WPSD Radar vs WDRB Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WPSD Radar
Get hyper-local weather updates with high-resolution radar and future radar to track severe weather. Access station content, save favorite locations, and receive National Weather Service alerts. Stay informed with hourly forecasts and current conditions updated frequently.
- 250 meter high-resolution radar
- Future radar tracking
- High-resolution satellite imagery
- Hourly updated forecasts
- Save favorite locations
- Severe weather alerts
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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
WDRB Weather
Get hyper-local weather information with high-resolution radar and future radar. Receive severe weather alerts and customizable forecasts for your favorite locations. Stay informed with real-time updates and satellite imagery.
- 250 meter radar
- Future radar
- High resolution satellite imagery
- Current weather updates
- Daily and hourly forecasts
- Favorite location saving
- Severe weather alerts
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WDRB 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
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Verdict
WPSD Radar and WDRB 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 — 3.1 for WPSD Radar against 3.1 for WDRB Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 116 and 134 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 21% of WPSD Radar's written reviews are positive against 22% of WDRB Weather's.
WPSD Radar ships an update every 3 months, WDRB Weather every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WPSD Radar | WDRB Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (116 ratings) | 3.1 (134 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | 21.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 116 | 134 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 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 | 245 MB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WPSD-TV | Gray Television Group, Inc. |
Customer experience
WPSD Radar
WDRB Weather
User reviews
WPSD Radar
From 116 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface (older versions)
- 🌟 Best weather radar (some users)
- 💡 Weather alerts
- 👍 Simple app layout
- 🚀 Quick and helpful
Room to improve
- 🐛 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
WDRB Weather
From 134 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Reliable local weather
- 👍 Accurate forecasts (sometimes)
- 👍 Useful for severe weather alerts
- 👍 Good for hour-by-hour forecasts
- 👍 Broadcasted forecasts available
Room to improve
- anúncios Intrusive ads
- anúncios Ads take up too much space
- anúncios Ads bleed into video content
- anúncios Full-screen ads
- anúncios Political ads
Bugs and requests
WPSD Radar
Reported bugs
56 issues- 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
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- 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
Requested features
29 requests- Turn off daily weather almanac
- Show live radar consistently
- Fix video playback errors
- Allow turning off radar warnings
- Improve radar accuracy for storm intensity
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- 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
WDRB Weather
Reported bugs
36 issues- Thunderstorm warnings don't overlay properly
- Two ads playing at the same time in videos
- Ads bleed into meteorologist speaking
- Videos are hard to hear
- Got rid of highlighted watches/warnings areas
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- Hearing video twice at the same time
- Maps feature not working on iPhone 14
- Radar map shows only future forecast
- Notifications use a voice instead of sound
- App crashes when uploading photos
- Radar freezes constantly
- Radar glitches in and out and disappears
- Radar is completely inaccurate
- App stops working during severe weather
- Resetting radar overlays with every update
- Map settings reset every time
- Videos never play
- Radar shows past weather movement
- Pop up ad covers the whole page
- Full screen app pops up when opening
- Pop up says 'this application is not available in your area'
- Intrusive ads force interaction
- App will not load on iPhone
- Ads pop up continually in the middle of the screen
- Full screen political ads pop up
- Ads block use of the app until countdown
- Can't get future radar weather to load
- Slow to open
- Radar hasn't been working
- Freezes while trying to view future radar
- Weather map is too small
- Radar portion is not accurate
- Current temp isn't clearly visible upon opening the app
- Hate the new 10 day weather page
- Teeny tiny map
- App crashes when uploading photos
Requested features
5 requests- Suspend ads during severe weather events
- Option to turn off close captions
- Improve weather summary specificity
- Allow saving map overlay settings
- Option to eliminate ads
In-app purchases
WPSD Radar
No in-app purchases
WDRB Weather
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is WPSD Radar free?
Is WDRB Weather free?
Which has better reviews, WPSD Radar or WDRB Weather?
Do WPSD Radar or WDRB Weather have ads?
Which is updated more often, WPSD Radar or WDRB Weather?
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