The Weather Channel - Radar App Reviews

AMAZING UPDATE!! 5/5. I love weather. I have absolutely loved weather since I can remember. When I got my first phone (years ago), I really wanted to get the weather channel because I thought it was so cool on my parents phones. It was one of/the first app I got on my phone. I thought it was super cool and would check it EVERY morning before and after school and multiple other times during the day because I loved it so much. I was OBSESSED with it. But eventually, I started to get kind of bored of it and just didn’t check it all for a long time. Recently, I’ve started using it a lot more because of the update. I find the update absolutely amazing and will continue to use the Weather Channel. I love the fact that you can set up your own account and base what you find on your home screen based on what you selected in the quiz when you first downloaded/updated the app. I love how everything is so much more organized. I hope the Weather Channel will continue to make amazing updates like this. I will forever love weather and continue to use the Weather Channel. Thank you for reading this review!

Bloated and Cluttered. My review of the previous version: Weather Channel finally killed their old app. I've been using it for years. It was elegant in appearance, loaded quickly, took up one third the HD space of the new one and gave you weather at a glance. However, if you want the whole kitchen sink (and the contents of all your cupboards too) on your screen, along with annoying video ads, then this new one is the app for you. It's Weather Bug on steroids. I deleted it after only a day. I gave it three stars, because if radar is all you want, it's pretty good. My review of the latest version: Thank you Weather Channel. I used to be able to tap the weather map and enlarge it to full screen. Now it only goes half screen with information I was able to read, understand and absorb in under a minute filling the other half. Why can't I make the map go full screen like before? Rating - three stars. Not nearly a cluttered as before. Time will tell if it remains as bloated and buggy as it has been the last many years. Map on only half the screen - stupid and unnecessarily restrictive. Maybe in another ten years the app will be as good as it was ten years ago, before IBM bought The Weather Channel. Keep trying. Oh, one more thing. I really doubt people were asking you to restrict the map to half the screen.

Best weather app here’s why. Oh I loved it it was the best weather app I’ve ever seen like you told me the weather one day for the next few weeks it was so good that I did not have to go on another weather app or look for something else as my Google it doesn’t tell me the right kind of weather for today or the next week or anything like that but this weather app tells me whatever whatever whatever the weather is everywhere it’s pretty good too. So that’s why I like this app. I like this app because it’s just like I don’t know it’s a very good app if you want to know the weather that’s why I got the app because of the ratings that I saw was very good so I decided to try this and I did actually works really really good and that’s why I like this app. This app is meant for whoever needs to know the weather or if they need to know the weather if they wanna go hunting or ice fishing or anything like that so if you wanna go hunting or fishing or any of that stuff it’ll be really good for you cause you know the weather that’s how I know I loved this weather app it was the best weather app ever you guys should really try it read the ratings first and you’ll love it.

Way too much. The new app is a very, very negative change. The old navigation was fine and did not need an overhaul because this is just a weather app. There’s WAY TOO MUCH extra stuff involved with this app, and I really don’t understand why these guys try so hard to make it entertaining. It’s literally just the weather, I’m not looking to be entertained and I doubt anyone else opens up the weather channel app like “oh boy it’s time to have a good time”. We just want to see a forecast and a radar and that’s it. The air pollution number also seems completely inaccurate because it’s different every time I open my app. Not to mention the recent discovery of a weather channel weatherman pretending to be pushed around by winds that just weren’t there. To the point where he’s babbling about the storm being in the middle of an intense surge or something like that, meanwhile a couple of pedestrians walk behind him wearing shorts and hoodies, not affected by the wind at all. Plus, he’s visibly fighting the wind in the opposite direction that it’s blowing. You can see plants blowing in the opposite direction of where he’s pushing. That being said, I feel like all the weather on here anymore is exaggerated because they think it’s entertaining to people. It’s really just a nuisance and the reason I’m getting a new weather app.

New Format for iPhone is TERRIBLE. I loved this application. It is consistently the most accurate forecasts for the Cleveland area, where it can be pouring rain in one spot but clear and sunny 5 minutes away. Unfortunately, the latest update 8/24 introduced a new format. This new format is HORRIBLE. Instead of presenting all weather info in a clear and concise manner, it now only shoes one aspect and requires switching back and forth. Every time I try to scroll, apparently I click on an entirely new page. The font and information is much too large. It is no longer possible to open The Weather Channel app, scroll down and get a comprehensive idea of what the weather will be like throughout the entire day, or week. Honestly, it is so frustrating and unhelpful I no longer use it at all, whereas prior to to the update I was opening and reading the information at least 5 times/day. For those of us who work outside, and find weather critical to decision making, please ditch this new format. You are losing customers and users (and not just me!). I cancelled my subscription renewal. If it was possible to cancel immediately for a refund, I would! Please go back to the old format. It was condensed, comprehensive, very readable and user friendly. THE NEW UPDATE RUINED THIS APP

Not impressed with update. For the most part the update is ok. I preferred the other version more!!! My biggest problem is the fact I get notifications on the stupidest videos and articles you think you need to share. I have turned off all of that within your app and nothing has changed. I still keep getting them. Even after making a stupid account, which I didn’t want to do, it still keeps sending alerts to new videos and articles I could care less about! No I won’t make the full app itself stop the notifications bc then I won’t get my weather alerts that I need and want. Fix this problem please. Then maybe I can give you more stars! In all honesty the radar and weather alerts is pretty much the only reason I keep your app. Your radar is best compared to others. (IMO) Other than that I use other sources that have more reliable weather predictions for my area. The alerts to the videos and articles needs to stop! They are annoying and I’m on the verge of deleting it. I’ve had your app for a sooo many yrs and have enjoyed it for the radar but these alerts is enough to make me delete it for good.

Advertising. The advertisement need to stop. The app would be rated a 5 Star if it weren’t for the ads taking over the app. It used to be just parts of the app where a little ad would be on the screen usually at the bottom of the page or in the middle, as well a video ad before a video which also seems to be getting longer in ad time and you can’t skip past it either! It’s now seeming like at least a 1 minute ad before you see the video your looking to watch. Then if you want to watch another video it’s another 1 minute ad before the video and so on and so on. My main issue is now during use of the app a ad pops up during use and is very annoying and sometimes not quick or easy to stop. It’s usually a ad for a game app or some ad for some business. Either way it’s very annoying. I understand you need to make money but this seems to be overly excessive and to be honest nobody is using the weather channel app to see promotions for anything besides the weather! We’re not here to hear about some new game or some new companies new business idea we’re hear for one thing and one thing only and that’s to SEE WHAT THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS!!!

Art in Jupiter. The weather channel app has changed my life in many ways. When I used to rely on TV weather forecasts that predicted 70% chance of rain, I would not plan any outdoor activities that day. The weather data on TV was for a broad area like a county. The weather channel allows me to enter my specific town and often see that I have only 15-20% chance. Using your hourly feature, I might see that there is almost no bad weather until a front comes through at 3PM. I can then have a wonderful outdoor day until that time. One of my favorite features when we are in stormy tropical storm conditions, with strong winds and heavy rains, I use the radar feature to look for clear periods to take my dog out. I am really impressed by the accuracy of your app - a game changer for optimizing my outdoor activities. In the morning, I look at your app to decide how I should dress for the day. And I look days ahead to plan outings with friends and families. If I could rate The Weather Channel app more than 5 stars, I would. Thank you!! Art in Jupiter, Florida.

Thanks Weather Channel. When I was planning to go up north I wondered what the weather was going to be a few years ago. It said the weather that day is sunny and no showers. I decided that I was going to go up there since I was hoping for a day at the lake. By the time I got there it was cloudy and thunder and lightning in the distance. I was very disappointed since I was hoping for fishing and a swim. Now when the summer was around I decided I should get a different Weather Channel. I saw this one and thought maybe this would be a good channel. I made the correct decision. It said partly cloudy no showers. I went up north this summer for the lake and it was a great day swimming was great. Also another time this summer when I wasn’t up north at my house I heard the alarm on my since where I live you never hear the sirens go off. I heard sirens since I opened my window to hear if they were going off. As known I looked on the Weather Channel. Tornado Warning. I hurried down to my basement went into the bedroom with no windows and stayed there until morning. Thanks weather channel😊

Constant reminders to go premium when I already have and no accessibility support for Apple Watch.. I think this app would be great if it worked for everybody on every device, but they seem to have left out those of us who use voiceover, who need to know what the weather is too. It’s not all about the sighted people! I’m trying to figure out why those of us who use voiceover should have to pay full price for premium when everything doesn’t work for us? Also, I’m getting really tired of the constant reminders to go premium, when I already have. I have to go and tell it that I want to go premium first, for it to tell me that I already am, before the stupid thing will go away until the next senseless time it pops up. Until these things are fixed, we shouldn’t be charged to use the app. There’s not a whole lot of premium quality to go in premium when you have a visual impairment and most of the stuff doesn’t work with voiceover, something that’s built into the iOS, and there’s no excuse for it to not work with it. Also, I’m trying to figure out why, if this app is included, even if it’s a dumbed down version of it, with iOS, does it have completely different forecasts? The temperatures don’t always match either.

Worst update ever. I used this app all the time in order to keep up to date on monsoons that are in my area and for my work I have to know if there is a flash flood warning for MY AREA. Since the update they released the app has been super laggy and I have been spammed with flood, flash flood, thunderstorm, air quality, and dust warnings. Almost none of which are actually for where I live. Some are but it’s hard to tell which ones because I have to open each warning in order to tell if it’s for my town or for a storm that won’t effect my town in any way. When you do open the notifications to read them, sometimes it doesn’t open the one you clicked on and when it does open the one you want you have to click and then wait like 10 secs for it to actually pull up. On top of that if you have ocd about having the red notification bubbles on your Home Screen run away from this app. You have to open the app, go to account, open notifications and wait for the app to realize that you have opened the notification section. Then and only then will those red notification bubbles go away it is so annoying, they used to clear if you just simply opened the app. I liked this app before the update, it was intuitive and gave relatively accurate info (I mean it’s meteorology, it’s not always the easiest thing). Afterwards I can’t recommend it. And don’t get me started on the ads.

Why the drastic change?. This update was so unnecessary. The old interface was clear and easy to use, tracked favorite places, and had all of the tools easy to find. This new one looks like any standard website template that companies use to look sleek and cool and end up hiding what people need. I added my favorite places and can’t find them anywhere, yet when I try to add them again, get a message that they’ve already been saved. Where? In the daily outlook, days have been abbreviated to the first letter. So now I have to look closer at the tiny text to see which T or S the forecast is showing. Tuesday? Thursday? Saturday? Sunday? Good luck. Even truncating the date is jarring. What was wrong with 6/17 instead of just 17? You may think you’re cleaning it up to be clean and current, but please talk to someone in a user experience position who can tell you how just little tweaks to information presentation can help give the whole story instead of asking people to fill it in themselves. I vote for the previous version of this app. While The Weather Channel has the best information and forecasts, I loathe being forced into setting up an account just to check the weather, which I do throughout the day. You do not need personal info from people. Will be looking for alternative apps and hoping that the desktop version of your website has not changed. One last note, for my elder friends: OLDER EYES HAVE A LOT OF DIFFICULTY READING TINY, LIGHT TEXT ON DARK BACKGROUNDS.

Old version was 100x better. The Weather Channel has been my go to weather source for over a decade. Though not always 100% accurate (no weather source ever is), I appreciated the quick updates when predictions weren’t correct and the simplicity of the user interface aspect of the app. I avoided updating the app for a long time because of this until I had to, and the new interface, while aesthetically pleasing, is garbage. It requires much more battery power just to have it open with all of the gifs/videos it incorporates as background for no reason, it automatically lowers volume of other apps upon opening, and it no longer allows you to turn off video autoplay, so whenever you accidentally click the video tab, it immediately plays or starts loading whatever video is queued up. Not to mention that before I knew of these updates features, I bought the premium subscription for a year just to get rid of the ads, which I regret especially with these new features. For reference, I️’m 28 years old and work in marketing, still hate these features. A year ago I would have given this app 5 stars, but for these reasons I give it a 3.

Create an account for a “free” weather app?!!. Weather Channel, my go to app for so many years- how far you’ve fallen. Open this up today after several uses already for planning a trip today day & suddenly nothing….but a new landing page requiring you to create an account; for a “free app” FULL of ads. The worst part is the PRIVACY POLICY. Read it. Our information is being sold to multiple, multiple 3rd party companies devices are tracked, among other things. This is so egregious & honestly scary. It’s also IMHO a total f-u to all the loyal users over the years. I’ve hung in for a long time because there are features that I like & frequently use. Its just become untenable with the barrage of ads that annoy & already collect info but now TWC has a new pay to play - we sell & collect info in an invasive manner, dangling more customization of services or you’re forced to stop using it. The Weather Channel(TV) was a thing of beauty to all weather geeks & people just interested in daily weather, the first few years. It turned in to a sensationalized story machine ad cranking, & occasional weather provider years ago, & something I dropped. I’m sad to say the app is next. Can’t imagine the paid version is less invasive of privacy. Two stars for some of the features after years of use. Trying some new apps now.🎤

How to boil a frog. I remember when I could just open this app and check the weather. Little by little we get more and more ads and less and less information. It used to be you could click on the hourly report and see an hourly report. Then they started bugging you to upgrade to premium so that you could see every 15 minutes Report. Well that doesn’t help if you’re 15 minute Report is nowhere close to accurate. On top of that they started putting an ad at the hourly report. At first you could just close the ad right away. Then it took a second or two. Well it was only a matter of time before they would put an ad it takes 10 seconds before you can close it. And there it is. That’s how you boil a frog. You start with a nice cool pot of water and wait till the frog gets real comfortable and then you turn on just a little heat and then a little more and keep going and the frog never even notices it’s been boiled. I’ve seen this before. You’re going to advertise yourselves right out of our iPhones. It’s not going to be very long before people are sick of watching your stupid ads for stuff that they don’t want and didn’t ask for.

Not Accurate. 4I give this app 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars, because the weather temperature and rain alerts are NOT accurate, at least where I live. First, I've had this app for years and it ask me to give a review and when I tried, it said I have to purchase it first. So I had to delete it and all my settings I had just to write this review. Second, the temperature isn't accurate! No matter what thermometer I use, and I've used 3 different digital thermometers and 2 mercury thermometers and there are supposed to be 2 weather stations close to my home and both readings are always the same, even though the locations are supposed to be different. The temperatures I get close to my home (from The Weather Channel) are constantly, approximately 2-4 and today 6 degrees higher than than all the readings I personally get from right outside of my home(in the shade). During really cloudy weather, I constantly get rain warnings and at least 90% of the time there is no rain, showers or even drizzles. when this app says there's a 20% chance of rain, there is NO rain. A lot of the time when the forecast says 50-60% chance of rain, there is NO rain and sometimes there are blue sky's overhead. I don't even know why I look at the forecasts from this app. The Weather Channel, wants you to pay $3.99 EVERY year for no ads. It should be a one-time purchase for no ads! I might think about paying for no ads if this app was somewhat accurate. I live in Southern California.

Bad Update. This used to be my favorite 5 star weather app. I love to track weather and preparing for my day each day by using the TWC app but that all changed with this new update. First of all I do not wear sunscreen and base my outfits on the uv index and that has now been removed. Next the app used to be easy to navigate and get all the relevant weather information for the day as well as some great videos that I would watch in the morning as I wake up, but now the app is confusing with too much going on. I understand in today’s world to stay relevant you need to make change but this change was not for the better, to confusing now and hard to find information. I feel bad for all the sponsors that would pay for spots in the videos because based on the way the videos are set up I bet less people will watch them, I know I no longer will. I hope that TWC can fix this app and make it more user friendly again with an easy to find uv index. I am not deleting the app yet but until it is changed I will no longer use the app and will start downloading new weather apps in hopes of finding a suitable daily replacement. I hope this does not fall on deaf ears, the TWC app was the best but not anymore. Thank you and have a great day.

If you LOVE watching ADS, this app is for YOU!!. I have used this app for my weather outlook for about ten years, and the quality over the last several years has just plummeted. Compared to the apps my friends used to use for daily and hourly weather predictions, i felt this was always the closest to actual. I have used the Weather Channel App to time my gardening, mowing, outings, and lawn applications for roughly the last decade, and now I can barely trust its accuracy beyond the two hour outlook. 70% chances of rain within the next four hours…poof, gone. Looking at the radar, i could even see that myself! On top of the worsening weather predictions, now to switch from the home screen to another screen - hourly or daily outlook, for example - i have to watch an ad for a piece of trash game that probably collects more data from my phone than it is of any entertainment value. Unfortunately, that’s not entirely surprising since for decades their website has been hocking clickbait ads for less than reputable financial and health/wellbeing sites (the website was my go-to source many years before smart phones). Of course, you can get rid of all those ads, now…because there is a pay option!! Problem solved, right??!! Finally, The Weather Channel decides we need to name winter storms now?? Give me a break! Sensationalism at its best! Whatever it takes to keep that ad revenue coming. Deleting this app, and never returning.

Worst update ever. I am not one to write reviews but this is one I just hate to speak on. I look at the weather everyday on my phone and so everyday I am completely annoyed. I used to be able to see the what I wanted to know immediately the top of the page, current temp. High, low, humidity, and feels like. now not only do I have to scroll down to find that information and then scroll across, but it is so difficult to read it might as well not even be there. also, I used to be able to scroll down on the main page that pops up and find the hurricane tracker now I don’t even know where it’s at on the app despite using it for a few months. This app does not get any easier to use with time. It’s awful. I can’t understand, why they made these changes. They should’ve the very least give the option to revert back to the previous version. Whoever designed this version should be fired. And the ridiculous amount of ads that come up on the main page now are unbelievable. They have to be swimming in money from the ads and do not care that the users don’t like the new version. Unfortunately, they probably know that they are about the most reliable gig in town so they feel like they’re not gonna lose users and they’re probably banking on the fact people will pay to subscribe to not see the stupid ads.

Weather variety multiple locations. I have had this app for awhile and use it to not only get local weather but weather for various locations for my son's work travel as surprisingly conditions vary greatly within a 50 mile area which one needs to know if commuting. I get road conditions and various alerts ( rain, snow, lighting, etc) per area. All helpful. Last year because of the reports I got, I saved my son an unnecessary trip because of the weather report. I enjoy the various videos also. I am editing review because of the problems I have been having with the app which appears to be all over where this app is used. I contacted support and only got a service standard reply which is basically sent by a computer. I am highly disappointed that I can’t get the app to work anymore because it was very helpful when it worked. I am not sure if the malfunction is due to the updates on IOS which also requires apps to also update. Whatever the reason, there should be a way to correct problem with app especially when it effects all means of use on phones, tablets and computers.

You might as well get goop instead.. I am a programmer, yet this new app makes me want to cry. I can only imagine what less tech savvy people are feeling with this new mess. The new app prioritizes wellness over weather. If I wanted a website about skincare and health advice I would go over to Gwyneth Paltrow’s equally useless goop. New radar is clunky and slow, let you put lightning as an overlay that’s nearly transparent and doesn’t let you see the distance and timing like it used to of the lightning. Additionally lightning is no longer available on the Home Screen, even if you say that’s one of the first things you want to see. You can also no longer click to see what warnings are in place for different areas for the severe weather overlay. The updates and lost functionality are dangerous and take away the abilities that I used to keep myself safe and productive. Living in Florida and being able to see what kind of watches and warnings were around me with a click, and to see what lightning strikes has happened at what distance and time kept me safe and let me go on walks and run errands freely. You can’t adjust what’s on your home screen from what I can find, so I HAVE to use that horrific useless radar. Bring back the portions of the Home Screen with the tropical center and the lightning nearby. They were essential and the reason I used the weather app in the first place instead of just using the Apple weather app.

Should be able to exit an add without knowing 2 languages. So every other time i check the weather there’s an add about social security in spanish which, (a) social security should only be for American citizens and to become a citizen of this country it is a requirement to be able to read and write english so why have an add only spanish speaking people understand, and (b) also why does this app allow it to be able to cover all content and no exit button and even the google ads page doesn’t properly fit the screen to see all options. the content of the actual app is okay but the constant advertising and the fact the adds aren’t made for an easy exit but instead are malicious and try to redirect you to an unsecured website possibly to phish data from your phone. This spam type behavior continues I’ll lower my rating and delete the app. Ads aren't a big deal, EXCEPT when they are trying to steal data or are illegally downloading content and clickbait style ads that redirect you when you’re trying to just close the ad. it should have a very obvious and large enough button to close said ad or dont cover the content of the app. UPDATE: Deleted app after new update, kicked off the app unless you create a login etc. I never had that beforehand.

Safety Concern. I’ve always loved The National Weather Channel since the early to mid 80’s. I feel it’s the source of truth and my go-to for all things weather, especially in the middle of a storm before I will look at my local stations (I use both), but I feel that TWC is like the mother satellite. The safety concern is while in the path of recent tornadoes in the south, while hiding in my bathroom with my family and probably seconds to spare (thank God we were safe), but I went to tack the tornado and an AD COMMERCIAL popped up!! I scrambled to find the X to get back to the path of the tornado. I didn’t press anything “extra” only my usual radar. This (ads) happens all the time now and before it never happened. The ADS pop up at the wrong time for the wrong reasons. Please fix this issue, it is a safety issue. Lives depend on seconds! This is a quality. Don’t put the AD Commercial on LIVE RADARS. My husband travels and some times late, I just check the radar for his safety and of course an AD commercial pops up. Put them someplace else to make money and I shouldn’t have to pay for a premium account to see the LIVE radar without distractions.

Nooooooo!!!!!!!. Why did you get rid of your on camera meteorologists???? Ari, Orelon, Kait…(and 2 other ladies who were also very good), and you replaced them with the worst thing possible - the videos you have to read. We’re trying to watch this very interesting weather video, you compelled us to watch, but we can’t see it because we’re too busy reading the paragraphs that go away after 2 seconds, so we can understand what we’re supposed to be watching in the video. The people/ meteorologists were always better. Friendly faces, reporting our weather, teaching us about it, and encouraging us to take measures to stay safe. That is what we want!!! Bring them back!!! More Ari, less paragraphs. They were good at their jobs, made the app interesting and fun - all of them. They deserve better than being laid off, and we, the paying customers, deserve to have better than having to read videos to get important information!!! This was a big mistake weather channel! You can do better than this!!!

Money grab developers strike again. Back a few years ago in the early days of the App Store, probably 8-10 years ago in fact, I purchased the ad free version of this app called Weather Channel Max. Good app, no ads and it worked well. Then about 2-3 years ago the app updated and said that this app will no longer be supported and that would be the final update. It stated the other version(the one with ads) would be the only version supported. I continued to use the app I paid for until it kept crashing after iOS updates and was pretty much forced to use the app with ads. Now I see you can go premium on this app and remove ads. That really ticks me off considering I had previously paid for the ad free version, only to have them snub it. I, at first, just thought they were only getting rid of max so they would force those who paid a one time fee for the ad free version back on the app that has ads. Not only was that true, but now, in hopes that people would forget(which I didn’t) they now offer a monthly subscription service to get rid of ads. This is a sad attempt at getting even more money from me. I will now be deleting the app and using another app instead. I’ve already given enough money to you all only to be asked for more. I’m really disappointed how greedy developers are becoming and all over an app that gives you mediocre weather reports.

New Update is Terrible.. I have used TWC app for years with no problems. Now, even before the new update, I noticed I would get rain warnings, and about 90% of the time there would be NO rain. I tried changing my location data, but it didn’t help. After the new update, the inaccuracies became much worse. It seems to not have my location correct, or looks at a large area of my town vs my exact location. There are many things I don’t like about the new update, especially the radar. It used to scan nice and slow so I could see details, which would help with some of the inaccuracies described above. Now the cursor speeds across the screen so you can’t see details and I can’t seem to see any way to slow it down. Useless to me for what I’d prefer to see. There is also less information regarding hurricane season and potential developing areas. I live on the west coast of Florida, and compared to the previous version, I get little to no information from this app. Since Hurricane Ian, when trees fell on my house, damaged my roof, totaled my car, and left me without electricity for 12 days, I look for as many updates as I can get. I have lived here all my life, and I am now 68 years old, a widow who lives alone (with my Golden Retriever). There are many Floridians like me who depend on TWC for peace of mind, especially with the climate changes. I still love your coverage on the TV channel, but this app has become very disappointing and I will be looking for something else.

Very disappointed. Some features of this new improved app are helpful but basic information being available at a glance was abandoned in favor of flashy modern graphics. I miss a quick daily view with not only temperatures, but also wind speeds and wind direction along with precipitation percentages without having to scroll though a long day to day listing. Also the quality of the radar product is much to be desired with very fuzzy low resolution images that does not clearly display the storm features as well as the old pro version. Also the combination of a past and future radar product is unnecessary and in fact it is confusing, especially since the future images are very low resolution and blotchy. I would love to disable the future function entirely. Whats more (since the weather channel manages accuweather) the old accuweather format was replaced with the new weather channel format. Additionally I was hoping that by purchasing the subscription product of the weather channel that there may be new useful information. Sadly all the subscription buys is the elimination of in product ads. I am certainly looking for a replacement weather product for both the weather channel and accuweather that provides the information that I rely on quickly and at a glance.

Amazing app if not for the insane ads. I’ve never written a review for any product or app before but I feel like I’ve been pushed to do so. I’m a long time weather channel user for their reliability and quick coverage; however, in recent years the sheer number of ads y’all have implemented in your app has driven me insane. I can’t click from the front page to the hourly weather report without a huge screen filling ad I can’t click out of. There’s an ad immediately upon opening the app, there’s an ad when I scroll even half an inch down the screen, there’s an ad always on the bottom banner that moves as I move down the screen. Furthermore, the weather channel app is Far slower than it ever used to be because they now prioritize loading the 10 million ads on the screen before loading the actual weather. I can’t stand it. I vividly remember when my area was facing extreme flash flooding and I couldn’t check the radar without first loading 3 small ads and then having to load a whole screen filling ad immediately after before I could see if my home would be affected. This is sheer corporate greed and it’s incredibly disappointing to see such a noble service like the weather channel give in to, and even prioritize, invasive money making schemes like these before their job. Sad.

*Used to be* great. Used to be. Used to have good forecasts, unobtrusive ads, lots of information easily accessible. Now? Full screen ads pop up at random with no obvious way to clear them. Just when you’ve scrolled down to the part you’re looking for, an ad or some other “feature” displays and resets you back to the top. Constant “reminders” that you should pay for their premium service to get more days of grossly inaccurate daily forecasts, or similarly inaccurate hourly forecasts down to the 15 minute level instead of hourly. Or maybe the good forecasts only come if you pay, and the free service uses the dartboard technique? Often it’s worse than the old Les Nessman “Eyewitness Weather” gag on WKRP in Cincinnati. (“Stick your head out the window and witness the weather.” Except they apparently have no window.) The only good part is the radar, if you can find it before the screen goes back to the top or to an ad. UPDATE: “Improved” again. New fancy main screen but you have to scroll right to see the current weather conditions - which do NOT include wind direction! And radar has been moved again. But ads and useless “features” are easy to find. I guess soon you’ll have to pay just to get any actual weather information. 👎👎

What a joke. Seriously download the free version and try it out. It’s possibly the worst app I’ve ever downloaded. Too many add, also seems like they overloaded it, or tried to make it do more so that not it’s virtually none usable. Seriously how hard is it the have current, hourly, daily all in an easy to read. Don’t even get me started on the ads. The app has so much nonsense that you do more work trying to find what it is the apps is suppose to be for. You are out of your mind if you think you’ve convinced me to pay to download the premium. The way that works is show how good the app is, so much so it makes me think “if it’s this good I can’t imagine how much better the premium is”. I guess your idea is let’s drive them crazy with the free version, and they will want to pay for the premium. Premium may be what I’m looking for, but I’ll never know because you’ve put out such a terrible product I don’t feel the need to get suckered into giving you money. It’s like a car manufacturer trying to get you to buy the top of the line model by letting you try out the base model after it’s been used as a rental car for years, and behind on getting serviced. Seriously wonder how you are allowed to keep your jobs. Oh yeah that right, your model is buy up all the other good apps like dark sky to eliminate the competitor instead of trying to create a better app. You could cut so much out of the app and get back to basics and have way more people downloading, but you won’t.

Easy to use but terrible location services. I want to really love the app. It’s my favorite app, best looking, best layout, overall easy to use and has all the information that is important to me presented well. Despite there being A TON of ads, both in between sections and in the forecast/ weather videos, which is going to happen in any app that has premium upgrade options, it’s location service is terrible. I added the widget to my Home Screen to see at all times and it CONSTANTLY 100% of the time gives me the weather for a random town 100 miles north in another state. Even when I open the actual app, the first place that comes up is that town and THEN it refreshes to my location. I love the app and am a weather nerd and because I constantly check it and care I sacrifice my battery by allowing the widget to constantly update in the background. Why drain my battery to keep my weather constantly up to date if it’s the wrong location every time?? It’s the only app that does this and constantly is the same *wrong* location every time. Weather Channel, I love you, but this major flaw is cause for a break up.

Zero stars. I never write reviews. I had to for this one. I’ve had this app as long as I remember. 2010 maybe??? And I’ve always loved it. Accurate and easy to use. Fantastic really. Gave me what I needed and nothing more. Now there’s all this junk. Pure, useless, clickbait junk. Pop up ads everywhere! I like knowing where to touch the screen with a little muscle memory so I can get through my task of getting the weather and getting on with my life. But now this app has sold out SO hard I feel like I’m using a 1998 pc with no virus protection! And it’s not even poorly done! It’s strategic and timed perfectly so the screen moves at the perfect time so my finger correctly hits the ad and not the option I wanted. Effectively navigating me away from the app to a completely irrelevant ad that’s been tailored to me by the cookies I’ve agreed to use this app, that I’m not even going to look at because I’m now frustrated and trying to get back to my weather app. What over-paid executive approved this ridiculously bad interface? And why? So I can do a sinkhole video I won’t believe? The same sinkhole video that came out 8 months ago on 30 other apps that EVERYONE uses? Way to waste A TON OF MONEY ON NOTHING weather channel! All you did was make me use the weather app that came with my phone I that never really liked. Perfect case of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Just bring back Joe Cantore. That’s all you had to do.

The Weather Channel App Review. If you love ads that cover the entire screen when checking the weather, this app is perfect for you. If you love 30-second ads before literally any and all videos, this app is going to be amazing for you. BUT WAIT, you can pay for The Weather Channel Premium to get rid of the constant and never-ending ads blocking the entire screen! You may ask, “why would I pay money when i can get less ads literally anywhere else, like Accuweather?” Great question because this app gives Premium users extra content! You may never watch/use this extra content! You might as well buy a professional weather app for the money! But, hey, at least you don’t have ads anymore!!! If you can’t afford Premium, well good luck seeing the actual weather! Although this is the “Weather” Channel, the only experience you will get is the “ad” channel. Want a preview of what type of ads you will see? Turn on the Weather Channel on TV. See all those terribly made ads for people over 65? BOOM. Those! You will have literally so many of those they will crash your phone as they fight for dominance over your phone screen. Don’t get me wrong, I have loved The Weather Channel for years, but this is the worst thing they have ever done, and their time for redemption is running out.

Can’t properly forecast within the hour.. It is amazing how often the forecast switches hour to hour within the day. I looked at the app this morning and planned to go outside before it said it would rain at 2 PM. Then, a couple of hours later, it said that there would be a brief period of morning rain and then clear up within the hour. I waited for the rain to clear up, looked at the forecast again and it was different than it was the hour before. Why would anybody pay for premium when they can’t even get a proper forecast for the next couple of hours, let alone an extended forecast days into the future. It seems like whenever I look at the ten-day forecast it changes hour to hour for the upcoming week. I would definitely not use this app to plan anything outdoors. Supposedly, they have these weather experts and computer models that should be able to accurately predict the weather, but more often than not, they get it wrong. I guess that I am going to have to rely on my local news weather app in the future because it doesn’t seem like The Weather Channel has any local minds working on my forecast. I understand that my region is a difficult area to get the weather correctly, but this company’s primarily focus is on weather. If I could give this app a rating of zero stars I would. Frickin’ clown time.

No longer what it was. Been a subscriber for a while. Was a bit annoying to see my subscription was no longer a top tear subscription a few years ago and just switched to new top tier. Sneaky way of getting a few extra dollars but oh well. I drive truck across the country and I use this app mostly during winter. I’m getting older and my eyesight isn’t what it used to be. I use a 12.9 iPad and was happily over paying because in the long run it saved me time and frustration of being stuck somewhere because of bad weather. Not to mention that I was able to easily see what I wanted. So when they completely redid this app in 2023-ish I was highly annoyed. Got a notification that my subscription renewed. I opened up app after I updated just to see that the radar map takes up 3/4 of the screen ALL the time now. Can’t close it to be able to see other things I want yo see. Everything was moved around to make things look new. I just want what I had for years! Last year was the last time I paid for a subscription. I’ll just use the free version. Turns out iPads weather app gives me most of the things I had for free. Weather Channel, get the basic stuff back and I’ll happily be a subscriber again. Thanks for all the years of simple display of information. Should really stop trying to be trendy.

Less useful since update 2018. I used this app multiple times per day in the past but since the 2018 update, I have hardly used it at all. The data is accurate. It is hard to find the info you need. They now have boxes on the screen with different info. The screen is so chopped up you can’t see enough of any one thing to figure out what it is. The previous version was better when current details were on the first screen and you could scroll down to whatever section you need. There was enough info on the screen to understand and you had the option to tap an arrow to get more detailed info if you wish. Now I see 2 or 3 words, then a box with an ad, then 4 or 5 words and then another ad. Nothing is obvious that you can tap to get more details. I hate tapping all over the screen to figure out what gives more details since the first screen is useless and there is nothing to indicate how to get details. Please revise back similar to the previous functionality which was efficient and obvious how to operate the app! I haven’t ever written a review before when an app changed, but this one is so bad it deserves a comment. The only reason that it gets 2 stars is because the data is accurate if you are ever able to get to it.

Great app but works better on phones in my opinion. I love using this app. Whenever I wanted to check the weather, someone would show me a different app and I would always ask to see this one instead because I feel it’s way more accurate. One time I was checking the forecast for my birthday which was coming up, and almost every time I checked it had something different because the forecast kept changing. It’s accurate and you don’t have to buy premium in order to get all features. I do have an idea tho and a problem. My idea is that with the locations you can only have 10 at a time. I think you should be able to have it just a little higher like 15 or something. Just a thought🙂. And another thing I use this app on an iPad and it’s pretty glitchy sometimes. It might just be my iPad because other things are pretty glitchy when I’m trying to FaceTime someone. Like sometimes the home screen crashes when I join the app like it keeps flashing. Other times it crashes out of the app. It might just be me so idk but just wanted to say something.

Could be great app if it worked. When it works I like the app. I like the changes and if it loads it is a useful tool. For me the videos and weather updates are very good. Not sure what the problem is, but for some reason and this seems to happen frequently — the app doesn’t load (spinning disk) or it just crashes and restarts and then back to spinning disk. So if it loads (might work for days and then not work for days) it is a good app. I have noticed the app works best in places with high speed internet. In a place outside or in a place that lacks high speed internet or great cell service, the app just won’t open quickly (maybe 5-10 mins to open). I have an iPhone X with the newest software and the newest version of the app, so I don’t think it is the phone. Anyway, if the stability can be improved and it can open quickly than it would be a great app. Update: I downloaded the new version and it worked ok for a week (I.e. seemed like an improvement) and then crash city and or the spinning wheel of Watson after that. Now it is useless again. Weather is such an important thing to know and I have no idea why the concept of an app that works is so hard. I stick by what I wrote above - when the app works, it is great, but for some reason it doesn’t work most of the time. Like others, I now use other apps that work all of the time.

Let’s go back in Time. I own a manufacturing business in the South. Since we work in a mostly open warehouse the weather is very important there was a time when y’all had sections of importance. Videos: At one time the primary videos offered were segments of weather throughout the country. i . e. Northeast, southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and Northwest. Now it’s a melange of Weather top story, then somewhat insignificant stories with background music and subtitles of stories not necessarily pertinent to U.S weather on a daily basis. It seems you have to forage through the pooo to get what your looking for. There was also monthly data that showed averages for one’s area and where we are compared to the average on a rolling average. That’s completely gone. Nowadays it’s the basic local facts and sensationalism. I’m afraid that you don’t know how to get it back. Lastly, I find it interesting that your posting a 4.6 average when the Lions share of comments are negative. Himmmm Math channel? Update; I had to correct my score. I originally gave it 2 Stars. Once it showed up it was 4 stars. Very interesting, maybe it answers my score question. So now I gave it a 1. If you see any more than 1 star? It wasn’t me.

Used to love this app. Update…I’m actually down grading my previous rating. It’s not as accurate as it used to be and it shows the current temperature in two places, but they are often different. For instance, on the top it currently shows 80 and partly cloudy. At first I thought maybe it’s the feel like temp, but scroll down a little and it shows ‘Temperature’ 78; ‘Feels like’ 81. Sometimes it’s only a couple of degrees off but I’ve seen it as much as 5 degrees off. First, let me say this is the most accurate weather app I’ve ever found. We’ve tried probably a dozen of them This is the most accurate. Now the reason for the three stars versus five stars, they’ve changed the app. You used to be able to open up the app and you could see what the current temperature was, what the high and the low are supposed to be for the day, the chance of rain, etc. Now you have to click elsewhere to find the chance of rain. I want to be able to open up the app see what I want, get out and get on with my day. I don’t need to be clicking all over the place to get what I need. they have added an option where you can customize some of the information but the chance of precipitation is not one of the options.

Does not deserve one star for this update. GIVE US BACK THE OLD APP!!! This is no concise weather report. And: Bad background; bad graphics; bad set up. Too many ads, too many screen options. The best weather information is plain and simple (as this app used to be): current conditions, forecast, radar, and then the other options like future forecasts, air quality, etc. The Weather Channel has been my go-to for weather forecasts since it was on TV—with no commercials. (Who can remember back that far?!) My version of Direct TV does not offer The Weather Channel so I have been relying on my iPhone app; not any more. Either give me the option of having the old app back or do a major fix to the current mess. If not I will be deleting this app. There are plenty of weather apps out there so why go with something so inferior. ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO ME (and others) IS BAROMETER INFO. IT CAN HAVE A MAJOR AFFECT ON HEALTH. Please add the barometer and don’t forget direction as well as numbers. I still have the old app on my tablet; using it when I am home. I just don’t get why Weather apps want to go too fancy. It is not what people want when they want weather. Save the fancy and extras for those wiling to pay for it, then you will not have to mess up a good, basic weather app. Hope you get the message from me and many others.

New Update Ruined It. I’ve had this app for about 8 years and loved it. The major overhaul they did a couple years ago made it run slow and the ads were excessive, but the new features and overall look made up for those small annoyances. All the information you could need in one app, and it was usually more accurate and up to date than any other weather app I’ve used. The update they did about a week ago has ruined the app. It look is nice, but that’s about it. It doesn’t load properly, and it glitches when you try to switch between locations. These major bugs have ruined my plans several times already. I need accurate and precise weather information for my job outdoors in many different towns, and I no longer have that. Not only does it glitch, they took away a few key features that you don’t get in the free version anymore. I only see 12 hours ahead for weather forecasts down to the hour, and I can no longer even look at today’s weather in 15 minute increments. Even right now, with it pouring rain outside causing flash flooding and thunder it says it’s sunny and partly cloudy outside with rain in the future. I didn’t get warned of how severe the weather would be or that it was nearby until it was too late to medicate my anxious dog for it. And despite all this, there’s even MORE ads now!

Weather Alerts. I would have given you five stars if the videos always come with captions whenever the host speaks that we can switch on CC. It frustrates me and my husband when all the weather videos come without captions. No way is that we can increase the volume to listen. We’re completely Deaf that we rely on Sign Language therefore we need captions on whenever the host talks/speaks. Please simply switch on Captions. So we can see what the news is about. It would save Deaf people’s lives when we need to look out how safe or not is about the weather news. No captions is like to shut up the Deaf people. That is really serious. Please do pay attention to the needs of the captions. If you are worried about the size of the captions, we can adjust ourselves with the sizes of the font which is like the hearing people increase or decrease the volume of the sounds… please recognize the needs of Deaf people; not only Deaf people, the senior citizens happen to experience the hearing losses. We will value the Weather Channel if you do make all of earthlings happy by including the captions. Much appreciated for this opportunity.

Trash. I used to tolerate this app… until I was locked in an advertisement video with no means of exiting (or even pausing) the video. The app takes away all options and make you sit through the advertisement, even if the following video was autoplayed and you have no interest in watching it (generally not the point of commercials) I totally get that apps make money primarily through ad revenue and I dont begrudge them that privilege for going to the trouble of making/updating the app… but seriously, hijacking the user’s phone just to ensure they watch an ad from start to finish is morally questionable at best; it would be like television commercials locking your remote control so youre unable to change the channel. Ads are intended to seek out potential customers and increase brand awareness and when used right can be a good thing. What The Weather Channel (and countless others as well) has done is to reformat ads from the highly functional customer-seeking, brand-expanding tool they were into an annoying, unwanted waste of time that makes users feel frustrated and trapped (TOTALLY what you want someone to feel when youre trying to sell them your product) and surely diminishes the value of the ads being run for the companies sponsoring and paying for them.

Ads have made this app go downhill. I’ve had the free version of this app for years and it’s always done it’s job well. Over the past year they’ve allowed more and more ads to take up the space where I’d like my weather info to be. It seems almost like a ploy to get me to pay for premium. I would not recommend this app to anyone who wants an easy to read screen. I’m writing this review now because, even though I can tell the ads are run by google - I saw an extremely offensive ad this morning clearly geared towards very right leaning republicans, that I strongly objected to. There’s no need to target anyone on this ap with ads selling clothing that talks about the Vice Presidents race in a derogatory manner. I would have thought someone from the weather channel would at least be looking at the types of ads running on their app. This made me lose a ton of respect for the developers of this app, and as I was already frustrated by the size and high volume of ads, im considering using something else entirely for my weather updates. I really hope someone reads this review and takes a look at the content of the ada google is running on their platform. It reflects back on them.

I trust TWC’s weather reports, but can’t trust this app.. This is the most horribly designed and highly problematic weather app of all time. Where to begin is the hardest part, I would say the most frustrating thing is that it will crash anytime I slide it to the background and try to pull it up again. I have to shut down the app every single time and reload it for it to work. It also will randomly push an ad through in a very glitchy way and then when you close out the ad the app crashes. It has so many ads with large click margins that navigating the app without clicking on an add as well is near impossible. Which creates a situation that only adds to the frustration of the above issue. I have an up to date phone, the software is fully updated along with the app, and I have high speed wifi connection. The problem isn’t on my end. Maybe they make the ‘free’ app this way to encourage you to upgrade it, but all it has encouraged me to do is delete the app and trust a different source for weather. If it wasn’t so glitchy I would easily pay for the upgraded services. You would think a company such as TWC would invest in upgrading this precariously balanced piece of garbage. The app is broken, you need to start over and redo it or you are going to lose more people just like you did me today after dealing with it crashing 3 times in 30 seconds.

Used to be 5 stars. As life continues in this Land of the Free Market, we see more and more “monthly subscriptions” as alternatives to pesky ads and better performance. BUT THIS APP HAS GOT TO BE THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THE WORST APP TO DO IT TO. I mean seriously?!? I’ve had this app for YEARS. It was the best performing, most accurate, and user friendly weather app out there. It exceeded all these built in apps and that annoyingly wrong weather-bug thingy (that was a joke for the ones that’ll miss it) when it came to reliability. THEN ONE DAY, corporate decided they wanted a piece of the “subscription” pie and turned this app into the biggest pain in the neck I have ever experienced. It is now so consumed by ads, spammy, and laggy. It spams it’s own app with its own advertising also (had to say that one separate since they control that). It now only shows certain things with “premium” (might as well write it off as ‘only useable as premium’) and has literally made the free version of the app just bad enough to make you buy the “good” version. Is that what it’s come to? Are we now ruining our once good-quality product, so that we can turn around and offer the original good-quality version again for a hefty price? I mean, seriously. Just give me an option to one-time buy it and I’ll think about it, but I’m the mean time I’m over this.

New Update Issues. The latest version, 14.8, seems to be going for artsy/media over information. While there appears to be more information available for users, it’s more a matter of finding it. Important information is hidden behind separate pages that aren’t intuitive to click on or are part of scroll bars there you have to scroll left and right. The app seems much more interested in advertising weather stories or selling ad space to third parties. I understand that ads are needed as a form of revenue, but I have no interest in watching videos or reading articles about weather in places I don’t live, while at the same time, I’m scrolling all over to find information about my local weather. I like the increased use of notifications, and it’s nice to get a notification in the morning of my weather for the day (although, it would be nicer if I could pick when that gets sent. Seems to be 8am for me and by then, I’m already at work) or getting notified of severe weather. However, when I click in to view the severe weather warning for my area, the warning won’t load… but the ad under it will! Overall, the new appearance needs an overhaul. The font is so small and hard to read (no very helpful for us visually impaired folks!). I just want a simple interface to look at the weather; this new version is just too “flowery”/artsy for me. I hope TWC reconsiders this new version.

New format for weather app.. I preferred the older weather app compared to this new one version. It was much easier to use and scroll through; easier to navigate and understand than this new weather app. It’s way more complicated. Now I have an Apple IPhone 7SPlus & it’s paid off & I know the apps like the back of my hand, as I’ve had this iPhone for many years and still works better than any upgrade out there. I’ve had this iPhone paid off for years and the apps I have are what I need & want for free. I’m elderly and disabled. I do not have a landline and even though I’m elderly and disabled I’m very savy using an Apple iPhone. I’m not pleased at all with the new weather app! It’s not that I can’t adjust to change, it truly is a more complicated than needed new weather app. There was nothing wrong with the other weather app. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it as u very well know this true meaning, just for the sake of change. Please bring back the other weather app we had, or at least give users an option to choose the new weather app or stay with the other weather app is a great idea. Please take this review seriously in your discussions about changing the weather app. Thanks.

Absolutely useless now. Illegible! Terrible graphics!. As of about three days ago, they updated the app and have used a font that nobody likes and can read. Additionally, it's dangerous if you're just trying to check a quick forecast, and you have to squint. The videographic for clear and sunny is dangerous. It's actually like flashing in your eyes and it makes it very difficult to read the print below if you're gonna have a video of sun through leaves turn down the brightness a little bit. This used to be useful. I'll be a bit clunky but now I should not have to put glasses on to read this stupid thing. It looks like a four year old stick figures instead of actually a highly paid developer using AI. The very simple but beautifully arranged Weather Puppy is far superior at this point. I've switched back over to that because the few things that it lacks are far over shadowed by great graphics and cute pups to view. I don't see a button or area to click for settings anymore, where you could customize the font or do anything differently. There's no way that I would buy the paid version of this was supposed to be slickest weather app available, but it's an epic fail at this point. Go back to the way you had it two versions ago, where you could actually read it and there weren't so many flashing things that lit up the screen it's one thing to have an ad because That’s paid for the free version.

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Great App. One of the better Apps. However love to see Widget Customisation And Live Activity for weather conditions and rain precipitation. Only use this App now.

More pretty less functional. Used to be my go to app until the recent update made it focus more on photos and aesthetics rather than ease of consuming information. I’ve now switched over to BOM which serves my purposes better. I encourage Weather Channel to rethink their UX/CX

New and improved?. Your updated version is less user friendly and takes forever to load upon opening. Used to be my preferred weather app, but now it’s tedious.

Not worth the money!. I paid what I thought was this app for as long, as I have my apple ID turns out to be 12 months Subscription and the app crashes all the time not happy.....These companies designing and taking money off people for these’s apps need to have more detail when asking for money....it’s almost a crime!! If I could give zero for this app I would! O!

Loading …. While the features and information are great, the app takes too long to load in comparison to other apps, and regularly crashes while loading.

Essential Information.... The Weather Channel is always reliable & most useful for planning daily activities.

Latest update has made this app unusable. For many years now, this has been my go to app for weather reporting, but this latest update has made it unusable for me. It is now forcing me to flip my iPad into landscape, and the information I’m after is now contained in a tiny, confusing sidebar, while a glitchy map takes up 3 quarters of the screen. I’m going to have to find something new as this redesign is now extremely inconvenient to use and nothing like the fantastic app it used to be. Very disappointing.

Can’t swipe to go back to previous page. Only bad thing is you have to literally press the back button instead of swiping like every other app

Temp icon on app. Love the app bout the main thing I dislike & would love to see you develop would be a temperature icon on the front of the app so we could have a quick glance & not have to open the app constantly to save time?? I still open the app multiple times a day but it would be so much easier if you put that icon on the front of app icon??? PLEASE Thanks

The best weather app available, but.... This is by far the best weather app available on IOS. I have recently tested them all. My most significant annoyance is the fact that you can’t rearrange the home screen and the videos section is right there. I wish if anything, it was right down the bottom. I’m really just here for the weather. It would be great if we could arrange the sections as the user in order of our preference for significance. None the less, this is hands down the best weather app available. Thank you!

Please give me the option to revert to the old user interface. October 2024... The "new" iPad user interface is crowded with unhelpful information. Half of the screen is taken up with a radar map that I rarely use. I would like to revert to the old interface but there doesn't seem to be a way to do this. If you install the latest update think twice before you choose to move to the new interface.

Forecasting and Radar are not correct. The app reported the weather today as being windy with a 10% chance of rain. I checked the radar and it didn’t show any rain over my area, so I decided to do some washing. An hour after putting it on the line, it started raining. It is still raining now. I’ve deleted the app and will never use it again as I have no faith now in the reliability of the forecasting.

No good for Aus. Weather forecast for Brisbane is always miles out, compared with other, local apps. Still seeing °F in places despite being set to metric. Tried this app on and off over the years, initially in Europe and now Aus, and I won’t waste any more time on it. New Storm app is also utter garbage compared to the original Weather Underground app. Typical of a large company acquiring a company or service that worked well. Totally ruined.

IBM?? No weather forecasts in app: just fluff videos and weird empty policy statements.. For an IBM business the Weather Channel app for Apple TV has surprisingly dropped the ball. The app download page says that “The only thing more powerful than the weather is your ability to forecast it. This free Apple TV app keeps you informed every step of the way”. As if that wasn’t already sufficiently misleading and incorrect, it provides no weather forecasting at all. Just an occasional videos on generic topics such as filling bathtubs and hurricanes. The settings pages helpfully provide URLs to IBM’s policy statements on the web. But unfortunately to read them you have to type these into your own browser on another platform because IBM it seems hasn’t figured out how hyperlinks work yet. Presumably someone got paid for delivering an app and no exec at the firm actually quality checked it.

V10 is horrible. Don’t update! The v10 of this app is horrible. The daily and weekly forecasts are hard to read. The blue background has changed to white with a thin blue line to distinguish highs and lows. Why they ruin a previously great app with an update like this is beyond me. If I could give it no stars, I would.

Can't download. What's the point after all this time of using this app, bringing out a new app I can't download on my device. Have always used this app but it appears to come to an end on May 24 th. Bye bye weather channel. This won't get information for my areas had to delete, nothing wrong with the old app.

My Daily Oracle. I have found this app to be accurate and very useful wherever I am in the world.

I’ve cancelled my subscription after many happy years use. I used to love this IBM app, but recently the interface on the iPad was rewritten to look ‘more pretty’. With this change you have to change the iPad from regular portrait mode to landscape mode. I don’t see any need to have to be inconvenience with this change. However I continued to use the app on my iPhone as this was not changed. Ah ha - but now it has been changed to ‘look prettier’. Although it still works in portrait mode, the ‘prettier’ mode has useless/pointless moving graphics in the background. However it now takes forever to load and one has to scroll, scroll and scroll to find what you want, whereas the data used to be easily accessible, mostly on the initial screen. In your quest to be prettier rather than useful, you have lost a previously happy customer

Not a good version now. The new version has less than a quarter of the screen with the weather. The rest is a map. Should have the map as an option not obscuring the weather on a weather channel! If I want to know where I am I will go to maps. Poor upgrade.

Rip off. I was using the free version of this app and whilst using it, noticed that there was an option for no ads, it was only about a dollar so I paid for it. Curious to see how it looked without add (because there are painfully so many), I was disappointed to see no change and that a premium version of the ap is a ridiculous ongoing annual fee. What did I pay for? Well that I don’t know because I can’t see the same option now. Maybe I was taken to another page????? I don’t know, all I know is that I selected the weather channel.

More than just the weather. After reading the privacy policy of the app, and based on other lab tests results, the weather channel collects so info about users (location, contacts and personal contact info and a lot more) then sell it to third party organizations. On top of that they try to sell you stuff in the process. Where does the greed and the violation of peoples lives and privacy stop?!

Old version. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it! I loved the old version, the new version is confusing and with that comes the time to move on and find a weather app that is like the old setup! Just because you can make things fancy, doesn’t mean you should!

Amazing!!!. This is the best app!!! Everyone should get it!!! Thanks!!! This is luxurious!!! I recommend this app. This is the best weather app!!! I have not seen any weather app as good as this!!! 👍👍👍😁😁😁 Thanks for creating this app!!!

Won’t load. App won’t load after latest update. Tried support link but no answers.

Loading So SLOWWWWWWW…. Not a bad app - if you have the time to wait for it to load up. Weather has changed by the time it appears! Come on guys this is basic stuff to get right.

Wind direction is now a fail. I’ve used the app for years. The removal of wind direction and replacement with just an arrow is a fail. Why? I understood what nne and wsw meant, I could use that information, but an arrow? You’ve dumbed it down to unusable

Crashes constantly and uses location data info without your consent. Terrible app. Will not launch without having to hard reboot my iPad. Do not like that they sell your location data info without disclosing that as reported by gizmodo.

Ruined by update. I loved this app for its user friendliness and ability to see at a glance, the day, hourly temps and the days ahead and all against a BLACK background. Now each page is mostly bright white with adds that take up most of the screen. Sooooo disappointed. How do I go back???

Terrible app. This app constantly freezes if it’s left open and then you return to it. this issue has been reported to the app owners many times over the last six months. Still have the issue persists. I won’t be using this again. I have deleted it.

Not accurate. Keeps saying it’s gonna rain but it isn’t during hours but then it doesn’t

If you live in Australia there are better apps. If you live in Australia do not buy the premium service. Before the subscription ran out we had huge thunderstorms on Saturday the app said there was no notifications of a storm. Also the weather data is not local which means it only takes from Brisbane not the local weather. If you download the BoM app app you’ll will see this. Spoke to Support and they had no idea what I was talking about. The only thing that works is the lightning alertNo other alerts even with this turned on. It’s at simply does not work properly in Australia.

Displays updates in Fahrenheit. Way too expensive for just weather. Also even though Celsius is selected and displays correctly. It sends updates in Fahrenheit.

Ruined. This used to be great to see long range forecasts and really clear data. I hate the new update, so difficult to see clearly now. I’m trying to find a new app to use now. Just awful

Waste of time. App never works.. Great app when it actually works. Never seems to load on my phone. Absolutely useless at this point. Will be deleting it and just googling the weather from now on.

Revision - lost functions - No longer worth the phenomenal subs increase.. Have been an enthusiastic user and promoter for a number of years. One of the attractions for which we were happy to subscribe was windstream. But it is no longer available on iPad version unless one ups the subscription rate, involving phenomenal price rise for features previously paid for! Greed has taken over, theft by stealth! So, have switched auto renewal (due 7months to go) off. We have all we need including windstream on the Apple native app. Bye bye The Weather Channel!

Brilliant upcoming rain visibility AND free!. As a gardener in Melbourne knowing weather is essential especially rain fall. This app is the best I’ve used for seeing upcoming rain via: • rainfall by the hour • levels of rainfall Simple to use Simple to understand Lots of great information Plus it’s all FREE. Really well done app. Would give it 6-stars if I could

Location services. Have installed app on iPhone running iOS 17.1 and despite turning on all location services, the widget keeps asking to do so. Very annoying to be unable to check the weather at a glance!

Great update. Just downloaded. I love the new format. Also the information for the seasons. Please can you add information in for bike riders and not just cyclists? I live in Brisbane Queensland and always found this on a par with the locally made apps for reliability and accuracy.

New version hides maps view. The new version hides the map and radar view very well. Can’t find it easily. The new tab Video is actually useless to me. Can we get the map back to where it was?

Littered with ads! 😕. A few adds for a free app, ok… but too much and constantly trying to get you buying the expensive subscription… nope.

This is great because.......... it gives so much information and it is really easy to use Keep up the great work!

The weather channel. Fantastic

The weather channel. A reliable source of weather predictions. However, it still doesn’t know where my current location is

So far, so good 😊. I’ve tried so many different weather apps over the years, but am finding this one to be the most reliable so far. When I was living in Australia, the BOM app was by far the most accurate, but living in rural Cambodia now, nothing else comes remotely close to the actual weather conditions experienced on the ground. The live satellite feed was accurate to within a few minutes before it rained, and the wind direction, ambient temperature and hourly forecast updates more reliable than any of the other apps I have used. Having been a surfer and photographer for most of my life I am fascinated with the weather and have a pretty good knowledge of how it all works, so it’s nice to find an accurate weather app that’s reliable in real time, giving you confidence in its future modeling so I can plan activities based around those forecasts. I’ve uninstalled all the other apps and running solo with this one for now, and am very happy with it so far. 😎. Good job! 👍

Old program easier to see. Love your app always but although the info available is good it is so hard to see with small thin letters on a white background. Still a great and accurate app though. Love it.

System failure. I use the metric system since I have been taught it as a child. On the widget it doesn’t change from Fahrenheit to Celsius. Can’t find how to change or fix in the settings.

Australia!! 5 ⭐️. Beautiful UI just love it, but can we have background to change automatically sunset and sunrise!! I really love the new design it’s pretty and looks amazing on my iPhone SE 3rd GEN. Well done guys. 👍

Pretty good. I’ve been using the free version of the app and it has been quite right! 👍 I love seeing the humidity percentage, and all of the other things like UV index and mosquito index! This never turns of when i have no internet! This is very reliable and i hope you can get this!

New fonts bad for people with eyesight issues. Bring back the old look and feel of the app. I have eyesight issues and the new version is really hard to read. Grey font on white background, looks like one big cumulus ironically! The previous version had numbers which stood out across the hour and day forecasts, this is very much a lesser version.

What happened?. No longer works after last 2 ‘upgrades’ just sitting there on a lovely blue screen trying to work out where it is. Prior to upgrades it worked fine, now deleting the app sadly

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Ads are overpowering screen. Too many big ads that take up half screen

New upgrade a backward step. New upgrade is a confusing layout with less useful information. Too many graphics and too many clicks to get the info I need. I lost all my previously selected locations. Had to recreate from scratch. I wish I could revert back to the previous version. Will replace app with a better product.

Keeps freezing. Keeps freezing. I’ve also decided that a forecast that changes 4 times a day is useless. Also they can’t get it right HALF the time but want to predict to such a certain degree it’s comical. 38% chance of rain, really????? Then it changes to 47, then 25, then 32. I’m done with this guessing weather app

Good app but . . .. There is a glitch! On the daily app window the current day always show temperature as 0 degrees Celsius

Excellent, *BUT*...... Used to be my go to weather app as it was very accurate. If it said it would rain at 8:02, it would start raining at 8:02! However, if you follow the news, TWC Product and Technologies LLC (owned by IBM) are being sued for duping people into allowing location data for weather forecasting, but are also using that data to sell to others. I know you’ll say that’s nothing new today, but my iPhone 7 Plus’ battery has been lasting longer since deleting the app.

Adds are awful. I’ve never left a review before, but the ads have now made this app pointless. Every time I scroll it catches an ad and it opens the App Store, which I have to close and then reopen this app and wait while it reloads and then go back to the screen I was on. I’ve had this app for years, but deleting it now.

Stupid update. The only specific service this app provided than others is there were both hourly and daily forecasts in its widget, but the latest update cut the daily forecast, which is really a stupid design so uninstalled it.

AMAZING!!!!. THIS APP IS FREAKING AMAZING I MEAN IT HAS EVERYTHING AND IT VERY WELL DESIGNED THIS IS AWESOME IT EVEN TELLS YOU WHEN IT ISA GOOD TIME TO GO RUNNING!!!!! I recommend it a lot

Ok but. Great weather data, ads and glitches make the app unusable.

Uninstalled. Totally Unreliable data.. Literally POURING right now, socked in with rain clouds across multiple neighbourhoods (all I can see), and has been all day. “No rain,” in my municipality, it said. Too bad their data fails so hard, ‘cause the dash features were nice, and had practical little guides.

IPad look & feel used to be the best, now the worst. This used to be my go-to weather app on my iPad and iPhone, but after the app's "makeover", almost the entire screen on the iPad has been taken over by the radar map, and there is no way to close it or resize it. The forecast breakdown by day, hour, etc is the fixed position narrow panel on the right (think iPhone size) which can't be resized. The "rain block" graphics have also been totally eliminated (from iPad and iPhone). the 'rain block' was one of the app's best features for quickly seeing the intensity of the rain in the next few hours. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? I don't use this app anymore.

Widget is Garbage. Widget kept saying Location service is off, when IT IS ACTUALLY TURNED ON.

Not Going To Use Anymore. New updates continually ask to go premium every time I open the app for what features I get for free from other apps or sources? Ridiculous. Deleting.

Intrusive Ads. 5-star app, but it has full screen ads, in what looks like Chinese, that I can’t close and that don’t timeout, need to restart the app.

Rip off - don't download. I downloaded this app because they claim to have an in app purchase to remove ads for $5.49/year. But the only in app purchase offered in the app is premium for $13.49/year that removes ads and gives you some extended forecast info. I purchased the premium membership but the ads are still showing. I tried restore purchase - the app claims there is nothing to restore. I tried deleting the app, then restore purchase - app still claims there's nothing to restore. I confirmed through iTunes that I do indeed have the in app purchase in my list of subscriptions, good until Aug 11, 2020. And then, there in the subscription list is also shown the option to simply remove ads for $5.49. The Weather Channel is doing the old bait and switch - they tell you in the app description that you can remove ads for $5.49 as an in app purchase, but don't allow you to actually purchase that option from their app.

No windchill and a new layout. There is no windchill on the phone's main tab at all. We live in Canada and windchill is the only stuff that matters for us. Also new version for the iPad is terrible. You want to click on the app to check temp and now all screen goes to landscape mode and it shows maps 90% of the space. Also notifications are showing in Fahrenheit’s instead Celsius. Please bring back portrait mode and include windchill Please bring the old layoutas well . And fix notifications to show Celsius. The old app was great.

Radar. The app is pretty good app for the most part really good hourly display. The most accurate weather app I have had so far. but the radar is playing way too fast. Slow it down please

Terrible. The new redesign for 2024 is awful. It forces you to rotate to landscape mode, and there is no option to use it in portrait mode. For that alone, I will not use this app. I would give it zero stars if I was able.

No one pays any attention. 1) you pay the no adverts fee and still get Google Adverts 2) when you send feedback you get error messages because even though the feedback lists multiple countries it on accepts feedback from the United States. 3) when you do provide feedback you are simply ignored

Greedy app. Enough with the prompts to pay for info free on every other Weather app! Too many adverts - should be making enough money from all the repeated ads and videos and spam showing up when I check my weather - now you want payment to show wind speed and direction! Give me a break.

GOODBYE weather app.. So this is the 3rd update & it keeps getting worse. I wish the App developer would READ the reviews. People are not happy with your updates. Revert to the older version - the one before you started hitting people with your graphs upon opening the app. People don’t have time for graphs. They want a quick numeric reference to plan their day from. I am now deleting this from my phone. Thanks for not listening. You just freed up space in my phone. My previous review : If I could rate this a ZERO, I would. But the review has it defaulted on 1 star. There is an old saying that rings true- “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. Please read the recent reviews - your users are NOT happy with the past 2 upgrades. Please revert back to the old app that doesn’t hit the user with a graph !!! Please bring back the old version. No one has the time to examine your graphs - if you must have them then put it at the end of all the other screens. People want a quick and reliable weather app. Quick means I can get what I need at first glance. What does the average person need ? Hourly, daily, 36 hrs & 14 days at a glance in numeric format. NOT a graph ! A barometer for migraine sufferers would be awesome but I’m not holding my breath. This used to be my favourite of all weather apps Now sadly it is one of the most frustrating ones out there. If I don’t see another update in the next week then I bid this app a final farewell.

My all-time favourite. I can’t recommend The Weather Channel app enough. It’s incredibly comprehensive and reliable. Not only does it provide detailed weather updates, but it also covers essential health and safety insights, such as skin and health risks (including mosquito, pollen, and allergy alerts) and air quality conditions. I especially appreciate the radar feature for tracking warm and cold areas across Canada in real time. The app also tailors its forecasts to specific activities like running, hiking, camping, golfing, gardening, and cycling, with morning and evening forecasts that help me plan my day and night perfectly. Truly an outstanding app that’s become a must-have for me!

Horrible update. The changes are awful! Before this update, it was pleasing to the eye, and relevant information was the first thing you’d see. Not that it was accurate, but sometimes they’d get it right anyway. Now it looks like a toddler designed it. I am deleting this app.

What a fabulous team!. I have sent two requests to this team of developers over the years that I’ve used this app. Both times they have sent very specific emails addressing my issues. Both issues were addressed and fixed. In a day and age of very poor customer service, this team puts every other customer based service to shame. 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Always glitchy. Always glitchy and so many ads that pop up when I’m trying to scroll. Headache.

Greedy Developer. I use to go the premium subscriptions when the price is 5.99 a year. And this year, it is 7$a month. What a greedy developer. Already deleted.

Used to be good they upgraded it now it’s rubbish. I used to love this channel at several apps, but I always use this one since you’ve upgraded it and was upgrades before that it’s slowed it down so it takes so long to load. It’s hardly worth it and everything is washed out. The format used to be good now it’s not you’ve taken the app from what it used to be less than what you can get for free. Any people looking to buy this thing should think it’s a waste of money now. Eric McAdam

Bad business. IBM should not get in bed with Justin Trudeau and stop trying to take things from legal owners I will no longer use this app

Review. It keeps getting better!

Wrong forecast. Raining. App showing not a rain. I paying 40$ an year. I would like say to you: F... your app and your service

Pressure. How about indicating whether the air pressure is rising or falling?

Wonderful update!. Really appreciate the dark mode you've added within the app. So much easier to read everything! App is real nice & easy to navigate, with actually all basic weather needed, nothing missing here. Map options are thorough & informative. I notice the big ads are a little less on the front screen, which is a lot better, as some of the ads are at least Weather Channel related info, which is helpful. It's too bad though that the NWS severe weather (government issued) notifications are only issued for US locations & not for canadian current locations. (They have some options, but not the actual government severe alerts I was hoping for.) That's the only set-back, otherwise, I love your daily e-mail weather briefings & lock screen, home-screen widgets. I use both those for my severe weather alerts if they should pop up. Everything else on your app is very accurate, reliable, & spot on weather coverage. Thanks TWC! 😊👍🏻⭐️

Wrong like a ball. I was watching the weather this whole week. When my other two apps predicted lots of snow, this app predicted up to 2 cm of snow today as of 8:40 am. What do you know. It’s now 20-30 cm.

The new design is pretty awful. I’ve been using this app for years but really don’t like it now just from a design and usability perspective. It only opens in horizontal view and the larger portion of the screen is filled with nothing I’m interested in ( in my case a large map) with the weather on the other third. I just want to check the weather so having to flip the screen around just to see it (and now a smaller view than before), is just clunky and unnecessary. Changing to another app.

Froze. 😤 entered location, then hit looks good. Won’t let me click on I understand policies. So not getting anything ! Added another location, same issue. App is junk when it used to be great 😤😤😠😖😫

It’s good by laggy. Not sure if my phone is showing it’s age but scrolling is very laggy. Apart from that it’s the best weather app.

Practically useless app. Open the app, within 30 seconds it launches an ad, usually AppleTV in the browser window, as if I clicked on the ad but I didn’t. Often the ad isn’t even on screen. And when you go back to the app it’s frozen. Force close, open app back up, same thing happens again. Same issue for several months of updates and they never fix it.

Update. I hate the update so I won’t be using it anymore!! Bring back the old version!

Great. I've always used the new STORM app and ever since that big update, it's been less than mediocre. That thing looked pretty but not well designed and the bugs and lag. Didn't even have a daily forecast write-up. So I found this one today and so far, what a difference! So much better. This app, so far, doesn't lag, it doesn't crash, it loads quick, easy to setup. I do wish I could select a location in the map and get that weather like STORM, that would be nice.

Invasive on privacy - deleting. Requesting to use my phone’s location and pressure sensors data is a bit too demanding for my taste. In particular considering they state they will share your private information at their own discretion - apparently without consulting us. If you reject the request, they shut off the app. Now the app is useless and just taking up space on my phone - so logically I will delete it.

What the heck?. Had this on my iPad Pro for ages, all was good. Now that won’t open. Apparently I must use the new version, which is the same as on my iPhone. It sucks. Biggly. For too many reasons. Both deleted, will find something better.

Ads are not necessary. Drives me crazy to have ads that are always in the way.

Detailed and accurate. I have 3 weather apps on my phone. This is the only one I use now as I find it is most detailed and most accurate. Easy to navigate and add or delete cities.

too many ads. too many annoying false ads

Trustworthy. I use this App around the world and have found it to be the most reliable of all. It is by far the most accurate and trustworthy. It updates frequently and I enjoy the extra features like the allergy report etc. The only challenge I ever have with it is with the radar. It works well but the coverage doesn’t extend to many places outside of Europe and North America. Still the hourly forecast is often very precise.

Anti Canadian app. Your “Change Tomorrow” alert should be Celsius degrees not in US Fahrenheit degrees

Outstanding weather app!. As a retired weather professional, I am fussy about the tools I use to govern my activities around the weather. This is one of the best apps I’ve used for predicting and assessing the weather every day. It offers a comprehensive suite of features that provide clear, useful information and products for forecasting and associated information. I have subscribed to the Premium version of the app, and it is a great value for money, considering the features it provides. I am very pleased with this app. PK

The worst app since they changed it. You’ll see. Wrong location every single time you open it. Doesn’t let you saved your edited places. Loading times have increased drastically with this app. Just garbage.

Location name still wrong. I’ve forgotten how many times over the last 2 years I’ve submitted a report about this. Port Moody, British Columbia is displaying as “British Columbia, British Columbia” The latest update was one week ago that said, “ We are constantly working to improve our App” No you’re not.

Double listing. I have a city listed twice... Toronto. How do I delete a city if listed twice on my list?

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Don’t bother.. I have been a user of The Weather Channel since their first website, but this current level of stupidity and hubris has finally led me to discard them. I have long appreciated the relative accuracy of their short term forecasts, and just accepted the “smoothing to season typical” in the longer term forecasts. (Next three days was usually pretty decent, beyond that, meh). And I can tolerate the ads. This is a for-profit business, it has to generate revenue somehow. But. First, the stupid. All of the condition indicators were changed from an easily distinguishable yellow/white on black color scheme to a muddy, very low contrast dark orange/black. Very difficult to distinguish without turning my screen to full brightness, and contraindicated when checking the weather in the middle of the night. Second, the hubris. This operation has decided that I (and YOU!) should ONLY be able to view their information in Landscape Mode, (Horizontally), and NOT in Portrait. And this bit of “Weather Channel Knows Best!”, actually locks the screen rotation until the app is dumped from memory. Just in case you read this far, AccuWeather has done the same thing with rotation, and has been deleted, just like this one.

Former FAN of The Weather Channel APP. This APP has been my go to ever since apps were a thing. You can name every mother weather app out there and I would tell you without a doubt that TWC app nailed our weather without a doubt, even when our local forecast could not get it correct. I have been noticing for the last 6 months now that there have been ads for “Premium”. With hopes this would go away, as if today, my wonderful app has now gone to a glorious ad king pin and it’s ridiculous. This is a national TV station that has its own app. When I want weather reports. I still tune in to TWC on TV, but this app requirement to either pay .99 or $3.99 to be ad free is utterly ridiculous. It has been going strong for years for me without this payment. I will now find something else, because this is ridiculous. It’s just the weather, I’m not paying for that. Especially from a large corporation owned by the Blackstone Group and NBC Universal. Very disappointing 😒

Well it would be ok if it worked. I hated that my favorite weather application with all sorts of features, smartly updated often, and simply works very well had to stop using the data from the weather channel as an option since the weather channel decided to no longer sell it to other application makers. So I thought I would see what the official weather channel application is up to these days. The main application is a bit boring in how it presents data but it seems to work. The watch application which I care the most about has three very basic screens that make it a struggle to quickly see any weather data and the complications appear to not work at all. I created a new face to test and placed both a large and a small on there. The large shows the “The Weather” and two dashed lines. The small shows an umbrella and bother else. Ok, so I guess it just doesn’t work at all. At least before you got some of my money via the Carrot weather application’s developers but now you get nothing as you have not convinced me to instead pay for you application that doesn’t even seem to work. After all these years I thought maybe you would eventually get you act together but I see otherwise.

Frustrated. I updated to the new version on both my iPhone and my iPad. I now only have it on my iPhone; I deleted the App from my iPad. I guess I’m the only person who goes outside to see if it’s raining, snowing, sunny, or cloudy. I don’t want my iPad to switch from portrait to landscape when I open the App. I don’t need; nor do I want to see a split-screen view with the radar image taking over half of my screen. Surprise - it is an extremely rare occurrence when I look at the radar; normally I only look after I have received a severe weather alert. Ninety nine percent of the time I want to know the current temperature and forecast; I don’t want nor need the distraction of the radar image. A big disappointment was learning that a subscription won’t help. Yes, you can select the information that you find most important; but you cannot change how the information appears on your iPad screen. The App will still open in landscape mode with the radar image taking up over half of your screen. Change is and always has been inevitable; change for the sake of change is asinine. This updated version improved nothing and didn’t enhance this user’s experience; it only served as a frustration; wondering why.

Long time user. I’ve been using The Weather Channel app for as long as I can remember. I actually didn’t even know my phone had its own weather app for the longest time. I found this app reliable, decently accurate, and user-friendly. Then The Weather Channel app decided to add premium. Since then the CONSTANT pop-ups and ads have turned a once very user friendly, easy to navigate app into something almost unusable. Constant crashes— almost every time the app is opened. Every page has pop ups. Trying to look for air quality? Just navigate the 3 ads and a pop-up for premium. Just want to open the app and view the main page to see what the temp is currently? No problem, you must first stand on your head, turn in a circle 11 times, write the alphabet backwards, and do a 45 second handstand. Want to see what it’s going to be like the rest of the week? Sure, just open the app, wait for it to crash, reopen the app after it crashes, close the premium pop-up, skip an add, wait for it to unfreeze and then you can check the forecast! I’ve just deleted the app. I’m not paying for weather when I can open my phones weather app or google and get what I want for free and quicker than this awful app.

New update is terrible. I don’t know why you changed this app? It was so perfect. It did absolutely everything you needed. If you wanted to update radar, fine. But this is such a pain. There are so many ads. I can’t clear a notification without clicking seven times. Sometimes when I try to clear a notification, it doesn’t actually clear and I have to do it again. Sometimes the radar opens four different times. I can’t easily find my dailies or my hourly. I used it for a while because we all know it takes time to get used to change. But this just doesn’t work for me. I’ve been a $20 yearly subscriber for years now. But when my subscription comes up for renewal in July, I will not be paying again. I’ve already turned off notifications on this app. There are other apps that provide the same thing and in a better way than this update. Marketing departments so often forget that simple and straightforward sometimes actually is the way you want to go. You’re providing a really important service. And you can provide a pretty functional radar, and weather videos, without junking the app up with things that make it impossible to find actual weather.

What’s up with the ALWAYS Sssssooo Inaccurate Forecasts Now?. What’s up with the horribly inaccurate forecasts ALL of the time now?! Like another reviewer recently mentioned, I use the app mostly to try to determine when to do my yard work, so I’m primarily focused on the current and future (from the time that I’m looking at the forecast up to NO MORE THAN four hours in advance) radar, as well as what the chance of rain is in my exact location (and yes, I do zoom in to my exact area and extend my view out some to view what weather is coming towards me), and this spring ‘The Weather Channel’s’ current weather and forecasts been horribly, horribly inaccurate…wildly so. I honestly can’t think of a time that I’ve tried to use this app to get rain forecasts only and it has been accurate. I’ve even started going to my different local news’ stations in my area’s websites and checking their forecasts and radar and what my local news’ channels’ websites’ forecasts shows is completely different than what ‘The Weather Channel’s’ shows (and my local news stations’ forecasts and radar ARE accurate). Who would’ve thought that there’d ever be a time when ‘The Weather Channel’s’ forecasts would never, ever be accurate?!

Weather Alerts. I would have given you five stars if the videos always come with captions whenever the host speaks that we can switch on CC. It frustrates me and my husband when all the weather videos come without captions. No way is that we can increase the volume to listen. We’re completely Deaf that we rely on Sign Language therefore we need captions on whenever the host talks/speaks. Please simply switch on Captions. So we can see what the news is about. It would save Deaf people’s lives when we need to look out how safe or not is about the weather news. No captions is like to shut up the Deaf people. That is really serious. Please do pay attention to the needs of the captions. If you are worried about the size of the captions, we can adjust ourselves with the sizes of the font which is like the hearing people increase or decrease the volume of the sounds… please recognize the needs of Deaf people; not only Deaf people, the senior citizens happen to experience the hearing losses. We will value the Weather Channel if you do make all of earthlings happy by including the captions. Much appreciated for this opportunity.

Subscription too expensive to remove ads. I’ve had this app for years. It’s always had a considerable number of ads and miscellaneous things to scroll past to get to the information I need. Now there are so many ads playing at once it frequently crashes on my 1 year old iPhone as I’m scrolling to get down to allergies, air conditions, etc. And there are new pop-ups when changing screens. I realize that this is the free version and a subscription is available. I know that companies need to pay employees and make a profit. There are other apps I pay for. Your subscription is too expensive, especially for what I need. Maybe you could have a lower level sub for people who just need to remove ads and don’t care about 15 minute forecasts (even your “current conditions” are not terribly accurate in my area - it will say 20% chance of rain and currently “partly cloudy” when it’s pouring - and the forecast is even less accurate on an hourly basis but I do use it for the general trends, air quality, etc). I don’t know how long I will continue using this app. If I can find another that works and either has less onerous advertising or a more reasonable subscription I will switch.

This app is brutal. Had the TWC app for years. It used to be fine. Now I have to open it 3 times for it to even display anything, or to simply stay open. It crashes without fail, every time initially I open it. I open it back it, 5 times out of 10 it crashes again. When it finally stays open, it takes about 30 ish seconds for it to update the display from the time I opened it, hours prior. The 30 seconds is neither here nor there. However, my phone runs like crud for a few hours after I close the app. I thought it was because my phone is a few generations old at this point, but that wasn’t the reason. Once I deleted the app, I noticed quite an improvement in the overall operation and input response time when using my phone. Could be pure coincidence, and I’m unsure of how much one app can affect, or how it can affect the operating system as a whole. But it sure seems like that app was dragging my phone down with it. Hope the developers see this and fix some bugs. I prefer the accurate information I always get from TWC. The app is just super annoying now.

Love the accuracy and the visuals of the app. I love that this app allows me to have thunder proximity alerts and the overall feel of the app. So far it seems to be very accurate for my area which is needed for my anxious dog. I also like the radar views and layers I can add. A few updates I would love is to prevent thunder notifications for a short period of time after receiving the first one. I know it will probably only get closer and I don’t need a new notification every mile closer, only the initial one typically. I also wish there was a notification button next to the profile button on the main screen of the app to make viewing notifications easier and a “read all” button on the notification screen would be nice for those of us who cannot stand the red dots everywhere. Also I would love to have an Apple Watch app to go along with it. Overall I am really enjoying this app. The yearly no ad subscription is not too over priced, the accuracy is spot on and the widgets are very useful.

Change Is Not Always Good.... I have used The Weather Channel app since I got my first iPhone 4, over any other weather app, and I’m now deleting it from my phone. I have given the new interface a long trial and the “fixes” have not improved this awful design. The adds overtake the screen, the graph is useless and I can no longer find real weather information that I can use. Three out of ten slides on the “Weather Snapshot” are related to my area with little information. The other seven are ads, international stories or ads disguised as stories. AND... this is not a unique look. It looks just like a FB Story, which was not an improvement on FB either. In order to get a TRUE weather Snapshot, I have to scroll through 6 other slides, the first which is usually a sensationalized video, and the second which is a tiny radar map. The aspects which most affect me are not seen until the 3rd, 4th and 5th slide, which often stick when scrolling through and lead to an unintentional advertisement opening. All of the information used to be right at my fingertips with a simple scroll for allergies, air quality and other details pertinent to me. Goodbye, Weather Channel!

Malware ads ads ads ads. I have loved this app for so long. It was my go to for everything. I know there are only six algorithms nationally that are used to feed into databases to see what might happen in the weather. I wasn’t even miserable whenever the app was wrong. What did make me miserable was, Temu was suddenly added to the advertising lineup. it’s a noted malware app, owned by another government in another country that steals your data, tracks everything you’re doing, and burns your battery. If I opened the Weather Channel app and tried to look at the hourly, somehow, Temu opened . If I tried to switch it to the daily, somehow the app opens again. After that, I started having apps randomly open—first, with Temu opening on the Weather app, then with other apps randomly opening. After that I was done. I cleared my cache and history, all cookies from my phone, and deleted the app and rebooted my phone. No more problems. Goodbye, weather channel app. Apparently AccuWeather is more accurate, but I’ve got a decent Weather app for free on my iPhone. Bashing those of us who complain about the free version is useless, as if you read the reviews the paid version seems to be completely wonky for other reasons.

Holy Smokes. I LITERALLY revolve my life around this app. I’ve missed out on serious milestone events. Funerals, countless birthdays, anniversaries, school sport events all missed and planned around. Ripped my children from school. Lost a couple of jobs by going over given PTO all in avoidance of any questionable weather. Some may say that it’s a bit extreme to be this DEPENDANT on an app. Let alone a weather app. Due to its subject to always change. Some may say I religiously follow whatever this app tells me. I’ve canceled my wedding 6 times because of faulty weather. My soon to be wife is now an ex amongst 7 other before her. But thank God I got channel 12 weather app. Family and friends have tried to have interventions with me but due to weather changes I’ve missed all of them so I’d like to think it was destined to not happen. I don’t have a problem they do. And it’s all thanks to channel 12 weather app. I recommend EVERYONE to download this app.

Why Ads?. This app, to my knowledge, is very accurate, well-updated, and informative. I am a big fan of the future radar and the future forecasts in general that let me plan for the day(s) ahead. However, there is one huge drawback that has recently made me drop this app almost entirely: the ads. I do not understand why there are so many ads, why they are placed in the middle of important information, and most of all, why I should have to pay to remove them. All I want to to know if it’s going to be hot or cold tomorrow but instead I get to learn that there’s a carpet cleaner near me. I don’t understand. It’s impossible to watch the videos anymore because the ads are nearly as long as the videos are, and they’re so loud and jarring that I’m turned off before I can even get to the information. If you don’t care about ads, great! This is the app for you. But if you’re like me, you’re better off sticking with the built-in iPhone app. It may not be as thorough, but at least you can access all the information without any pop-ups.

14.8 update is basically useless; would give 0 stars if I could. always used weather app. probably never will again. almost whole screen taken up with a weather map video. almost impossible to read the small side screen with the actual weather info I want. have to search forever to find the info weather info, and when I do it is almost impossible to read as it is TINY and written in abbreviated form that makes you have to work really hard to figure out...(really "17" instead of "7/17" and "M" for "monday" just to save space so you can have room to fill up the screen with other stuff I have no interest in)....the section with the actual weather info is sooooooo seriously cramped together and difficult to read. it used to be the info was the main part of the app and you could bounce back and forth easily to saved locations, home, daily, hourly info, and it all was READABLE...and WHY do you think I'm going to the weather app for news other than weather info or to explore my "interests"? I went to the weather app for WEATHER info and forecasts. apparently not any more. you have completely destroyed the main reason for your existence with this update.

What Happened?. “The Weather Channel” was always my go-to channel growing up so of course when I got my first smartphone I had to download the app. It was simple, easygoing, and I got all the information I needed. Fast forward to years later, ads started appearing and there was a “premium” version you could pay for to get access to more “in depth” content.. okay I can live with that. Fast forward to this recent ungodly update. The color is so bland on the widget that I can’t tell if it’s going to be sunny or rainy for the day, the app is completely covered with ads so it takes 10 seconds to load up and an additional 10 seconds to get to different sections, and now there’s this new issue where you can’t even switch to your “saved locations” without deleting them and adding them back on individually, not to mention you *have* to make an account to even use the app. I get it, nobody watches cable anymore, but disrespecting the people who actually are downloading your app is not a good impression. For that, I will unfortunately be redownloading AccuWeather where I can get an easier way to see the weather in different areas without making an account

In search of new weather app for my phone!!!. I wish I was able to leave a review without giving this app even one star! This was always my go to app for weather. I have used it for years and have it literally on every device (old and new) that I own. I wish I would have seen other reviews of this newest version before I updated the app on my phone. Thankfully I have the old version still on all of my other devices and I won’t make the mistake of updating the app on them. Unfortunately though my phone is the device I always have on me and always use to check the weather forecast. I don’t understand why this weather app update now requires my personal info. It makes no sense! Not only that but they admit to and want you to accept that they will gather your info, share that info with who they choose to, and track you even though you select for them not to do those very things. Why even have a spot to select not to be followed if you’re just going to do it anyway??!!! Duh…..There is now no way to use this app on my phone without giving my personal information and allowing this so……I will definitely be deleting this app from my phone and searching for another one!!

Clunky and Missing Useful Features. Part of my morning ritual is to get up in the morning and look at the Weather Channel app to see what the current weather for the day is, and to get a quick snapshot of the upcoming week. I especially liked the videos of different weather events. This new version is clunky. I have to click several things just to see a basic weather setup for the day let alone week. The predicted precipitation outlook is now gone, and you can’t easily see what the precipitation for the day is going to be. The video page is also clunky. If you want to change from one video page to another, sometimes it will sometimes it won’t. If you realize that you want to see a video on another screen, the old version would do that easily most of time time. Now, the video title will change, but it will be the next video from the previous page. I have to let the next video on the first page begin to play and then change screens to click on the video I want. Why? If things don’t get fixed, I’ll delete the app. The native iPhone weather app has gotten a lot better, and while not perfect, is free. Why am I paying for this clunky missing features again?

Degradation of Experience. I’ve been a loyal user for many years, always preferring the experience and information quality of this app over any others I have tried. Sadly this is no longer true. I completely understand the need for ads and have no issues with the banners or video ads. However, you have started using forced play ads that pop up when simply navigating through different areas of the app. This is a huge disruption to the experience of trying to access important info quickly. You’ve also made it impossible to clear some of the video ads that show during page navigation. A user (myself included) is NOT willing to spend any amount of time watching an ad video when navigating the app, example switching from the Radar to the Home page, unlike when a user is already willing to invest time in watching a weather video when a few seconds ad shows at the beginning. That is an expected and typical experience for videos. You’ve gone too far with ads and your competitor apps have gotten better over time. User experience has clearly taken a backseat to revenue now with The Weather Channel, so I’m sadly deleting your app. Feels like a longtime partnership has ended. It’s a shame.

Constantly having to re-validate my Premium subscription status. It seems like every other time I open the app, it has somehow “forgotten” that I’ve paid for a Premium subscription for like the last 7 years running. So a lot of the time I’ll only be shown the standard features until I remember to tap on the little ‘Premium’ sign and hit “restore”. And even then, it seems like I’m not given access to all the features….for example, in the video tab there’s a channel that’s dedicated to Premium users, providing extra usually more in-depth or specific commentary and meteorological knowledge than what’s available to those without a Premium subscription & those videos used to be supplied regularly with at least 1 every few days and even more during times of severe weather affecting large swaths of the U.S. Well, in MY app, there haven’t been any new Premium videos since this past Feb (it’s now mid July 2024), and it’s not like we’ve been without any noteworthy storms, heat waves, etc affecting where I live in Dallas! So what gives? The most recent premium video that shows up is about how snow totals are calculated.

Seriously?. This new version doesn’t even deserve one star! The previous version was SO MUCH BETTER and USEFUL! The split screen on this current version is useless. In the previous version, the Radar screen was easier to control and see, using the WHOLE screen. The current SMALL side of the split screen, with ALL the IMPORTANT temperature information, is crammed into the space and NOT user friendly and the screen does not rotate on the iPad. Again, in the previous version, the User had the FULL SCREEN to see important information about the current weather and its changes throughout the day and week. As one who travels a lot, this was VERY helpful. The PREVIOUS VERSION allowed the user to choose the Radar full screen or the Daily Weather full screen or the Weekly Weather full screen or the News etc., this version crams ALL of that into the small side of the split screen. I have used this app for MANY YEARS and have accepted its MANY CHANGES, this one is the WORSE, prompting me to write a response. You have asked several times if I liked and enjoyed this weather app - the PREVIOUS VERSION - and I have always responded with a yes, why did you decide to ruin it?

Way too many Ads and app is slow/glitchy. The amount of Ads that they piled into this app over the past few years is ridiculous. This used to be such a great app to use for weather and now every time I go to use it and do something as simple as change the location, an ad pops up on my screen that takes a while to X out before I’m able to look at the forecast. Not to mention all the ads scattered about throughout the hourly and other sections. On top of that, any time you leave the app to open something else, even for just a second, when you come back to this weather app it is frozen and either takes several seconds to let you begin using it or it just crashes and you have to reload this app all over again. And yes I checked the setting in my phone to keep app running in background. I blame the insane amount of ads that cause the freezing and crashing because they are probably trying to reload the ads every time I go back into the app from background. Deleting this app after being a loyal user for over a decade and switching over to another weather app with less intrusive ads and won’t crash all the time!

I liked the old App better!. Ever since the update my weather channel app is super glitchy. When I go to watch videos I have to watch an ad before every single one(the same ad over and over), this was not true for the old app. Also, if I click on the video and the ad plays but I scroll down to make it picture in picture and still browse the other videos... if I’m not at the video I initially wanted to watch when the ad ends and the screen goes black, when I try to click on it to bring up full screen it doesn’t work. Then, I have to click on a different video and then go back and am forced to watch the ad again. Also, if I am watching a video and the video ends and I’m in full screen, it immediately starts playing an ad(the same one I watched before the video) and the icon to minimize full screen is completely missing. I have to exit my app and go all the way back in just to watch a new video. I used to be an avid Weather Channel user but not anymore... I hardly even used it for the weather I just liked the nature/science related videos, and I can’t even do that anymore.

Good info, difficult use. I’ve used this app for years and have always appreciated the accuracy of the forecast and the information available. That being said, in the last year or two, the ads have made the app near unusable at times. They pop up without warning in places you would not expect, and the issue has only gotten worse since the app update, which removed dark mode, and a number of other features that made the ads worth putting up with. Earlier this week there was severe weather in my area, with confirmed tornado touchdowns within a few hours of each other. When trying to view a weather warning, a “mini ad” came up as I was trying to click to expand the warning, which caused me to click into the ad itself, which then brought up a screen I could not exit out of until the timer ran out, which was way too long to sit around and wait, given the weather hazards outside. Finally offloaded the app and moved on to others, including the Apple weather app which now pulls weather channel data. Great accuracy, miserable and unsafe user experience.

Widget glitching. Since I have searched and searched and can't find a way to contact the weather channel, here's a review with my issues. Since the latest update my widget in the Notification Center hasn't been updating properly. It will continue to have a "current temperature" from sometime earlier in the day. Even if I click on it and open the app, the current temp will not change. Also, on the note of the widget, why in the world when you click on the current temperature does it take you to the "daily" view? Why doesn't it just take you to the home page of the current location's weather conditions? There is a button in the widget for radar, daily, and hourly - tapping on the current temp should take you to the main screen for your location. Love this app but it's frustrating to have something not working properly and have no way to contact the company about it. The feedback section is just questions and answers, but nowhere to actually submit feedback or submit your own question or issue.

Irrelevant Alerts are counterproductive!. 7/9/24: why does FB continue to show weather forecasts 8 days after the event, when it is no longer relevant? 7/5/24: Why am I getting alert notifications for storm surges on the Texas coast? I’m in the Virgin Islands! And what has Pickleball have to do with the weather? STICK TO YOUR CORE COMPETENCY - WEATHER FORECASTING AND REPORTING!! 7/4/24: why am I getting distracted by notifications for whether events for Mexico, when I live in the Virgin Islands, for a hurricane that has already passed us by? How about keeping alerts relevant? We will start to disregard alerts if you keep alerting us to events that are irrelevant to us. We don’t need this app for entertainment - we need it for weather information that impacts US! Previous review: The last thing someone wants, when trying to check the weather, is to be forced to click “maybe later” on a dozen screens, then get redirected to Settings, before being able to see the weather forecast! How does an app developer not know that? All because of an app update? Seriously? While the m at it. Does someone actually want to see “Stories” rather than weather forecasts? How about focusing on your core competency - WEATHER FORECASTS!

I used to pay but no more. I used to pay for premium but ever since the app has gone down hill I will never again. The most annoying this about this app is it freezes EVERYTIME you leave the app to text or put the phone away. The app has to ALWAYS to be closed out and reopened for it to work. I thought it was just me when a bunch of co-workers and I were watching a big storm and one had asked everyone if their Weather Channel app freezes every they just exit out without closing the app. The entire crew all shouted out “ALL THE TIME ITS ANNOYING!!” Everyone has every type of phone possible so it’s a major software issue. The programmers for this app should all be fired. It’s nothing but garbage. I now use 3 other local weather apps they seem to more accurate as well. There is no issues with these local apps. I also like AccuWeather flawless it runs so smooth it’s a shame Weather Channel cannot get their act together.

very glitchy app. while it’s informative and sometimes accurate, the app itself is a pain to use. it constantly crashes on open and needs restarted. it’s super slow. they constantly ask me to PAY FOR PREMIUM which is ludicrous. why would i pay for a weather forecast? it’s like you’ve designed the app to operate poorly to get people to pay for the premium. no thanks. they also share data and are one of the worst as far as surveillance of what you do online. the ads and videos that are interweaved throughout the forecast are also very problematic and cause freezes/slowdowns in the app. would be nice to just have my forecast in a cleaner interface that’s smoother to use and isn’t so glitchy. i’ve resorted to downloading other apps that are smoother in design and operation. UPDATE: developer asked that i update the app and then update my review. while the crashes have been reduced, the ads are still causing the app performance to be low. also, the update removed a feature that was useful, the “best time to be outside” feature under hourly forecast. I used this a lot to make sure i wasn’t walking my dog at the hottest time of day. it’s also still asking me to PAY for premium every time i open the app.

It takes so long to load. My mother puts a downtime on my phone so I’m not up till 3am on it. I can press one more minute in the early morning if I want to check the weather. However, this app takes so long to load, sometimes the whole minute is spent loading. Because of this, I have to go to a different weather app that isn’t as good or detailed as this one. There’s also another slight issue with the closed captioning on the videos. Sometimes the text doesn’t line up with the audio, and when there is already text as part of the video h the cc will still appear and take up a lot of room on the screen. Another suggestion with the videos, a search bar. If there is a particular thing that you really want to learn about, you don’t want to spend 3 minutes looking for the right video. A search bar would make this a whole lot easier. This app is amazing, and I really do recommend- those were just a few things that I think would make me give a 5-star rating. Thank you for your time! Have a great day. ❤️

Slow to load. Popup ads. Wrong cities.. This used to be a really good app. Then all the obnoxious pop-up ads took over. It is SO slow to open. Even if you just closed it & opened it right back up within a few seconds to minutes. I can see all the up-to-date weather info perfectly on the widget, but then to click on it to open the app takes forever to load. I don’t understand & I don’t like it. And what is FAR more annoying than anything else is it also likes to give me weather updates I never asked for, for cities I’ve driven past or through or stopped in for a few minutes to under 2 hours. I have tried reaching out to the developers MANY times since this started in the last 2-3 years to try to get their help or give feedback so they will correct at least the random city weather update issues, but no one has ever once responded. I got rid of the app for a couple months out of pure irritation & then redownloaded it again over the weekend because it does have some of the best features available out there. But I’m going to get rid of it again because it’s too obnoxious.

App freezes. I’ve been using this app nearly a decade as it is crucial to my business. I would have given the app a 5 star rating a few months ago, but not now. Recently, if you exit the app and come back to it, the app is frozen. You have to force quit the app to get it to reset, or open and close it 4-5 times. Did the same thing with the last couple versions of iOS 15 and still does it with the latest version of iOS 16. They’ve also recently placed ads in annoying places like making you view an ad before you can see the hourly forecast. It wasn’t like that until recently. Then as you scroll through the hourly forecast, it’s real easy to accidentally click an ad and be taken out of the app to the advertiser’s website. Then of course when you try to get back into the Weather Channel app, it’s frozen. So you force quit the app, go back to the hourly forecast , sit through another ad, and have to very carefully scroll through the hourly forecast so you don’t touch a link and have to go through the whole process again.

New Update Bug :(. I updated the app recently and so far have *really* been enjoying the new layout and UI, however I can ONLY look at the weather for my current location. Any time I try to search for the weather at another location (even one that I have saved!) it never pulls up. I’ve left my phone open for minutes waiting for other weather data to load, but the weather for my current location always displays. In the previous version is did take a second or two to load the weather data, but now it’s just not popping up. Not one star because I do genuinely like the new UI (there’s still too many ads, but I feel like those will never go away) and the option to customize the order that you see weather data in your app. Also despite the bug the app still technically works, just with a much more limited functionality. I’m switching to another app though; I travel between cities often and need to be able to look at the weather in different locations. Without that functionality (and with all of the ads), no matter how good the UI is there’s not much point in me keeping this on my phone.

Broken Functionality. I've used the free, ad supported version of the app for years now, and wanted to try the full version. I was initially happy, but that faded pretty quickly. The first things I noticed were no family sharing the Watch complication is broken. It never populates, and even shows as an empty selection in the preview. Honestly, this was probably the deal breaker for me, especially after finding a long history of this this being a reported issue either with no response or "we're working on it". On MacOS things seem fine until a notification badge appears for no reason (no warnings, communication, messages, etc.) and can only be cleared by restarting the app. This is a regular thing. My last major complaint may be on me, but I'd already given up and didn't research - it should be obvious. On the radar, there's an option for showing "Commute" or "Trip". There are some excellent trip planning radar apps out there I've used and was glad to see this! Except there is no change in the radar display, duration, or option to enter the trip destination. So, useless. I'm glad for the trial period so I could see it's not worth it. For just a bit more per year I'll keep Carrot and share with my family.

Very inaccurate. So I completely understand what a forecast is. I understand that TWC staff are only able to give you their best educated guest based off of the radars and what they are seeing. I totally get that. However, they are wrong so many times when it comes to the rain in my area. They will show me what it’s going to do over many hours and it just doesn’t seem to happen that way. For example, today, it told me I was supposed to have rain starting after 4 AM… That never happened. Then it told me I would have rain after 8 AM… That never happened. Now they have moved it to 4 PM. It’s really ridiculous. You really can’t rely on the app for accurate rainy weather. As far as the temperature… They’re accurate. At least they got something right but their rain predictions are absolutely terrible. Happens to me all the time with this app. It will tell me I’m going to have a storm… Not a cloud in the sky… No storm ever happens.🙄 Usually, people will use a Weather app to get an idea of what’s coming that day so perhaps they can prepare by taking an umbrella or dressing appropriately. I just wish they could get the rain part more accurate.

Catastrophe. Hate the update and redesign. What a mess . . . The vast majority of the most recent reviews give this update one star, because you have to give at least one to write a review. I love weather and used to use this app many times a day. I updated this app over a week ago and still hate it. I have also installed several other new weather apps, to test and compare which I like best. Every other app I have installed, I like so much better. I’ve also read the Developer comments/responses, none of which are helpful. Most are condescending and assume that we are really trying to use this app in its new version. It makes me question who their testing group was. Actual users of the app? The Developers want a specific list of what is wrong. It would be best to start with the original format and list the major changes that were made to “improve” functionality and design and start there. Then they could add in the other detail information that was previously provided that is now missing. I believe they need to find a new group of users to test their product to give them honest feedback, as opposed to what they want to hear based on the roadmap for their design. By the way, even with thousands of reviews the rating of this app is dropping quickly . . .

USED TO BE MY FAVORITE WEATHER APP. This has been my go to app for a few years now, but now I am deleting it. It ads have gotten ridiculously out of hand. I want to be able to check the weather quick, but now there are CONSTANT ads, the screen jumps so they can get you to open ads you have no interest in…the last week or so it has been opening my music app almost every single time I access the weather app. For years there were no “in your face” ads, then they moved the weather down below ads so then you had to start scrolling to get to it, then they started with the quick pop up ads, and now it now only jumps the screen to get you to click on ads, but now has the LOUD obnoxious 30sec game ads that you cant close until finished…just like the cheesy game ads! I DO NOT APPRECIATE BEING FORCED INTO PAYING UNREASONABLE MONTHLY FEES JUST TO GET A QUICK GLIMPSE AT THE WEATHER! Tactics like that just drive me to other weather apps…and I would even consider paying for the premium features on another app that doesn’t play these these kinds of games! Try Accuweather people! It’s more accurate and the ads are sparse and unobtrusive. Or ANY OTHER weather app for that matter!

New update and coverage of Florence. New update is weirdly busy and hard to read and this is coming from a weather junkie. I had a hard time figuring out what those squiggly lines were for and yep supposed to be for day night-why? And you have to scroll through so much crap just to get to radar. Don’t know why it’s so counterintuitive. Also the videos and news stories are awful in that they update and recycle old stories and claim them as new. On a side note Florence’s coverage has left something to be desired thought it was just me being cynical esp after the silliness of someone getting caught faking wind and botched job of explaining it. But it’s been really weirdly non informative at times. I always watch hurricane coverage and this one esp with fam in area and well yep had to go to internet and other channels to find out what was going on in other places in nc. Really it was interesting the first little while but really hype focused on one area and not even to give info more like watch this reporter be really not smart and walk on beach during high tide with it at his feet. And other silly thing like that and that’s the take away instead of weather. Maybe too much showmanship and not enough weather news.

Severe decline in performance. This WAS the best weather app for years! The most recent update has me looking for other apps for the first time in a long time. I’ve literally used this app since I started using iPhones over 10 years ago. The most recent change has created a freeze/crash issue when reopening the app once it is running, and it often times will crash a second time when you try to restart the app altogether. I’ve written in to let them know about the issue and they told me it’s for a limited amount of users, but I have yet to talk with someone not having this issue. They also throw a full screen add in your face every chance they get now, which was never the case in the past. I rely on a decent weather forecast to keep my landscape contracting business running smooth so this app just isn’t working for me any longer. The radar feature has also been ruined, you can no longer select to play only through the “past radar” which is the only accurate display. The future radar is never accurate and I consider it useless, but now it automatically plays. They really screwed up a good thing with the most recent change.

We want Weather and not Water; been reliable till the IBM. When the Weather Company owned The Weather Channel the weather was much more reliable. This channel focused on weather and not water. It had people who cared not for money, but for the safety of people. They had people down on the scene of a wildfire or a hurricane or a tornado! Now the IBM is saying they care for people but do they really? The IBM splits its business for agriculture, water, and other things; it does not only focus on weather like the former weather channel does. Yes, it is important that people around the world get water, hence The Water Channel, but this is not a charity app it is a weather app. The name chance shows everyone that this is no longer a reliable app. The premium option backs me up. The most reliable sorce you can get it only 48 hours out. Anything behind that is something unreliable; something you are fake selling people to get there money. The wind could shift and change everything. 48 hours is the furthest most reliable source there is. Also why is it not giving me accurate alerts for rain, lightning, pollen, or anything? Oh look it started raining... where is my alert. And hmmmm the radar says that it’s not..... like I said we want Weather and not Water.

WORST UPDATE EVER!. Please bring back the previous version! I’m not great with technology, but I was able to quickly move about the old version and find everything I wanted. After months of trying to use this new version I still cannot find the almanac and historical data, the Marine forecast, and many other things I wanted to check on. I have tried through your FAQs but I cannot find the “more” or “almanac” buttons on my screen ANYWHERE to access the additional info. In the previous version this info was all on one screen! It was so easy to flip among the different locations to see what the current weather was where family members live. Now I have to do 2 or 3 movements to achieve the same thing. I have found NOTHING to be better in this new version. You are too worried about adding things like tracking instances of colds and flu that will be so inaccurate as to be worthless. REALLY, how many people will notify you, how many are self-diagnosed! 90% of people I know claimed to have the flu last winter, but only two (out of about 50) were diagnosed by a doctor. I am using an iPad and the current iOS.

Not accurate. The recent updates have taken so much away from this app. Like having the layout of the days in a list format going down the page. This allows you to see more days with less scrolling. Your new versions has all of the days listed across the page so much scrolling is needed to see what is happening next week. The verbiage at the top is not necessary. I don’t need to read words to tell me it will e cooler today than yesterday. I’m sure it doesn’t need to be “dumbed down” that much. Video clips of weather news used to be able to be shared. Since the last big update I don’t see how to share what I watch. This does not help me communicate to family afar what is happening where I am…not good. There is a lot more scrolling now to get to any relevant data and a lot of times an ad will cover the ice so you can’t proceed with scrolling. For the times you can get to the content it’s usually not accurate. I am searching for an alternative app to use and will be switching. It’s a shame you had to make so many negative decisions in your new update. I know you could be better.

Essential. I’m a pilot so my life revolves around the weather. I don’t just look at the weather, I live IN the Weather. The professional meteorologists at the Weather Chanel give you the best you can get from the same raw sources available to me as a pilot. I check the Weather Chanel app more than any other app on my phone. They do an outstanding job explaining important concepts which give you the How And Why things work with the weather. I am a flight instructor and one of the first things I ask my new students is if they have the Weather Chanel app so they can track radar and see current weather unfold. I also assign for them to watch Weather Underground as much as possible. I learn something new from them every night. I admire every one of your on air meteorologists and kudos to the crew behind the scenes. There is someone behind the camera in the hurricane to thank. You give your all and have given your lives too. Thank you for all you do from a huge fan.

Unreliable and Misleading. Unreliable: Today when using this app I saw it would rain around two with the chance of Tstorms. At noon, I checked it again and saw rain would start around 5 with a lower chance of Tstorms. It’s almost 5 now and the app says it won’t rain until 9 pm. This happens everyday rain is expected and I’ve learned not to trust this worthless app anymore. It always seems to overestimate precipitation times and amounts so people will think “what a nice surprise! I expected rain all day!” All it makes me think is “I hate this app”. Misleading: The other thing that makes me want to delete this is, when rain is expected, the daily view will show an entire day as rainy. So many times I have looked at that through the week and thought my working day outside (everyday) would be a wash-out only to find that rain is possible after 6 pm or something and just be cloudy or clear until then. There has to be a morning and afternoon forecast option for this exact reason - I don’t want to be surprised like this by a science that should be more precise. Guess that’s what you get for a free app based on a TV station. Please address these issues.

Not accurate, missing features. First and foremost, all the bells and whistles in the world don’t make up for the fact that the weather forecasts aren’t usually close. Except, perhaps, for the temp, weather isn’t in ballpark until one hour before, which isn’t really much of a forecast. Not sure you can blame global warming for all of this. Second, if you going to add features, please focus less on videos and cryptic layers on the maps. (The older version of the app was match easier to figure out. Please go back to that version.). Instead, please add humidity percentage and barometric pressure to the hourly page. With regards to barometric readings, it would be useful to add and up/down arrow to indicate rising or falling pressure, which is far more useful than pressure values alone. Finally, the app provides a feedback “link”, but this link only takes you to an FAQ page, with no way to actually provide app feedback. Prior design of app was more useful and accurate. Just goes to show that you shouldn’t update an app simp,y because you can...

4 emails sent to Support and no response. Purchased one month premium of TWC And my subscription was removed by them. I have tried to restore my subscription a dozen times, trying everything to get it re-stored. Emailed TWC four times now no response. Possible issue with when we delete our personal data. Seemed occurred after I tried it. I am able to restore the subscription on 2 iPad mini II’s (even after deleting personal data - ios 12 on old ipads) but not on my iPhone. It’s obvious that TWC is mainly interested in throwing a lot of advertisement and making people pay monthly subscriptions for premium weather service. They believe this is the future for all of us on how we will get their so called premium Weather service on an app. Too many ads and too many pop-ups wanting you to purchase the premium service which of course I already have. TWC really blew it. How do you make it up to all these angry customers having so many issues. It should not be rated at 4.6?? I begin to question Apple’s rating system which is probably no better than Amazons. Good luck to everyone trying to find your premium weather apps. Maybe this review will get TWC to respond to my request for help. Anyone else having the same issues?

New Interface Never Loads. I have relied on the weather channel apps for weather since I got my first iPhone 3g. I pay the subscription fee to not deal with commercials. Which by the way was initially a lifetime buy and changed to yearly. Since this new interface update 90% of the time the app won’t load past the blue flash screen and spinning circle. I have an iPhone X and my iOS is up to date. I have sent several notifications into their help center and after months the issue is still not fixed. Thank god I never deleted the old weather maxx app off my phone. It still loads EVERY time I open it. But it ticks me off that I am paying for a basically useless subscription. Also the Watch app was buggy to start with and now hasn’t worked or loaded the weather in months. I resorted to Carrot weather for my watch. Frustrated as a long time customer they can’t squash this bug and that they released this change without really having it ready or thinking of their audience.

If you’re a fan of conspiracy videos and anything BUT the weather. This app, the meteorologists involved, and the channel have all gone steadily downhill in both the accuracy and presentation of their work. Want to know if it’s going to rain? Well, that’s fine, open the app, click on hourly, click the list, select the particular hour, and you’ve finally gotten yourself to a page that has a 2% chance of being correct about the weather at any given time. Rain predictions are always wildly off, temperatures are inaccurate, the future radar’s accuracy is nothing short of a joke, the app is overwhelmed by clickbait videos and hidden ads, and the “weather alerts” are both excessive and incorrect. Weather channel, you are NOT a nonprofit, you have one job (as Loki said “just the one!”) that you are PAID to do, and to be honest you don’t do it well at all. It is currently drizzling in my area, one minute ago the app claimed no rain, now the app says I have severe hail and thunderstorms in my area....nope, not at all correct. All these shortcomings, and still, now, you have the nerve to create a subscription service out of your features? Lost faith, going elsewhere, please find time in your lives to do your one job with at least the minimum standards of care or accuracy.

The recent release is Horrible. Please fix it asap!. Update: Thank-you for the improved iPad release with the key details more prominently displayed. It’s good to no longer have to scroll horizontally. I still don’t understand why the radar continues to take up so much real estate and the details so little. Interestingly, the daily weather summary is slightly different between the iPad and iPhone. I’ve revised the rating upward. The map takes up 3/4 of the page and the location details are limited to 1/4 with a scroll bar. It’s a step back and not a welcome one. You have to scroll down and across to see important details like wind, humidity, feels like, dew point, and pressure in this teeny tiny space. Then further scrolling down to see sunrise, sunset, allergies etc. It’s a terrible way to use the screen real estate and not user friendly. No one needs a map covering 3/4 of the space where most times there is no need to see that nothing is happening. Please create a new improved release asap.

New Feb version THC - mix of better & worse. Better: more organized with easy access to all the features, especially the radar Worse: info gets pushed into a little box on the side. Most especially annoying for seeing hourly weather changes as you can no longer see the entire chart laid out on one screen. You have to go hour by hour and hit the "+" key to get full info. There should be a full screen option. Plus it does not go to dark when you select the dark option white text on black background (for some us us it is much easier to read that way - black text on white just swims up & down for me). The text is also quite faint. I think that if you select something in the box on the right then that's what you want to see and it should take over the whole screen. What you're not looking it is just distracting from what you do want to look at. Overall: the mechanics work more smoothly (mostly) than in the previous version.