# FirstDrop Rain Radar — Warning before the first drop > Warning before the first drop (iPhone/iPad app by Allan Noer.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/firstdrop-rain-radar/id6811367755 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Allan Noer](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896010320) - Category: Weather - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.4 · 70 MB - Languages: American English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German (Germany), Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish - Released: 2026-09-14 - Data updated: 2026-10-08 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/firstdrop-rain-radar/id6811367755/reviews.md ## What is FirstDrop Rain Radar? FirstDrop tells you when rain will reach where you are, before it does. THE IMPORTANT PART FIRST The app opens with a clear answer: "Rain in 14 min." Or: "Dry for the next two hours." The radar is at the top, with measurements underneath. No searching required. ALERTS THAT REACH YOU Get a push notification when rain is on the way. See a countdown on your lock screen as it approaches, or use the home screen widget. You don't need to open the app to get the answer. LIVE RAIN RADAR Animated rain radar powered by data from DMI, MET Norway, SMHI, FMI and EUMETNET OPERA. The radar covers Europe and shows how hard it is raining, measured by a national radar in the Nordics and estimated from the European radar composite elsewhere. Drag the timeline to see where the rain and showers are heading. SEVERE WEATHER IS FREE FOR EVERYONE Official weather warnings are sent directly to you, whether you pay for FirstDrop or not. The app does not replace official warnings. It passes them on and adds its own radar on top. FREE • Live rain radar and nowcast • Rain alerts for up to 3 locations • Follow-me alerts based on where you are right now • Lightning on the radar, widgets and weather warnings FIRSTDROP PREMIUM • Personal alerts: frost, slippery roads, snow, strong gusts, heat, lightning, and when the rain stops • Commute alerts: when rain will hit your trip, and when to leave to stay dry • Plan a day up to ten days ahead, with a heads-up the evening before • Rain history for your places, and the next dry stretch for a run • The most likely forecast, with the weather models weighted by how well they have matched the measured rain, and 48 hours of radar playback • Unlimited locations • Heavy rain alerts in the Nordics, so you are notified while there is still time to act • Quiet hours, which hold back rain alerts while you sleep $9.99/year or $1.99/month, with a 7-day free trial. Shareable with your family. Prices vary by region. PRIVACY Your location is personal data and is treated accordingly. Your data stays in the EU, is never sold and is not used to track you. No banner ads anywhere in the app. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS FirstDrop Premium costs $9.99/year or $1.99/month; the price in your region is shown in the app before you buy. The first 7 days are free. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the purchase is confirmed. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://firstdrop.dk/privatlivspolitik ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | FirstDrop Premium | $9.99 | per year | | FirstDrop Premium | $1.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.1.0 — 2026-10-01 FirstDrop 2.1 warns you about more than rain. Personal alerts: frost, slippery roads, snow, strong gusts, heat, lightning nearby, and a heads-up when the rain stops. You choose which ones you want, and the thresholds for wind, heat and lightning. Commute alerts: half an hour before you leave, you hear when rain will hit your trip and when to go instead to stay dry. Add where you are going and the trip back, and get a heads-up at 20:00 the evening before if tomorrow's trip looks wet. Plan a day: pick a date up to ten days out and the hours that matter. You hear the evening before, and again if the forecast turns. Tap a saved place to see how much rain fell there over the last day, week, month and year. While it rains, the map finds the next dry stretch for a run or a walk. The forecast shows the most likely weather. Each model counts for as much as it has matched the rain the radar measured, and the app tells you how sure it is. The radar can play back the last 48 hours. Lightning now covers the whole of the Nordic countries and the Baltics. FirstDrop now speaks Dutch, and in Austria and Switzerland the German follows local spelling and dates. Choose your language on its own screen in Settings. The alerts, commutes, plans, rain history and forecast above are part of FirstDrop Premium. Rain alerts, the radar and severe weather warnings stay free. ### 1.2.2 — 2026-09-25 When there is no video to show, the app now says so and lets you close the sheet. Before, it simply disappeared. ### 1.2.1 — 2026-09-21 The radar now shows how hard it is raining everywhere it reaches. That was limited to the Nordics before. Both curves letter their scale, the scrubber names the band, and the peak and total are stated on the map. Outside the Nordics the figure comes from the European radar composite, which can read high, so take it as an estimate. The rain countdown on your lock screen now ends when the rain has passed. It used to stay there for hours with no way to clear it. A countdown that starts while the phone is locked also carries the full chart now, the same one the app draws. The radar loads much faster, and the timeline keeps moving when a weather service is slow to answer. Graphs no longer disappear while the app is fetching, and your saved places are ready when you open it. ### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-20 The radar now covers Europe. Outside the Nordics it shows when the rain arrives, but not how hard it will fall: standing behind that number takes a national radar, and we only have one in the Nordics. We would rather say nothing than something we cannot back. The app speaks German. The system dialogs asking for location and motion were in English in every language. They are translated now. ### 1.0.2 — 2026-09-18 The app could not open on iOS 27. It closed itself immediately. That is fixed. Forecast sometimes opened blank, and you had to switch tabs and back to get it. That no longer happens. Cloudburst alerts refused to turn on without saying why. Now it says whether the subscription is missing or something else is. Alerts tells you when notifications are off. 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User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-08.*