Weather Elite by WeatherBug

- June 1, 2017

Everyone

Weather

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Description

The ad-free version of the highly rated WeatherBug app. Get the best weather app today!

“I love using WeatherBug because it is very easy to use and gives the most accurate current and future weather reports!” – Android User Review

WeatherBug is powered by the world's largest network of professional weather stations, providing the fastest weather alerts, real-time weather conditions, accurate hourly forecasts & 10-day forecasts, over a dozen weather maps including Doppler radar, satellite, lightning alerts, precipitation, local temperature, local pressure, local radar, wind chill, heat index, humid, wind, pollen, UV and much more!

THE WEATHERBUG ADVANTAGE
• Spark™ Lightning Alerts: Using WeatherBug's Total Lightning Network, receive Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts 50% quicker and be prepared for severe weather conditions.
• World's Largest Professional Weather Network: WeatherBug has the largest professional grade weather stations in North America which report hyper-local weather conditions in real-time.
• Animated Weather Maps: WeatherBug provides over a dozen weather maps so you have multiple options on what weather conditions you need to see.
• International Forecasts: Prepare for weather abroad with weather forecasts for over 2.6 million locations across the globe.
• Customize Your Weather: Customize your weather data to fit your personal needs with the ability to rearrange weather tiles to your liking.
• Lifestyles Forecasts: Custom weather forecasts for all your lifestyle activities such as sports games, golf, lawn care, allergies, pollen, outdoors & more.

TRACK ANY CONDITION
• Alert Notifications: Receive severe weather alerts from WeatherBug, the NWS & NOAA
• Current Weather Conditions: Real-time weather conditions for your local & saved locations
• Detailed Weather Forecasts: Reliable hourly forecasts & 10-day forecasts
• Local Pollen Details: Explore local polled and national pollen count & data
• Live Doppler Radar: Doppler radar animation for precipitation information
• Real-Time Traffic Conditions: View current traffic conditions to better plan your day
• Notifications View: See current weather conditions & receive alerts in your notifications area
• Precise Weather Details: Get wind speed, UV Index, weather observations and more
• Weather Widgets: Add weather information to your home screen with weather widgets
• Hurricane Center: Track hurricanes using satellite & radar and see the latest hurricane forecasts

CUSTOMIZE YOUR WEATHER
• Local Conditions: Get local weather conditions, weather map & weather radar
• Multi-language Support: Get your weather in English, Spanish & Portuguese
• Temperature Units: Fahrenheit (°F), Celsius (°C)
• Wind Units: MPH, KPH, Knots and MPS
• Pressure Units: Inches and millibars

CONNECT WITH US
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeatherBug
• Twitter: @WeatherBug
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EarthNetworks
• Know Before Blog: http://knowbefore.weatherbug.com
• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/weatherbug/

Join millions of users who depend on WeatherBug to help you prepare for all weather conditions and Know Before®.

Reviews

4.4

60,541 total

5 40,933

4 12,664

3 2,786

2 1,437

1 2,721

Bill Sadler

Update: I have continued using WBE, and the positive feedback I provided years ago (below) is still true today in 2017. Now, as before, no other app is better for weather - and importantly, WeatherBug Elite is AD FREE! || This is a fantastic app. WeatherBug Elite provides the most detailed information I have seen anywhere other than professional aviation weather services. There are certainly features that could be tweaked/added, but this is already a 5 star program.

A Google User

This app used to have the only decent weather radar live wallpaper years ago. Though it has been buggy for the past three years (developers abandoned it between 2014-2017) I was still able to use the live wallpaper. After the most recent update, however, the live wallpaper has been completely removed as well as the useful widgets. Thanks, new devs. You ruined one of my favorite apps.

Mark F

Had to change my review from 5 to 2. The update to this app removed a bunch of features. I loved the 4 day widget, upgraded and it's gone. No warning. Also the old widgets would open the app when you tapped on it. That no loner works. Tried the widget app to get my 4 day widget back. However it seems to use the free version and not Elite. Very poor design! Needs a lot more testing, should not have been released. Please correct quickly!!!

A Google User

Review revision: live wallpaper has disappeared? Cf. Below (from the last time it disappeared and then returned) for why this feature is so important to me. 2013 review; live wallpaper returns! I use that feature as my exclusive wallpaper, and it was the primary reason I purchased the elite version in the first place. When you ride as much as I do (200-300km/week), it really is invaluable. Rest of the revised app is decent--goes kind of the Accuweather route. I am glad though that WeatherBug has kept the descriptive text forecasts--some times a word, rather than a picture, is worth a thousand words.

Robin Pressnall

What have they done to the Weather Bug we paid for? My street names are gone on the radar screen. No matter which "layer" you choose, there are no landmarks or street names my my Moto Droid Z. What was wrong with it? It was great. I want my money back. They great reviews you are seeing before they auto removed the original app and updated it to this new app. Beware.

Gordon Byrn

What was once a really nice app has been completely ruined by the latest update. If I had wanted a "new" look and an "updated" interface I would have purchased a different app. This one now looks like it was designed by a 1st grade teacher to decorate her classroom and shock her ADHD students into paying attention. What were you thinking?!?

User reviews

Bill Sadler July 5, 2017

A Google User June 26, 2017

Mark F June 23, 2017

A Google User June 2, 2017

Robin Pressnall June 5, 2017

Gordon Byrn June 2, 2017

Vance Walker August 22, 2017

Did really like the app, even paying for the add-free version. Like the app and it's features. Recently (several months), however, the forecasts for AR have been less accurate than throwing a dart at a board (or other sites/apps). I'm going to use a less liked, but more accurate, service for a while.

Michael Mullen June 17, 2017

YOU GOT RID OF MY 4 DAY widget How dare you I payed for this app I expect good Things. Also I can't make the widget anymore Thanks Alot from an long term Weather bug User this App Now Sucks Way Worse. Getting another app...I have been a day one user for this app after the change the widget 4 day no longer exsist and doesn't change by location anymore this Weather Bug app SUCKS NOW Going to Accuweather app.

Robert Rodgers June 8, 2017

This weather app was good, but there are others that are better. The ONLY thing I used this app for 5+ years and paid for it was that it had a 3 day weather widget that was amazing. You could see 3 days in advance and see current weather conditions. You could customize the widget with colors of your choice. I'm so unbelievably upset over this. Change the actual app itself, no big deal, in a lot of ways the new is better. But you removed the widgets. If you bring the 3 day widget back I'll start using it again. Otherwise, I'm uninstalling and moving on.

Veronica June 11, 2017

Hate the updated version. It updated without asking. Can no longer see humidity percent and all the details in one place. Do like increase to 10 day forecast over 7. Have had this app for about 4 years and loved it until now. It looks pretty, but please put the humidity back on the main page with the temperature.

John Fricano July 31, 2017

Over the years I have had varying levels of satisfaction with this app and recently decided to download the newest version. It has improved drastically over the preceding version. It seems more accurate in forecast as well as current conditions. The layout and "look" are also much improved. Also the lack of ads is of great importance to me. It's " Back in the Limelight" again!

Joey Silva June 13, 2017

Ad that occasionally covers the lower half of the now pane is not "ad free". Widget selection has gone to crap, can no longer see a multi-day forecast at a glance without a separate app install. I wish I still had the old version. Now I have ads and less functionality on a paid-for app.

A Kuck June 2, 2017

I thought this app had been abandoned, but suddenly it is back with a huge UI update. Happy to see it, since I paid for the app in the first place. BUT, what happened to the widgets? Missing the 4 day forecast widget. Putting the same efforts into expanding the widget options would earn the app another star!

Matt Bult June 9, 2017

This had always been the most accurate weather app with to most functional widget. As many other have said, the widget is gone and the new dumbed-down interface is lousy. This was a utility app, functioned perfectly, and I had not a single complaint. Hey weatherbug, all will be forgiven if I can get a 5x1 current and 4 day forecast widget. Please.

Earth Networks June 13, 2017

Hi Matt! We’ve recently updated our Elite app to include our latest features, and were unable to carry over some of your favorite widgets. Our team has noted your feedback and will keep it in mind in planning future releases. -Eric

Priscilla Frase July 21, 2017

So glad weather bug elite finally got updated. Taken some time getting used to new look and features, but after rearranging information display to my tastes, it is as useful if not more so than previous version. I never used the widgets so that aspect did not bother me. I had emailed weatherbug a while back about the elite version not being updated so was glad to see that they got to it.

Albert K June 4, 2017

What the heck happened? Had this app for years and loved it. Now it's a complete mess! A disorganized graphic-design nightmare. Whoever designed and approved this update should be fired. Seriously--it's absolutely awful. If I can't restore the previous version I'm uninstalling it and will find another weather app. Epic fail!

Merciless V July 24, 2017

My only paid app. I've had this for years across multiple devices, worked/works great on all. Great widgets and keeps up with the weather not only at you home location, but real time while you're out. Not buggy, just an all-round fabulous weather app.

John Sule June 4, 2017

It appears that with this latest update, there is no longer a way to get the Live Wallpaper with the Doppler radar! This was one of Weatherbugs best features! This is not good. I rated this app in 2013 and today I am lowing my rating due to this MAJOR change. When they bring this back, I will consider a new rating at that time.

Kathilyn Long September 4, 2017

The new paid version is nice, but I no longer get precipitation amounts and I live in a very populated area of Virginia. For this reason alone, I've started using Weather Underground, but I still prefer WeatherBug. I've used WB for since their beginning. If they can fix the precip readings, I'll gladly come back. I really hope the WB dev guys are working in this. I like the upgrade, but I really miss the widgets. I'm really hoping that they'll eventually come back, but this developer doesn't seem to be too good with communication.

Mark Manning August 11, 2017

The hourly reports ARE NEVER correct in my area. Their 7 day forecasts do not match the hourly. Today, everyone else's forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of rain. Hourly shows nothing. Also wind direction ALWAYS shows some iteration out of the North. This time of year it is predomitly out of the South. I use this app pretty much only go temp and radar. Beyond that useless. Looking for another app

A Google User June 2, 2017

Taking away elite features like the 4 day widget is a slap in face for users that have paid and supported this app. The 3-1 widget is useless. The 2-1 widget has better information. The hourly details lack the information from before. Maybe these are just short sited growing pains. The pull down, part of the the status bar features is hideous. No customization. One positive about the update is 10 day forcast.

David Cantrell July 1, 2017

Loved and PAID FOR the original version of elite because of the widgets and lack of ads. Now, the widgets were stolen and I get ads. Also, the new UI is just silly, takes forever to load animations at new zoom levels, and no matter how often I open and close, always starts the weather maps as if I'm in south Africa. Hate it and am switching to Wunderground. Really pissed that you all did this to a paid app.

Tom Langley July 3, 2017

2017 UPDATE!!! The people at WeatherBug have finally honored their promise to us past purchasers of the Elite Version and all is forgiven. This is the finest weather app Period! Thank you so much for bringing us back to your unbeatable service. I have greatly missed it! Peace Be with You... 🙏🙏🙏 UPDATE: I obviously Did love it, ie 5 stars, but they rudely replied to my inquiry saying they no longer support my Paid version. No other apps do this! REPEAT: NO OTHER APPS DO THIS!....IT WAS - "The most accurate and comprehensive weather app available - whether you use the Free or the Elite version. I think it is worth the money to get rid of the adds." HONOR RULES! THEY HAVE NONE!!!

April Maner June 10, 2017

I loved this app and then they updated! I paid for this version yet I'm getting bogged with ads and even pop-up ads telling me I've won some gift card. WHAT is going on?! The new widgets are also pointless. Sadly I will be uninstalling until something is fixed.

Earth Networks June 13, 2017

Hi April. We definitely want to look into this and make sure that it is corrected. When you have time, send us a message at weatherbug.android@gmail.com so we can understand and fix this issue. -Eric

Jeffrey Anders August 1, 2017

I like weather bug elite but it has worthless widgets. Why does the free app have the usable widgets. I didn't pay for an app to be forced to use an ad packed version that I can't link to my elite account. Annoying and disappointing since the elite version used to have a 4 or 5 day forecast widget.

Randy Hale June 5, 2017

I have installed and removed atleast ten weather apps, but keep returning to this one. Part of the problem being that it takes a while to learn the tricks and limitations of any one app. Weather Bug appears to get much of their data from stations located at elementary schools. Perhaps this is tie in foe "bug" in their name. At any rate, this provides an amazing number of sources. I've gotten good weather app information and predictions in some pretty out of the way places.

Mark Chisholm July 5, 2017

Below is my former 5-star review. And then my 1 star after an update. Now back to a 3. Good info, 10 days forecast is good. But still not as good as before the bug update. Now, with new update, it's a 1. What happened to four day forecast widget? Not much point in even using any of the new widgets. The new screen layout is also dark, busy, and I have to scroll no to get all the information I'm looking for. Terrible new interface. Updates should be improvements, not subtractions. When I switched from BlackBerry to Android this was one of the apps I didn't want to lose. It works even better on my Samsung than it did on my BlackBerry and they keep improving it. I paid for the pro version, definitely an app that is worth the money. I live in the mountains, the weather advisories are potentially a life saver.

Chris Lein June 13, 2017

For ten dollars you have to have better widgets than that. Horrible would be an understatement. Went down to 1 star. Waste of money. 70 pecent chance of rain tomorrow but the hourly shows a 10% chance for only 2 hours all day. Terrible forecast.

Richard Luxenberg July 5, 2017

Finally an update to the paid app (I thought it was abandoned). Two things would make it even better 1) an update button in the notification bar (so you don't have to launch the app to update) and at the top of the app itself (so you can update from any screen) and 2) the pin for your saved location on the map should be located on the weather station and not in the center of the city. I live next to a weather station on the outskirts of a city and the pin on the map is no where near me.

A Google User June 13, 2017

Thanks for updating the application. I still like the old layout at least when you push the back button on the radar map it would go back to the main screen now it just closes the application. Going from a 7 day forecast to a 10 day is nice. Certain screens I can see a ad pop up and then disappear.

Anthony Procaccini June 10, 2017

So a few years ago. I paid for this app for one reason only. To get the three day forcast on the wigit. Well with this last update you took that away. Wow. If I new you was going to do that one day I would have never paid for the app. Now the paid verion is no different from the free. What a rip off.

Earth Networks June 13, 2017

Hi Anthony. We’ve recently updated our Elite app to include our latest features, and were unable to carry over some of your favorite widgets. Our team has noted your feedback and will keep it in mind in planning future releases. -Eric

Louis Caputo July 31, 2017

I've tried them all (well most anyway) and I think WeatherBug is the most comprehensive app available. I live in an area with LOT'S of lightning, and it has alerts to let me know when to take cover. It's easy to use and has a great interface, so give it a try!

A Google User June 1, 2017

Yes I am glad it was updated as it should of been however........ You removed some good widgets, there should be more to a premium version of an app besides ads being removed extra widgets is a simple and needed addition. The 5 day forcast and radar widget are both things that should be added

Christos Kyrou June 4, 2017

I really loved this app until the latest update!! What were you guys thinking? I wish I could reverse it to the previous version. The graphs and general information structure are now cartoonish and chaotic respectively. Very annoying. Too bad.

A Google User June 5, 2017

There's a big empty space on my home screen where the 4x1 widget used to live. You just walked away from prime real estate where you were top of mind every time I looked at my phone. Now you're buried in a list of apps I might check once in a while. I've read the other reviews, bet you didn't know you could anger so many people so quickly.

Wade Boaz June 2, 2017

Suddenly brought back from abandonment, it is nice to see the UI update, but the great, highly legible and efficient widgets are gone. Even when it was not fully compatible with Android N, I kept using it (putting up with refresh issues) because it had the best 4x1 widget of any weather app on Android. Now it has these stark, minimally useful widgets similar to what has been available as a separate Play download, with only the current day's information. Please consider bringing back the old 4x1 widget.

Neil Ryan July 2, 2017

One of the first apps on a new phone. Nice widget. Weather in a glance. Accurate radar maps. Told my brother in law who was riding his motorcycle he had an hour to get to my house before the rain would hit. He almost made it. Waited 5 minutes. Rode in the rain for the last mile. He installed the app. LOL

Danyell Shiflett June 14, 2017

Like many others I am upset that the app design has changed for the worst. 1) The first thing I noticed was the absent 4x1 widget. Seriously hate the new ones as they are not useful and are ugly! 2) Location is way wrong. It thinks I'm in a town 30 miles from here when there are much closer sources. 3) It has ads in an ad-free app that I paid for. 4) The overall design is terrible! It is cluttered and hard to find info that used to be all on a page at a glance. Uninstalling and in search of a better one. This one was the best by far but now it is crap!

Mark Kiraly June 17, 2017

Was a five but they severely limited the widgets on the last update. I really would like the three day forecast without having to open the app. The widget is a repeat of the status bar. That's not very helpful.

A Google User July 19, 2017

You removed the best widgets when you reinstated this app. Bring back the 4-day widget and customizable background. The included widgets are now terrible and your separate widget app does not fix the problem. It is a ridiculous excuse saying you are unable to "retain" features like that with the new design. That's called lazy programming.