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Weather Radar - NOAA Channel is #23 in Weather Grossing in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 12 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperImpala Studios
CategoryWeather
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.6 (252k)
Version6.4.2
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10M+ worldwide
Weather Radar - NOAA Channel update history & changes
Last change · 55 events since 11 Jun 2013Full timeline ↓✏️Added hidden keywords: service, predict🔎Top 10 for “storm tracker”✏️Added hidden keywords: doppler📦Updated to version 6.4.2📈Entered the top 10📦Updated to version 6.4.1📈Entered the top 10🔎#1 for “weather radar” in 2 countries🎉In-app event: Hurricane Isaias - Storm Alert🆕First spotted by AppInsider
Full timeline · 55 events
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: service, predictwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Weather Radar - NOAA Channel reached Top 10 for “storm tracker”#9 in United Arab Emirates search · popularity 52
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: dopplerwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new iPad screenshots· JP
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 7) · JP
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: app got bigger205 MB → 262 MB (+27%)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: renamedClima - Previsão do tempo + → Clima ~ Previsão do tempo · BR
- 📦Weather Radar - NOAA Channel updated to version 6.4.2This version includes general performance improvements, we also fixed some minor bugs.
- 📈Weather Radar - NOAA Channel entered the top 10Top Grossing · Weather · BR
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: warningswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 7) · AU
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: fema, weatherwisewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Weather Radar - NOAA Channel updated to version 6.4.1Live Radar
Watch rain and snow move toward you on the new high resolution Live Radar layer. Turn it on from the Layers menu on the map.
Wind gusts on charts
Charts now show wind gusts, so you’ll know when a quiet day has a few sudden blasts in store.
Widgets that find you
New widgets now pick up your current location automatically.
Fresher forecasts
We fixed an issue where the Today and 14 Days screens could show outdated data for some locations in the US and Canada.
Better on iPhone Duo
Ora now makes better use of the iPhone Duo screen.
Faster and smoother
Notification settings open faster, translations are updated throughout the app, and weather warning counts now display correctly in more languages.
Whatever the weather brings today, you’ll see it coming with Ora Weather.… more - ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 6) · AU
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: 気圧, earthquakewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new iPad screenshots· IT
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 7) · IT
- 📦Weather Radar - NOAA Channel updated to version 6.4.0Live Radar
Watch rain and snow move toward you on the new high resolution Live Radar layer. Turn it on from the Layers menu on the map.
Wind gusts on charts
Charts now show wind gusts, so you’ll know when a quiet day has a few sudden blasts in store.
Widgets that find you
New widgets now pick up your current location automatically.
Faster and smoother
Notification settings open faster, and translations are updated throughout the app.
Whatever the weather brings today, you’ll see it coming with Ora Weather.… more - ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: rainviewerwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: regenvorschauwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: weatherlywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: weatherlywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: dwd, weatherlywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Weather Radar - NOAA Channel entered the top 10Top Grossing · Weather · IT
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: thunderstormswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new iPad screenshots· IT
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 7) · IT
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: rainviewerwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Weather Radar - NOAA Channel reached #1 for “weather radar” in 2 countriesGermany, Italy search · popularity 28
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: conditioningwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: 震度, 登山地図アプリwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: trackerwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: clime, carrot, severewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: clime, dwd, ventusky, meteoblue +3 morewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: 気象ニュース, wetterradar, agrarwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: pioggia, raintoday, meteoswiss, pluiewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🎉Weather Radar - NOAA Channel in-app event: Hurricane Isaias - Storm AlertLIVE EVENT · until 23 Oct
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: 天気予報アプリwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: regenalarmwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: ecmwfwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: weathercan, accuweather, hurricanewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: clime, bergfex, weatherzonewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: dwd, 予想words in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Weather Radar - NOAA Channel reached Top 10 for “weather”#10 in China search · popularity 77
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · 5 countries
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: whether, lightningwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Weather Radar - NOAA Channel updated to version 6.3.0Siri & Shortcuts: Ask Siri for more than just the forecast. Get rain, wind, UV, hurricanes, and weather warnings, plus quicker access to Radar from your Lock Screen or Action button.
Spotlight Search: Find your saved cities faster with Spotlight search.
Performance & Stability: Enjoy smoother maps, fewer crashes, and small fixes throughout the app.
Feel ready. Every day.… more - ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: realfeel, hurricane, earthquakewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: clime, pflotsh, warnwetter, dwd +11 morewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Weather Radar - NOAA Channel added hidden keywords: windy, storm, willyweatherwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🆕Weather Radar - NOAA Channel first spotted by AppInsider#22 in Top Grossing · Weather · Canada
- 📦Weather Radar - NOAA Channel version 6.2.1No release notes
- 🆕Weather Radar - NOAA Channel released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.6 ★
252k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#23
Weather GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
75
▼ -38% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Weather Radar - NOAA Channel on the App Store
App details
App ID
649264704
Publisher
Impala Studios B.V.
On the store since
Jun 2013
13 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
41
BN CA HR CS DA NL EN FI FR DE EL GU …
Size
262 MB
Also listed in
Travel
App privacy Measured
Weather Radar - NOAA Channel’s App Store privacy label declares 3 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 4 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
3
Linked to you
4
Not linked to you
1
Tracks you via
LLocationIIdentifiersUUsage Data
Linked to your identity
Not linked to you
UUsage Data
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Weather Radar - NOAA Channel downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Weather Radar - NOAA Channel'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Weather Radar - NOAA Channel makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | All Weather Radar for 1 Week subscription | |
| 2 | Get Premium Weather Info subscription | |
| 3 | All premium for 1 Year subscription | |
| 4 | Ad-free experience | |
| 5 | Ora+ Weekly subscription | |
| 6 | Weather Radar Forecast - 6Mo. subscription | |
| 7 | Premium Member Monthly subscription | |
| 8 | NOAA Radar - Weather & Alerts | |
| 9 | Premium Features Yearly Tier subscription | |
| 10 | Monthly Premium subscription |
Hidden keywords
Weather Radar - NOAA Channel shows up in App Store search (US) for 13 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | WeatherGrossing | #23 |
 United Kingdom | WeatherGrossing | #14 |
 Japan | WeatherGrossing | #23 |
 Germany | WeatherGrossing | #15 |
| Canada | WeatherGrossing | #13 |
 China | WeatherGrossing | #44 |
 Italy | WeatherGrossing | #13 |
 Australia | WeatherGrossing | #21 |
 South Korea | WeatherGrossing | #33 |
| United States | WeatherFree | #112 |
 Brazil | WeatherGrossing | #27 |
 France | WeatherGrossing | #48 |
 Saudi Arabia | WeatherGrossing | #24 |
 United Arab Emirates | WeatherGrossing | #21 |
| Italy | WeatherFree | #38 |
 Indonesia | WeatherGrossing | #33 |
| Germany | WeatherFree | #100 |
 India | WeatherGrossing | #79 |
| Australia | WeatherFree | #79 |
| Brazil | WeatherFree | #81 |
| France | WeatherFree | #107 |
| Canada | WeatherFree | #88 |
| Saudi Arabia | WeatherFree | #52 |
| United Kingdom | WeatherFree | #197 |
 Russia | WeatherGrossing | #86 |
| Russia | WeatherFree | #113 |
| United Arab Emirates | WeatherFree | #57 |
Apps near Weather Radar - NOAA Channel on the chart
Weather Grossing, around #23.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
252k ratings
Measured
Ratings
252k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
75
▼ -38% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
69/100
faster than 96% of Weather apps
New ratings by country (9)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 57 | 78% | ▼ -25% |
| Australia | 4.2 | 6% | ▼ -42% |
| Germany | 4 | 5% | ▼ -62% |
| United Kingdom | 2.2 | 3% | ▼ -90% |
| Italy | 1.5 | 2% | – |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.2 | 2% | – |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% | – |
| Canada | 1 | 1% | – |
| France | 1 | 1% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review 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 Weather Radar - NOAA Channel
From the 57 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users are highly dissatisfied with the recent ownership change to Ora, citing broken functionality, a cluttered interface, and aggressive subscription tactics. While some long-time fans praise the radar accuracy, many report that the app no longer loads correctly or forces paid features for basic data.
Mixed (47% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “I’m enjoying the free 3-month trial of premium features”
- Price & subscription: “I’m enjoying the free 3-month trial of premium features”
- Design: “Very well structured user interface”
- Fun: “I’m enjoying the free 3-month trial of premium features”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Charging for future radar”
- Crashes & bugs: “I paid for premium and now it’s not working”
- Updates: “The ORA update is awful!!!”
- Design: “The interface changes are Atrocious, the tracking is in accurate”
About Weather Radar - NOAA Channel
Ora Weather Radar tells you what the weather means for you, not just what it is: what to wear, when the rain starts, whether your plans hold. Live radar shows rain moving toward you, with timing for the next 15 minutes so you know whether to wait it out. And when severe weather moves in, Ora tells you what's happening, what to do, and when it's over.
What you get for free:
* A clear daily forecast, tailored to your location
* Live weather radar to see rain as it moves toward you
* A 7-day forecast to plan the days ahead
* Governmental advisories from NOAA
* Rain timing for the next 15 minutes, so you know whether to wait it out
* Evening report with tomorrow's forecast
Get the full picture with OraPlus:
* Full precipitation radar, minute by minute, up to 12 hours ahead
* A 14-day forecast, hour by hour, for planning you can trust
* Hurricane tracker with the full storm path
* Storm cells, lightning, and detailed wind maps
* Morning and evening reports for every location you care about
* All custom notifications
* Wildfires on the radar map
* No ads, ever
Ora Weather Radar works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, with home screen widgets that keep the forecast one glance away.
Feel ready. Every day.
OraPlus is an auto-renewing subscription, available weekly (with a 3-day free trial) or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase and renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Prices are shown in the app.
Terms & Conditions: https://impalastudios.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://impalastudios.com/privacy
Need help or want to share feedback? Email us anytime at [email protected]
What you get for free:
* A clear daily forecast, tailored to your location
* Live weather radar to see rain as it moves toward you
* A 7-day forecast to plan the days ahead
* Governmental advisories from NOAA
* Rain timing for the next 15 minutes, so you know whether to wait it out
* Evening report with tomorrow's forecast
Get the full picture with OraPlus:
* Full precipitation radar, minute by minute, up to 12 hours ahead
* A 14-day forecast, hour by hour, for planning you can trust
* Hurricane tracker with the full storm path
* Storm cells, lightning, and detailed wind maps
* Morning and evening reports for every location you care about
* All custom notifications
* Wildfires on the radar map
* No ads, ever
Ora Weather Radar works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, with home screen widgets that keep the forecast one glance away.
Feel ready. Every day.
OraPlus is an auto-renewing subscription, available weekly (with a 3-day free trial) or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase and renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Prices are shown in the app.
Terms & Conditions: https://impalastudios.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://impalastudios.com/privacy
Need help or want to share feedback? Email us anytime at [email protected]
Latest updates
6.4.2
This version includes general performance improvements, we also fixed some minor bugs.
6.4.1
Live Radar
Watch rain and snow move toward you on the new high resolution Live Radar layer. Turn it on from the Layers menu on the map.
Wind gusts on charts
Charts now show wind gusts, so you’ll know when a quiet day has a few sudden blasts in store.
Widgets that find you
New widgets now pick up your current location automatically.
Fresher forecasts
We fixed an issue where the Today and 14 Days screens could show outdated data for some locations in the US and Canada.
Better on iPhone Duo
Ora now makes better use of the iPhone Duo screen.
Faster and smoother
Notification settings open faster, translations are updated throughout the app, and weather warning counts now display correctly in more languages.
Whatever the weather brings today, you’ll see it coming with Ora Weather.
6.4.0
Live Radar
Watch rain and snow move toward you on the new high resolution Live Radar layer. Turn it on from the Layers menu on the map.
Wind gusts on charts
Charts now show wind gusts, so you’ll know when a quiet day has a few sudden blasts in store.
Widgets that find you
New widgets now pick up your current location automatically.
Faster and smoother
Notification settings open faster, and translations are updated throughout the app.
Whatever the weather brings today, you’ll see it coming with Ora Weather.
Store changes
What Weather Radar - NOAA Channel changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
7 screenshots (was 7)
App got bigger
205 MB → 262 MB (+27%)
