# Helder – Weather — Rain by the minute. No ads.

> Rain by the minute. No ads. (iPhone/iPad app by Dimitry van den Berg.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/helder-weather/id6805198667 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dimitry van den Berg](https://appshunter.io/developer/6805198669)
- Category: Weather, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), European Spanish
- Released: 2026-09-07
- Data updated: 2026-10-01

## What is Helder?

HELDER — WEATHER, CALMLY DELIVERED

Weather apps shout. Helder doesn't. No loud colors, no ads, no account, no tracking. A classic design that tells you at a glance whether to bring a coat, when the rain passes and when the sun comes back. Made for creatives, athletes and everyone who lives outdoors.

WHAT MAKES HELDER DIFFERENT
• Rain by the minute, straight from live radar. If it's raining outside, Helder says so.
• A rain graph you can drag through: what time, how much, and how warm.
• Radar on the map with playback — NEXRAD coverage across the US and Canada, plus 8-hour, temperature, wind and pressure layers.
• Official warnings from the National Weather Service, shown as a clear banner and, if you like, as a notification.
• Fully customizable: build your own weather page from 21 blocks to reorder, hide and tune. Hourly, 14 days, wind rose, barometer, pollen, air quality, sun and moon, golden and blue hour, and more.
• Sport and outdoors: hourly scores for walking, running, cycling and outdoor sports, with the best moment of the day.
• For creatives: Helder tells you when the weather turns special — a golden sunset, a clear starry night, a rainbow. Handy for photographers and stargazers.
• Notifications that matter: official warnings, rain alerts in your own time window, and the day in one sentence each morning. All per place, all optional.
• Units your way: °F or °C, mph or km/h, inches or millimeters.
• Privacy without the fine print: no account, no tracking, your location rounded to about a kilometer before it reaches our server.

Home screen widgets, light and dark, five languages. Completely free — no subscription, no paywall.

Forecast: NOAA HRRR and ECMWF via Open-Meteo. Radar: RainViewer (NEXRAD). Alerts: National Weather Service. Air quality: Copernicus CAMS. In Europe: KNMI, DWD ICON, EUMETSAT and MeteoAlarm.

## Is Helder safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Helder.

## Is Helder legit?

Helder – Weather appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Helder is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.9 — 2026-09-20

• Helder on iPad: portrait like on the phone, landscape with the map on the left and Today on the right
• Today refreshes itself every five minutes while the app is open
• The map loads faster: lighter frames and better caching
• Outdoors: wind gusts now count in the scores, with a storm cap for cycling
• Rain strip and graph say "Rain now" when it's already raining
• Small improvements and fixes

### 1.2.4 — 2026-09-19

• Wind gusts now count in the scores for cycling, running, walking, outdoor sports and terrace — a 55 km/h gust is what you feel, even when the average is 25
• Cycling gets a storm cap: with gusts of 75 km/h or more, never above a 4
• Rain strip and rain graph now say "rain at 4 PM" when the rain is more than an hour away, instead of "in 2:55 h"
• Map layers load faster: frames now come from the nearest server

### 1.2.3 — 2026-09-13

• New home screen widget Outdoors: scores for cycling, running and terrace in small, medium and large — same curves as in the app
• Rain strip widget now looks 2 hours ahead, and tells you when the next rain is coming when it's dry
• Widgets follow the app's theme (light, dark or system) and refresh after an update
• Terrace: rain in four steps, from drizzle to downpour, instead of one big penalty
• Radar beats the model: if live radar says dry, a model drizzle no longer lowers your scores
• Coming days widget hides rain chances below 10%

### 1.1.9 — 2026-09-09

• Outdoors: fairer scores in heat and strong sun, a heat cap for exertion, and tap a bar to see that hour
• Our own rain forecast (Helder) is now the default: rain strip and rain graph up to 8 hours ahead, no switch needed
• Rain strip and graph: lead times in hours instead of hundreds of minutes; a cleaner graph
• Map: faster loading, and in North America NEXRAD radar with nowcast plus 8-hour, temperature, wind and pressure layers (NOAA HRRR)
• Units °F, mph and inches automatic by region; 12- or 24-hour clock follows your device
• Search shows the state or province (Denver, CO)
• Stability: fixed a crash when switching between Europe and America

### 1.1.6 — 2026-09-08

• Units: °F, mph and inches — automatic by region, or set them yourself
• Map in North America: NEXRAD radar with nowcast, plus 8-hour, temperature, wind and pressure layers (NOAA HRRR)
• Outdoors: fairer scores in heat and strong sun; tap a bar to see that hour
• Search shows the state or province (Denver, CO) and the country
• The clock follows your device: 12 or 24 hours
• Stability: fixed a crash when switching between Europe and America

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