# Forecast Now — user reviews > 58 indexed App Store user reviews of Forecast Now by Kelly Technology Inc., rated 4.40/5 from 1,542 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forecast-now/id452087262/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forecast-now/id452087262.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,079 · 4★ 253 · 3★ 107 · 2★ 28 · 1★ 75 ## What do users think of Forecast Now? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Favorite weather app - 🚀 Accurate and dependable forecasts - 💡 Detailed weather information - 👍 Easy to use and navigate **Cons** - 🐛 Ads disrupt user experience - 🐛 Forecast information not always available - 🐛 Slow app performance and crashes - 🐛 Difficult to read small text **Commonly reported bugs** - Radar and local weather information not working - Forecast details disappearing after updates - Inability to access more than one location **Most requested features** - Add day of week to forecast - Improve radar and map functionality - Provide more location-specific details - Offer a paid ad-free version ## Newest reviews (13 of 58) ### 2/5 — Ads made this app insufferable *2025-07-28, version 11.8* Used to LOVE this app as it was super reliable, but now that I can’t skip these ads they force you to sit through if you don’t want to pay $12 a year for ad free weather info, it’s horrible. I’ll stick to going straight to NWS for my information. Weather information should NOT be monetized, you all pay taxes that go towards incentivizing this information… why pay more?! Paying for this information to avoid sitting through ads is just revolting to me as a meteorologist. Go to weather.gov to obtain your weather information that is readily available (ad free). ### 3/5 — Hard to read forecasts. *2023-06-27* The letters on the forecast are way too small. ### 2/5 — Ads *2021-09-30* Was a good simple app but recently was changed with more intrusive ads. You often can’t just open it to see the forecast. Now you get blasted with a loud ad with no way to short circuit. It’s a shame because I really like the app. ### 2/5 — It’s changed! *2021-08-10* All text detailing the forecast is gone. Now just postage stamp sized graphics that won’t expand. Pretty much useless now. ### 3/5 — Day of Week lost with latest update *2019-12-08* Difficult to use, not knowing day of week (eg Sun, Mon, etc) ### 3/5 — Update made it worse *2019-09-16* Since the update this app does not work properly and take forever to load the forecasts ### 3/5 — Support not supporting *2019-09-13* Local radar feature has been down for days and support nearly impossible to reach. Just has general FAQ saying NWS radar info may be unavailable from time to time. For nearly a week??? **Developer response:** We always reply to messages sent to our support email address, usually within 24 hours. We can’t fix an NWS radar station however. ### 3/5 — Good info / needs work. *2019-01-02* Great information direct from the best source there is. The only thing that needs work is the app itself. It’s a good start, but it needs refining. How about a quick list view of your cities accompanied by current conditions? Basically, switching between any of the options/information tabs is cumbersome. A few UI tweaks and this could be something decent. Finally, I don’t mind paying a subscription for a great app. However, this isn’t quite *great* yet. Keep up the work! Thanks. ### 4/5 — Good app *2018-06-14* Good functionality except for ads which can be intrusive. Could be improved with dew points and heat index values in hourly forecasts. **Developer response:** Dew pint and heat index are now included in the latest version Thank for your suggestion you can remove ads from within theapp if you find them them too obtrusive ### 1/5 — Worthless *2017-12-29, version 5.5.2* Worthless ### 2/5 — Review *2017-12-21, version 5.5.1* Too Many ads ### 1/5 — Fail *2017-12-21* I was excited thinking I had found NOAA’s weather app. Not sure what it is, but it is completely dysfunctional. It was okay when I first opened it, but ever since, it’s totally different and worthless - worse than the usual garbage weather apps. Glad I didn’t buy it... ### 2/5 — Deleting it *2017-05-20, version 5.1* Read the terms of service. They want to monitor all your activity. Big Brother. Otherwise, it would be a great app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Forecast in 5 minutes *2024-07-02* Used to be a good app. Now they added advertisements that are broken. So I have to restart the app, watch another ad, and hope it works. No longer forecast now, it is forecast in five minutes, maybe. ### 1/5 — Forecast Now *2021-01-01, version 10.2* Don’t bother!!! ### 1/5 — Forecast disappeared *2020-08-09* This app doesn’t work anymore. All I get are the pictures on the left side. No words. Absolutely useless. ### 1/5 — Junk *2019-04-20, version 7.5* Too much crap advertising ### 1/5 — Forecast Now *2019-03-25* The radar is good, but that’s all that I can get down loaded! Only get thumbnail picture. No words will appear on my iPad screen. Can’t access more than one location. I’ve been trying to get the complete down load. I was interested in the subscription, but no success with that either. Very disappointing. ### 1/5 — Audio ads *2018-08-11, version 5.8.1* Deleted app as soon as the first audio ad pulled up. ### 1/5 — Terrible app- don’t waste your time *2018-05-08* I was looking for a decent weather app, but this one isn’t it. You can’t even get a local forecast without a 10 second ad jumping up first. And every time I tried something a different area another ad jumped up. There’s no way I would spend any money with these guys cause I can’t see what their service really looks like. Too bad! **Developer response:** Development of this app is funded by ads. We provide an ad-free version for a single payment of $2.99 if you prefer If there are specific tinge your would like us to change or ad. We’ll consider them for a future release if you let us know what they are Thankk Thanks ### 1/5 — Grim *2018-03-12, version 5.7* Bad Taste to ask for me to rate you by 5 stars... before you even connect user to the app ### 1/5 — Post by city inside of county *2018-02-11, version 5.6.1* The channel should let us look at exact cities and not have updates or weather advisories that are for whole state. You should have exact snow totals for us to be able too see each city or county. Like allegan, is a big county but doesn’t exactly mean snow or storms are evenly being dumped on. We don’t always need entire county. ### 1/5 — Now Opens with ads... *2018-01-24* Bad decision to do that. I deleted it. I'm interested in the weather only. That's just in poor taste and annoying when all you want are quick weather stats. Good luck! **Developer response:** Development of the app is funded by ads and keeps it free to you. If you would prefer to pay for the content, we provide an ad-free version also ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Favorite Weather App *2023-08-01* I have used a lot of weather apps and Forecast Now is my favorite ### 5/5 — Forecast Now *2019-11-29* Put back the dates when reviewing Daily forecast information. The last update removed the Dates for the forecast information. How do I get Color to show up in the Maps? **Developer response:** We have restored the dates to the hourly forecast, as they were originally. The daily forecast shows the day of the week, by popular request, instead of “today “ and “tonight “, but has never shown the date. NOAA is using a new satellite for GOES East which has a different set of instruments onboard, and they don’t publish an exact equivalent to the rainbow display the old satellite provided. We chose a default display that we think shows the best contrast for precipitation, but if you subscribe to the app you can choose from a variety of displays another one may suit you better. You could always try subscribing for a month to see if it gets you what you want. If not, you can then cancel the subscription in the settings app on your device. ### 5/5 — Easy to Use / Great Support *2019-04-03* Forecast Now suits me to a T. Others clutter the screen with so much information it’s hard for me to focus on it. This app opens with a menu listing each type of NWS information. Selecting an item displays it on its own cleanly-designed screen, making it much easier for my brain to grasp. While changing locations requires going to a separate menu item, with frequent use I can now rapidly swipe/click among the 4 locations I generally follow. I did often find the ads annoying but, as the app’s description spells out, they’re the trade-off for using a free app. Most ads can simply be canceled, though some have a 5-second countdown. The audio ads are easily muted with a tap on the volume icon. I recently decided to try it without ads for $0.99 per month. I like it, so will be signing up for the single $9.99 payment to ditch them permanently. I’ve encountered a couple of glitches in the app along the way, which I’ve reported to the developers. Both times they’ve responded within an hour, investigated immediately, and gotten them fixed – that same day in one case and within 24 hours in the other. In my book, that kind of support is well worth a few bucks. ### 5/5 — The Steve Jerve of weather Apps *2018-09-07* I will use the KISS principle to rate this app. Kept It Short and Simple. This app is dependable and will not disappoint. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2018-05-17* And accurate! ### 5/5 — Forecast Now *2017-12-30* Great application for weather. ### 5/5 — Impressive ! *2017-08-27, version 5.2* Info presented that I have not seen in other apps. Just started using but have used many apps and can tell this will be among the best !! ### 5/5 — Accurate Advice *2017-04-29, version 5.1* I use this app in addition to my local tv weather & app for future planning. When the local weather folks are projecting into the future they often go for the most radical interpretation of the data. I can count on this app to give me the most balanced idea of what's going to happen. Here in Oklahoma a person can never have enough weather info! ### 5/5 — Great. App *2017-04-18, version 5.1* Really like it to be able to see the forecast and the local radar it's a great app Thanks guys good job. ### 5/5 — As good as it gets *2017-04-16, version 5.1* A must have for those who truly need accurate weather reports and forecasts. Easy to operate and numerous excellent presentations. Could not count all the times I look at it in a 24 hr. period. Worth more than 5 stars. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-07.*