Forecast Now+ vs Doppler Radar Map Live Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forecast Now+
Get detailed local weather forecasts for any US town. View daily and hourly predictions, animated radar, hazardous weather alerts, and air quality information. Track up to eight locations with easy swiping.
- 7-day daily forecast
- 24-hour hourly forecast
- Animated radar and satellite views
- Hazardous weather warnings
- Air quality index
- UV index
- Up to 8 stored locations
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Want the latest local weather forecast on your mobile device? For any town in the US, Forecast Now+ provides: - the daily local weather forecast for the next 7 days - the hourly forecast for the next 24 hours - animated radar, forecast chart and satellite views - hazardous weather warnings - predicted snowfall totals (winter months) - the air quality index - the ultraviolet index - up to 8 stored locations - swipe between multiple stored locations from the front page Weather and climate information comes directly from the National Weather Service, NOAA, and the EPA.
Doppler Radar Map Live Pro
Get real-time weather updates and forecasts with this comprehensive radar app. It displays precipitation, severe weather warnings, and detailed local and global weather information. Plan your activities with accurate temperature, humidity, and wind data.
- Interactive radar map with precipitation types
- Global weather and radar forecasts
- 24-hour and 14-day weather forecasts
- Severe weather warnings and alerts
- Detailed weather conditions (temperature, humidity, wind)
- Multiple location support
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Two hours of radar behind you. Forty-five minutes ahead. Doppler Radar Map Live Pro is built for people who want to read the weather themselves. The radar is high-resolution and fast-refreshing — individual cells stay sharp as you zoom in, instead of dissolving into colored mush — and you get the controls to interrogate it. RADAR, IN DEPTH - Detailed, accurate radar showing rain, snow, sleet and hail - Radar history stretches the loop back through 1, 1.5 or 2 hours - Nowcast prediction runs up to 45 minutes forward, so you can see where a cell is tracking - The scrubber snaps to time detents with haptic feedback, or animates hands-free - Radar opacity, standard or hybrid basemaps, full zoom and pan NOAA SEVERE WEATHER, WITHOUT THE NOISE - Official NOAA land and marine warnings, watches and advisories, drawn as shapes on the map - Set the severity threshold that is worth a notification to you - Time Sensitive alerts break through Focus when it matters - Rain forecast notifications with a minimum rainfall threshold you choose - Tap any alert to open its full advisory report in place HURRICANE TRACKING - Hurricane tracker with forecast cones, historical tracks and storm detail - Monitor several active systems at once - Full-screen weather maps on iPad THE FORECAST BEHIND THE MAP - Current conditions, 24-hour hourly detail, 14-day outlook - Feels-like, minimum and maximum temperature, humidity, dew point - Wind speed and direction, chance of rain - Sunrise, sunset and moon phases - Long press anywhere on the radar to read conditions at that coordinate APPLE WATCH - Radar loop on your wrist, centered on your selected location - The Digital Crown scrubs the animation frame by frame WHEREVER YOU GO - Multiple saved locations worldwide, switched in a tap - Imperial or metric units (F/mph or C/kmh) Privacy Policy: https://www.vorinn.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.vorinn.com/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Forecast Now+ at none against Doppler Radar Map Live Pro's shown. Forecast Now+ also leads on price ($8.99 vs $9.99). Doppler Radar Map Live Pro's advantage is review sentiment (55% vs 33%) and ratings volume (547 vs 157). On rating, update cadence, in-app purchases and chart position 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
Forecast Now+ costs $8.99 and Doppler Radar Map Live Pro $9.99 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 — 4.4 for Forecast Now+ against 4.6 for Doppler Radar Map Live Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 547 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Forecast Now+'s written reviews are positive against 55% of Doppler Radar Map Live Pro's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Forecast Now+ | Doppler Radar Map Live Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (157 ratings) | 4.6 (547 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 55.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 157 | 547 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #132 | #102 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kelly Technology Inc. | Voros Innovation |
Customer experience
Forecast Now+
Doppler Radar Map Live Pro
Bugs and requests
Forecast Now+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Doppler Radar Map Live Pro
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Radar doesn't download even when it's raining
- App goes completely "blind" and needs to be deleted and re-installed
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to scroll or swipe beyond a small part of the initially visible map
- Detailed hourly weather info for 3 days or more
- Landscape view
- Timeline for the radar
- Ability to toggle between cities and their forecasts
In-app purchases
Forecast Now+
No in-app purchases
Doppler Radar Map Live Pro
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Forecast Now+ free?
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Which has better reviews, Forecast Now+ or Doppler Radar Map Live Pro?
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