix this. Sorry for the inconvenience. Let me know if you have any other issues. pandamoniumsoftware@gmail.com