Clime: NOAA Weather Radar Live Reviews

by Santiagoqr1

Downloaded Clime , authorized the download with my fingerprint, then opened Clime and was immediately prompted by another screen asking for my fingerprint, right after I said that I didn’t want to pay, that I just wanted the free version, they don’t clarify that the free version is 7 days free, and after that is paid. When it prompted me the second time for my fingerprint, I never thought I’d be paying a week later, since I selected the free version. I know they’re going to say “but it says on the screen that it’s not free” thing is, they use smaller fonts and on the bottom, making it deceiving and impossible to see at first glance.
Also, NOAA is a government agency, pretty much the “Weather Bureau” (as you used to be called) you’re funded by taxes, literally “for the people by the people”, why do you charge people for an app, that only mirrors something that it’s already paid for with tax dollars, I know there’s app developers and support and everything, but the department doesn’t live off these payments through the AppStore, your department has an anual budget, so why, WHY, why charge people for something that’s already paid for, AND SUCH AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT!?

by Alibelblue

I used to get lightning strike alerts and it was great to keep my kids safe inside when I’d get them. I noticed lately that wasn’t working, shrugged it off.

There’s a big storm rolling through and I went to check Clime , also thinking maybe I needed to update a setting for the lighting notifications but couldn’t get into Clime . Upon opening Clime was prompted to subscribe or do a free trial. When I tapped the button to not do the trail I saw the “continue” button and tapped it thinking I’d then be taken into the free site. Nope. I was redirected to Clime Store to subscribe for $2.99 a week. There’s no button or bypass to get into the actual app without subscribing.

I’ve seen customer service responding to others complaining of the same thing saying we can bypass it but there is no, single place that allows me to do so. I’m so disappointed in this underhanded practice to gain subscribers. If I had been alerted “hey, we’re going to make this a subscription-based app after this month to cover costs” I would have subscribed. But with this attempt at tricking people? No way.

by PeeAitchDee

Do people realize that NOAA stands for National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, aka the U.S. government? Whenever reviewers point this out the developer responds that they are not affiliated with NOAA, just using its data. As if that’s somehow better. Please understand: this developer has taken a publicly funded resource that serves a critical public safety purpose, tacked on a bunch of pointless features and ads to create a product functionally identical to any number of other janky rent-seeking weather apps, and now demands subscription fees for access to something that’s supposed to be free for everyone.

I get that subs are the business model now, and truthfully I don’t even mind ads or one-time purchases as compensation for value added. But it takes a special kind of arrogance to repackage a public asset you didn’t create and then charge the public a recurring fee to use it. If you can’t figure out how to turn a profit selling a product someone else paid for, your business should fail.

by Emilee3

It says it’s free in Clime Store, but then you can’t even open Clime until you sign up for a paid subscription. Really shady considering I think many people come to Clime looking to track hurricanes that may threaten their lives and the makers of Clime are trying to take advantage of them. Just do the right thing and list that it has a cost up front. It does have a ONE WEEK free trial option but that is linked to auto renew in 1 WEEK at $2.99 PER WEEK and I think the free trial doesn’t even include SHOWING the hurricanes anywhere, you would need to purchase the PREMIUM subscription for that, but you don’t find out any of that until after you sign up for auto renew.

Also BUYER BEWARE, if you decide not to get the free trial and you leave Clime , but then go back later thinking fine, I’ll just do the one week trial and remember to cancel in one week if Clime is not good, the RATE HAS CHANGED to a 3 DAY TRIAL that auto renews in 3 DAYS and NOW AT $3.99 A WEEK! Super shady and sneaky. Most deceptive app I’ve ever come across.

Seems like these people are trying to take advantage of people afraid of an impending potentially tragic hurricane and seems exactly like a form of price gouging, and just low low low business tactics. It’s incredibly shameful.

by Swcummins

I have 6 weather apps and all do great with tracking to your precise location other then Clime I am a insurance catastrophe adjuster that lives by the weather and reason I have so many various apps for those who probably use Clime do not travel as I have to for the catastrophic events I work with every time I leave my home location and stop at out of area location Clime just gets you close to the actual area maybe two hundred miles away so I cannot rely on Clime and I never had made a comment on an app until now
The last thing also is if you pay for Clime you cannot cancel this one and only app so before paying be aware no other apps I have of subscription with has this problem either so what this means your on a one way street purchase but cannot stop any renewal like other apps I feel like I just donated good money for nothing and now I have to call apple billing to help get rid of Clime in its entirety

by Aeliagoddess

First off, Clime has a great UI and it’s a great idea. It updates well and notifications are nice, but all the other features like hurricane tracking, etc, need to be paid for. You can pay for bits and pieces from $3/mo to $30/mo... no thank you. Clime is only useful for seeing current weather in any location. Clime does not let you see future forecasts unless you pay for it. Clime does not allow you to track tornado paths unless you pay for it. Clime does not allow you to track rain, sleet, hail, or snow unless you pay for it. Clime does not allow you to track wildfires unless you pay for it. You know what does allow you to track all this without paying for it? Your local weather station. Clime also says “Go ad free” a lot but the only ads on Clime are for subscribing to all the features inside of it. Every time you open Clime —ads. I have had to exit out of at least three ads begging you to subscribe every time I open Clime . Clime is crap. Thank you devs for making a completely useless and extremely expensive app. I will continue to google my weather from my local news station

by Mr. Cochroach

Being in Puerto Rico, it is necessary to have a severe weather app for the voracious Atlantic hurricane season. With the recent hurricanes Irma and Maria, Clime had to be in handy. However, Clime is full of ads that pop up. Usually I close them, but this time around when hurricane Maria was closing in on the island, I left Clime running continuously, while watching the dark clouds and squally weather coming off of the Caribbean.

Little did I know, an advertisement popped up while I was gone. I came back a few hours later to find that the phone was acting up. I got the notice that a virus had been encrypted into the phone. The awful advertisement opened by itself and virused my phone. Little did I know that the eyewall was an hour away and my pet bird was outside. I had no way of knowing because of the viral malware, and the winds picked up to 130 before I knew it and my bird was gone. Please find a way to filter these malicious ads out of your application, because this situation was completely unwarrented.

by Sundaeluv

This would be a 5 star app if it werent for full screen ads that come up in seconds after opening. And weather details that slide open/closed/open/closed so cant read the forecast! Weather Channel app opens to beautiful scene, gives forecast and if scroll we can see radar, week ahead, etc. Sorry developers, you still after all these months cant get this NOAA app to function well. Instead of creatively having ads within Clime page the pop-up ads cover full screen, often X to close ad is hidden, cant get ad to close. After getting to page the weather report that pops out of the right side goes away before you can read it, weather is gone and wont come back until you keep clicking, dragging etc. or close app and open again, but then you get another page covering ad again. Shame Clime developers dont know how to build an app that has ads creatively in them like so many other apps. Deleted this again, I love the Weather channel app SO much better!

by Nick FAKE NAME

If your looking for a free weather app that’s not already pre downloaded on your phone, then don’t get this! AccuWeather is a direct upgrade from the free version of this “free” app. AccuWeather tells if theres a warning in your area faster, most accurate and it tells you when the warning will end immediately. While the free version of this is slower and most likely less accurate, it doesn’t tell you when the warning will end immediately. AccuWeather will also tell you rain is near and will most likely start while you need to pay on Clime when will rain start and stop.

In conclusion Clime is probably good, but all of the possible “good” stuff is locked behind a pay wall. Get AccuWeather if you want to save money and not spend money on a weather app. And the most important stuff on Clime like tornado paths and wildlife stuff is locked behind a paywall. I would probably give this a higher rating if Clime were not so slow and stuff is removed from the almost inescapable paywall.

by MrPete56

I just downloaded Clime because my old weather app just changed drastically for the worse. Reading these reviews makes me think the root data provider for all these types of apps just changed how it does business. That being said, I signed up for the one week free trial that will automatically renew after the free trial is over. When signing up, the price was stated as nine dollars and change a year. What they don’t tell you is that is only one of three options. Nine something a year, four something per quarter and three dollars a week. Guess which “plan” you are automatically renewed to? The three dollars a week. If you aren’t paying attention, you will have spent the price of a year subscription in under a month. This information was hidden in the entire sign up process. I wouldn’t have bothered to look if Apple hadn’t sent me an eMail spelling out the terms. I think there must be quite a few complaints for Apple to do that.

by Eman4tw

Clime is pretty good for live radar and the lightning alerts are great to have. I paid for 1 year of pro and will not renew. We are literally getting hit with the remnants of Hurricane Elsa tomorrow and Clime says .25” of rain, light drizzle. My area is in a flash flood watch area (reported correctly by app) and is expected to receive 2-3” of heavy rain tomorrow. Relying on Clime has caused me to cancel plans due to bad weather when there wasn’t (within 24 hours of plans) and proceed with plans and get drenched (app only saying partly cloudy 0% chance of rain the morning of). All this time I’ve been thinking that NC weather is just crazy and unpredictable and just watched the radar and made a guess for myself. In reality it was the poor management of the forecasts in Clime giving me incorrect information. Clime is great, if it truly worked and gave reliable information. I’ve used Clime for 11 months now. I hope the developers read this and get things updated for the forecasts, I would totally renew my subscription if they would fix the forecast bug.

by IanMoone72

I had high hopes of finally finding a great weather app when I found this and downloaded it. Based on what I was seeing (and liked) I paid for the yearly subscription in Aug 2020. Since then, I have been underwhelmed by the radar map timeline, which I use a lot and this function is important to me. I love the rest of Clime features, the layout, colors, and detail are awesome. It’s also very user friendly in my opinion. But the radar map timeline functionality is just frustrating and I have found almost all other weather apps to be much more accurate and has the detailed timeline I want, without having to zoom out and see 1/2 the country. So after 5 months, I decided this was the deal breaker for me and cancelled my subscription (which I will still have the premium features until my subscription runs out in Aug). If before then the functionality of the radar map timeline is improved then I will most likely resume my subscription. But I honestly can’t pay for a service that ends up being a disappointment and I have to go to one of my free weather apps to see what I should be seeing on this app.

by Tons O' Fun McJigglesworth

Airline Tower Manager here. Bottom line: I love Clime . I even upgraded to the pro version. My wish is that there were options to choose which notifications I receive and which I don’t. As it stands right now, the only choice I have is to either receive all notifications or none of them. I’m receiving so many this app notifications that I’m desensitized to them. Critical notifications are lost in a sea of non-critical information. I’d like to be able to customize this so that when I receive a this app notification, I know that it’s something important based on settings specific to my operational needs. We do have an airline-specific app contracted through one of the major meteorological organizations, but the this app app is easier to access and navigate quickly. So again, great app…please let me customize my notifications.

by Beech Nut

I got Clime because I thought just like the scanner I wouldn’t need anything else. I pay for the subscription and barely use Clime. One reason being is because their is no iOS widget support. Yea their is a widget but it never works. Pay for a subscription just to have part of it flawed. Second reason is more of a effort could be made to provide information for local roads and highway’s. Local school closers and day care centers sports could all be made available for the price we pay not not some real time radar that we can get with any weather app. Third I am paying for something that doesn’t play along with my Truck, and agin the widget being always broken is lousy I also don’t think it’s half as reliable as the free scanner version I grew up appreciating.

by Mike George - Lucia Falls, WA

I like Clime in general very much. My suggest is to include a LEGEND page or pop up, that at a glance shows the different icons and what they mean. Without having to go into the side bar for setting parameters. Sometimes you just want to be reminded what an icon or feature does and is used for, and at a glance. Also, there should be some instruction on what some of the actions of the icons signify. Like when an icon is touched and it disappears. Otherwise some of the features are fantastic. My suggestion is to have a home page for each user, that will always load with a set of preset parameters. It kind of does this now I think, but not consistently. So to recap, it just needs more user friendly controls.

by J's Revolution

Clime works well. To bad most people can’t read well enough to see that the trial and pricing issue are ‘user’ based and have nothing to do with bad or misleading practices, sheesh, slow down and read, actually read.

My one suggested change is to go with a different map service. I like Mapbox myself. I want more detail when I zoom out and Mapbox provides this. If I compare Clime to the map service in my current weather app Storm from TWC, they use Mapbox, much greater detail when zoomed out on the same regions.

Other than this issue, which hopefully you’ll consider, I’m looking forward to making this my full time weather app! Plus, the yearly fee of $9.99 which can be chosen during the trial, feels great. Reading AND understanding will carry you far ;)

by Edwgass

Wow!! What great graphics and info!! I already feel safer. We’ve endured 2 major floods, here in Robeson County NC, just in the past 5 years. Here in rural America, the weather is a major factor in what goes on , what gets accomplished on a day to day basis. Thanks people for a job well done! PS. We Natives Never worshipped the sun(son), the created,...We worship the Father YAH, the Creator. But, when colonialism took place, another belief was instituted, instilled,,FORCED upon the Natives. Our spiritual roots go all the way back to the Old Hebrewic way referred to in the Old Testament. For some reference; ‘The History of the American Indians’ James Adair, first published in 1775. On the other hand, see Alexander Hislop’s ‘The Two Babylons’ for some very interesting details of how the practices in Catholicism and Christianity are traced all the way back to Ancient Babylon.

by LauraAnn7691

Love it b/c it let’s me look at the weather in other cities before I finalize my travel plans so I will know what the weather will be where I’m going and the outlook for several days which makes it easy to make decisions to still go or postpone due to possible bad weather forecasted. For example I was planning a trip to the Mountain here in Asheville, North Carolina and found that the weather was not going to be in my favor due to snow. First, I’m disabled and can’t take chances on being stuck somewhere I’m not able to get back home cause they shut down the highway when bad weather comes. Second, where I currently reside in North Carolina we get plenty of bad weather from snow, sleet, freezing rain and blizzard (due to nor Easters). I don’t take chances at home so why would I want to take chances somewhere else. I can’t take a risk of falling b/c of several medical issues that restrict my ability to get around (both knees been replaced and currently waiting on date for lower spine surgery) along with several other medical issues that restrict my ability to just go and take unnecessary chances. Clime helps me make smart decisions that will best help me protect my health. Love it. It’s a 5 Star App. Highly Recommend you get it if you don’t already have it.

by Floridaturfman

Let me start out by saying this weather app is awesomely GREAT! I live in Florida where the weather can be crazy unpredictable… i work outside on a golf course where weather patterns are important… Clime does it all and is accurate!!!
I just recently came across Clime and I’m so glad I downloaded it to try it to compare it to Clime I recently was using(my radar) and prior to that I was using weather bug… I def already like Clime better than both of those and I’ve only had it a little over a week now! I love the whole interface of the whole app… the widget is even cool!!! it’s easy to use and to get the hang of with finding everything…. The radar is nice smooth and cool …full of cool features and little added stuff like rain falling where applicable on the radar… the whole app is just great,cool and easy to use! So happy I came across Clime and it has taken over and become my number one and ONLY weather app!

by Mikeane1

I have used the ‘full’ NOAA website for three decades to track hurricanes and watch for local bad weather. I have not used Clime for hurricanes, yet, but the local maps for the radar loop are problematic, even with internet service, on the iPhone. They are almost useless for accurate local data on tornadoes (still great for tracking larger storms and rapidly moving fronts) due to data limits, particularly heavy local cell system usage during tornadoes. Clime trims links to the massive database at NOAA for the power of a shorter ‘history’ (4 passed tracks to 7 on the full website, or 35-40 minutes instead of 70 minutes), but the ‘loss’ of tracking information is minor and FAST current data is more useful during sudden weather and for driving. It was invaluable during a recent trip to New Orleans to time leave times and plan stops to avoid pop up thunderstorms. Nothing but good things found with app over NOAA main website and local news weather apps (lots of adds with the ‘locals’ and websites are problematic to find using iPhone when traveling).

by Hal3th

I downloaded this application for one day. It’s an ok weather application. I subsequently decided to delete it as I felt I didn’t need it for a subscription of 3 dollars a week. However, even after deletion I was charged 7 times. It took me a while to realize this was the case since I live abroad and don’t use my home country’s bank account that often.
So a warning that this application automatically signs you up for subscription during your free trial. It does warn you of this. However, even though you may delete Clime and never look at it again, they will charge you unless you log into iTunes and look at your subscription list. This seems unreasonable if you aren’t using the application.

TL;DR application will still charge you if you delete it before free trial is over. You need to go on your computer to cancel the automatic subscription even during the free trial period.

by Dasprague

I downloaded this and when I opened it the first time, it asked me to turn on location services. I said no. The next thing that pops up is asking me to turn on location services. I again say no. The next pop-up tells me this is a 7 day trial and you the have to buy Clime . Mind you, I still haven’t gotten into Clime . That’s when I deleted it. Developers: you should just charge for Clime up front, since it’s not really free. Get rid of the ads. You also need to drop the push to turn on location services. If I have them off, it’s because I know what they do, and if you think by asking a second time in a different way that you will get a different answer, you’re just wasting my time and making me extremely skeptical about what you use that data for and what else is hidden in Clime . At best, this is deceptive advertising. At worst.... That could go too many ways, and all are nefarious.

by Nxcoco

Who are the weather app developers? They must be those kind of people who think so much that they cannot really get anything right. Clime just became more and more terrible. The radar alone is so dumb. It projects to the next day so while you think you are watching current weather conditions. You are actually watching radar data that may or may not happen. It makes the simple act of looking at a radar so confusing and dumb. It’s also full of ads unless you buy the subscription. Please help deter this disturbing trend by not buying Clime and rating it low. In a few years they will have us paying 40 dollars a year for weather forecasts. This is how it starts. I'd rather pay up front and be done with it. I’m about to give up on radar apps. I wish someone would make and app that’s a current radar with the ability to put down pins. That’s it. They used to exist. There seems to be some sort of developer gold rush for subscription apps being done by idiots right now.

by Twentdoggo

So, apparently Clime now has a subscription you can subscribe to when they have an already one time pay premium app. Why? Why would you do this? Are you getting rid of the premium app? If so, why? There was nothing wrong with that app. This just makes the whole NOAA Weather Radar apps a whole mess. Also, Clime claims to be the only app to show all NWS service alerts and warnings on the radar. I'm pretty sure MyRadar, Storm, and many other apps show alerts like this, and show more alerts than what Clime shows. I was really debating weather to shell out and buy the premium app, but these reasons make me not want to. Updates come in every 3-6 months and the developers apparently don't really care about the consumer. You guys really have made a bad first impression with me. Clime doesn't deserve the stars it already has.

by Fredr1c

Clime does everything it says it will do. However I’ve had a couple of occasions where Clime ’s temperature readings both current and predicted don’t agree with other sources for the same location or my own thermometer. These disagreements are wide in scope and long in duration — 7 - 10 degrees high or low, and they can last several days or more. So I can’t trust it for vacation planning, for example, without a double-check — something I learned by experience. It’s off by 7 degrees right now for my home location.

For alerts, it will leave old expired alerts in place on the map even as it talks about new alerts elsewhere.

So while it works very well and I’m a monthly subscriber I cannot recommend Clime wholeheartedly until NOAA fixes these issues.

by Ranchitaa

Clime could use a little bit of an upgrade.
The weather “alert” app is not working since I rely heavily for the alert for thunderstorms and flooding.
We have cattle and we have a creek. We can loose some of our cattle if our creek gets flooded. So I’m constantly looking at the weather to be prepared to move cattle when we need to. But, the alert would be very helpful and would be less stressful for me since I’m too busy to keep watching for the weather..... 😑
However, I dislike the fact that there is another weather app you can purchase for $4.99 a month just to know where the lightning strikes are at, when I already have the NOAA app. I wouldn’t mind paying $0.99 a month for the extra’s not $4.99.

by TR904

Update: Another option I’d like to have is the ability to turn on alerts but turn on/off alert overlays on the map.

Clime presents all the information I’m looking for in a simple layout. With other apps radar is secondary, Clime makes it primary but very easy to then get detailed weather info. Here are two improvements I’d recommend. Add selectable zoom levels for the radar at launch. The current setting is too focused and I have to zoom out to see the bigger picture. Maybe 50, 100, 300 miles out from location. Second I’d like the sunrise/sunset to be “smart”. After sunset display the sunrise time. After sunrise display the sunset time. No need for separate icons. Thanks for a great weather app!

by KC Daily Driver

Started using WU for about 10 years ago to track weather conditions and historical data for major construction sites. When Clime went mainstream it was by far the best ad based weather app. The recent updates to the function was difficult to navigate because they do give a lot of information. Almost to much, but the recent update to the radar are next level details. We rely on Clime when we make plans to drive over the mountain pass in Colorado and it has always preformed well. Give it a chance and you will be amazed at how much information you can get from a ad based free app that can do circles around the closest competition.