MetService Rural Weather App

Name: MetService Rural Weather App
Rating: 3.50 (530 reviews)
Author: Meteorological Service of New Zealand

LiveMeteorological Service of New Zealand3 apps · 1.6M installsWeatherFree · contains adscom.metservice.fmgrural

New Zealand’s free weather app for rural region forecasts

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Total installs: 121,213
Installs / day: +1
Rating: 3.5★
Released: 29 Jul 2013
Last update: 7 Mar 2023
Countries: —

Installs per day

gain of the exact counter

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

3dAll

Dashed: estimate from the release date (no daily data before 10 Oct 2026) · time axis compressed before that day

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Change timeline

Full history

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

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We estimate where downloads come from using the app’s position in Google Play’s top charts in about 140 countries. This app is not in any chart we have collected yet; the estimate appears as soon as it is.

Top chart positions

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play

Shares data with third parties App info and performance and Device or other IDs
Collects data App info and performance and Device or other IDs
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

10 in 3 groups

4 Sensitive2 Notable4 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage

Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

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

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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

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Full description

New Zealand’s favourite rural forecasts are now available in a handy smartphone app. The app is free of charge. Features include: • 10 day regional forecasts for 29 rural regions • Severe weather information • 2 hourly wind, temperature and rainfall forecasts for the next 48 hours • 7.5 minute Rain Radar • 3 day and 5 day rainfall forecast imagery • The latest MetService TV Rural Outlook video • Daily past weather for the last seven days • User selected default location which is saved as the preference The app does not include urban forecasts, marine information, mountain information or maps that are not included in the list above. The app is developed for smartphones and is not supported for tablets. Full terms and conditions regarding the purchase and use of MetService mobile applications are available here: www.metservice.com/about/application-terms. This app is supported by advertisements.

What's new

Minor changes to back end functionality

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