FOX23 Weather vs MCWX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FOX23 Weather
Get real-time weather updates and breaking news for Tulsa and Northeastern Oklahoma. Features an interactive, high-resolution radar with future tracking, customizable push alerts for severe weather, and location-based notifications. Stay informed with current conditions, hourly/daily forecasts, and satellite imagery.
- High-resolution interactive radar with future tracking
- Earthquake and storm track layers
- Free push alerts for over 25 alert types
- Location-based precision alerts
- Current conditions, hourly, and daily forecasts
- High-resolution satellite cloud imagery
- Save and name custom locations
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Take FOX23 Weather with you on the go! FOX23 provides Tulsa and the rest of Northeastern Oklahoma with the best coverage of Breaking News and Breaking Weather. Interactive radar zooms down to your neighborhood or zooms out to check conditions anywhere in the country. Live video is available within the app any time FOX23 is broadcasting Breaking Weather Alerts on the air. FOX23’s Weather App keeps you in touch with the FOX23 Weather team and the following information: 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.
MCWX
Stay informed about severe weather and plan your day with the latest forecasts. This app provides critical weather alerts and daily planning information for users.
- Severe weather warnings
- Latest daily forecasts
- Weather planning assistance
- Eastern Oklahoma focused
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After 23 years covering Eastern Oklahoma Weather, Chief Meteorologist Mike Collier is releasing a state of the art weather app to help continue to keep Oklahomans safe. Not only will it warn you of severe weather, but it will also help you plan out your daily activities by giving you the latest forecast.
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Verdict
FOX23 Weather and MCWX both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 92% of MCWX's written reviews are positive against 39% of FOX23 Weather's. MCWX also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and chart position (#207 vs unranked). FOX23 Weather's advantage is ratings volume (6.4K vs 327). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MCWX holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FOX23 Weather has 6.4K ratings behind it against 327, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of FOX23 Weather's written reviews are positive against 92% of MCWX's.
FOX23 Weather ships an update every 3 months, MCWX every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FOX23 Weather | MCWX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.4K ratings) | 4.9 (327 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.2% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.4K — better | 327 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #207 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 231 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc | Mike Collier Weather |
Customer experience
FOX23 Weather
MCWX
User reviews
FOX23 Weather
From 6.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Accuracy on point
- ⭐ Love the FOX Weather App!!
- ⭐ Weather coverage when it's "storming"!
- ⭐ Always reliable
- ⭐ Live weather
Room to improve
- 🐛 Terrible app
- 🐛 Not good
- 🔍 Pop-up Ads?
- 🔍 Worthless...
- 🔍 Forget if you travel
MCWX
From 327 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Accurate forecasts
- 👍 Timely alerts
- 👍 Reliable information
- 👍 Great radar map
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 👎 Too many ads
- 👎 Visual noise obscures info
- 👎 Inaccurate forecasts
- 👎 Undependable
- 🐛 Radar glitches
Bugs and requests
FOX23 Weather
Reported bugs
6 issues- Radar is never correct, especially during tornado season
- The radar this app doesn't work half the time, and when it does the storm lags about 15 minutes behind the actual time
- For two days I have been unable to use the app. It now says its unavailable in my area
- Every time I get a warning alert while watching live, the alert only has an ok button then when you select it, it opens up the warning's full detail window
- The new app is confusing, and I'm a young person...it is that bad
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- My iOS only goes to 9.3 so I can no longer use this app
Requested features
2 requests- Add rain totals amounts to the web site
- Bring back the ability to watch live weather alerts when the Tulsa area is under a tornado warning
MCWX
Reported bugs
3 issues- Radar not playing
- Missing radar frames
- Radar blows up storm size
Requested features
2 requests- More extras
- Advanced features
In-app purchases
FOX23 Weather
No in-app purchases
MCWX
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is FOX23 Weather free?
Is MCWX free?
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