Comparison

NOAA Weather Radar Live Map vs RainLog V2

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

Head to head
About

NOAA Weather Radar Live Map

Get real-time weather forecasts, severe weather alerts, and detailed weather maps. Track storms, hurricanes, and precipitation with hourly and daily predictions. Stay informed about air quality, wind, and temperature for your location and worldwide.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather radar maps
  • Hourly and daily forecasts
  • Severe weather alerts (tornadoes, hurricanes)
  • Hurricane and lightning trackers
  • Animated weather map layers
  • Worldwide weather coverage
  • Weather widgets
Features
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NOAA Weather Radar Live Map: Weather forecast to protect you against severe weather alerts, storms, and natural disasters One of the best weather forecast, accurate weather barometer & simple temperature all in one weather app. NOAA Weather Radar Live Map, with accurate weather barometer, provides real-time weather reports, hourly weather, and all-day weather forecast, precipitation, temperature. Detailed current weather conditions, detailed hourly and daily weather forecasts for the whole world, attractive weather maps with many weather layers, weather radar animations, fast location search, that's all that can be said when mentioning our NOAA Weather Radar Live Map. FEATURES: Exact forecast: Weather maps provide hourly forecasts (24-hour) and forecasts for the coming days (7+-day hourly forecast), helping you predict weather uncertainties. Live weather forecasts for Minute by Minute precipitation updates. Bad weather warnings and alerts: tornadoes, hurricanes, freeze warnings, ice, snow depth forecast; hurricane, wildfire, lightning trackers and more to give you a heads up about severe weather in your area. You can track a hurricane's past and projected path. Prepare for severe storms & hurricane season Weather updates and notifications continuously in real time to track daily. Today module: sunrise sunset, weather details, air quality, health & life index, probability of rainfall, condition of wind. Weather updates and notifications continuously in real time to track daily. Today module: sunrise sunset, weather details, air quality, health & life index, probability of rainfall, condition of wind. Weather Widget, Easily get detailed temperature forecast severe weather alerts in your area. No need to go to the app, just look at the notification displayed on the phone widget, quickly receive daily information. Animated weather's map interface: Rainfall, humidity, sunshine, and wind are clearly monitored and shown on the map in many different colors (About visibility), following weather changes. Map Type: - Standard Map/ Satellite Map/ Hybrid Map Weather map options: - Opacity - Layer Loop Speed: Slow/Medium/Fast *Animated raindrops option works for Radar and Advanced precipitation forecast maps. Provide everything you need to know about the weather: - Air temperature - Relative humidity - Wind strength - UV Index and Visibility - Wind speed/ Wind map - Humidity scale - Pressure in hpa, mb, in - Amount of rain/ Precipitation - Lightning and hurricane trackers/Storms nearby News: Keep informed with the latest weather news Worldwide coverage: local weather and global weather, accurate track of the world's thousands of cities. Accurate forecasts for most of the world: US, Japan, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Austria. Mexico, Australia, UK, Germany, France, Italy. Customization: localize the time and languages of different countries and regions. Get the NOAA Weather Radar Live Map and be prepared for any weather! Don't let bad weather take you by surprise! Contact us: teammarketing@lutech.ltd Privacy Policy: http://lutech.vn/privacy Terms:http://lutech.vn/privacy

About

RainLog V2

Track, analyze, and manage your personal rainfall data with this comprehensive diary and log. It allows for detailed record-keeping, trend monitoring, and comparisons over time, perfect for anyone with a rain gauge.

Highlights
  • Log daily precipitation
  • iCloud Sync
  • Flexible units (mm/inches)
  • Monthly graphs and averages
  • MTD & YTD comparisons
  • CSV export
  • Community rain map
  • Watering & irrigation tracking
Features
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Record rainfall from your own rain gauge, compare years at a glance, and keep your history backed up and synced across iPhone, iPad and Android. RainLog is built for rain gauge owners, farmers, gardeners, weather enthusiasts and property managers who want reliable records based on their own measurements—not generic online weather data. FAST, FLEXIBLE RECORDING • Record rain or snow in millimetres or inches • Add trace amounts, weather icons and notes • Record garden, crop and property watering • Manage multiple rain gauges in one place POWERFUL GRAPHS AND COMPARISONS See monthly and yearly totals, Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date comparisons, four-year totals, rolling 12-month rainfall and long-term 2-, 5- and 10-year averages. Choose a custom rainfall year—such as July to June—to match your seasons, farm records or local climate. SHARED RAIN GAUGES Share a gauge with another RainLog user. Give trusted family members, workers or property managers view-only access, or allow them to add and edit rainfall readings for that gauge. The gauge remains under the owner’s account, and invited users do not need their own subscription to access a gauge shared with them. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Sign in with your RainLog account to securely synchronise rainfall records across supported Apple and Android devices. BACKUPS AND CSV EXPORT Protect your rainfall history with backup tools and automatic CSV backups. Export records in date order for use with Excel, Numbers or farm record systems—your data remains useful outside RainLog. COMMUNITY RAIN MAP Optionally share rainfall summaries from selected gauges and view rainfall reported by other RainLog users on an interactive map. BUILT FOR REAL RAINFALL RECORDS RainLog is designed for people who read their own rain gauge or weather station. It does not automatically substitute online weather estimates for your measurements, helping you maintain a personal and consistent rainfall history. Your rainfall. Your gauge. Your history. RainLog includes a limited free trial so you can explore the app before subscribing. Annual subscription plans are based on the number of gauges you manage and support the continued development and maintenance of RainLog. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.rainlog.com.au/privacy

Screenshots

NOAA Weather Radar Live Map4 screens
RainLog V24 screens

Verdict

The call

NOAA Weather Radar Live Map and RainLog V2 both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of RainLog V2's written reviews are positive against 40% of NOAA Weather Radar Live Map's. NOAA Weather Radar Live Map's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 32) and chart position (#2 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NOAA Weather Radar Live Map sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and RainLog V2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for NOAA Weather Radar Live Map against 4.6 for RainLog V2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NOAA Weather Radar Live Map has 13K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of NOAA Weather Radar Live Map's written reviews are positive against 83% of RainLog V2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NOAA Weather Radar Live Map ships an update every 8 days, RainLog V2 every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
NOAA Weather Radar Live Map versus RainLog V2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNOAA Weather Radar Live MapRainLog V2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13K ratings)4.6 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.9% of reviews83.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K — better32
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size529 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLutech-DNWade Tucker

Customer experience

NOAA Weather Radar Live Map

All ratings12,924 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews504 reviews
Positive39.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative55.4%

RainLog V2

All ratings32 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral6.4%
Negative10.6%

Bugs and requests

NOAA Weather Radar Live Map

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not loading or downloading
  • Landscape mode not working on iPad
  • Incorrect temperature and weather conditions

Requested features

4 requests
  • More detailed weather maps
  • Legends and explanations for weather data
  • Customization options
  • Support for older devices

RainLog V2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

NOAA Weather Radar Live Map

Subscriptions7
  • Premium Access3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium Access3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Premium Access7 Days trial2 variants$9.997 Days
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  • Premium Access3 Days trial2 variants$9.997 Days
  • Premium Access$19.991 Year
  • Premium Access$29.991 Year
  • Premium Access2 variants$39.991 Year
3 purchases

RainLog V2

Subscriptions3
  • 2 Rain Gauges1 Month trial$5.991 Year
  • 4 Rain Gauges1 Month trial$7.991 Year
  • 8 Rain Gauges1 Month trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is NOAA Weather Radar Live Map free?
NOAA Weather Radar Live Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RainLog V2 free?
RainLog V2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NOAA Weather Radar Live Map or RainLog V2?
RainLog V2 is rated higher. NOAA Weather Radar Live Map averages 4.5 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while RainLog V2 averages 4.6 from 32 ratings.
Do NOAA Weather Radar Live Map or RainLog V2 have ads?
Neither NOAA Weather Radar Live Map nor RainLog V2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NOAA Weather Radar Live Map or RainLog V2?
NOAA Weather Radar Live Map ships an update every 8 days, and RainLog V2 every 9 days. Most recently, NOAA Weather Radar Live Map was updated on November 5, 2026 and RainLog V2 on November 4, 2026.

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