Background Location Access
Monitor weather alerts for important locations and contacts 24/7. Receive real-time notifications for severe weather and easily check on your contacts' safety with one-tap messages.
2.0.0
September 20, 2026
Meet Thunder Buddy 2: weather for your people. • A redesigned Home brings your forecast, Buddy weather, and favorite places together. • Organize your people into Circles and focus the radar on the people and places that matter. • Clearer sharing controls separate app location access from what each Buddy can see. • Choose location while using the app or separately enable optional background updates. • Add weather, radar, and Buddy widgets, and follow favorite places and people on Apple Watch. • Bring Thunder Buddy to Apple TV with phone sign-in, a larger radar view, Buddy forecasts, and a ten-day outlook. • Refined forecasts, weather backgrounds, and navigation across iPhone and iPad. Where’s your Thunder Buddy?
MoreUnlimited places and Buddies, billed monthly.
Thunder Buddy is a weather application designed to monitor weather alerts for important locations and contacts. It provides real-time notifications for severe weather and allows users to check on the safety of their contacts.
No, Thunder Buddy is ad-free. The app explicitly states that there are no ads, ensuring an uninterrupted user experience.
Thunder Buddy provides current conditions, hourly forecasts, and up to 15-day future forecasts. It also includes data on air quality, UV index, heat index, humidity, precipitation, wind, and sunrise/sunset times.
Thunder Buddy Premium offers unlimited saved Places and Buddies, removing the limit of two found in the free version. The premium subscription can be shared with the whole household through Apple Family Sharing.
Thunder Buddy is currently supported on iPhone and iPad devices, as indicated by its platform compatibility.
Thunder Buddy was last updated on August 24, 2026, with version 1.0. This indicates it is a recent release, and further updates can be expected.
Based on the available rating, Thunder Buddy has received a perfect 5.0 stars from 1 rating, suggesting a highly positive initial user reception.
No, your location is only used while the app is open. Thunder Buddy does not perform background tracking, ensuring your privacy.
