FrankWeather — Live Radar

Name: FrankWeather — Live Radar
Author: BackstageCoding

LiveBackstageCoding10 apps · 91 installsWeatherFreecom.frankweather.app

Live NEXRAD radar, NWS alerts, forecasts, storm tracks, and alarms.

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Total installs: 46
Installs / day: +1
Rating: —★
Released: 13 Jul 2026
Last update: 11 Oct 2026
Countries: —

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

30dAll

Installs per day · last 90 days

Change timeline

3 changes

12 Oct 2026
Update date
8 Oct 202611 Oct 2026
12 Oct 2026
Version
0.45.1 → 0.46.1
12 Oct 2026
What's new
• Canada: alerts for saved Canadian places now arrive even when the app is closed. • Map: stations inside warning areas open properly and show readable names. • Use my location waits for a real GPS fix. • Steadier map sc…• More colour: colour-coded weather icons, a temperature bar for each day, and a sky-tinted Today card. • Icons and temperatures line up on every forecast row, with short day names. • Canada: rain chances and hourly fore…

Country availability

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play

Shares data with third parties Location
No data collected
Data is encrypted in transit
No way to ask for data deletion

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

8 in 2 groups

2 Sensitive2 Notable4 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks

LocationSensitive2

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

OtherNotable6

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description

FrankWeather is a live radar and severe-weather workstation — the same full-featured app as the Windows desktop version, available to everyone. No ads, no accounts, no tracking. RADAR LIKE A WEATHER DESK • Native single-site NEXRAD radar decoded from raw Level III data — exact measured dBZ, velocity, and dual-pol correlation under your finger, four elevation tilts • Animated radar loop with short-term nowcast, super-res Live HD mosaic, MRMS composite, base velocity, radar archive time machine, and HRRR "future radar" • GOES satellite (true color + infrared), live lightning with strike trends SEVERE WEATHER, TAKEN SERIOUSLY • Watches and warnings drawn as coverage-true polygons, nationwide • Storm-cell tracks with arrival-time estimates for your saved places • SPC outlooks, mesoscale discussions, and your location's categorical risk • Take-cover alarm with distinct tones per hazard, spoken warnings, and Storm Mode — a full-screen countdown + shelter checklist when a warning covers home • Tropical outlooks and hurricane tracking, wildfire/quake/drought hazard layers FORECASTS WITH HONEST UNCERTAINTY • Hour-by-hour and 10-day forecasts (GFS + ECMWF), model-confidence comparison • Atmosphere profile (sounding-lite), records for this day, sun & moon, air quality, space weather, river gauges BUILT FOR SAFETY • All features are included — weather safety shouldn't sit behind a paywall • Your locations stay on your device; there is no account and no tracking FrankWeather is not an official emergency-alert source. For life-threatening weather, rely on the National Weather Service, NOAA Weather Radio, and local alerts. Data: NWS/NOAA, SPC, NHC, RainViewer, NASA GIBS, Open-Meteo, Blitzortung, USGS, OpenStreetMap.

What's new

• More colour: colour-coded weather icons, a temperature bar for each day, and a sky-tinted Today card. • Icons and temperatures line up on every forecast row, with short day names. • Canada: rain chances and hourly forecasts now show, in local time.

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