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 like Today Weather (paid app IIRC). Has customixable widgets

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Not an app, but I’ve become quite a fan of MerrySky recently on both mobile and desktop.

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If I remember correctly it’s a drop in replacement for the Dark Sky API.

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Check this site for the most accurate weather provider in your area. Then choose an app that can use that as a source. https://www.forecastadvisor.com/

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I was about to write that some local (country level) have the better forecast.

Living in Switzerland, I’m using mostly MeteoSwiss as it gives me good forecast.

Do you know any similar site that works well outside us?

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I’m surprised no one here has said Shadow Weather. It’s meant to be a replacement for Dark Skies on Android.

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I use Geometric Weather from fdroid, it’s very polished. It’s entirely FOSS, so nothing’s spying on you.

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Geometric weather hasn’t been updated in ages, its been forked and is called breezy weather fyi

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can’t seem to find that on the play store or fdroid

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https://github.com/weblate/breezy-weather The page says available on Fdroid soon™️

I like yr.no, by the Norwegian meteorological institute.

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Just installed it 5 minutes ago from Fdroid, so it’s there.

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Wow, I’ve been using geometric for some time now but breezy definitely fixes a few things that had been annoying me! Thank you!

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