Ever since I started using smart phones, I have been jumping between different weather apps and have not been very satisfied with most of them. I found the apps from the big weather providers like Accuweather and Weather Channel to be bloated and distracting with advertisements and irrelevant news. The app I was closest to being satisfied with was the free version of Dark Sky, but I didn’t get to enjoy it for very long since I discovered it not long before Apple acquired it. What are some of the best weather apps on Android right now?

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I recommend Weawow.

Odd name. Great app and widget. Single, dedicated developer and very simple monetization hook (just a donation, if I recall correctly).

Multiple data sources supported, and very customizable.

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That’s what I use and it’s the best weather app I’ve seen so far. The coolest thing is, when you’re choosing weather providers, it will show you the current forecast for each one, so you can compare them better.

And it has so many widgets that are easy to configure.

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Another +1 for Weawow. The widgets and choice of weather provider put it over the top for me.

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I’ve been using Weawow and I like it so far.

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Another happy user of Weawow here!

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Yes. Weawow is customizable and you can switch the weather provider. Also a good selection of widgets if you need them.

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Overdrop is a really nice one with a great looking UI.

Carrot Weather is also pretty good and has funny quotes it shows you if you like that kinda thing, but the dev is primarily an IOS developer so the Android app is pretty far behind feature wise if you compare the two versions.

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+1 to Overdrop. I like it quite a bit!

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Shadow weather is what I’ve been using since dark sky shut down. It has multiple sources, including apple(dark sky). Seems to be pretty accurate since it pulls from several sources.

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Seconding, the UI isn’t the prettiest but it has a lot of information, one of the best weather radar setups I’ve encountered, and fairly accurate predictions due to pulling data from multiple sources.

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I use prognoza - it’s open source and has MD3 widgets

https://github.com/davidtakac/prognoza

I started using it after the weather apps I use were just so fucking bloated I gave up and looked for another solution

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