# WPSD Radar

> High-resolution weather radar, forecasts, and severe weather alerts for your location. (iPhone/iPad app by WPSD-TV.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wpsd-radar/id415470680 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [WPSD-TV](https://appshunter.io/developer/415470683)
- Category: Weather, News
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.04/5 from 111 App Store ratings · 77 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 245 MB
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Released: 2011-01-25
- Data updated: 2026-08-21
- Monetization: ad-supported
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wpsd-radar/id415470680/reviews.md

## What is WPSD Radar?

WPSD Local 6 is proud to announce a full featured weather app for the iPhone and iPad platforms.

Features

   • Access to station content specifically for our mobile users
   • 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available
   • Future radar to see where severe weather is headed
   • High resolution satellite cloud imagery
   • Current weather updated multiple times per hour
   • Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models
   • Ability to add and save your favorite locations
   • A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness
   • Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service
   • Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather

## Key features

- 250 meter high-resolution radar
- Future radar tracking
- High-resolution satellite imagery
- Hourly updated forecasts
- Save favorite locations
- Severe weather alerts

## Chart rankings

- #205 in Top Free · Weather (US App Store)

## What do users think of WPSD Radar?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 User-friendly interface (older versions)
- 🌟 Best weather radar (some users)
- 💡 Weather alerts
- 👍 Simple app layout
- 🚀 Quick and helpful
- 👍 Latest update fixed crash issue (temporarily)
- 👍 Opens quickly and works (temporarily)
- 👍 Simplest weather app to use
- 👍 Like the radar map

**Cons**

- 🐛 App won't open/crashes frequently
- 🐛 Radar not working/showing incorrect data
- 🐛 Annoying daily almanac notifications
- 🐛 Ads opening without interaction
- 🐛 Difficult to read text/background contrast
- 🐛 App freezes or locks up
- 🐛 Last update ruined the app
- 🐛 Unusable after updates
- 🐛 Slow loading times
- 🐛 Video playback issues
- 🐛 Radar shows wrong storm intensity
- 🐛 App opens and immediately closes
- 🐛 Fake Amazon page opens
- 🐛 Overkill of radar colors
- 🐛 Not available at location error
- 🐛 White text on blue background
- 🐛 App stops working
- 🐛 Constant freezing and force closing
- 🐛 General cloud cover on radar is horrible
- 🐛 News is never current
- 🐛 App only works 10% of the time
- 🐛 Hard to use new format
- 🐛 Crashes when using WiFi
- 🐛 Large letters in city names
- 🐛 Radar won't load
- 🐛 Key on screen obscures view
- 🐛 Inaccurate forecasts
- 🐛 No network connection error on WiFi
- 🐛 New version is a nightmare

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Radar shows thunderstorm color during tornado warning
- Daily weather almanac cannot be turned off
- Radar does not show live radar half the time
- Rain stops moving on radar
- Cannot play video requested
- App Store not letting update the app
- Spammy 'Daily Almanac' push notifications
- Radar not working correctly, showing nothing in area during storms
- App opens and immediately closes on iPhone 15
- App opens a fake Amazon page in Safari
- App constantly leaves and opens an ad in browser without interaction
- Radar screen is too many colors during storm event
- App stopped working after performance improvement, says not available at location
- White text on blue background is impossible to read
- App has stopped working
- App will not load unless force closed and reopened
- App locks up, requires deletion and re-opening
- App stales, requires remove/reload
- White letters on light blue background are too hard to read
- New map is bad
- App won't open, immediately closes itself
- App will not open after update
- App just locks up
- Severe thunderstorm alert received after storm cleared
- Cannot get app to work on iPhone 7, error message about airplane mode/wifi
- App won't work half the time
- App freezes when clicked on
- App gets stuck on loading screen and never opens
- App freezes up
- App is unusable
- App freezes on initial screen
- App freezes and force closes all the time
- App needs improvement since last update
- App works 1 in 6 times when opening
- App works off and on, requires using another app
- Very slow loading, often requires close and reopen
- App doesn't work anymore
- App is a waste of space since latest update
- App will not open or locks up iPhone
- App crashes all the time after upgrading to iOS 10
- App doesn't workout on iPhone after upgrade
- App is not usable since latest update (iOS 10)
- App crashes, hangs, locks up phone
- App does not function well since last update, slow or crashes
- Radar cloud cover is horrible, doesn't show general cloud cover
- App only works 10% of the time, keeps saying error and retry
- New version is very hard to use, information on rotation, vague icons
- App crashes every time it's opened
- Cannot use WiFi with this app, crashes immediately
- Letters in city names are huge, making app unusable
- Radar won't load, key is on screen, doesn't use full screen
- Future radar won't load
- App quits on map when trying to load
- App is not accurate, storms not in forecast
- Would not load on iPhone 4 over wifi
- Keeps saying no network connection while connected to WiFi

**Most requested features**

- Turn off daily weather almanac
- Show live radar consistently
- Fix video playback errors
- Allow turning off radar warnings
- Improve radar accuracy for storm intensity
- Fix app not opening on iPhone 15
- Fix fake Amazon page issue
- Fix ads opening without clicking
- Bring back the old radar app
- Fix white text on light blue background readability
- Fix 'not available at your location' error
- Allow users to decide on staff retention
- Fix new map issues
- Fix app crashing on iOS 10
- Fix app freezing on initial screen
- Fix app freezing and force closing
- Fix slow loading and frequent crashes
- Fix general cloud cover on radar
- Make news more current
- Fix app only working 10% of the time
- Return to previous app format
- Fix app crashing when using WiFi
- Fix large letters in city names
- Fix radar not loading
- Remove key from obscuring radar view
- Improve forecast accuracy
- Fix 'no network connection' error on WiFi
- Allow seeing school closings
- Show latest weather videos

## Recent user reviews (10 of 77)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wpsd-radar/id415470680/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Could be much better

*2026-07-28, version 6.2.517*

You get a video update in the morning that often freezes up or gets cut off. Then you get a dog walking forecast that is pretty much the same as the morning update just a few minutes later. No video update from the noon broadcast or five or 6 o’clock broadcast, only the 10 o’clock broadcast. They have multiple opportunities to give video updates, but choose not to. Weekend is even worse with very little updates and not at all on Sundays. Forecast section will say 40% chance of rain and then when you click at the details it’ll say 60% chance of rain in the morning and clear that evening. Pretty much just an overblown thermometer that warns you about severe weather.

### 3/5 — Quakes

*2026-06-27, version 6.2.517*

The explanations for notices is unavailable. The icon for earthquakes has no description as far as how many hours the go back and how long they stay.

### 1/5 — Radar Doesn’t Work

*2026-06-21, version 6.1.501*

Since the last 2 updates, radar is garbage! Doesn’t work. Put it back like it was please

### 1/5 — No Longer Works

*2026-06-21, version 6.1.501*

As of the last week or so, the radar no longer works. This was my go-to weather app. Please fix the bugs!

### 1/5 — Radar Broken

*2026-06-20, version 6.1.501*

I’ve used the app for years, no problems at all. The last few weeks along with several storms, the radar doesn’t work at all. As much as I use the radar, especially through bad storm, it sucks I have to change.

### 1/5 — What happened to the radar

*2026-06-17, version 6.1.501*

As of recently the only radar you can see on the app is the future which is never accurate. You no longer can see the current and past radar and it’s right in the middle of storm season. I’ve sworn by this app for years and now it’s going downhill. Fix this please.

### 1/5 — Last update sucks

*2026-03-15, version 6.1.501*

Don’t bother down loading as when you look at the map during a tornado warning it only show the color of a thunderstorm. NO STARS

### 2/5 — Just ok

*2025-05-24, version 5.17.606*

This is my local weather station but this app is lacking. 
First the daily weather almanac is annoying and you can’t turn it off. 
2nd the radar doesn’t show live radar half the time when you need it to.
If there was a better app for local weather I wouldn’t have this one.
The daily weather almanac annoys me to no end!!!

### 3/5 — How it works

*2025-04-02, version 5.17.606*

It used to work but now it says the rain just stopes and doesn’t move for like ever so I will stop using this until they fix this problem.

### 1/5 — Weather

*2025-03-30, version 5.17.606*

I click on the video to watch the weather and it states can’t play video requested and the App Store isn’t letting me update the app

## Frequently asked questions about WPSD Radar

### What does the WPSD Radar app do?

This app provides hyper-local weather information, including high-resolution radar, future radar tracking, and current weather conditions. It also offers daily and hourly forecasts updated hourly and severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service.

### What are the key features of this weather app?

Key features include a 250-meter resolution radar, future radar to track severe weather, high-resolution satellite cloud imagery, and current weather updates multiple times per hour. Users can also save favorite locations and receive severe weather alerts.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the app is free to use. However, it does display advertisements as part of its monetization model.

### What devices is the WPSD Radar app compatible with?

The app is designed for iPhone and iPad platforms, offering full functionality on these devices.

### How does the app help users stay safe during severe weather?

The app provides severe weather alerts directly from the National Weather Service. It also offers opt-in push alerts, allowing users to be proactively notified and stay safe during severe weather events.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 6.2.517 — 2026-06-21

Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 6.1.501 — 2026-02-05

Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 5.17.708 — 2025-08-05

Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 5.17.606 — 2025-03-11

Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 5.17.509 — 2024-12-18

Bug fixes and performance improvements

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