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RainRadarAU

RainRadarAU

A Rain Radar for your pocket

127 ratings
110 reviews
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$0.99

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Released
January 31, 2019
Updated
October 19, 2026

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Developer

ZethosOrg
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About

This app provides real-time Australian rain radar imagery from the Bureau of Meteorology. It helps users track the direction and intensity of rain, predict its arrival, and plan accordingly. View current weather observations and customize radar displays with various layers.

✓Real-time rain radar imagery
✓Wind Doppler radar
✓Current weather observations
✓Selectable radar distances
✓National radar and satellite map
✓GPS location indicator
✓Customizable radar layers
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What users say about RainRadarAU

Reviews of RainRadarAU are mostly positive: the Weather app is rated 4.5/5 from 127 App Store ratings. What users like most: simple and easy to use, accurate rain radar. Top complaints: radar sync is out, radar animations removed. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 👍Simple and easy to use
  • ✅Accurate rain radar
  • ⭐Long-standing reliable app
  • 🚀Fast loading times (historically)
  • 📍Red dot location option
  • 🇦🇺Australia-focused radar
  • 💡Better than BOM app
  • 💯Go-to app for years
  • ✨Keeps it simple and useful
  • 👌🏻Reliable and simple
  • 🌟Always my go-to app
  • 👍Does exactly what it says
  • 💯Best radar app
  • 🏆Still the best
  • 🚀Quick access to radars
  • ✅Stable and reliable
  • 💯Best weather radar around
  • 👍Great work on updates
  • 🌟Reliable and simple
  • 🚀Quick access to local radars
  • 💯Best app in town
  • ✅Stable and reliable
  • 👍Great app
  • 💯Best radar app
  • ⭐Simple and usable
  • ✅Good on you
  • 💯Brilliant
  • ⭐Best available radar
  • 👍Better than the official BOM
  • 🚀Quick access
  • ✅Great app
  • 💯Awesome app
  • ⭐Simple and informative
  • ✅Still the best
  • 💯Best rain and weather app
  • 👍Appreciative of developer
  • ⭐Excellent app
  • 💯Flawless
  • 👍Nothing more, nothing less
  • ✅Does what it says on the tin
  • 💯Still the best BOM radar app
  • ✅Simple and easy to use
  • ⭐Great app
  • 👍GPS dot is helpful
  • ✅Simple and still the best
  • ⭐Combines wind and rain
  • 💯Can't live without it
  • ✅Great app
  • 👍Brings back original BOM maps
  • ⭐Happy to pay
  • 💯It's back!
  • ✅Best I have used
  • ⭐Works like magic
  • 👍Great app
  • ✅Awesome
  • ⭐Really handy
  • 👍Great, simple and easy to use
  • ✅Excellent, quick app
  • 💯The best Australian radar app
  • 👍Pinch/zoom for labels
  • ⭐Finds nearest radar
  • 💯Great app, very accurate
  • ✅One of the better apps
  • ⭐A must-have iPhone App
  • 👍Functions easy to use
  • ✅Maps are great
  • 💯Awesome update
  • 👍Useful for BOM site users
  • 🚀Worked nice and fast
  • ⭐GPS location added
  • ✅Good app
  • 👍GPS is good
  • ⭐Loads BOM radars perfectly
  • 🚀Faster than website
  • 💯Awesome
  • 👍Keeps getting better
  • ⭐Brilliant, almost perfect
  • ✅Absolutely brilliant
  • 💯Awesome and useful app
  • 👍One of the best apps around
  • ✅Does what it says and does it well
  • ⭐Great App
  • 👍Must have app
  • ✅Awesome!
  • ⭐Works really well
  • 👍Very handy
  • ✅Brilliant!
  • ⭐Can't live without it!
  • 💯Great app!!!
  • ✅Awesome, easy to use
  • 👍Very handy
  • ⭐Brilliant!
  • ✅Everything you could ever want
  • 💯Fantastic App
  • 👍Very accurate
  • ✅Brilliant
  • ⭐Go to app
  • 👍Great app
  • ✅Awesome!
  • ⭐Quick and reliable
  • 💯Works perfectly
  • ✅Essential for summer
  • ⭐No complaints here
  • 👍Frequently used quick reference
  • ✅Latest update fixed issues
  • ⭐Love the red location dot!!
  • 👍Handy little app
  • ✅Easy to use
  • ⭐Red dot shows current location
  • 👍Simple and Slick
  • ✅Simple, easy to use
  • ⭐Right amount of features
  • 👍Favourites menu
  • ✅Shows location on radar map
  • ⭐Exactly what I've been looking for
  • 👍Colours match BOM site
  • ✅Favourites option
  • ⭐Cool
  • 👍Great application, accurate
  • ✅Worth the money
  • ⭐Super application
  • 👍Useful for checking rain
  • ✅It's a beauty!
  • ⭐Incredibly practical
  • 👍Fantastic Application!
  • ✅Great app for Australia
  • ⭐Fantastic Weather Radar app
  • 👍Well worth installing
  • ✅Nice look
  • ⭐Simple and easy
  • 👍You beauty!
  • ✅Works as advertised!
  • ⭐Awesome
  • 👍Brilliant App for pilots!!
  • ✅Incredible useful for pilots
  • ⭐Cool
  • 👍Good to see what's happening back home
  • ✅Great
  • ⭐Extremely accurate!
  • 👍A must get!
  • ✅Cool app
  • ⭐Nice to see a free app
  • 👍Moving radar

Negative things

  • 🐛Radar sync is out
  • 🐛Radar animations removed
  • 🐛Still pictures instead of rolling
  • 🐛New distance selection button terrible
  • 🐛App stopped working
  • 🐛All radars not working
  • 🐛No animation
  • 🐛Crash and Grab
  • 🐛Still image only
  • 🐛No radar on Gold Coast?
  • 🐛Radar images not moving
  • 🐛Bad update (white background)
  • 🐛Not working since iOS 8
  • 🐛Was Great....now rubbish
  • 🐛Pixelated radar map
  • 🐛Radar false
  • 🐛Unreliable
  • 🐛Radar map is quite small
  • 🐛Takes a whilst to load
  • 🐛Zoom needed
  • 🐛Splash screen
  • 🐛BOM predictions and warnings missing
  • 🐛Not much different from BOM website
  • 🐛No forecast
  • 🐛Not real-time displays
  • 🐛Previous rainfall activity displayed
  • 🐛CRAPPY
  • 🐛Terrible
  • 🐛Mikzeet hala azed
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What's New in RainRadarAU

3.3.0

October 19, 2026

- Radar ranges are always on screen again: a new bar at the bottom shows every range, including Wind Doppler, so switching is one tap. Refresh and the globe menu sit either side. This replaces the Range menu and the Quick Range Bar setting. - National Radar's Radar, Hybrid and Satellite options use the same always-visible bar. - Added support for iPhone Duo, on both the folded and unfolded screens. - Added a landscape layout on iPhone for Radar, National Radar, HD Satellite and Synoptic Charts: the map fills the screen with the timeline and controls in a side panel. - Improved layouts at the larger accessibility text sizes. - Fixed the start and end times sitting against the screen edges on iPad for HD Satellite and Synoptic Charts. - Fixed the Synoptic Chart date showing the wrong year around New Year. - When the BOM servers are down, the error now says it can't connect instead of reporting a parsing problem. - Favourites are recovered if the app's radar data is damaged, and a bad radar list download no longer replaces the built-in one. - Exported diagnostic logs now include earlier sessions.

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User reviews

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Update rocks

The red dot location option is back ! The go to radar app since I first got an iPhone.
JJamis1973

Best rain radar app

Have been using this app for years and it’s simply the best! Accurate and very helpful during storms!
SScoobiedoo

Time

I have used this app for years now but after the last date there is something wrong with the times on the radar loop it is stuck on the same time
Ggdgggbgjjj

AU Radar is the best

This app is still on my phone after several years. Keeping it simple and useful.
TTiggerines

Excellent

Thanks for the update
NBNorthy bear
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

28 issues

Time on radar loop stuck

Bug

Radar synchronisation is out

Bug

Radar animations removed

Bug

Still pictures instead of rolling

Bug

New distance selection button terrible

Bug

App stopped working

Bug

All radars not working

Bug

No animation

Bug

Crash and Grab

Bug

Still image only

Bug

No radar on Gold Coast?

Bug

Radar images not moving

Bug

Bad update (white background)

Bug

Not working since iOS 8

Bug

Was Great....now rubbish

Bug

Pixelated radar map

Bug

Radar false

Bug

Unreliable

Bug

Radar map is quite small

Bug

Takes a whilst to load

Bug

Splash screen

Bug

Not much different from BOM website

Bug

No forecast

Bug

Not real-time displays

Bug

Previous rainfall activity displayed

Bug

CRAPPY

Bug

Terrible

Bug

Mikzeet hala azed

Bug
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Requested Features

16 requests

Bring back the old distance buttons

Feature

Bring back radar animations

Feature

Add address finder

Feature

Add predicted weather patterns

Feature

Add wind speed in knots option

Feature

Add rain alert/alarm

Feature

Add full Australia view radar

Feature

Add weather alerts/warnings

Feature

Add zoom functionality

Feature

Add BOM predictions and warnings

Feature

Add approximate location using iPhone GPS

Feature

Option to turn off splash screen

Feature

Make app available for USA

Feature

Add forecast

Feature

Add real-time displays

Feature

Add wind speed in knots option

Feature

FAQ

What does RainRadarAU do?

RainRadarAU displays real-time rain radar images sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology for Australia. It shows the direction and intensity of rain, allowing users to predict when rain will arrive and plan their activities.

What are the key features of RainRadarAU?

Key features include selectable radar distances, wind Doppler radar, current weather observations (temperature, wind, rainfall), a national radar and satellite map, GPS location indication, and customizable radar layers like topography and roads.

Is RainRadarAU free to use?

Yes, RainRadarAU is a free application. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating it is entirely free for users.

What kind of weather information does it provide?

The app provides real-time rain radar imagery, wind Doppler radar data showing speed and direction, and current weather observations including temperature, wind speed and direction, and rainfall since 9 am in various locations across Australia.

Can I see weather outside of Australia with this app?

No, this application specifically shows Australian rain radar information only. It is designed to be a localized tool for users within Australia.