StormTeam2 vs WHIO Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StormTeam2
Get hyper-local weather information with high-resolution radar and satellite imagery. Receive severe weather alerts and customized forecasts for your favorite locations. Stay informed about current and future weather patterns to plan your day safely.
- 250 meter high-resolution radar
- Future radar tracking
- High-resolution satellite imagery
- Hourly updated forecasts
- Save favorite locations
- Severe weather alerts
- Opt-in push notifications
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Storm Team 2 is proud to announce a full featured weather app for the iPhone and iPad platform. 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
WHIO Weather
Get live, up-to-the-minute weather coverage with advanced radar, future radar, and storm tracking. Receive precise, location-based push alerts for severe weather events. Access current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, and satellite imagery for any saved location.
- Live and future radar with 250m resolution
- Earthquake and storm track layers
- Free push alerts for over 25 alert types
- Precise location-based alerts
- Current, hourly, and daily forecasts
- High-resolution satellite imagery
- Save and name custom locations
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Check out weather conditions in your neighborhood, LIVE. You've been able to enjoy up-to-the-minute weather coverage for Dayton, Springfield, and all of Ohio from your computer and TV for years. Now see it all LIVE on your iPad and iPhone! Summary of Features: - There is a new radar in the weather app that matches the radar found on other digital platforms and also includes future radar to provide you with a likely path and outlook of storms. The radar has 250 meter resolution, the highest available. - New tracks - We added earthquakes and storm tracks as layers in the radar. Now you can track the location and magnitude of earthquakes as well for storms the speed, direction and type. Tap the “storm symbols” icon in the radar to see the list. - Push alerts are FREE for more than 25 alert types including everything from tornado warnings to winter storm warnings and tropical storm alert types. - Now you can scroll through the home screen to access most of what you need or want on one tab. - Place a location pin precisely where you want it for a specific address or any position on a map. When saving a location you can name it exactly how you want it. - The app works with identical features on tablet and handset. - Additional items added seasonally The weather app also has these critical benefits and features: - The radar zooms down to your neighborhood or zooms out to check radar anywhere in the country. - The app provides Location-Based alerts. While many other apps offer alerts based on your county, This app supports a more precise type of alert issued for the most dangerous types of weather threats. More precision means you get alerts that matter to you, not false alarms. - Current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts for any location you enter. - High resolution satellite cloud imagery - Ability to add and save locations - A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness - Additional items added seasonally *Data and alerting available for the United States only.
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Verdict
StormTeam2 and WHIO Weather are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for StormTeam2 against 4.7 for WHIO Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8.2K and 23K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of StormTeam2's written reviews are positive against 43% of WHIO Weather's.
StormTeam2 ships an update every 4 months, WHIO Weather every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StormTeam2 | WHIO Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (8.2K ratings) — better | 4.7 (23K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews — better | 43.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K | 23K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tegna Inc. | Cox Media Group |
Customer experience
StormTeam2
WHIO Weather
User reviews
StormTeam2
From 8.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Accurate weather forecasts
- 📡 Reliable radar updates
- 💻 Clean and easy-to-use interface
- 🌍 Useful for tracking weather across locations
Room to improve
- 🐛 Radar issues (freezing, not loading, inaccurate)
- ⚠️ Inconsistent weather predictions
- 🕰️ Outdated information on daily/hourly forecasts
- 🔍 Difficulty viewing certain features (e.g. overlays)
WHIO Weather
From 23K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Relevant and helpful resources
- 🚀 Accurate weather forecasts
- 🚀 Dependable and trustworthy weather information
- 👍 Useful radar and hourly/daily weather forecasts
Room to improve
- 🐛 Radar and weather data not always accurate
- 🔍 Current weather conditions not always accurate
- 🔍 Radar issues (not showing storms, showing false storms)
- 🔍 24-hour radar not completely accurate
- 🔍 Temperature map bug (missing temperature circles)
Bugs and requests
StormTeam2
Reported bugs
4 issues- Radar not working properly after recent updates
- App crashes when trying to access certain features
- Location tracking issues causing incorrect weather data
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add wind speed to 10-day forecast
- Improve radar reliability and coverage
- Provide more granular weather alerts and notifications
- Optimize app performance and reduce crashes
WHIO Weather
Reported bugs
4 issues- Radar not updating correctly
- Severe weather alerts not working
- App crashing and freezing issues
- Location services not working properly
Requested features
4 requests- Add barometric pressure information
- Bring back old, simpler app design
- Improve severe weather alerts and notifications
- Reduce number of ads and notifications
In-app purchases
StormTeam2
No in-app purchases
WHIO Weather
No in-app purchases
Questions
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