There are plenty of platitudes about the weather but none is more accurate than, “It’s always changing.” Thanks to thundersnow, freezing rain, and warm sunny days in the middle of the winter, it pays to have some advance warning about what you’ll face when you walk out the door in the morning. That’s why one of these five weather apps will be your new best friend. With forecasts by the hour or by the week, radar, real-time images, and even live traffic conditions, these apps hold plenty of meteorological data. So which is the best for Android and iOS users? Read on to find out.
Platforms: Android
Price: Free (Ad-supported) $1.39 (Ad-Free)
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Sometimes you just want to know what the current temperature is. If that’s all you’re interested in, Weather Droid Widget Lite fits the bill. This ad-supported app–the paid version will set you back $1.39–is actually a widget that can be added to your Android phone’s home screen.
Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iOS
Price: Free
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The most literally named channel on television has, appropriately enough, a namesake app for Android and iOS. Users who consider The Weather Channel’s weather.com their go-to forecast site will enjoy the app’s similarities, such as detailed 36-hour forecasts. While we tested the free version of the app on both Android and iOS, iPhone users get more videos and images built into their app.
Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iOS
Price: $0.99
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If the name AccuWeather sounds familiar to you, it’s likely that you heard it from your local TV weatherperson. The company calls itself “the World’s Weather Authority,” but does AccuWeather’s forecasting prowess translate well to its mobile app(s)?
Platforms: iOs
Price: Free (Ad supported) $1.99 (Ad-Free)
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Weather+ provides current weather data, hourly forecasts, and weekly forecasts against an animated, idealized version of the current conditions. While the app is nice to look at and includes a decent amount of information, it sometimes presents too much data at once to be useful.
Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iOS
Price: Free (Ad-supported)
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Although the Weather Channel has a bigger name, WeatherBug is actually one of the most popular weather apps available on almost every mobile platform. It uses data and live images culled from monitoring stations at schools across the country in addition to data from the National Weather Service. Because there are more than 35,000 monitoring stations worldwide, WeatherBug is able to provide hyper-local weather updates–including station images–that go beyond the current condition basics to include historical data.
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