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Weather Radar - NOAA Channel app icon

Weather Radar - NOAA Channel

by Impala Studios · Weather · Free

Average rating
4.6
250.9K ratings
Ratings
250.9K
On store since
2013
13 yrs 68 d
Languages
41
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Analyst summary

Last verified 17 Aug 2026

Weather Radar - NOAA Channel is a Weather application published by Impala Studios. It holds a 4.6-star average across 250,864 public ratings.

It is actively maintained: the most recent update we observed shipped 16 Aug 2026. The listing has been on the store for 13 yrs 68 d.

On the listing it is localized into 41 languages, a 175 MB download, runs on iPhone 5s and newer · iPad.

A summary of the measured figures recorded on this page, kept current as the numbers change.
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Position in category

Each bar shows where Weather Radar - NOAA Channel sits in the distribution of Weather apps we track. Percentiles are computed over apps with the field observed, not the whole category.

Rating volume 99th pct.
Average rating 49th pct.
Download size 88th pct.
Price 5th pct.

Distribution computed with the category report · Full category report

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Review intelligence

Medium confidence

Users are frustrated by mandatory subscriptions and a confusing new interface, while some praise its accuracy and functionality.

Computed from 100 public reviews, 22 Jun 2025–24 Jul 2026 · 1 in the last 30 days. Sentiment and themes are model-derived from the review text, not categories we imposed.

subscription Negative · 21
app interface Negative · 6
app functionality Negative · 6
accuracy Positive · 10
app not working Negative · 5
In users’ words · verbatim public App Store reviews, unedited
★★★★★
Storm tracker, radar channel NOAA network review
This was one of the first apps I downloaded and decided to actually pay for and it’s definitely worth it spot on better than any weather report that I’ve gotten or received. I’ll give it five stars and a big old thumbs up.
Jshot6987 · v6.0.0 · 19 Jun 2026
★☆☆☆☆
Charged me immediately on start of trial
Signed up for the 3 day free trial; supposedly converting to $5.99/week after that. The second I signed up it charged me $9.99. Do not trust the supposed “free trial.”
Lee Anthony · v6.0.4 · 24 Jul 2026

Trajectory: declining · recomputed when new reviews arrive · limitations

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Health timeline

A dated record of what has actually happened to this app — launch, updates, price moves and record-board milestones. Every point is a stored observation, never an estimate.

Ratings tracked since 9 Aug 2026250.9K now
  1. 16 Aug 2026 Update Updated to v6.1.0 The most recent version we observed on the listing.
  2. 13 Jul 2026 Board Entered Family Friendly in Weather Best position observed: #8.
  3. 13 Jul 2026 Board Entered Weather Kings Best position observed: #11.
  4. 11 Jun 2013 Launch Launched on the App Store Original release date stated on the listing.

Dates are read from the listing and from our own daily observations; the rating curve accrues going forward. How we track.

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Listing & advisories

Download size

175 MB

Minimum iOS

18.0

Devices supported

iPhone 5s and newer · iPad

Age rating

4+

Advisories

None listed by the publisher

Screenshots

8 on the listing

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Screenshots are hotlinked from the public store listing and belong to the publisher.

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Rankings this app appears on

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Peer set

Peers are well-rated apps in Weather, selected by category and rating — not by similarity of description, so the comparison is like-for-like on scale.

AppRatingRatingsPrice
Weather Radar - NOAA Channel 4.6 250.9K Free
Tropical Hurricane Tracker 5.0 2,277 Free
nano - Wetter für Deutschland 4.9 1,885 Free
Tan AI: Tanning app 4.9 3,905 Free
Lil BUB Cat Weather Report 4.9 6,603 Free
Weather & Widget - Weawow 4.9 6,933 Free
My Moon Phase Pro - Alerts 4.9 2,581 $3.99
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Questions this record can answer

How was every figure on this page produced?

Each figure is read from public App Store metadata or computed from it, dated to when we read it, and traceable to a stored row. Percentiles, cadence, longevity and sentiment are derived by us; ratings, prices, sizes and dates are taken as the store reports them.

Why can the star average and recent opinion disagree?

The star average is cumulative over the app’s whole life, so recent opinion barely moves it. Any sentiment figure we compute reads only recent review text, which is why it turns first. Treat a divergence as an early indicator, not a verdict.

What can this page not tell you?

Downloads, revenue, active users, subscription pricing inside the app, and anything about security or data handling. None of those are visible in public store metadata, so we do not estimate them.

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Provenance

Source
Public App Store listing metadata and public customer reviews.
Collection window
Last read 17 Aug 2026. Listing re-read daily; reviews re-read on a slower cadence.
Derived figures
Percentiles, update cadence, longevity and sentiment are computed by us, not supplied by the store.
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