Forecast Bar - Weather + Radar

Forecast Bar - Weather + Radar

Hourly Rain and Storm Alerts

2.8K ratings
342 reviews
#118 in top-grossing Weather
🔧 Utilities
☀️ Weather
Free
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Released
December 17, 2015
Updated
October 27, 2026

Features

Background Location Access

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Get hyper-accurate, hyper-local live weather and forecasts with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Track storms with advanced radar, receive AI-powered weather summaries for your calendar, and get timely alerts for celestial events and severe weather.

✓Hyper-local live weather and forecasts
✓Customizable home and lock screen widgets
✓NOAA-powered radar with live lightning
✓AI-powered Smart Weather Stories
✓Aurora visibility and sunset alerts
✓Severe weather and precipitation notifications
✓Hourly and daily visual forecasts
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What's New in Forecast Bar

11.8.1

October 27, 2026

• Radar Views: Storm, Rain & Flood, Winter, Tropical, Travel and Clean set every layer in one tap • Save your own Radar Views from the chip row atop the Overlays sheet • Radar Slow motion: pause, then replay the half hour around it slowly, frame by frame • Radar storms glide between frames instead of fading in and out • Two-minute scans fill Slow motion, scrubbing and the newest frames; Radar settings turns them off • Radar pauses briefly on the newest scan before looping • The radar opens on the first forecast frame, and the timeline glides during playback • Sharper zoomed-in radar and a smoother color scale • Smooth Radar plays evenly across scans and keeps playing after a double-tap zoom • Radar Overlays: tinted switches, blue layer symbols while on, and a note under each layer • Radar warnings are a count chip beside Legend that opens the list upward • The radar's five-hour weather strip starts off; turn on Show Weather Overlay in Radar settings • Radar timeline labels and map credits no longer crowd each other, even with large text • The Radar widget shows European and Australian radar outside the US • Forecast Discussion: a new reader with section pills, key messages, and watch and warning rows • Forecast Discussion Icon (Forecasts ▸ Week Ahead) adds a shortcut to the Week Ahead card • iPad and the open iPhone Duo keep current conditions pinned beside Daily, Details or Live Radar • Split View: swap sides, drag the divider, and pick layouts in Settings ▸ Split View • City Packs lead Theme & Visual Style: watch a day in your city, see its pack and request a city • Long-press the City Packs scene card to preview that pack's scenes • Pollen Count: types listed worst-first, each with its own artwork, level meter and tree species • Air Quality: the reading and its category lead, with a 24-hour forecast and pollutant pills • Sunrise & Sunset: the sun moves along a glowing arc, dotted for the rest of the day • Sunrise & Sunset on the Lock Screen now matches the gauges beside it • Apple Watch: the Trio complication with a header spreads its gauges across the full width • The hourly chart crossfades between data points with different scales • The 4 and 5 Day Forecast widgets show each day's chance of precipitation • The forecast stays on screen while it refreshes, and a failed load recovers on its own • ProMotion iPhones and iPads run the animated sky and Visualize Day at up to 120 frames per second • The animated sky uses less power and rests after 10 minutes without a touch or while covered • Widgets and Apple Watch complications do less repeated work on each refresh • Fixes rare crashes in current conditions, the temperature gauge and the settings forecast preview See everything that's new at forecastbar.com/whats-new

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Silver Subscription (iOS Only)

Silver subscription to Forecast Bar for iOS

$11.491 Year
7 Days trial
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This app rose +4 positions in Weather chart.

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User reviews

Excellent Weather App!

Beautiful design, accurate weather forecasts, and an intuitive interface. A pleasure to use! Thanks for adding more languages and continuing to improve the app. Highly recommended!

Response from developer

Thank you so much! We're glad the new languages landed well, and there is more on the way.

Upgrades/Features

The developers are extremely responsive and are adding new suggestions and features often. This app is highly customizable and pretty accurate (we know weather can change in an instant). Looking forward to seeing where this app goes in the near future.

Read before downloading

There’s no free version, they only offer paid subscriptions; although they offer a 7 day free trial, they really should have a free tier so you have enough time to get familiar with the app.

Response from developer

Thanks for the straight feedback, and a longer free look is a fair thing to ask for. The download itself is free and every subscription opens with a 7 day free trial, so there is a week to try things out before anything is charged.

By FAR the best weather app

Our extended family uses this on everything from desktop to Apple Watch. This app has it all - and in an interface that makes sense and provides a fantastic amount of detail without being overwhelming.

The Best and Excellent Weather app

I’ve tried just about every weather app available for the Mac over the years, and Forecast Bar is, without question, the best weather app I’ve ever used.

The menu bar integration is clean, fast, and incredibly convenient. I can see current conditions, detailed forecasts, radar, hourly and extended weather, all without opening a separate application. It’s highly customizable, lightweight, and always reliable.

What really sets Forecast Bar apart is the attention to detail. The interface is beautiful, the information is accurate, and it’s obvious that the developer cares about creating a quality product. Whether I’m checking the weather for my local area or planning travel, it has become an indispensable part of my daily workflow.

If you’re looking for a Mac weather app, I highly recommend Forecast Bar. It’s worth every penny and, in my opinion, it’s the best weather application available for macOS.
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Reported Bugs

5 issues

Widgets not working as expected

Bug

Temperature display issues on Apple Watch

Bug

Alerts and notifications not working properly

Bug

Frequent app crashes and freezes

Bug

Inconsistent location tracking and updates

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Requested Features

6 requests

Pressure charts and graphs

Feature

More customization options for widgets

Feature

Improved Apple Watch app and complications

Feature

Ability to choose weather data source

Feature

Pollen and air quality information

Feature

Standalone Apple Watch app functionality

Feature

FAQ

What does Forecast Bar do?

Forecast Bar provides hyper-accurate, hyper-local live weather and forecasts. It offers customizable widgets for your home and lock screens, advanced radar tracking, AI-powered weather summaries tailored to your calendar, and timely alerts for various weather phenomena and celestial events.

What are the key features of Forecast Bar?

Key features include hyper-local forecasts, customizable widgets for home and lock screens, a NOAA-powered radar with live lightning, AI-driven Smart Weather Stories, aurora visibility alerts, sunset notifications, and push notifications for severe weather and precipitation.

How much does Forecast Bar cost?

The app is free to download and use, with optional in-app purchases for premium features. Some advanced notification types, such as precipitation alerts and custom notifications for specific data points, are part of the 'Gold' subscription.

What devices is Forecast Bar compatible with?

Forecast Bar is designed for iOS devices, including iPhones and Apple Watches. It features a redesigned interface for iOS 26 and supports features like Live Activities on the Lock Screen and customizable complications on the Apple Watch.

What are some common use cases for Forecast Bar?

Common use cases include planning outdoor activities by checking real-time precipitation and temperature forecasts, staying informed about severe weather with timely alerts, tracking storms using the advanced radar, and receiving personalized weather advice based on your calendar events.