RainAware
RainAware is #12 in Weather Paid in United States and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 24 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperRainAware LLC
CategoryWeather
Price4.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 3.9 (1.1k)
Version2.1.8
Age rating4+
First seen by us
25 Sep 2026
Rating
3.9 ★
1.1k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#12
Measured
RainAware on the App Store
App details
App ID
503757271
Publisher
RainAware LLC
On the store since
Feb 2012
14 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
45 MB
Also listed in
Travel
Where RainAware's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| WeatherPaid | #12 |
Apps near RainAware on the chart
Weather Paid, around #12.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
3.9 ★
1.1k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.1k
Measured
What users say about RainAware
From the 51 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed (39% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and its features and content. The main complaints are about recent updates, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Updates: “though the new update is like stepping back to MSDos”
- Features & content: “A lot of handy new features”
- Ease of use: “This app is easy to use and very helpful”
- Design: “Nice job with new interface and info display options”
Common complaints
- Updates: “new update RUINED this app”
- Price & subscription: “Not paying for maps that were free”
- Ease of use: “what used to be simple and intuitive now takes much more study”
- Features & content: “Please give option to revert”
About RainAware
Know exactly when rain will start and stop at your location. RainAware, the original hyperlocal rain app with RainClock, push alerts, live radar, satellite, lightning & storm tracking.
***** INCLUDED IN THE STANDARD VERSION *****
• Rain Clock
See rain timing for your location up to 3 hours ahead.
Example: “Rain starts in 1 hr 30 min and ends at 4:30 PM.”
Background images match the weather outside.
• Alerts & notifications
Get notified when rain is coming or ending, or when severe weather threatens.
Customize alert timing, rain-duration thresholds, proximity settings, and alert frequency.
• Regional radar, satellite, and 1-hour precipitation
View live weather imagery over a regional domain, then move the domain anywhere to inspect weather there.
• Watches, warnings, and advisories
View active hazards including severe storms, floods, winter weather, wind, fire, marine alerts, and more.
• Weather map overlays
Analyze the map with overlays for surface observations, lightning, hurricane tracks, storm reports, moving ship observations, and more.
• Landscape mode & fast looping
Use landscape mode for a larger map with extra pan and zoom controls. Long-press to burst-loop imagery faster and spot trends.
• Current conditions ticker
Cycles through the nearest surface observation and also shows nearby lightning, precipitation, and storm reports when relevant. Tap icons to jump to the location.
• Interactive graphs
View 36-hour trend graphs for temperature, wind, cloud cover, precipitation amount and type.
• Forecast Clock
See the next 8 days in a concise Today/Tonight format, including sunrise, sunset, and moon phase.
• Site lists
Quickly check weather for nearby cities, airports, ballparks, speedways, golf courses, and more. Stadium views include wind direction for in, out, or across-field awareness.
• Drawing tools
Draw on the map, add text, overlay it on weather imagery, and share.
• Weather badges
Badges show when rapid changes in rain, temperature, clouds, or wind are forecast. Configurable.
• Deep customization
RainAware includes extensive settings so you can tune the app to your workflow.
***** SUBSCRIPTION FEATURES *****
Subscriptions are available in-app and work across supported devices.
• Full-map access
View the full weather map without regional limits.
• Storm cell tracking
Filter storm cells and view motion, hail potential, rotation, and more.
• National radar products
Includes Echo Tops, Hail Swaths, and Rotation Tracks.
• Single-site radar
Access reflectivity and velocity products, with options to merge Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico radar into the national view.
• Expanded satellite imagery
Adds water vapor and colorized visible imagery for enhanced cloud-top analysis.
• More alert types
Add lightning proximity alerts, severe storm report alerts, and alerts for another location.
• RainPro tool
Interactively refine precipitation motion for even more precise rain timing.
• Environmental fields
Display threat areas, V
***** INCLUDED IN THE STANDARD VERSION *****
• Rain Clock
See rain timing for your location up to 3 hours ahead.
Example: “Rain starts in 1 hr 30 min and ends at 4:30 PM.”
Background images match the weather outside.
• Alerts & notifications
Get notified when rain is coming or ending, or when severe weather threatens.
Customize alert timing, rain-duration thresholds, proximity settings, and alert frequency.
• Regional radar, satellite, and 1-hour precipitation
View live weather imagery over a regional domain, then move the domain anywhere to inspect weather there.
• Watches, warnings, and advisories
View active hazards including severe storms, floods, winter weather, wind, fire, marine alerts, and more.
• Weather map overlays
Analyze the map with overlays for surface observations, lightning, hurricane tracks, storm reports, moving ship observations, and more.
• Landscape mode & fast looping
Use landscape mode for a larger map with extra pan and zoom controls. Long-press to burst-loop imagery faster and spot trends.
• Current conditions ticker
Cycles through the nearest surface observation and also shows nearby lightning, precipitation, and storm reports when relevant. Tap icons to jump to the location.
• Interactive graphs
View 36-hour trend graphs for temperature, wind, cloud cover, precipitation amount and type.
• Forecast Clock
See the next 8 days in a concise Today/Tonight format, including sunrise, sunset, and moon phase.
• Site lists
Quickly check weather for nearby cities, airports, ballparks, speedways, golf courses, and more. Stadium views include wind direction for in, out, or across-field awareness.
• Drawing tools
Draw on the map, add text, overlay it on weather imagery, and share.
• Weather badges
Badges show when rapid changes in rain, temperature, clouds, or wind are forecast. Configurable.
• Deep customization
RainAware includes extensive settings so you can tune the app to your workflow.
***** SUBSCRIPTION FEATURES *****
Subscriptions are available in-app and work across supported devices.
• Full-map access
View the full weather map without regional limits.
• Storm cell tracking
Filter storm cells and view motion, hail potential, rotation, and more.
• National radar products
Includes Echo Tops, Hail Swaths, and Rotation Tracks.
• Single-site radar
Access reflectivity and velocity products, with options to merge Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico radar into the national view.
• Expanded satellite imagery
Adds water vapor and colorized visible imagery for enhanced cloud-top analysis.
• More alert types
Add lightning proximity alerts, severe storm report alerts, and alerts for another location.
• RainPro tool
Interactively refine precipitation motion for even more precise rain timing.
• Environmental fields
Display threat areas, V
Latest updates
2.1.8
- Several fixes that improve app stability
- More precise time matching of overlay fields on weather map.
- For tablets with mouse enabled, added right-click menu.
2.1.7
- Added tappable Canadian warning polygons to map plot. Uses Environment Canada color codes (yellow/orange/red).
- Fixed rare gray screen covering RainClock.
- [sub pro feature] Canadian warnings show in Active Warnings list.
- [sub pro feature] Added MLCAPE + 6km Shear overlay.
- [sub pro feature] Added Surface Moisture Convergence overlay.
Store changes
What RainAware changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
App got smaller
52 MB → 45 MB (-14%)