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No radar and the tracking isn’t working
This app isn’t showing anything with the radar no matter what I turn on or off. So disappointingDisneyCrammer
No Radar Data
Just downloaded the app after hearing about how great the alerts are. I like all those options, but the radar is totally blank every time I look at it. What a bummer.IBM5
Alerts are fantastic
I’ve been using this app for several years now, even before the app was capable of critical alerts. It’s always been my go to for the alerts but honestly all the other features (radar, forecast, etc) were much better in other apps. Well that has all changed now. I follow them on Twitter and they’ve been extremely transparent during their entire rebuild over the past many months. It was obvious they were putting a lot of work into rebuilding the app. It shows! The radar works better than ever. NWS forecasts are there at the tap of a screen. Everything works much more smoothly and the interface is so polished.
Here’s an example of how this app affects your life: I was vacationing in Austin last weekend. As is typical during a vacation I wasn’t staying up to date on news and weather. It was 65° and I got a notification on my phone for a Winter Storm Watch. Without that notification I would have had no idea that in short time the temp would start dropping. Sure enough by the next morning ice was starting to accumulate.
Keep in mind if you enable emergency alerts in settings on your phone you will automatically get flash flood warning, potentially dangerous severe thunderstorm warning and tornado warning alerts directly from the EAS as long as the cell tower you’re pinging from is in the warning. But for all other alerts AND getting critical alerts for your EXACT GPS coordinates at all times this is your app. Plus now as soon as that alert pops up on your screen you are one tap away from the NWS’s forecast, the SPC’s severe weather outlook and radar. It’s well worth the investment, especially during severe weather season.Show lessretsam007
Developer Response
Thank you for being a long-time StormWatch+ user! As you mentioned we have worked quite a while to bring a version from scratch and appreciate your patience, and have exciting features in the works now that we have version 5.0 available. The SW+ Alerts subscription is designed to go where you go (and alert you for up to 5 other locations) and it worked well on your trip apparently! Thanks for your great review.Great alerts. Terrible at everything else.
Precipitation layer never loads for me. Pretty much useless if you need radar or forecast. But the alerts are loud and will wake you up so it’s great during severe weather season.dgrierms
Developer Response
Hello, we've recently released version 5.0 that we have been hard at work on for several months now. Radar is back, and there are more features and improvements in the works. Please download version 5.0 & consider a new or revised review on this improved release. You can follow our progress on Twitter @stormwatchplus Thanks for your review!No radar showing up
Used to be the absolute best app but for over a month now no radar shows up. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled. Changed the overlays. Tried adjusting everything I can think of. But still no radar images.Hgbdna
Developer Response
Hello, we've recently released version 5.0 that we have been hard at work on for several months now. Radar is back, and there are more features and improvements in the works. Please download version 5.0 & consider a new or revised review on this improved release. You can follow our progress on Twitter @stormwatchplus Thanks for your review!Constant bugs
Sometimes the app will glitch out an kick me out for no good reason. persisting problem right now with serve weather areas not showing color. not showing the risk zones like “slght mrgnl etc.” tried contact by email but they didn’t care enough to respond.thisnaneistakenlol&-&:8382
Developer Response
Hello, we've recently released version 5.0 that we have been hard at work on for several months now. Radar is back, and there are more features and improvements in the works. Please download version 5.0 & consider a new or revised review on this improved release. You can follow our progress on Twitter @stormwatchplus Thanks for your review!Good app
Decent appyortho272
Broken
Can’t create password to set up account. Blank password keyboardchouk
Unimpressed
For having to purchase the alerts/premium version for $8 a year, I expected this app to be flawless. Not so
Nothing ever loads. EVER.
Any way to get my money back?!5horses
Developer Response
Hello there, We apologize for this inconvenience. We have had a couple of users report this issue and it always relates back to their not allowing the app access to their location information when they first launch the app, in order to present their local weather data in the app. We'll be glad to assist! Simply open the app's "hamburger menu" and tap "Contact Support." We handle customer service issues promptly and will respond within a day. Thank you for letting us assist!Doesn’t offer as much as my free weather app
I paid $8.99 for this app because it was recommended by a local weather expert and I wanted notifications for my exact location as a backup to my NOAA radio. It never occurred to me that this app would not do the same things as my free Weather Underground app. For example, every time I open the app I have to choose my layers, while my WU app saves them until I change them. Also, when I see an area with a storm watch or warning, I can’t tap it to get the information, while my free WU app gives me the complete NWS watch / warning info just by tapping the shades polygon anywhere on the map. My free WU app will give me a complete extended forecast and an hourly forecast for anywhere, but this app only gives me a few highlights for one day. I can’t find anything that lets me look at a daily forecast for any location. Also this app takes more than two or three minutes to load every time I open it. My free WU app pops up immediately every time. And, regarding the push notifications for my area, it constantly notifies me that the watch is continuing ... I really don’t need reminding, trust me, when it comes to severe weather I am on alert all the time. It’s ironic that this app advertises no unnecessary notifications when every few minutes it beeps to say “your watch is still in effect.” And if that isn’t enough, in this morning’s storms this app’s radar was waaaayyy behind my free WU app’s radar. I am not happy and would like a refund. $8.99 a year is not worth it.Show lessAmy in Tennessee
