RadarScope Downloads & RevenueRadarScope · App Store & Google Play
RadarScope gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
RadarScope by Base Velocity, LLC is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Full timeline · 27 events
- 📦RadarScope updated to version 5.7.3iOS• Removed HRW and NAM forecast models decommissioned by NWS
• Fixed a bug that prevented some UI elements from refreshing - ✏️RadarScope added hidden keywords: tornadoiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦RadarScope updated to version 5.7.2iOS• Fixed a crash caused by an invalid user location
• Fixed a hang when rotating the device on certain versions of iOS - 📈RadarScope hit #1AndroidTop Paid · Weather · MX
- ✏️RadarScope added hidden keywords: willyweatheriOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈RadarScope entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Wear OS · NL
- 📈RadarScope entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Weather · MX · Top Grossing · Weather · NL
- 📈RadarScope entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Weather · MX · Top Paid · Weather · NL
- 📈RadarScope charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidMexico · Netherlands
- 📈RadarScope entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Wear OS · MX · Top Paid · Wear OS · NL
- 📦RadarScope updated to version 5.7.1iOS• Fixed visual bugs in hodograph displays
• Fixed the startup icon for the CarPlay location button
• Fixed crash when turning off CarPlay
• Fixed a bug with the zoom level in the CarPlay dashboard
• Fixed a bug where Pro features would not work in CarPlay until the phone was unlocked
• Fixed a crash in widgets if Spotter Network reporting is enabled
• Fixed a bug that could cause outlooks to flash on the map when switching outlook types
• Fixed a bug that prevented certain older radar products from fully rendering
• Improved reliability of widgets set to a saved location… more - 📈RadarScope new best rank in the overall chart: #17AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · US
- ✏️RadarScope added hidden keywords: stormiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️RadarScope: description updatedAndroid· US
- ✏️RadarScope added hidden keywords: gust, severeiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎RadarScope reached Top 10 for “radar”iOS#9 in Canada search · popularity 62
- 📈RadarScope charting in a new countryiOSNetherlands
- ✏️RadarScope added hidden keywords: severeiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈RadarScope charting in a new countryiOSMexico
- 📈RadarScope new best rank in the overall chart: #23AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · US
- 🆕RadarScope first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕RadarScope first spotted by AppInsideriOS#5 in Top Paid · Weather · Japan
- 📈RadarScope new best rank in the overall chart: #46iOSTop Paid · All Apps · CA
- 📈RadarScope new best rank in the overall chart: #11iOSTop Paid · All Apps · US
- 📦RadarScope version 5.7iOSNo release notes
- 🆕RadarScope released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕RadarScope released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Weather PaidRadarScope at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
RadarScope is a professional-grade weather visualization app for meteorologists, storm spotters, and enthusiasts that provides native radar data and severe weather products. The app holds the #1 position in US Weather Paid charts and maintains strong presence in Australia and Canada paid rankings, indicating sustained demand for specialized tools despite its premium price point.
Similar apps: Weather Underground, AccuWeather, MyRadar
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
RadarScope declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
RadarScope downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 50+ | – |
| Google Play | 50+ | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 100k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where RadarScope's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How RadarScope makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Pro Tier 1 subscription | |
| 2 | Pro Tier 2 subscription | |
| 3 | Pro Tier 2 subscription | |
| 4 | RadarScope Pro Subscription subscription |
Hidden keywords
RadarScope shows up in App Store search (US) for 2 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #1 Weather Paid | 10 of 30 countries | – | #12 |
| Google Play | #1 Weather Paid | 3 of 23 countries | – | #7 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.2 ★ | 2.8k |
| Google Play | 3.9 ★ | 6.4k 2.8k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.0 ★ weighted by ratings | 9.2k |
What users say about RadarScope
From the 60 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users strongly criticize the dual pricing model where a paid app still requires subscriptions for basic functionality like extended radar loops. While recent CarPlay integration is praised by enthusiasts, persistent technical issues with purchase restoration and data reliability drive significant negative sentiment.
Mixed (48% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and regular updates. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Features & content: “They have competitors who have CarPlay options”
- Updates: “Update: They finally have CarPlay”
- Useful: “This app is so useful it helps me so much five stars”
- Price & subscription: “Now with CarPlay support, which other apps hide behind a paywall!”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Subscribed the Pro Version”
- Features & content: “Too Many Features Behind Subscription”
- Updates: “The radar hasn’t updated in 6 hours”
- Useful: “I would not recommend trying this app”
About RadarScope
Whether you’re scanning for a mesocyclone’s tell-tale hook echo, pinpointing the landfall of a hurricane’s eye wall, or identifying velocity couplet, hail spike, or debris ball signatures, RadarScope displays native radar data in its original radial format. You see what the radar sees almost as soon as the radar sees it, with automatic updates every two to ten minutes depending on the radar’s scanning strategy.
Your initial app purchase includes the following:
• Full suite of single-site radar products for the US, Canada, Guam, Denmark, Finland, and Germany
• 10-frame radar loops
• Two built-in providers for radar data
• Tornado, thunderstorm, flash flood, marine, snow squall, extreme wind, tropical, and other warnings in the US
• Selected severe weather warnings in Canada and Australia
• Severe weather watches in the US and Canada
• NWS-generated storm tracks with hail, TVS, and mesocyclone attributes
• Inspector and distance tools
• Color palette options for radar data
• Weather Pulse data plan integration
• Spotter Network integration for storm and location reporting
• mPING integration for submitting weather reports to NSSL
• Bundled maps with political borders, water bodies, and highways, optimized for low-bandwidth use
• Support for widgets and complications
• Universal app for Apple platforms, including Apple Watch, and Apple TV
• CarPlay support
• Family Sharing support
RadarScope Pro Tier One is an optional annual subscription that adds more features for tracking severe weather:
• 30-frame radar loops
• Cloud-to-ground lightning strikes
• Special weather statements in the US and Canada
• Mesoscale convective and precipitation discussions
• SPC convective, tornado, hail, wind, and fire outlooks
• WPC excessive rainfall outlooks in the US
• Local storm reports in the US
• Custom color palette support
• Multi-pane display (2 on phones; 4 on larger devices)
• Family Sharing support
RadarScope Pro Tier Two is an optional annual or monthly subscription that transforms RadarScope into a more complete visualization tool for a larger suite of weather products, including:
• Everything in Pro Tier One
• 50-frame radar loops
• A third provider for US radar data
• 30-year archive of NEXRAD Level II radar data
• 6-year archive of NEXRAD Level III data
• 30-day archive of super-res and non-US radar data
• 20-year archive of NWS bulletins
• GOES satellite data
• Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) data
• Real-Time Mesoscale Assimilation (RTMA) data
• GFS, ECMWF, HRRR, HRW, NAM, and RRFS model data
• Surface observatio
RadarScope App Store
RadarScope gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
RadarScope is #1 in Weather Paid in United States and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Weather PaidRadarScope at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
RadarScope is a professional-grade weather visualization app for meteorologists, storm spotters, and enthusiasts that provides native radar data and severe weather products. The app holds the #1 position in US Weather Paid charts and maintains strong presence in Australia and Canada paid rankings, indicating sustained demand for specialized tools despite its premium price point.
Similar apps: Weather Underground, AccuWeather, MyRadar
RadarScope on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
RadarScope declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
RadarScope downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where RadarScope's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in RadarScope before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How RadarScope makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Pro Tier 1 subscription | |
| 2 | Pro Tier 2 subscription | |
| 3 | Pro Tier 2 subscription | |
| 4 | RadarScope Pro Subscription subscription |
Hidden keywords
RadarScope shows up in App Store search (US) for 2 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | WeatherPaid | #1 |
| United States | WeatherGrossing | #12 |
 Australia | WeatherPaid | #4 |
 Germany | WeatherPaid | #8 |
 Canada | WeatherPaid | #11 |
| Canada | WeatherGrossing | #35 |
| Australia | WeatherGrossing | #41 |
 United Kingdom | WeatherPaid | #45 |
| Germany | WeatherGrossing | #89 |
| Japan | WeatherPaid | #88 |
 South Korea | WeatherPaid | #68 |
 France | WeatherPaid | #59 |
 Italy | WeatherPaid | #65 |
 Indonesia | WeatherPaid | #55 |
Apps near RadarScope on the chart
Weather Paid, around #1.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about RadarScope
From the 60 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users strongly criticize the dual pricing model where a paid app still requires subscriptions for basic functionality like extended radar loops. While recent CarPlay integration is praised by enthusiasts, persistent technical issues with purchase restoration and data reliability drive significant negative sentiment.
Mixed (48% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and regular updates. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Features & content: “They have competitors who have CarPlay options”
- Updates: “Update: They finally have CarPlay”
- Useful: “This app is so useful it helps me so much five stars”
- Price & subscription: “Now with CarPlay support, which other apps hide behind a paywall!”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Subscribed the Pro Version”
- Features & content: “Too Many Features Behind Subscription”
- Updates: “The radar hasn’t updated in 6 hours”
- Useful: “I would not recommend trying this app”
About RadarScope
Whether you’re scanning for a mesocyclone’s tell-tale hook echo, pinpointing the landfall of a hurricane’s eye wall, or identifying velocity couplet, hail spike, or debris ball signatures, RadarScope displays native radar data in its original radial format. You see what the radar sees almost as soon as the radar sees it, with automatic updates every two to ten minutes depending on the radar’s scanning strategy.
Your initial app purchase includes the following:
• Full suite of single-site radar products for the US, Canada, Guam, Denmark, Finland, and Germany
• 10-frame radar loops
• Two built-in providers for radar data
• Tornado, thunderstorm, flash flood, marine, snow squall, extreme wind, tropical, and other warnings in the US
• Selected severe weather warnings in Canada and Australia
• Severe weather watches in the US and Canada
• NWS-generated storm tracks with hail, TVS, and mesocyclone attributes
• Inspector and distance tools
• Color palette options for radar data
• Weather Pulse data plan integration
• Spotter Network integration for storm and location reporting
• mPING integration for submitting weather reports to NSSL
• Bundled maps with political borders, water bodies, and highways, optimized for low-bandwidth use
• Support for widgets and complications
• Universal app for Apple platforms, including Apple Watch, and Apple TV
• CarPlay support
• Family Sharing support
RadarScope Pro Tier One is an optional annual subscription that adds more features for tracking severe weather:
• 30-frame radar loops
• Cloud-to-ground lightning strikes
• Special weather statements in the US and Canada
• Mesoscale convective and precipitation discussions
• SPC convective, tornado, hail, wind, and fire outlooks
• WPC excessive rainfall outlooks in the US
• Local storm reports in the US
• Custom color palette support
• Multi-pane display (2 on phones; 4 on larger devices)
• Family Sharing support
RadarScope Pro Tier Two is an optional annual or monthly subscription that transforms RadarScope into a more complete visualization tool for a larger suite of weather products, including:
• Everything in Pro Tier One
• 50-frame radar loops
• A third provider for US radar data
• 30-year archive of NEXRAD Level II radar data
• 6-year archive of NEXRAD Level III data
• 30-day archive of super-res and non-US radar data
• 20-year archive of NWS bulletins
• GOES satellite data
• Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) data
• Real-Time Mesoscale Assimilation (RTMA) data
• GFS, ECMWF, HRRR, HRW, NAM, and RRFS model data
• Surface observatio
Latest updates
RadarScope Android
RadarScope gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
RadarScope is #1 in Weather Paid on Google Play in United States and charting in 3 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Weather PaidRadarScope at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
RadarScope is a professional-grade weather visualization tool for meteorologists, storm spotters, and enthusiasts that displays native single-site radar data and severe weather products. The app holds the #1 position in US Weather Paid charts and maintains strong grossing rankings across multiple international markets, indicating sustained demand for its specialized, high-fidelity radar capabilities despite a moderate user rating of 3.94.
Similar apps: Weather Underground, AccuWeather, MyRadar
RadarScope on Google Play
App details
RadarScope downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where RadarScope's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in RadarScope before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How RadarScope makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Pro Tier 1 subscription | |
| 2 | Pro Tier 2 subscription | |
| 3 | Pro Tier 2 subscription | |
| 4 | RadarScope Pro Subscription subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | WeatherPaid | #1 |
| United States | WeatherGrossing | #7 |
 Mexico | WeatherPaid | #2 |
| United States | Wear OSGrossing | #37 |
| United States | Wear OSPaid | #22 |
| United States | All AppsPaid | #95 |
 Netherlands | WeatherPaid | #3 |
| Mexico | WeatherGrossing | #11 |
| Netherlands | WeatherGrossing | #11 |
| Netherlands | Wear OSGrossing | #79 |
| Mexico | Wear OSPaid | #67 |
| Netherlands | Wear OSPaid | #52 |
Apps near RadarScope on the chart
Weather Paid, around #1.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about RadarScope
From the 110 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Long-term users praise the app's professional-grade radar data and accuracy for storm chasing, but recent updates have caused significant performance issues like lagging, crashes, and unreliable loading. A major source of frustration is the pricing model, where users feel forced to pay a subscription fee on top of the initial app cost to access essential features.
Mixed but leaning positive (65% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and recent updates.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “one of the few apps worth the money”
- Features & content: “Level 1 upgrade is a must”
- Useful: “a very trusted and useful app have had tier 1 for years”
- Crashes & bugs: “I use this more now days as a backup, when my main products have glitches or when WiFi is unavailable”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “you get 5 frames for this price”
- Updates: “cannot load any of the tier 2 features after previous update”
- Features & content: “moving on to other options”
- Crashes & bugs: “doesn't work as soon as I paid”
About RadarScope
Whether you’re scanning for a mesocyclone’s tell-tale hook echo, pinpointing the landfall of a hurricane’s eye wall, or identifying velocity couplet, hail spike, or debris ball signatures, RadarScope displays native radar data in its original radial format. You see what the radar sees almost as soon as the radar sees it, with automatic updates every two to ten minutes depending on the radar’s scanning strategy.
Your initial app purchase includes the following:
• Full suite of single-site radar products for the US, Canada, Guam, Denmark, Finland, and Germany
• 6-frame radar loops
• Two built-in providers for radar data
• Tornado, thunderstorm, flash flood, special marine, snow squall, and extreme wind warnings in the US
• Selected severe weather warnings in Canada and Australia
• NWS-generated storm tracks with hail, TVS, and mesocyclone attributes
• Inspector and distance tools
• Color palette options for radar data
• Weather Pulse data plan integration
• Spotter Network integration for storm and location reporting
• mPING integration for submitting weather reports to NSSL
• Bundled maps with political boundaries, water bodies, and major highways, optimized for low-bandwidth use
• Support for widgets
• Universal app for Android and Wear OS
• Family Library support
RadarScope Pro Tier One is an optional annual subscription that adds more features for tracking severe weather:
• 30-frame radar loops
• Cloud-to-ground lightning strikes
• Severe weather watches in the US and Canada
• Special weather statements in the US and Canada
• Mesoscale convective and precipitation discussions
• SPC convective, tornado, hail, wind, and fire outlooks
• WPC excessive rainfall outlooks in the US
• Local storm reports in the US
• Custom color palette support
• Multi-pane display (2 on phones; 4 on larger devices)
RadarScope Pro Tier Two is an optional annual or monthly subscription that transforms RadarScope into a more complete visualization tool for a larger suite of weather products, including:
• Everything in Pro Tier One
• 50-frame radar loops
• A third provider for US radar data
• NEXRAD Level II radar data for the US with a 30-year historical archive
• Historical NEXRAD Level III, super-res, and non-US radar data with a 30-day archive
• Historical NWS bulletins with a 19-year archive
• GOES East and GOES West satellite products
• NSSL’s Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) products
• NCEP’s Real-Time Mesoscale Assimilation (RTMA) products
• Surface observations
• Atmospheric soundings in the US
• Hail size, hail probability,
What's new
• 10-frame loops
• Access to research radars
• Added GAWX, FWLX, and FUSA radars
• Decommissioned TPBI and added TDJT
• Detail views show relevant content only
• Fixed hodograph rendering
• Fixed a rendering issue with custom palettes
• Fixed palettes for research radars
• Fixed surface observations displayed in archive mode
New for Pro Tier Two:
• ProbSevere layer
• Added RRFS forecast model
New for Weather Pulse Subscribers:
• Added RRFS forecast model
Store changes
What RadarScope changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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