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Weather apps you buy once.

Buy MyRadar Pro. It opens straight onto animated radar over your location, which is the only thing most people open a weather app for, and it is the cheapest of the serious ones. eWeather HD is the pick if you want tides, air quality and pressure on the same screen. RadarScope is what storm spotters use and is priced accordingly. Read the catch on each one — three of these five still sell something extra after you have paid.

The filter. Every app here is a single purchase. None of them can start charging you monthly for what you already bought. See every app under this rule ›
Top pick

MyRadar Weather Radar Pro

Aviation Data Systems, Inc
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$5.99 once4.8★ (42,965)Updated Sep 8, 2026
Verdict
The fastest way to answer one question: is it about to rain on me. It opens straight onto animated radar over wherever you are standing.
Best for
Anyone who opens a weather app to look at the radar and nothing else.
The catch
Paying for Pro does not buy all of it. Reviewers report CarPlay and some radar features still behind a further subscription, and others quote a privacy policy that reserves the right to sell personal data.
One-time purchaseRadar firstSevere weather alerts

eWeather HD - Weather & Alerts

Elecont LLC
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$3.99 once4.7★ (8,573)Updated May 16, 2024
Verdict
More on one screen than anything else here — tides, air quality, earthquakes, pressure — without turning into a dashboard.
Best for
People who want the whole picture at a glance and will use more of it than the forecast.
The catch
Reviewers report severe-weather alerts arriving after the weather did. Do not make this the thing that warns you.
One-time purchaseNo subscriptionApple WatchDense data

Weather Mate Pro - Forecast

DylogicApps Pvt Ltd
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$7.99 once4.7★ (6,148)Updated Sep 2, 2026
Verdict
Reads from a network of personal weather stations, so the temperature it shows is the one on your street rather than the one at the airport.
Best for
Anyone whose local forecast is reliably wrong because the nearest official station is miles away.
The catch
Notifications are the most common complaint by some distance — several reviewers say alerts simply never arrive — and support does not answer email.
One-time purchaseHyperlocal stationsApple Watch

RadarScope

Base Velocity, LLC
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$9.99 once4.2★ (2,746)Updated Sep 3, 2026
Verdict
The tool storm spotters actually use. Raw radar in its native radial format, refreshed as fast as the radar itself scans.
Best for
Someone who can read a hook echo and wants the data before a consumer app has smoothed it.
The catch
The most complained-about app on this list, always for the same reason: twenty-six of the last two hundred reviews say the genuinely useful extras sit behind subscription tiers on top of the purchase.
One-time purchaseProfessional radarSubscription tiers on top

NOAA SuperRes Radar US

Shuksan Software, LLC
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$3.99 once4.7★ (1,503)Updated Jul 6, 2019
Verdict
Four times the radar resolution of an ordinary weather app, at a third of what the professional one costs.
Best for
Someone who wants high-resolution radar and nothing else bolted onto it.
The catch
Continental United States only, it can be slow to load on a connection that is not, and reviewers who emailed support did not get an answer.
One-time purchaseHigh-resolution radarUS only

Side by side.

AppPriceRadarSevere alertsSells extras after purchaseCoverageUpdated
MyRadar Weather Radar Pro$5.99AnimatedYesYesGlobalSep 8, 2026
eWeather HD - Weather & Alerts$3.99YesYesNone reportedGlobalMay 16, 2024
Weather Mate Pro - Forecast$7.99YesYesYesGlobalSep 2, 2026
RadarScope$9.99ProfessionalYesYesUSSep 3, 2026
NOAA SuperRes Radar US$3.99High resolutionYesNone reportedUS onlyJul 6, 2019

Who should skip this entirely.

Most people should skip this entire category. Apple's own Weather app is free, already on your phone, and now includes next-hour precipitation and severe-weather alerts for most of the United States. Unless you specifically want high-resolution radar, hyperlocal station data, or readings Apple does not carry, you are buying a nicer interface for something you already have. Buy one of these because you looked at the free one and found it short, not before.

Questions.

Is a paid weather app more accurate than the free one?Not usually. Most of these read the same public forecast models Apple does. What you are buying is how the data is shown, how much of it there is, and how fast the radar refreshes.
Which of these will actually wake me up for a tornado warning?All of them claim severe-weather alerts, but reviewers of two of them report alerts arriving late or not at all. Your phone's built-in government emergency alerts are the thing to rely on; treat any app alert as a second opinion.