“It's a decent app. But with an upgrade a year or two ago, RadarScope locked previously "free" features behind a subscription paywall. That would be understandable if I hadn't already paid several years ago to download the app in the first…”
Public review signal · 550 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
4.0 ★9,119 ratings
100K+Downloads
4+Age rating
325 MBApp size
$9.99In-app purchases
About this app
RadarScope is an AMS-award-winning weather visualization tool that empowers meteorologists, public safety officials, storm spotters, and weather enthusiasts to view a full suite of single-site radar data and related severe weather products. Your initial purchase provides professional radar visualization in a fully native app, free from distracting and invasive practices, with optional subscription packages to add even more capabilities.
Whether you’re scanning for a mesocyclone’s tell-tale hook echo, pinpointing the landfall of a hurricane’s eye wall, or identifying velocity couplet, hail spike, or debris ball signatures, RadarScope displays native radar data in its original radial format. You see what the radar sees almost as soon as the radar sees it, with automatic updates every two to ten minutes depending on the radar’s scanning strategy.…
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Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
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Paywall blocks the basics6 reviews · user report
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“A not so "premium" weather app. For a $10 app, I was expecting more. Everything useful is behind paywall subscriptions. If you're not willing to pay for an endless subscription, then you better stay away from this app. I tried a refund…”
“This app is a fat scam. You pay $10 for the app but all the good features are locked behind a subscription. Are these people stupid? You have to get a costly subscription to make the most out of a paid weather app? Seriously we paid for…”
Assessment & version history
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Store listing updated to version 5.7.1.
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