The 10 Best Ad-Free Weather Apps and Widgets for Android
Weather apps have become a necessity, especially if you travel a lot. There are tons of amazing weather apps available on Google Play that serve the purpose pretty nicely.
However, the problem is that most weather apps contain ads that sometimes make the user experience frustrating. Usually, the odd pop-up for in-app purchases is bearable, but intrusive third-party ads in your daily-use apps can be overwhelming.
So, to resolve that issue, let’s look at ten of the best ad-free weather apps available on Android for free.
1. Weawow
Weawow’s elegant design with “wowing” photos gives you a unique-looking forecast for different weather conditions. Additionally, it has an ongoing notification feature to keep you updated all the time. You also get some pretty-looking widgets that you can add to your Android home screen, showing details like air quality, sunrise, and more.
The app has advanced features like a global map and radar for minutely tracking weather conditions around the world. And the best part is that you get all of this for free (with the odd in-app purchase options for buying photos) and, most importantly, without ads.
Download: Weawow (Free, in-app purchases available)
2. Windy.com
Windy.com is one of the best weather apps for smartphones and provides a visualization of the weather based on your location. It offers a real-time view of weather conditions, helping you stay up-to-date without needing to look into too many stats.
It’s an advanced app that even professionals like pilots might find useful. You can access all of its features, including map view, satellite view, air quality index, and much more, without worrying about ads. Some features do require unlocking through in-app purchases, though.
Download: Windy.com (Free, in-app purchases available)
3. OpenWeather
OpenWeather provides quite accurate weather forecasts and has global coverage. The app itself is pretty simple and easy to use, with a clean, minimal interface.
However, while it is simple, it still offers all the key features that you’d expect from a modern weather app. You can change units, add multiple locations, add widgets to the home screen, and do much more with it.
OpenWeather also provides you with real-time weather alerts, such as alerts for possible precipitation or severe weather conditions. And guess what? The app is not just ad-free but all the features are completely free as well.
Download: OpenWeather (Free)
4. Hello Weather
Hello Weather has one simple goal: to provide a straightforward weather forecast with no tracking, data collection, extra permissions, or ads. Just select your location and open the Forecast tab to get details about the weather in your area. Additionally, you can also add a weather widget to your home screen.
The app allows you to check weekly and hourly weather data and also offers predictions for weather changes. You get the basic features for free. However, it also has some premium features, like a weather radar, themes, alerts, and more detailed weather info, that are locked behind in-app purchases.
Download: Hello Weather (Free, in-app purchases available)
5. Windy.app
Windy.app is among the best weather apps available for Android and lets you personalize it based on what you need from a weather app, such as your favorite sport. The app has a beautiful look and visualizes real-time weather data, somewhat like Windy.com, and additionally offers a nice-looking weather widget for the home screen.
You get detailed weather information, including wind speed, wind gusts, swell, rain, and more. It does offer some in-app purchases, but you won’t see any intrusive ads while using the app.
Download: Windy.app (Free, in-app purchases available)
6. MeMeteo
MeMeteo has an almost minimal approach, as it provides you with a clean interface to view the weather conditions and updates. You can add locations to your favorites list, check the weather for the next 24 hours and seven days, and do much more with it. You also get a customizable weather widget that you can add to your home screen.
The app’s radar view allows you to visualize the weather data on the map. You can check the air quality, wind speed, rain, and some advanced information like the air quality index, precipitation chances, moon phase, and UV index. There are in-app purchases available, but it’s a weather app with no ads, nonetheless.
Download: MeMeteo (Free, in-app purchases available)
7. Flowx
Like a couple of other apps on this list, Flowx also provides visualizations for weather forecasts using maps and graphs, with the data coming from various weather models.
You get a visual overview of the weather conditions with details like rain, clouds, temperatures, pressure, air quality, and more. You can easily zoom in and out to see a suitable amount of detail according to your requirement.
Flowx also displays a graph for changes based on weather trends, helping you make plans for the coming days. In addition, you can place an informative weather widget on your home screen.
And apart from being ad-free, it also claims to have a no-tracking policy. However, two paid subscriptions are available if you want to enhance your experience further.
Download: Flowx (Free, in-app purchases available)
8. WhatWeather
WhatWeather is a simple weather forecast app that is focused on ease of use. Apart from having most of the bells and whistles you’d expect you can also use it as a standalone weather forecast app on your spare or older Android device. For this purpose, it has a fullscreen mode and an always-on feature for your screen.
Of course, the app is completely ad-free, but the free version only offers the basic features. If you want to use it on a spare Android device for always-on weather forecasts, its premium features might be worth checking out.
Download: WhatWeather (Free, in-app purchases available)
9. just weather
just weather is a completely free and open-source weather app that doesn’t contain ads or track you. It has a straightforward interface to ensure ease of use. You can check hourly, daily, and weekly weather conditions, and you’ll notice that it aims to provide only the necessary weather data to avoid information overload. This simplicity makes the app pretty fast too.
You can get all the required information for any day of the week with one tap. Moreover, it lets you enable or disable some of the weather details from the home page if you want to clean up or customize the interface to your liking.
Download: just weather (Free)
10. Yr
Yr is an app from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and has a refined design that makes it visually appealing. It provides you with multiple views like sky, table, and graph modes to check the weather conditions the way you like.
Its feature set, including forecasts, nearby weather conditions, and maps, gives you a precise weather overview. And most importantly, the app is pretty fast, and there are no in-app purchases or third-party ads.
Download: Yr (Free)
Stay Ahead of the Weather With These Apps
As you’ve seen, you get two main types of weather apps—visual and text-based. Both types will get the job done, so it is entirely up to you to choose one according to your preference. It’s best to test a couple of them side by side to figure out which one you like better.
What’s more important is that these weather apps are ad-free and free to download so you won’t be treated to an ad every time you want to see what temperature it is outside. Even better is that many of them don’t track you in any way, either.