RainAware
RainAware LLC Weather iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac
RainAware is a paid Weather app for iPhone and iPad by RainAware LLC. Rated 3.9/5 from 1,069 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated September 28, 2026.
- Rating
- 3.9
- 1K ratings
- Price
- 4.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 43 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 28
- 2026 · v2.1.8
Screenshots
About RainAware
Know exactly when rain will start and stop at your location. RainAware, the original hyperlocal rain app with RainClock, push alerts, live radar, satellite, lightning & storm tracking. ***** INCLUDED IN THE STANDARD VERSION ***** • Rain Clock See rain timing for your location up to 3 hours ahead. Example: “Rain starts in 1 hr 30 min and ends at 4:30 PM.” Background images match the weather outside. • Alerts & notifications Get notified when rain is coming or ending, or when severe weather threatens. Customize alert timing, rain-duration thresholds, proximity settings, and alert frequency. • Regional radar, satellite, and 1-hour precipitation View live weather imagery over a regional domain, then move the domain anywhere to inspect weather there. • Watches, warnings, and advisories View active hazards including severe storms, floods, winter weather, wind, fire, marine alerts, and more. • Weather map overlays Analyze the map with overlays for surface observations, lightning, hurricane tracks, storm reports, moving ship observations, and more. • Landscape mode & fast looping Use landscape mode for a larger map with extra pan and zoom controls. Long-press to burst-loop imagery faster and spot trends. • Current conditions ticker Cycles through the nearest surface observation and also shows nearby lightning, precipitation, and storm reports when relevant. Tap icons to jump to the location. • Interactive graphs View 36-hour trend graphs for temperature, wind, cloud cover, precipitation amount and type. • Forecast Clock See the next 8 days in a concise Today/Tonight format, including sunrise, sunset, and moon phase. • Site lists Quickly check weather for nearby cities, airports, ballparks, speedways, golf courses, and more. Stadium views include wind direction for in, out, or across-field awareness. • Drawing tools Draw on the map, add text, overlay it on weather imagery, and share. • Weather badges Badges show when rapid changes in rain, temperature, clouds, or wind are forecast. Configurable. • Deep customization RainAware includes extensive settings so you can tune the app to your workflow. ***** SUBSCRIPTION FEATURES ***** Subscriptions are available in-app and work across supported devices. • Full-map access View the full weather map without regional limits. • Storm cell tracking Filter storm cells and view motion, hail potential, rotation, and more. • National radar products Includes Echo Tops, Hail Swaths, and Rotation Tracks. • Single-site radar Access reflectivity and velocity products, with options to merge Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico radar into the national view. • Expanded satellite imagery Adds water vapor and colorized visible imagery for enhanced cloud-top analysis. • More alert types Add lightning proximity alerts, severe storm report alerts, and alerts for another location. • RainPro tool Interactively refine precipitation motion for even more precise rain timing. • Environmental fields Display threat areas, VAD wind profiles, isobars, CAPE, updraft helicity, 500 & 850 mb charts & more. • Warning & observation monitor Filter and sort warnings and surface observations. • Advanced surface observations Plot thousands of stations, ships, and buoys, including water temperature and wave height. • Longer loops Animate up to 36 frames and as much as 12 hours ahead on capable devices. • Aviation mode Use FAA sectional maps as an underlay, display flight rules at stations, and view winds aloft at VWP locations. • Advanced drawing tools Draw fronts, time-match drawings to imagery, and create lines, polygons, circles, and squares. • Faster data updates Get more frequent radar, satellite, and surface data refreshes. • Performance controls Manage memory, cache behavior, panning, and image tiling. Coverage is best across the USA and southern Canada. Satellite and local radar coverage also extends from Hawaii to the Caribbean. https://www.rainaware.com/rainaware_coverage_map.webp
Ratings & reviews
3.9
1K ratings
What’s new
Version 2.1.8 · Updated September 28, 2026
- Several fixes that improve app stability - More precise time matching of overlay fields on weather map. - For tablets with mouse enabled, added right-click menu.
App privacy
The developer, RainAware LLC, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
Used for: App Functionality
Alternatives to RainAware
Looking for apps like RainAware? Here are 6 similar apps on the App Store. The highest rated is wXL23 (4.9/5), and 3 of the 6 are free to download.
-
MyRadar Weather Radar Pro
4.8
-
Rain Radar App
4.1
-
RadarScope
4.2
-
My Lightning Tracker Pro
4.8
-
wXL23
4.9
-
Dark Sky Tech & Rain Radar
2.9
| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RainAware | 3.9 / 5 (1,069 ratings) | 4.99 USD | September 28, 2026 | |
| MyRadar Weather Radar Pro | 4.8 / 5 (43,065) | 5.99 USD | Oct 22, 2026 | Compare |
| Rain Radar App | 4.1 / 5 (25) | Free | Sep 23, 2026 | Compare |
| RadarScope | 4.2 / 5 (2,801) | 9.99 USD | Oct 5, 2026 | Compare |
| My Lightning Tracker Pro | 4.8 / 5 (6,069) | 4.99 USD | Oct 20, 2026 | Compare |
| wXL23 | 4.9 / 5 (212) | Free | Sep 10, 2026 | Compare |
| Dark Sky Tech & Rain Radar | 2.9 / 5 (39) | Free | Oct 25, 2026 | Compare |
Compare RainAware with the top alternatives: ratings, updates, ASO score and keyword gaps →