WeatherBug User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience61.3% of reviews
Neutral9.6% of reviews
Negative experience29.1% of reviews

~ Based on 2,963 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is WeatherBug Safe?

WeatherBug: Weather Forecast appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for WeatherBug is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 2,182,741 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

97.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
0.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 2,182,741 App Store ratings for WeatherBug.

Is WeatherBug Legit?

WeatherBug: Weather Forecast appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for WeatherBug is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Use to be good

Use to be a good app, now the lightning map sucks, app has to be open for notifications, calls thunder a lightning strike and doesn’t even properly predict weather. Fix hose issues and I won’t delete the app. Otherwise, I’ll be deleting soon

Changes to Spark Lightning Map

WeatherBug continues to be the app I trust most for weather updates, however, the recent changes to the Spark Lightning map that no longer show the *most recent* lightning strikes in a different color (used to be RED) is a major downgrade to the old programming. Especially as a person in a state where lightning is a concern 365 days a year and has very recently injured or killed more people to date for this year than years past, knowing precisely where lightning strikes have popped up helps immensely with being able to decide whether to do simple every day things. Hopefully, the next update to the Spark Lightning feature utilizes a better design for showing most recent strikes.
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Can’t delete locations

Keeps saying I have to have at least one location to Delete. I have a total of 12 locations that I saved and a location set to where I’m at right now and it still will not let me delete other locations I don’t want it is very annoying.

NOISY ads!

I’ve used Weatherbug for years and loved it. It was part of my morning routine. However, upon opening the weather as I do every morning, an annoying large ad has been repeatedly playing loudly. Since I can’t turn it off, I’m looking for another app.

Thanks

Thanks for not changing the name of the gulf and the lake

Best weather app ever

Genuinely use it everyday, best weather app out there BY FAR

Takes control of phone

This app takes control over your phone and is very difficult to remove. Had to delete the app . It’s like a virus on your iPhone.

What happened to severe weather notifications??

I used to get severe weather notifications and now I get nothing. I have to open the app and go look, which is ok for just checking the daily weather. But not that helpful for storms and blizzards. I don’t need pollen notifications. I need severe weather notifications so I can take the proper precautions.
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New lightning map SUCKS

The new lightning map really SUCKS. bring back the old one. It’s horrible. The rest of the app is still fine but I’m giving it one star because of the lightning map

What happened??!

This used to be such a great app, especially the lighting tracker, which was spot on when lightning struck my neighbor’s house. Why did you ruin it. This update is terrible. Please undo it so we don’t have to go find something else.

Lightning!!!!!

I agree - bring back the lightning view the way it was. It’s not better :(

Lightening map change is awful

PLEASE BRING BACK THE SATELLITE MAP!!

I hate the new lightening map. The old one used to show a red dot on the spot where the latest strike occurred. Now you get 3 rings with shades of orange that make the lightning bolts neatly invisible when trying to see the approximate locations of the latest strike. Go back to the old version PLEASE! It’s useless!
Bring back the old satellite map so that I can at least see the lightening strikes. I can’t see them through the colored rings! I hate having to invert the colors on my phone just to use your lightening map! Comon guys!!!
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False ADS in APP

The Alzheimer’s “story “ about Clint Eastwood reversing Alzheimer’s is FALSE

Spark Map

The Spark map changed in the last couple of weeks and it looks very basic. It is not using the same layer as the storm tracker that I have used since downloading the app. What’s going on?

Lightning map

The lightning map is now next to useless. Bring back the old one. It worked perfectly fine.

Accurate

I actually checked the app before I go outside if I’m not sure,because it’s accurate.If it wasn’t, you wouldn’t even be hearing from me.

Keep the classic version

The tiny symbols for each hour are too tiny to see.

I’m perfection

This is the best app for weather ever. It’s literally to the minute accurate radar can have you pouring concrete with no stress. Loyal customer for life, 10-12 year user. Wowwwwwwwed everytime.

Ads

Don’t line the intrusive ads that you can’t mute the sound

Best weather app

This is by far the best weather app.. and the ads aren’t annoying so free works fine