Only Radar vs NoAd Radar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Only Radar
This weather application provides immediate access to live radar maps upon opening. It focuses solely on displaying the radar, allowing users to quickly check for rain, track storms, and make weather-related decisions before closing the app.
- Live radar map on launch
- Real-time rain and storm tracking
- Quick weather checks
- Simple, focused interface
- Storm path prediction
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Open the app and the radar's already there. That's the whole app. Most weather apps bury the radar under a feed, a video, and three forecast cards. Only Radar just shows you the map. Open it and you're looking at live radar. Check if rain's moving in, see where a storm is headed, decide whether you need the jacket. Then close it. If you read this far, you've already thought too much about this app. Download it. Open it. Check the radar. Close it.
NoAd Radar
This weather app provides a clear, ad-free radar map with future precipitation estimates and official weather alerts. It offers home screen widgets for quick access and location-based notifications for your convenience.
- Ad-free radar map
- Future precipitation estimates
- NWS watches, warnings, and advisories
- Home Screen widgets
- Location-based notifications
- Dark, light, and satellite maps
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NoAd Radar puts weather first, with a distinctive dot-style radar map and no advertising or promotional startup screens. Open it and get straight to the radar. Explore recent radar, look ahead with estimated future precipitation, and see National Weather Service watches, warnings, and advisories. Add a Home Screen widget for a quick look at weather near your saved location. • Three hours of recent radar playback • Estimated future precipitation • National Weather Service alert details • Optional location-based weather notifications • Small, medium, and large Home Screen widgets • Dark, light, and satellite maps • Designed for iPhone and iPad Weather coverage is currently limited to the contiguous United States (the lower 48 states and Washington, DC). Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, and other countries are not covered. An internet connection is required. Future precipitation is an estimate, not an official forecast. Widgets refresh on a schedule managed by iOS; updates are not continuous or guaranteed. Notifications use your last location registered by the app, so open NoAd Radar after traveling to update it. NoAd Radar is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by NOAA or the National Weather Service. Weather data and notifications can be delayed or unavailable. Do not rely on this app as your only source of severe-weather warnings.
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Verdict
Only Radar and NoAd Radar both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of NoAd Radar's written reviews are positive against 0% of Only Radar's. NoAd Radar also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Only Radar's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Only Radar is free to download; NoAd Radar costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Only Radar against 5.0 for NoAd Radar. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Only Radar's written reviews are positive against 100% of NoAd Radar's.
Only Radar ships an update every 3 days, NoAd Radar every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Only Radar | NoAd Radar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Davis Chappins | Cicada Group, LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
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