Windy.app User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience60.9% of reviews
Neutral5.3% of reviews
Negative experience33.8% of reviews

~ Based on 1,023 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Windy.app Safe?

Windy.app — Wind, Tides, Radar appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Windy.app is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 72,547 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 72,547 App Store ratings for Windy.app.

Is Windy.app Legit?

Windy.app — Wind, Tides, Radar appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Windy.app is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Hurricanes

So good thank you

Wrong wind speeds

I’m a boat captain and I rely on wind apps to determine water conditions. Your app is telling me that there’s currently 15mph winds in my area when I’m really there’s only about 8mph. This app has been giving incorrect wind forecasts.

Great service

You have to love organisations that give you an instant response when you have a service request. Whether it was AI or a real person the response to my query was quick and accurate. Great stuff.

Free version used to be accurate

I’ve used this app for several years. We live at the NC coast and have a boat. Tides, winds, currents and wave height are all important things for us to monitor during king tides, storms or boat trips. The free version used to be the most accurate of all the weather and tide apps I have, however - after the last upgrade, tides show more than a 1 foot discrepancy in what the app previously predicted and what the actuals are, which became apparent during our last king tide when windy was predicting tides of more than 7’. We’ve never seen a king tide at 7’, and the actual was well below that by at least a foot. Unfortunately, seems like a way to get people to upgrade to the paid version.
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Response from developer

Hi Jen, Thank you for your detailed feedback. We clearly understand why tide accuracy is so important, especially when you’re using the app for boating and coastal conditions. We research and talk to our users every day. You may have missed a recent improvement: we’ve added tidal stations directly on the map. They have a special icon (the icon looks a bit like the Bomberman from the 90s 🙂). If you open the tide forecast from these stations, you’ll see data based on real tide stations and NOAA calculated predictions, which are the most reliable option. The tide information shown at the bottom of the spot screen is calculated by our ocean model. While this works well in many areas, it can sometimes struggle with complex coastlines, bays, and areas with unusual local conditions. That’s exactly why we added tidal stations - to give users a more reliable way to check tides in areas where local geography can affect the forecast. We’d also like to add that the support from our PRO users allows us to keep developing Windy.app and adding new features. Recent improvements like tidal stations, water temperature data for oceans and lakes, radar layers, and future features such as lightning tracking are all possible thanks to the users who support the app. Thank you for your understanding and for being part of our community. We’d be happy to look into your specific location as well. Please send us the spot where you noticed the difference, and we’ll check it. Side menu of the app - Settings - Help & Feedback

Not what you think

This is such a con, when you get the app and pay for it you’ll find it has a lot more hidden charges. Make sure you look
at the fine print. DONT BUY IT

Excellent customization

The app allows for land-side and offshore selections. Accuracy has been excellent

The best

O melhor, super completo.

Response from developer

Obrigado! Isto alegrou o nosso dia — obrigado pelas palavras gentis!

Use

Go to app for all my outdoor activities. Kayak, Cycling, XC Skiing. Wind speed and direction are must have by the hour.

Response from developer

Awesome to hear, thanks for sharing this with us!

Boater

This is an excellent app! Knowing the wind speeds at the Bowie in the channel, River, or ocean allows you to make the right decision about going out on a given day. This is a very accurate app and it’s excellent.

First rate

Excellent app, wouldn’t use any other app Keep up the great work.

Finally!

I finally found a great weather app for our favourite activity, sailing. I can use the same app on both platform ios and android. Great functionality in a beautiful interface. What’s not to like!

Response from developer

Hello! That's incredible to hear! We're truly the happiest ones knowing Windy.app helps make your sailing adventures better, and that it works seamlessly across both iOS and Android for you. Thank you for the awesome feedback. Smooth sailing ahead! 🌊😊

Needs work

Shows fishing spots, weather and activity times but the fish library never works.

Rip off

Cancelled during the free trial. They charged me $49.99 so I cancelled in Apple Subscriptions and Windy managed to charge me another $164.99 for an annual subscription. BEWARE

How do i unsubscribe

I have been charged for app and cant seem to unsubscribe or contact anyone.

Unbelievable and not in the good way

This app is deceiving. I signed up for it because everything that was being presented on Facebook showed them to be a fishing app. I signed up for the app which costs approximately $50 per year and downloaded it. During setup it has you tell them all about how you fish and what you’re fishing for and makes you think that you are getting a fishing app however, as soon as you login, they hit you for another $65 per year to access the fishing portion of the app. This is not a fishing app primarily, it is a very expensive weather app with a costly fishing add-on.
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Windy

Great app and very easy to use

Borderline Scammers

You’ll be asked to pay over and over again. Seriously annoying when the set up involves 3 pages of different plans, subscriptions, and sales. Frick off with the spam please

Response from developer

Hello Nate, We understand that seeing multiple subscription screens can be frustrating. As an independent team, subscriptions are what allow us to fund our ongoing research and purchase highly accurate, expensive weather data. This includes specialized data specifically for Canada, such as exclusive regional weather models, depth maps, lake temperatures, and precise fish-bite forecasts for various species. You can always close the promotional screens and continue using the fully functional free version of the app at no cost. Core features of the app are available for free. We hear your feedback about the frequency of these offers, and we'll work on making the onboarding experience smoother. Best regards, The Windy.app Team

Aggressive subscription pushing

I intend to try it for 7 days and it subscribed at $164 per year. And it default to group subscription?! Too aggressive pushing. Don’t like it.

Useless for saltwater

Fishing Pro version is completely useless because they do not incorporate an accurate tide phase in the calculation for fishing. They advised me that they use some kind of international tide phase. Which does a person no good for their local situation.

Meh

Lots of data. Impossible to read. And obscenely expensive.