Check the Weather vs StormNet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Check the Weather
Get fast, clear, and beautiful weather data with a streamlined interface. Access current conditions, alerts, hourly and extended forecasts, and a live doppler radar map with short-term precipitation predictions for US users.
- Fast and clear weather data
- Streamlined dashboard interface
- Up-to-the-minute accuracy
- Current conditions display
- Hazardous weather alerts
- Hourly and extended forecasts
- Live doppler weather radar map (US)
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Know before you go. Live radar and the next hour's rain, so you can see what's coming. RADAR THAT SHOWS WHAT'S COMING: Press play to run the loop of recent radar and the radar forecast, or scroll the timeline to step through it one frame at a time, past and future. KNOW WHEN THE RAIN STARTS: A minute-by-minute forecast for the next hour, worked out from the radar. When rain is likely, it tells you when it will start, stop, or get heavier, like “Light Rain, heavier in 19 min.” THE WHOLE FORECAST, AT A GLANCE: Current conditions in tiles for temperature, feels like, wind, humidity, UV, and more. Radar and the next hour’s rain are free. Premium adds the full forecast, weather warnings, and widgets. NOTES: Radar coverage is available in: United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Czechia, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Slovenia, Estonia, and Luxembourg. Check the Weather can show you the forecast for your Current Location. This is only done when you have given it Location permission. Check the Weather includes an optional premium subscription. This is offered on a monthly or annual basis. If you choose to purchase a subscription, your payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. After purchase, you can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings in the App Store. Access to hourly and daily forecast data is only available to Check the Weather Premium subscribers. LEARN MORE: Privacy Policy: https://checktheweather.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://checktheweather.app/terms
StormNet
This app provides highly accurate severe weather forecasts using advanced radar and real-time data analysis. It predicts risks for lightning, hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes up to 14 days in advance.
- NEXRAD Super-Res Radar
- 14-day severe weather forecasts
- Lightning, hail, wind, tornado risk prediction
- Real-time data analysis
- Radar overlays (reflectivity, velocity)
- National Weather Service warnings
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StormNet is optimized to provide the most accurate severe weather forecast with NEXRAD, Super-Res Radar. StormNet is completely free, with no ads. Trained on decades of severe weather events, StormNet analyzes high-resolution radar, satellites, ground-based sensors, and weather forecast models in real-time to find complex patterns that lead to severe weather. The model updates every 2 minutes to provide 14-day forecasts for lightning, hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornadoes. Super-Res Radar is the highest-resolution NEXRAD radar data available from 159 stations across the continental United States. Each radar station updates every 3-4 minutes and measures the intensity of precipitation based on how much energy the radar signal receives back from objects in the atmosphere. Combined, StormNet + Super-Res Radar provides a first-of-its-kind, multiple-component severe weather forecast system for the United States. StormNet Map Overlays • Radar: The highest-resolution radar available for the United States from each radar station. • Radar + Risk: NEXRAD radar, alongside StormNet risk probabilities, for the next 4 hours. • Risk Forecast: The StormNet risk probabilities from real-time to 14 days into the future. StormNet Risk Forecasts • Lightning • Hail • Damaging Winds • Tornado Super-Res (NEXRAD) Radar • Radar Reflectivity • Radar Velocity • Spectrum Width National Weather Service Warnings • Tornado • Severe Thunderstorm • Snow Squall • Flash Flood StormNet vs. National Weather Service The National Weather Service, the Storm Prediction Center, and other government agencies are the official sources for watches, warnings, and severe weather information. StormNet should serve as a trusted and automated guide for severe weather risk, but StormNet should not be treated as an official source. StormNet vs. Traditional Weather Models Existing weather forecast models are incredible feats of engineering and predict the ingredients for severe weather, but they are not designed to excel at severe weather forecasting and are not real-time tools. StormNet was trained and optimized to provide severe weather forecasts. StormNet vs. Other Weather Apps Existing weather apps and companies usually pass along official government watches and warnings, and often communicate if lightning or hail is already close by. While these are valuable features, we are not aware of another weather app or company that matches StormNet’s ability to provide real-time updates for lightning, hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornado risk. Powered by OpenSnow In 2011, OpenSnow began predicting snowfall for skiers and snowboarders. OpenSnow has since become a global leader in mountain weather forecasts and expanded to provide forecasts for every type of outdoor activity. Since lightning is a risk to outdoor activities, especially on longer mountain-based adventures, OpenSnow created a weather forecast system that would provide both lightning forecasts to support real-time decisions and multi-day outlooks to support trip planning. Meteorologist Andrew Brady built StormNet to predict the risk of severe weather. OpenSnow acquired his technology in 2024 to help people stay safe and enjoy the outdoors. — Terms & Conditions — StormNet is free and available in the United States. We'll never track you, sell ads, or collect data. We only ask for your location to show the most accurate radar and severe weather forecast. Full terms and conditions can be found here: https://support.opensnow.com/legal/terms | https://support.opensnow.com/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StormNet at none against Check the Weather's 2. StormNet also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (82% vs 64%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Check the Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. StormNet asks for nothing beyond the download.
StormNet holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Check the Weather's written reviews are positive against 82% of StormNet's.
Check the Weather ships an update every 5 weeks, StormNet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Check the Weather | StormNet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) | 4.9 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #204 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cross Forward Consulting, LLC | Cloudnine Weather, Inc. |
Customer experience
Check the Weather
StormNet
In-app purchases
Check the Weather
- Monthly Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Annual Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
StormNet
No in-app purchases
Questions
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