Comparison

Oz Radar Weather vs widget weather

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Oz Radar Weather

View detailed Australian weather radar imagery, including national cloud and synoptic charts. Get local forecasts, rain notifications, and BOM weather warnings. Uses GPS to pinpoint your location on the radar map.

Highlights
  • GPS location on radar
  • National cloud and synoptic charts
  • Local weather and rain forecasts
  • Rain notifications
  • BOM weather warning notifications
  • Full screen landscape view
  • Pinch zoom and drag panning
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AUSTRALIAN WEATHER RADAR. This app only shows radars and weather for Australia. ***************************** WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS APP. What the other apps don't have. 1) It uses GPS to show your location on the radar. 2) Oz Radar supports full screen landscape view. 3) National cloud and synoptic charts. 4) Local weather and rain forecasts 5) Rain notifications 6) BOM weather warning notifications (But don't believe me, read the reviews) ***************************** Oz weather radar allows you to view the BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) weather radar information located through Australia. Each radar image can be panned and zoomed to get a better look at the area you are interested in. Approximately 50 radars cover a large proportion of Australia to bring you the most up to date weather information. The information cycles through the last few images so you can get a good look at what is happening around you. All views show the latest feeds directly from the BOM web site. Dedicated weather watch radars provide the most up to date weather information every 10 minutes and in some cases every 6 minutes. You can also view the last 6 hours of satellite cloud imagery that is taken every hour on the National view. Features not seen in other apps include; * Showing YOUR GPS location on the radar map. * Listing nearby radars * Cached backgrounds for faster loading and less data usage * Pinch zoom with drag panning * Selection of surrounding radar by direction * LANDSCAPE View * Animated national weather chart * Animated national synoptic chart (The one with the lines ad arrows) * Weather readings from hundreds of weather stations. * Weather forecasts for all over Australia Note : This app uses background location to generate alerts of rain in your current area.

About

widget weather

This app offers a highly customizable weather widget and application for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Personalize symbols, detail levels, fonts, and backgrounds. It provides two forecast services and saves data locally for offline access.

Highlights
  • Customizable weather widget
  • Animated weather symbols
  • Two forecast services
  • Offline forecast data
  • Apple Watch support
  • Touch responsive meteogram
Features
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Even bad weather can be forecasted beautifully! Works on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac! -"I have tried every widget and this is by far the best. The pixelated weather animations are very cool. It has a ton of options and I like how you can double tap the widget to refresh the info." (New type widget does not support double tapping) -"Maybe the best weather widget on the appstore." -"It's simple, beautiful and does what it says." -"LOVE THIS! Best weather app I've used so far!" -“The app is great, I only ask that the application, on the iPad, can be viewed in landscape. Attach 5 Stars, but, when the landscape is ready, become 7 Stars. Congratulations!” (iPad now supports landscape mode) widget weather is a highly customizable weather app with widgets. Pick your favorite weather symbols, detail level, font and background color. There are even two weather forecast services so pick the most accurate one for your location. On Apple Watch you can use swipe up/down or use the digital crown to travel through time on the current weather page. Tap the screen to go back to current weather. Feature list: -Touch responsive meteogram -Two forecast styles: list and graph (meteogram) -Customizable widgets -Separate locations for widgets -Apple Watch support -20 beautiful weather icon sets -2 animated weather symbol sets -Customizable background -Customizable detail level (rain/wind/units etc.) -Font picker -Forecast for map locations and GPS position -Two forecast services: openweathermap.org and met.no -Choose how often new forecast data should be downloaded -Weather forecast in 49 languages -Universal for iPhone and iPad and the iPad version can be installed on Mac and gives you weather widgets on your desktop Usage tips: -Touch and drag graph or tap list to show forecast details -You can force update a location manually by double clicking the screen in the app -To change the location for a widget: Long press a widget and choose “Edit widget”, then choose from a list of your locations. Add more locations from within the app before selecting them in a widget ### Weather forecast from met.no available in: English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian. Weather forecast from openweathermap.org available in: English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Zulu. App menus in English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.

Screenshots

Oz Radar Weather3 screens
widget weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: widget weather at 69% against Oz Radar Weather's 15%. widget weather also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (73 vs 1). Oz Radar Weather's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and chart position there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Oz Radar Weather costs $1.99 and widget weather $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

widget weather holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: widget weather has 73 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Oz Radar Weather's written reviews are positive against 69% of widget weather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Oz Radar Weather ships an update every 2 months, widget weather every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Oz Radar Weather versus widget weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOz Radar Weatherwidget weather
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.4% of reviews68.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings173 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#165#123 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSecure Hub Pty LtdTrond Rossvoll

Customer experience

Oz Radar Weather

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral13.8%
Negative70.8%

widget weather

All ratings73 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative19.7%

Bugs and requests

Oz Radar Weather

Reported bugs

35 issues
  • App won't open, needs multiple attempts
  • Shows nothing after opening
  • Radar feature no longer working since BoM new website
  • App no longer works after BoM site update
  • Not loading weather imagery (rain and wind)
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  • App crashes frequently
  • Sydney radar (128km) shows same picture for months
  • App doesn't work on iPhone 14 but works on older devices
  • Crashes every time on iPad
  • Cannot load radar images without crashing
  • Buckland park radar image unusable
  • Map backgrounds gone black
  • App reader not working with new iPhone Max Pro
  • Keeps crashing and shutting down
  • Cannot change radar location and radius
  • Radar no longer works
  • Gladstone radar coastline shows black inland
  • 256km radar has been black for a long time
  • Warnings don't show up anymore
  • Double screen when looking at radar
  • App closes when trying to add local radar or contact support
  • Radars won't load, no server access for support
  • Stopped working properly after an update
  • App crashes each time radar map is created
  • App won't open after update
  • Keeps getting error when downloading radar data on iPod touch
  • App not working with 4.0 update
  • 128km basemap for Sydney corrupted
  • Melbourne radar not working
  • Local radar not available for days
  • Stopped working after update
  • New update will not open
  • Downloaded update now app won't open at all
  • Crashes all the time after update
  • App doesn't work with iOS 11

Requested features

8 requests
  • Restore old BOM imagery
  • Fix radar feature after new BoM website launch
  • Provide more map to read approaching weather in Perth
  • Update app for iPhone 14 compatibility
  • Update app for iPad compatibility
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  • Update app for iPhone X full screen support
  • Add option for BOM radar in notification window
  • Specific iPad app

widget weather

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Oz Radar Weather

No in-app purchases

None

widget weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Oz Radar Weather free?
Oz Radar Weather costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is widget weather free?
widget weather costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Oz Radar Weather or widget weather?
widget weather is rated higher. Oz Radar Weather averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while widget weather averages 4.7 from 73 ratings.
Do Oz Radar Weather or widget weather have ads?
Neither Oz Radar Weather nor widget weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Oz Radar Weather or widget weather?
Oz Radar Weather ships an update every 2 months, and widget weather every 6 weeks. Most recently, Oz Radar Weather was updated on November 1, 2026 and widget weather on November 1, 2026.
Which is more popular, Oz Radar Weather or widget weather?
Oz Radar Weather currently peaks at #165 in the App Store charts, and widget weather at #123. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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