Windy.com Downloads & RevenueWindy.com · App Store & Google Play
Windy.com gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Windy.com by Windyty, SE is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: predict, feed, predictions🌟iOSFeatured by Apple: “HISTORIAS QUE INSPIRAN”🌟iOSFeatured by Apple: “HISTORIAS QUE INSPIRAN”🚀iOSNow shown next to Windfinder: Wind & Weather map, PredictWind — Marine Forecasts, Ventusky: Weather Forecast +3 more✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: meteoswiss, sbf-fragen⭐iOSRatings taking off in India🔎AndroidTop 10 for “weather app”🎉iOSIn-app event: Follow Windy athlete Milan📈iOSHit #1📈iOSHit #1📈AndroidEntered the top 10📦iOSUpdated to version 51.030231📈AndroidNew best rank in the overall chart: #23📦AndroidVersion 51.3.2🔎Android#1 for “weather”🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play
Full timeline · 131 events in the last 12 months
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: predict, feed, predictionsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Windy.com featured by Apple: “HISTORIAS QUE INSPIRAN”iOStoday · AR, JP
- 🌟Windy.com featured by Apple: “HISTORIAS QUE INSPIRAN”iOStoday · AR, JP
- 🚀Windy.com: now shown next to Windfinder: Wind & Weather map, PredictWind — Marine Forecasts, Ventusky: Weather Forecast +3 moreiOSthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: meteoswiss, sbf-frageniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP
- 🌟Windy.com featured by Apple: “HISTORIAS QUE INSPIRAN”iOStoday · CO, JP
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP
- 🌟Windy.com featured by Apple: “HISTORIAS QUE INSPIRAN”iOStoday · JP, MX
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: weatherbugiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Windy.com featured by Apple: “HISTORIAS QUE INSPIRAN”iOStoday · AR, JP, MX, TW
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: fishingiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Windy.com reached Top 10 for “weather app”Android#10 in United States search · popularity 94
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP, TW
- 🎉Windy.com in-app event: Follow Windy athlete MilaniOSLIVE EVENT · until 21 Nov
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: tornadoiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP, TW
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: glimmeriOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP, TW
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: alertsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP, TW
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP, TW
- 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Free · Weather · ID
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: sailingiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: foreflight, report, alertiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Free · Weather · FR
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Wear OS · IN
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: readsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 14 countries
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · US, RU
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · 6 countries
- ✏️Windy.com: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · KR
- ✏️Windy.com: new iPad screenshotsiOS· JP
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · JP
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · IT
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · FR
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · DE
- ✏️Windy.com: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CN
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · CN
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · CA
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · BR
- ✏️Windy.com: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · AU
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: uav, wanderniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Windy.com updated to version 51.030231iOS- meteoblue is now the default location forecast model
- Lightning archive: browse past lightning activity
- Dashboards: custom weather dashboards for organizations
- RRFS: new NOAA forecast model replacing NAM
- Clear air turbulence range extended to FL450 (13.7 km)
- Route planner: set speed with decimal precision
- Meteogram (vertical cloud cross-section) is back in the Airgram
- Tons of other fixes… more - ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: vieweriOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Weather · CA
- 📈Windy.com new best rank in the overall chart: #23AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TW
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: weatherly, surf-forecast, rainviewer, predictwind +3 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Free · Weather · SA
- 📈Windy.com new best rank in the overall chart: #48AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TW
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: weatherly, uav, alertsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Weather · NL
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TW
- 📈Windy.com new best rank in the overall chart: #98AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TW
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: weatherly, dwd, snow, satellite +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10iOSTop Free · All Apps · TW
- 📦Windy.com version 51.3.2Androidmeteoblue is now the default location forecast model
New Flexi widget for weather stations
Lightning archive: browse past lightning activity
Dashboards: custom weather dashboards for organizations
RRFS: new NOAA forecast model replacing NAM
Clear air turbulence range extended to FL450 (13.7 km)
Route planner: set speed with decimal precision
Meteogram (vertical cloud cross-section) is back in the Airgram
Tons of other fixes… more - ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: protégeriOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: accuweather, dwd, surflineiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com: keywords changediOS· GB
- 📈Windy.com hit #1AndroidTop Free · Weather · TW
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Wear OS · TW
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: conditions, hoursiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Weather · GB
- ✏️Windy.com: keywords changediOS· CA
- 📈Windy.com hit #1AndroidTop Grossing · Weather · TW
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Wear OS · TW
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: 気象ニュースiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com: keywords changediOS· FR
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: vagues, 震度, feedingiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Windy.com reached #1 for “weather radar”iOS#1 in Russia search · popularity 56
- ✏️Windy.com: keywords changediOS· US
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: tideiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Windy.com reached #1 for “weather”Android#1 in Thailand search · popularity 87
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Wear OS · TR
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Weather · ES
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: rainviewer, clime, uaviOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Windy.com hit #1AndroidTop Free · Weather · TH
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10 in 7 chartsAndroidTop Free · Wear OS · MX · Top Grossing · Weather · MX · Top Grossing · Weather · NL · Top Free · Weather · SE · +3 more
- 📈Windy.com new best rank in the overall chart: #134AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · TH
- 📈Windy.com hit #1 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Weather · ES · Top Free · Weather · MX · Top Free · Weather · VN
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Free · Wear OS · TH · Top Grossing · Weather · TH · Top Free · Weather · TR · Top Grossing · Weather · TR
- 📈Windy.com new best rank in the overall chart: #136AndroidTop Free · All Apps · MX
- 📈Windy.com new best rank in the overall chart: #135AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · TH
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: accuweather, wetterradar, precipitationiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Windy.com reached #1 for “weather forecast”Android#1 in Japan search · popularity 31
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: uaviOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: 天気予報アプリ, forecastiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Windy.com updated to version 51.030224iOS- meteoblue is now the default location forecast model
- Lightning archive: browse past lightning activity
- Dashboards: custom weather dashboards for organizations
- RRFS: new NOAA forecast model replacing NAM
- Clear air turbulence range extended to FL450 (13.7 km)
- Route planner: set speed with decimal precision
- Cloud meteogram is back in the Airgram
- Tons of other fixes… more - 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Weather · ID
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Weather · JP
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: meteored, regenalarm, raumtemperatur, temperatureiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: ecmwfiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: weathercan, predictwind, surfline, accuweather +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: temperatureiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Free · Weather · KR
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: clime, predictwindiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Free · Weather · AE
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: meteoblue, dwd, surf, temperatureiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: aemetiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: ventusky, accuweather, satellite, surfiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: whether, sniffer, carrot, 気圧iOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP
- 📈Windy.com new best rank in the overall chart: #180AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · IT
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: meteored, pluie, msw, realfeel +3 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP
- 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Weather · BR
- 📈Windy.com new best rank in the overall chart: #190AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · IT
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: 台風情報, clime, predictwind, meteoblue +16 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP
- 📈Windy.com hit #1 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Weather · IT · Top Grossing · Weather · SA
- ✏️Windy.com added hidden keywords: willyweather, storm, forecast, swell +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Windy.com featured by Apple: “APPS WE LOVE”iOStoday · CA, JP
- 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Free · Weather · BR
- 📈Windy.com entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Weather · US
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP
- 📈Windy.com hit #1iOSTop Free · All Apps · TH
- 📈Windy.com hit #1AndroidTop Grossing · Weather · AU
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP
- 📈Windy.com hit #1 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Weather · IN · Top Grossing · Weather · RU
- 🆕Windy.com first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidItaly
- 🆕Windy.com first spotted by AppInsideriOS#3 in Top Grossing · Weather · Canada
- 🌟Windy.com featured by AppleiOSapps · JP
- 🎉Windy.com in-app event: Feeding the FrontlinesiOSSPECIAL EVENT · until 15 Oct
- 📦Windy.com version 51.020117iOSNo release notes
- 🎉Windy.com in-app event: Track Wildfires Danger HourlyiOSMAJOR UPDATE · until 1 Oct
- 🆕Windy.com released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕Windy.com released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
910k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#1
App Store · 
Weather Grossing
Weather GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
2,097
▼ -17% vs the 2 weeks before (Google Play)
Measured
Windy.com at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Windy.com is a free, high-resolution weather visualization platform for pilots, sailors, and outdoor enthusiasts that aggregates over 15 global and local meteorological models into more than 50 interactive maps. The app holds the #1 grossing position in Russia, France, Indonesia, India, and South Korea, while ranking second in major markets like the UK, Canada, and Brazil, indicating strong monetization potential alongside its widespread adoption.
Similar apps: Yr, AccuWeather, MyRadar
App Store
App details
App ID
1161387262
Publisher
Windyty, SE
Publisher country
Czechia
On the store since
Oct 2016
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.0+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
14
AR CS NL EN ET FR DE ID JA PT RU SK …
Size
181 MB
Also listed in
Sports
Tech stack
Built with
Cordova
Confidence
Very high
Attribution
AAppsFlyer
Analytics
Facebook Analytics
App privacy Measured
Windy.com’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 4 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
0
Not linked to you
4
Not linked to you
LLocation+3 more
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
App ID
com.windyty.android
Publisher
Windyty, SE
Publisher country
Czechia
Minimum OS
Android 12L+
Content rating
Everyone
Languages
1
Size
48 MB
Tech stack
Android app v51.2.1 · checked 27 Sep 2026
Built with
Cordova
Kotlin + Jetpack Compose
Third-party SDKs
4
Trackers
4
Permissions
27
Targets
Android 16
Monetization
Google Play Billing
Attribution
AAppsFlyer
Analytics
Facebook Analytics
Infrastructure
Firebase
Trackers
Signing key in use since 2015. Certificate owner, full permission list, deep links and the domains this app talks toProSee plans
Windy.com downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 5k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 10k+ | 50M+ Measured |
| Other Android stores | 5k+ | – |
| Total | 10k+ Confidence | 100M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Windy.com'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.
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 Windy.com 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 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 2 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 3 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 4 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 5 | Donate 3 EUR/USD a month subscription | |
| 6 | Donate approx 5 EUR/USD subscription | |
| 7 | Donate approx 10 EUR/USD subscription | |
| 8 | Donate 6 EUR/USD a month subscription | |
| 9 | Donate approx 20 EUR/USD subscription | |
| 10 | Donate approx 50 EUR/USD subscription |
Hidden keywords
Windy.com shows up in App Store search (US) for 12 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
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #1 Weather Grossing | 16 of 30 countries | #2 | #11 |
| Google Play | #1 Weather Grossing | 23 of 23 countries | #22 | #9 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
1,006
▼ -38% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
10
US App Store
Recent ratings
4.9★
vs 4.8★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
4.8★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
78/100
top 1% of Weather apps
Growing fastest in 
India ▲ +126%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 Taiwan | 280 | 30% | – |
 Mexico | 177 | 19% | – |
 United States | 131 | 14% | ▼ -46% |
 Japan | 81 | 9% | ▼ -53% |
 Thailand | 55 | 6% | ▼ -43% |
 France | 42 | 4% | ▼ -35% |
| United Kingdom | 34 | 4% | ▼ -67% |
 Australia | 33 | 3% | ▼ -18% |
 Canada | 29 | 3% | ▲ +23% |
 China | 28 | 3% | ▼ -51% |
 Germany | 27 | 3% | ▼ -46% |
| India | 25 | 3% | ▲ +126% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
1,091
▼ -17% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
7
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.5★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
75/100
faster than 97% of Weather apps
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.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 80k |
| Google Play | 4.7 ★ | 830k 11k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 910k |
What users say about Windy.com
From the 152 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's accuracy and comprehensive data for outdoor activities like sailing, flying, and hiking. However, recent feedback highlights frustrations with UI complexity, small fonts, and perceived paywalls for better default models.
Mostly positive (91% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Useful: “Useful for pilots as well”
- Features & content: “So many options, great interface!”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use and understand”
- Price & subscription: “Definitely worth the subscription”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Must be known I paid for Premium and still get offered to get premium”
About Windy.com
A UNIQUE WEATHER FORECAST VISUALISATION
While most weather forecasting apps rely solely on free global models, Windy has gone a step further by investing heavily in the most accurate weather models available, always at the highest possible resolution, to deliver you the most accurate forecasts in the world.
LIVE WEATHER APP - WEATHER RADAR & SATELLITE
(Now with Precipitation Type & Lightning tracker)
Radar is a highly valued tool for weather forecasting. To provide you with the most accurate radar imagery, we constantly expand our resources so that rain, snow, and storms don't catch you by surprise.
Trusted radar sources include NOAA, Met Office, Météo France, DWD, JMA, IMD, BoM & more.
The global satellite composite is created from NOAA, EUMETSAT & Himawari data.
MORE THAN 50 WEATHER MAPS
- Rain radar, Satellite and a unique combined layer of Radar & Satellite images (blue, infrared, visible)
- Hurricane tracker, Weather warnings & Extreme forecast
- Wind forecast: Wind speed, Wind gusts & Accumulation, models comparison, data from live Weather stations
- Temperature: Humidity, Pressure, Dew point, live data from Weather stations
- Rain: Thunder & storms, Rain accumulation, Thunderstorms, Precipitation type, CAPE-index
- Aviation: Clouds, Cloud tops, Cloud base, Visibility (LIFR, IFR, MVFR, VFR), Fog, Icing, Clear air turbulence, Thermals, Freezing altitude
- Marine Forecast: Waves, Swell, Wave power, Tide forecast, Currents, Sea temperature
- Solar activity: Solar power, UV index, Wet-bulb temperature
- Snow: Snow depth, New snow, Snow density
- Air Quality: Air Quality Index (AQI) with Pollen (CAMS), NO2, PM 2.5, Aerosol, SO2, Ozone layer, Surface ozone, CO concentration, Dust mass
- Soil moisture, Moisture anomaly, Drought intensity, Fire Danger, Fuel moisture
MORE THAN 15 WEATHER MODELS
Global weather models:
- meteoblue - AI forecast
- ECMWF
- GFS by NOAA
- ICON by DWD
Local weather models:
- HRRR by NOAA
- NAM by NOAA
- HRDPS by MSC
- ICON-EU by DWD
- ICON-D2 by DWD
- UKV by Met Office
- AROME-HD by Météo France
- ALADIN by CHMI
- NEMS by meteoblue
- MSM by JMA
- ACCESS-C by BoM
LIVE RAIN, STORM ALERTS & CUSTOM WEATHER ALERTS
Want to know before the storm hits near you while you hike, bike or spend time outdoors? You can now access live weather alerts or set up your custom weather alert for wind, sunshine, or new snow.
HURRICANE TRACKER FOR STORM TRACKING
With Windy's hurricane tracker, you can track the past and projected path of a hurricane or a storm. Windy doesn't rely on just one hurricane model, but will give you all the forecasts available for a storm or hurricane.
WINDY MADE FOR PILOTS
- 16 altitude levels from the surface to 13.5km/FL450
- 50k+ Airports searchable by ICAO and IATA, including runway info, decoded & raw METAR, TAF & NOTAMs
- Detailed Airgram and Meteogram: temperature and dew point, wind speed and wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, altitude cloud cover, freezing altitude
- Thermals forecast
- Route planner
While most weather forecasting apps rely solely on free global models, Windy has gone a step further by investing heavily in the most accurate weather models available, always at the highest possible resolution, to deliver you the most accurate forecasts in the world.
LIVE WEATHER APP - WEATHER RADAR & SATELLITE
(Now with Precipitation Type & Lightning tracker)
Radar is a highly valued tool for weather forecasting. To provide you with the most accurate radar imagery, we constantly expand our resources so that rain, snow, and storms don't catch you by surprise.
Trusted radar sources include NOAA, Met Office, Météo France, DWD, JMA, IMD, BoM & more.
The global satellite composite is created from NOAA, EUMETSAT & Himawari data.
MORE THAN 50 WEATHER MAPS
- Rain radar, Satellite and a unique combined layer of Radar & Satellite images (blue, infrared, visible)
- Hurricane tracker, Weather warnings & Extreme forecast
- Wind forecast: Wind speed, Wind gusts & Accumulation, models comparison, data from live Weather stations
- Temperature: Humidity, Pressure, Dew point, live data from Weather stations
- Rain: Thunder & storms, Rain accumulation, Thunderstorms, Precipitation type, CAPE-index
- Aviation: Clouds, Cloud tops, Cloud base, Visibility (LIFR, IFR, MVFR, VFR), Fog, Icing, Clear air turbulence, Thermals, Freezing altitude
- Marine Forecast: Waves, Swell, Wave power, Tide forecast, Currents, Sea temperature
- Solar activity: Solar power, UV index, Wet-bulb temperature
- Snow: Snow depth, New snow, Snow density
- Air Quality: Air Quality Index (AQI) with Pollen (CAMS), NO2, PM 2.5, Aerosol, SO2, Ozone layer, Surface ozone, CO concentration, Dust mass
- Soil moisture, Moisture anomaly, Drought intensity, Fire Danger, Fuel moisture
MORE THAN 15 WEATHER MODELS
Global weather models:
- meteoblue - AI forecast
- ECMWF
- GFS by NOAA
- ICON by DWD
Local weather models:
- HRRR by NOAA
- NAM by NOAA
- HRDPS by MSC
- ICON-EU by DWD
- ICON-D2 by DWD
- UKV by Met Office
- AROME-HD by Météo France
- ALADIN by CHMI
- NEMS by meteoblue
- MSM by JMA
- ACCESS-C by BoM
LIVE RAIN, STORM ALERTS & CUSTOM WEATHER ALERTS
Want to know before the storm hits near you while you hike, bike or spend time outdoors? You can now access live weather alerts or set up your custom weather alert for wind, sunshine, or new snow.
HURRICANE TRACKER FOR STORM TRACKING
With Windy's hurricane tracker, you can track the past and projected path of a hurricane or a storm. Windy doesn't rely on just one hurricane model, but will give you all the forecasts available for a storm or hurricane.
WINDY MADE FOR PILOTS
- 16 altitude levels from the surface to 13.5km/FL450
- 50k+ Airports searchable by ICAO and IATA, including runway info, decoded & raw METAR, TAF & NOTAMs
- Detailed Airgram and Meteogram: temperature and dew point, wind speed and wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, altitude cloud cover, freezing altitude
- Thermals forecast
- Route planner
Windy.com App Store
Windy.com gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Windy.com is #2 in Weather Free in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 12 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperWindyty, SE
CategoryWeather
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.8 (80k)
Version51.030231
Age rating4+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10M+ worldwide
Built withCordova · Confidence: Very high
Rating
4.8 ★
80k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#2
Weather FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
1,006
▼ -38% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Windy.com at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Windy.com is a free, high-resolution weather visualization platform for pilots, sailors, and outdoor enthusiasts that aggregates over 15 global and local meteorological models into more than 50 interactive maps. The app holds the #1 grossing position in Russia, France, Indonesia, India, and South Korea, while ranking second in major markets like the UK, Canada, and Brazil, indicating strong monetization potential alongside its widespread adoption.
Similar apps: Yr, AccuWeather, MyRadar
Windy.com on the App Store
App details
App ID
1161387262
Publisher
Windyty, SE
Publisher country
Czechia
On the store since
Oct 2016
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.0+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
14
AR CS NL EN ET FR DE ID JA PT RU SK …
Size
181 MB
Also listed in
Sports
Tech stack
Built with
Cordova
Confidence
Very high
Attribution
AAppsFlyer
Analytics
Facebook Analytics
App privacy Measured
Windy.com’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 4 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
0
Not linked to you
4
Not linked to you
LLocation+3 more
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Windy.com 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 Windy.com'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.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Windy.com before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Windy.com 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 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 2 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 3 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 4 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 5 | Donate 3 EUR/USD a month subscription | |
| 6 | Donate approx 5 EUR/USD subscription | |
| 7 | Donate approx 10 EUR/USD subscription | |
| 8 | Donate 6 EUR/USD a month subscription | |
| 9 | Donate approx 20 EUR/USD subscription | |
| 10 | Donate approx 50 EUR/USD subscription |
Hidden keywords
Windy.com shows up in App Store search (US) for 12 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 | WeatherFree | #2 |
| South Korea | WeatherGrossing | #1 |
| France | WeatherGrossing | #1 |
| Japan | WeatherGrossing | #3 |
| United Kingdom | WeatherGrossing | #2 |
 Brazil | WeatherGrossing | #1 |
| India | WeatherGrossing | #1 |
 Russia | WeatherGrossing | #1 |
| China | WeatherFree | #4 |
| United Kingdom | WeatherFree | #3 |
| United States | WeatherGrossing | #11 |
| Canada | WeatherGrossing | #2 |
| Australia | WeatherGrossing | #2 |
 Indonesia | WeatherFree | #1 |
| Germany | WeatherGrossingWeatherFree | #4 |
| South Korea | WeatherFree | #3 |
| Brazil | WeatherFree | #2 |
 Italy | WeatherGrossing | #2 |
| France | WeatherFree | #3 |
| China | WeatherGrossing | #10 |
| Russia | WeatherFree | #2 |
| Japan | WeatherFree | #10 |
 Saudi Arabia | WeatherGrossing | #2 |
| Canada | WeatherFree | #4 |
| Indonesia | WeatherGrossing | #3 |
| Australia | WeatherFree | #5 |
| India | WeatherFree | #6 |
 United Arab Emirates | WeatherGrossingWeatherFree | #3 |
| Saudi Arabia | WeatherFree | #4 |
| Italy | WeatherFree | #6 |
| Saudi Arabia | All AppsFree | #175 |
Apps near Windy.com on the chart
Weather Free, around #2.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.8 ★
80k ratings
Measured
Ratings
80k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
1,006
▼ -38% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
10
US App Store
Recent ratings
4.9★
vs 4.8★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
4.8★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
78/100
top 1% of Weather apps
Growing fastest in India ▲ +126%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 280 | 30% | – |
| Mexico | 177 | 19% | – |
| United States | 131 | 14% | ▼ -46% |
| Japan | 81 | 9% | ▼ -53% |
| Thailand | 55 | 6% | ▼ -43% |
| France | 42 | 4% | ▼ -35% |
| United Kingdom | 34 | 4% | ▼ -67% |
| Australia | 33 | 3% | ▼ -18% |
| Canada | 29 | 3% | ▲ +23% |
| China | 28 | 3% | ▼ -51% |
| Germany | 27 | 3% | ▼ -46% |
| India | 25 | 3% | ▲ +126% |
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 Windy.com
From the 152 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's accuracy and comprehensive data for outdoor activities like sailing, flying, and hiking. However, recent feedback highlights frustrations with UI complexity, small fonts, and perceived paywalls for better default models.
Mostly positive (91% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Useful: “Useful for pilots as well”
- Features & content: “So many options, great interface!”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use and understand”
- Price & subscription: “Definitely worth the subscription”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Must be known I paid for Premium and still get offered to get premium”
About Windy.com
A UNIQUE WEATHER FORECAST VISUALISATION
While most weather forecasting apps rely solely on free global models, Windy has gone a step further by investing heavily in the most accurate weather models available, always at the highest possible resolution, to deliver you the most accurate forecasts in the world.
LIVE WEATHER APP - WEATHER RADAR & SATELLITE
(Now with Precipitation Type & Lightning tracker)
Radar is a highly valued tool for weather forecasting. To provide you with the most accurate radar imagery, we constantly expand our resources so that rain, snow, and storms don't catch you by surprise.
Trusted radar sources include NOAA, Met Office, Météo France, DWD, JMA, IMD, BoM & more.
The global satellite composite is created from NOAA, EUMETSAT & Himawari data.
MORE THAN 50 WEATHER MAPS
- Rain radar, Satellite and a unique combined layer of Radar & Satellite images (blue, infrared, visible)
- Hurricane tracker, Weather warnings & Extreme forecast
- Wind forecast: Wind speed, Wind gusts & Accumulation, models comparison, data from live Weather stations
- Temperature: Humidity, Pressure, Dew point, live data from Weather stations
- Rain: Thunder & storms, Rain accumulation, Thunderstorms, Precipitation type, CAPE-index
- Aviation: Clouds, Cloud tops, Cloud base, Visibility (LIFR, IFR, MVFR, VFR), Fog, Icing, Clear air turbulence, Thermals, Freezing altitude
- Marine Forecast: Waves, Swell, Wave power, Tide forecast, Currents, Sea temperature
- Solar activity: Solar power, UV index, Wet-bulb temperature
- Snow: Snow depth, New snow, Snow density
- Air Quality: Air Quality Index (AQI) with Pollen (CAMS), NO2, PM 2.5, Aerosol, SO2, Ozone layer, Surface ozone, CO concentration, Dust mass
- Soil moisture, Moisture anomaly, Drought intensity, Fire Danger, Fuel moisture
MORE THAN 15 WEATHER MODELS
Global weather models:
- meteoblue - AI forecast
- ECMWF
- GFS by NOAA
- ICON by DWD
Local weather models:
- HRRR by NOAA
- NAM by NOAA
- HRDPS by MSC
- ICON-EU by DWD
- ICON-D2 by DWD
- UKV by Met Office
- AROME-HD by Météo France
- ALADIN by CHMI
- NEMS by meteoblue
- MSM by JMA
- ACCESS-C by BoM
LIVE RAIN, STORM ALERTS & CUSTOM WEATHER ALERTS
Want to know before the storm hits near you while you hike, bike or spend time outdoors? You can now access live weather alerts or set up your custom weather alert for wind, sunshine, or new snow.
HURRICANE TRACKER FOR STORM TRACKING
With Windy's hurricane tracker, you can track the past and projected path of a hurricane or a storm. Windy doesn't rely on just one hurricane model, but will give you all the forecasts available for a storm or hurricane.
WINDY MADE FOR PILOTS
- 16 altitude levels from the surface to 13.5km/FL450
- 50k+ Airports searchable by ICAO and IATA, including runway info, decoded & raw METAR, TAF & NOTAMs
- Detailed Airgram and Meteogram: temperature and dew point, wind speed and wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, altitude cloud cover, freezing altitude
- Thermals forecast
- Route planner
While most weather forecasting apps rely solely on free global models, Windy has gone a step further by investing heavily in the most accurate weather models available, always at the highest possible resolution, to deliver you the most accurate forecasts in the world.
LIVE WEATHER APP - WEATHER RADAR & SATELLITE
(Now with Precipitation Type & Lightning tracker)
Radar is a highly valued tool for weather forecasting. To provide you with the most accurate radar imagery, we constantly expand our resources so that rain, snow, and storms don't catch you by surprise.
Trusted radar sources include NOAA, Met Office, Météo France, DWD, JMA, IMD, BoM & more.
The global satellite composite is created from NOAA, EUMETSAT & Himawari data.
MORE THAN 50 WEATHER MAPS
- Rain radar, Satellite and a unique combined layer of Radar & Satellite images (blue, infrared, visible)
- Hurricane tracker, Weather warnings & Extreme forecast
- Wind forecast: Wind speed, Wind gusts & Accumulation, models comparison, data from live Weather stations
- Temperature: Humidity, Pressure, Dew point, live data from Weather stations
- Rain: Thunder & storms, Rain accumulation, Thunderstorms, Precipitation type, CAPE-index
- Aviation: Clouds, Cloud tops, Cloud base, Visibility (LIFR, IFR, MVFR, VFR), Fog, Icing, Clear air turbulence, Thermals, Freezing altitude
- Marine Forecast: Waves, Swell, Wave power, Tide forecast, Currents, Sea temperature
- Solar activity: Solar power, UV index, Wet-bulb temperature
- Snow: Snow depth, New snow, Snow density
- Air Quality: Air Quality Index (AQI) with Pollen (CAMS), NO2, PM 2.5, Aerosol, SO2, Ozone layer, Surface ozone, CO concentration, Dust mass
- Soil moisture, Moisture anomaly, Drought intensity, Fire Danger, Fuel moisture
MORE THAN 15 WEATHER MODELS
Global weather models:
- meteoblue - AI forecast
- ECMWF
- GFS by NOAA
- ICON by DWD
Local weather models:
- HRRR by NOAA
- NAM by NOAA
- HRDPS by MSC
- ICON-EU by DWD
- ICON-D2 by DWD
- UKV by Met Office
- AROME-HD by Météo France
- ALADIN by CHMI
- NEMS by meteoblue
- MSM by JMA
- ACCESS-C by BoM
LIVE RAIN, STORM ALERTS & CUSTOM WEATHER ALERTS
Want to know before the storm hits near you while you hike, bike or spend time outdoors? You can now access live weather alerts or set up your custom weather alert for wind, sunshine, or new snow.
HURRICANE TRACKER FOR STORM TRACKING
With Windy's hurricane tracker, you can track the past and projected path of a hurricane or a storm. Windy doesn't rely on just one hurricane model, but will give you all the forecasts available for a storm or hurricane.
WINDY MADE FOR PILOTS
- 16 altitude levels from the surface to 13.5km/FL450
- 50k+ Airports searchable by ICAO and IATA, including runway info, decoded & raw METAR, TAF & NOTAMs
- Detailed Airgram and Meteogram: temperature and dew point, wind speed and wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, altitude cloud cover, freezing altitude
- Thermals forecast
- Route planner
Latest updates
51.030231
- meteoblue is now the default location forecast model
- Lightning archive: browse past lightning activity
- Dashboards: custom weather dashboards for organizations
- RRFS: new NOAA forecast model replacing NAM
- Clear air turbulence range extended to FL450 (13.7 km)
- Route planner: set speed with decimal precision
- Meteogram (vertical cloud cross-section) is back in the Airgram
- Tons of other fixes
51.030224
- meteoblue is now the default location forecast model
- Lightning archive: browse past lightning activity
- Dashboards: custom weather dashboards for organizations
- RRFS: new NOAA forecast model replacing NAM
- Clear air turbulence range extended to FL450 (13.7 km)
- Route planner: set speed with decimal precision
- Cloud meteogram is back in the Airgram
- Tons of other fixes
51.020117
Store changes
What Windy.com changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
10 screenshots (was 10)
New screenshots
10 screenshots (was 10)
Windy.com - Weather Forecast Android
Windy.com - Weather Forecast gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Windy.com - Weather Forecast is #1 in Weather Grossing on Google Play in United Kingdom and charting in 23 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 12 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperWindyty SE
CategoryWeather
PriceFree
Released
Installs50M+
Rating★ 4.7 (830k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.7 ★
830k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#1
Weather GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
1,091
▼ -17% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Windy.com - Weather Forecast at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-12. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A free, ad-free weather visualization app offering multiple global and local forecast models, radar, and satellite data for professional pilots, outdoor athletes, and weather enthusiasts. The app holds the #1 position in Weather Grossing charts across major European markets including Brazil, Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, South Korea, and Taiwan, while ranking second in Canada, UAE, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Similar apps: AccuWeather, The Weather Channel, Yr
Windy.com - Weather Forecast on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.windyty.android
Publisher
Windyty, SE
Publisher country
Czechia
Minimum OS
Android 12L+
Content rating
Everyone
Languages
1
Size
48 MB
Tech stack
Android app v51.2.1 · checked 27 Sep 2026
Built with
Cordova
Kotlin + Jetpack Compose
Third-party SDKs
4
Trackers
4
Permissions
27
Targets
Android 16
Its iPhone app is built with Cordova too: one codebase ships to both stores.
Monetization
Google Play Billing
Attribution
AAppsFlyer
Analytics
Facebook Analytics
Infrastructure
Firebase
Trackers
Signing key in use since 2015. Certificate owner, full permission list, deep links and the domains this app talks toProSee plans
Windy.com - Weather Forecast downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Windy.com - Weather Forecast's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (com.windyty.android) on every Android store we track. Known Android installs: at least 63M (Google Play band + AppGallery count).
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 50,000,000+ | ★ 4.7 (830k) | 51.3.2 | Open ↗ |
| Huawei AppGallery | 13M | ★ 5.0 | 51.3.2 | Open ↗ |
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.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Windy.com - Weather Forecast before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Windy.com - Weather Forecast 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 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 2 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 3 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 4 | Windy Premium subscription | |
| 5 | Donate 3 EUR/USD a month subscription | |
| 6 | Donate approx 5 EUR/USD subscription | |
| 7 | Donate approx 10 EUR/USD subscription | |
| 8 | Donate 6 EUR/USD a month subscription | |
| 9 | Donate approx 20 EUR/USD subscription | |
| 10 | Donate approx 50 EUR/USD subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
Spain
Netherlands
Turkey
Vietnam
SwedenApps near Windy.com - Weather Forecast on the chart
Weather Grossing, around #1.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
830k ratings
Measured
Ratings
830k
Measured
Written reviews
11k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
1,091
▼ -17% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
7
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.5★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
75/100
faster than 97% of Weather apps
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 Windy.com - Weather Forecast
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's comprehensive meteorological data and visual layers for professional activities like sailing and aviation. However, recent updates have introduced significant frustration regarding forced AI features, UI complexity, and stability issues.
Mostly positive (89% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Useful: “It's useful , more helpful”
- Features & content: “There are numerous options to look at”
- Ease of use: “accurate, dynamic, user-friendly, esthetically pleasing, fast”
- Price & subscription: “I subscribed to a premium account and now it tells me I don't have one”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I just unsubscribed to Premium because of this”
- Crashes & bugs: “This is a major, major, major error”
- Updates: “Even when I try to change it, it doesn't update”
About Windy.com - Weather Forecast
Windy.com is an extraordinary tool for weather forecast visualization. It’s fast, intuitive, detailed and most accurate weather app trusted by professional pilots, paragliders, skydivers, kiters, surfers, boaters, fishermen, storm chasers and weather geeks, and even by governments, army staffs and rescue teams.
Whether you are tracking a tropical storm or potential severe weather, planning a trip, pursuing your favourite outdoor sport, or you just need to know if it will rain this weekend, Windy provides you with the most up-to-date weather forecast around.
The uniqueness of Windy lies in the fact that it brings you better quality information than the other weather apps’ pro-features, while our product is absolutely free and even without ads.
Powerful, smooth and fluid presentation makes weather forecasting a real pleasure!
All forecast models at once
Windy brings you all the world’s leading weather forecasting models: global ECMWF, GFS and ICON plus local NEMS, AROME, UKV, ICON EU and ICON-D2 (for Europe). Furthermore NAM and HRRR (for the USA) and ACCESS (for Australia).
51 weather maps
From wind, rain, temperature and pressure to swell or CAPE index, with Windy you will have all convenient weather maps just at your fingertips.
Satellite & Doppler radar
Global satellite composite is created from NOAA, EUMETSAT, and Himawari. The image frequency is 5-15 minutes based on area. Doppler radar covers large parts of Europe, America, Asia, and Australia.
Point of interests
Windy lets you display observed wind and temperature, forecasted weather, airports around the World, collection of 55 000 weather webcams and 1500+ paragliding spots right on the map.
Fully customizable
Add your favorite weather maps to quick menu, customize color palette on any layer, access advanced options in the settings. All that makes Windy the weather geek’s tool of choice.
Features and data sources
✅ All leading weather forecast models: ECMWF, GFS by NOAA, ICON and meteoblue mLM
✅ Several local weather models NEMS, ICON EU and ICON-D2, AROME, NAM, HRRR, ACCESS
✅ High-Res satellite composite
✅ Forecast model comparison
✅ 51 global weather maps
✅ Global weather radar network with precipitation type
✅ 16 altitude levels from the surface to 13.5km/FL450
✅ Metric or imperial units
✅ Detailed weather forecast for any location (temperature, rain and snow accumulation, wind speed, wind gusts and wind direction)
✅ Detailed Airgram and Meteogram
✅ Meteogram: temperature and dew point, wind speed and wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, altitude cloud cover
✅ Altitude and Time zone info, Sunrise and Sunset time for any location
✅ Customizable list of Favorite spots (with the option to create mobile or e-mail alerts for upcoming weather conditions)
✅ Nearby weather stations (Real-time observed weather - Reported wind direction, wind speed and temperature)
✅ 50k+ Airports searchable by ICAO and IATA, including runway info, decoded & raw METARs, TAF and NOTAMs
✅ 1500+ Paraglidi
Whether you are tracking a tropical storm or potential severe weather, planning a trip, pursuing your favourite outdoor sport, or you just need to know if it will rain this weekend, Windy provides you with the most up-to-date weather forecast around.
The uniqueness of Windy lies in the fact that it brings you better quality information than the other weather apps’ pro-features, while our product is absolutely free and even without ads.
Powerful, smooth and fluid presentation makes weather forecasting a real pleasure!
All forecast models at once
Windy brings you all the world’s leading weather forecasting models: global ECMWF, GFS and ICON plus local NEMS, AROME, UKV, ICON EU and ICON-D2 (for Europe). Furthermore NAM and HRRR (for the USA) and ACCESS (for Australia).
51 weather maps
From wind, rain, temperature and pressure to swell or CAPE index, with Windy you will have all convenient weather maps just at your fingertips.
Satellite & Doppler radar
Global satellite composite is created from NOAA, EUMETSAT, and Himawari. The image frequency is 5-15 minutes based on area. Doppler radar covers large parts of Europe, America, Asia, and Australia.
Point of interests
Windy lets you display observed wind and temperature, forecasted weather, airports around the World, collection of 55 000 weather webcams and 1500+ paragliding spots right on the map.
Fully customizable
Add your favorite weather maps to quick menu, customize color palette on any layer, access advanced options in the settings. All that makes Windy the weather geek’s tool of choice.
Features and data sources
✅ All leading weather forecast models: ECMWF, GFS by NOAA, ICON and meteoblue mLM
✅ Several local weather models NEMS, ICON EU and ICON-D2, AROME, NAM, HRRR, ACCESS
✅ High-Res satellite composite
✅ Forecast model comparison
✅ 51 global weather maps
✅ Global weather radar network with precipitation type
✅ 16 altitude levels from the surface to 13.5km/FL450
✅ Metric or imperial units
✅ Detailed weather forecast for any location (temperature, rain and snow accumulation, wind speed, wind gusts and wind direction)
✅ Detailed Airgram and Meteogram
✅ Meteogram: temperature and dew point, wind speed and wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, altitude cloud cover
✅ Altitude and Time zone info, Sunrise and Sunset time for any location
✅ Customizable list of Favorite spots (with the option to create mobile or e-mail alerts for upcoming weather conditions)
✅ Nearby weather stations (Real-time observed weather - Reported wind direction, wind speed and temperature)
✅ 50k+ Airports searchable by ICAO and IATA, including runway info, decoded & raw METARs, TAF and NOTAMs
✅ 1500+ Paraglidi
What's new in 51.3.2
meteoblue is now the default location forecast model
New Flexi widget for weather stations
Lightning archive: browse past lightning activity
Dashboards: custom weather dashboards for organizations
RRFS: new NOAA forecast model replacing NAM
Clear air turbulence range extended to FL450 (13.7 km)
Route planner: set speed with decimal precision
Meteogram (vertical cloud cross-section) is back in the Airgram
Tons of other fixes
New Flexi widget for weather stations
Lightning archive: browse past lightning activity
Dashboards: custom weather dashboards for organizations
RRFS: new NOAA forecast model replacing NAM
Clear air turbulence range extended to FL450 (13.7 km)
Route planner: set speed with decimal precision
Meteogram (vertical cloud cross-section) is back in the Airgram
Tons of other fixes
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