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Add to SafariWhen comparing WeatherBug vs The Weather Channel, the Slant community recommends WeatherBug for most people. In the question“What are the best weather apps for iOS?” WeatherBug is ranked 5th while The Weather Channel is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose WeatherBug is:
WeatherBug estimates your location with a precision of a few meters.
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Pros
Pro Precise location data
WeatherBug estimates your location with a precision of a few meters.
Pro Warns of severe weather conditions
This app will send you a push notification a set amount of time before rain, storms, etc.
Pro Detailed hourly and weekly forecasts
Pro Radar map
Pro Spark lightning notifier
A feature called Spark shows where lightnings take place by accessing real-time lightning monitoring information. You can then set it up to notify you when lightning has struck in a specific place or when a lightning storm is near your location.
Pro Video of national forecasts
Pro Ability to customize your background
Pro Bright and quick user interface
The overall theme of The Weather Channel app is bright with a consistent amount of Weather Channel blue. Fortunately the app also performs well. The app shares a similar design to the Google Play Store with scrolling tabs for "radar," "now," "videos," and "forecast." The scrolling tabs are very fluid and each tab is quick to load.
Pro Solid offering of widgets
The Weather Channel widgets are attractive and functional. The widgets are available in 1x1, 2x2, and 4x1 sizes and even follow their own application's design language instead of following HTC like many others.
Pro Solid radar maps
The Weather Channel app's maps provide a descent amount of radar options but the overall design is very confusing and the in app tutorial hint is useless.
Pro Video forecasts
The Weather Channel with its large TV presence offers an impressive amount of weather forecasts videos in the app. Although many of the videos in the app such as "Lady and the Shark!" have absolutely nothing to do with weather.
Pro Travel based information
The Weather Channel application allows you to input a starting point and destination on a radar map and then predict if you will encounter any type of storms along the route. The feature needs work and doesn't always work properly but the idea is promising if improved.
Cons
Con Cluttered UI
Con Non-removable ads
Con Focused more on features than actual weather
A lot of the developers time for The Weather Channel app has not gone toward better weather forecasts but many unnecessary features like weather achievements and the annoying mPOINTS reward system.
Con Unremovable advertisements
The Weather Channel app includes banner advertisements like most weather applications but unlike other applications that let you pay a dollar or two to remove them, The Weather Channel forces them on you. Even worse is that they are positioned conveniently at the bottom of the application right where you are likely to accidentally open them.
