The Weather Channel AlternativesWeather Forecast Tools and other similar apps like The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel is described as 'Gives you weather updates with full screen maps, forecasts, alerts for severe weather, and more. Just enter your location. Or, if you're using The Weather Channel on a mobile device, it'll automatically detect your location for you' and is a weather forecast tool in the online services category. There are more than 100 alternatives to The Weather Channel for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, iPad, Web-based and Android Tablet apps. The best The Weather Channel alternative is Breezy Weather, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like The Weather Channel are Bura, Geometric Weather, Windy and Weawow.

  • ...

The Weather Channel gives you weather updates with full screen maps, forecasts, alerts for severe weather, and more. Just...

More about The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel alternatives page was last updated Apr 3, 2025
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
  1. Breezy Weather icon
     42 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Breezy Weather is a weather app with a strong focus on design, with a simple, clean UX, smooth animations, and Material Design all over, plus lots of customizability.

    78 Breezy Weather alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Widgets
    4.  Local-weather
    5.  Dynamic weather
    6.  Weather Alerts
    7.  Location-based
    8.  Portable

    Breezy Weather VS The Weather Channel

     
    • Breezy Weather is the most popular Android alternative to The Weather Channel.

    • Breezy Weather is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to The Weather Channel.

    • Breezy Weather is Free and Open SourceThe Weather Channel is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Breezy Weather is Privacy focused and LightweightThe Weather Channel is not according to our users
  2. Bura icon
     34 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Bura transforms and visualizes weather data from Open-Meteo.com to give you essential weather information at a glance, while allowing you to dive deeper with graphs.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Local-weather
    5.  Material design
    6.  Works Offline

    Bura VS The Weather Channel

     
  3. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Geometric Weather is a light and powerful weather app that provides you with real-time temperature, air quality, 15-days weather forecast, and accurate time-sharing trends.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Discontinued

    The app is not available in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store anymore. It can only be downloaded from F-Droid for Android devices, and it seems the GitHub repository is not maintained anymore. A more up-to-date fork exists under the name Breezy Weather icon Breezy Weather.

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Local-weather
    2.  Widgets
    3.  Weather Alerts
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Dynamic weather

    Geometric Weather VS The Weather Channel

     
  4. Windy icon
     30 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Windy.com is an extraordinary tool for weather forecast visualization. It’s fast, intuitive, detailed and most accurate weather app trusted by professional pilots, paragliders, skydivers, kiters, surfers, boaters, fishermen, storm chasers and weather geeks, and even by...

    91 Windy alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Animated map
    2.  Support for Layers
    3.  Favorites
    4.  Weather Alerts
    5.  3D Renderer

    Windy VS The Weather Channel

     
    • Windy is the most popular Web-based, iPhone & iPad alternative to The Weather Channel.

    • Windy is Freemium and ProprietaryThe Weather Channel is also Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Weawow icon
     11 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Weawow is a beautiful and highly accurate weather forecast application. You can also sell your photos at the Weawow marketplace.

    34 Weawow alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode

    Weawow VS The Weather Channel

     
  6. AccuWeather icon
     38 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    AccuWeather is an app that provides hourly, daily and 15-day weather forecasts, which you can integrate with your calendar.

    150 AccuWeather alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Android Wear
    • Kindle Fire
    • Apple Messages

    AccuWeather Features

    1.  Taskbar temperature
    2.  Forecasting

    AccuWeather VS The Weather Channel

     
    Comments about AccuWeather as an Alternative to The Weather Channel
    Guest
    Positive Aug 23, 2019
    0

    not owned by the weather channel

    The Weather Channel Icon
    AccuWeather icon
    • AccuWeather is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to The Weather Channel.

    • AccuWeather is Freemium and ProprietaryThe Weather Channel is also Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Ocula icon
     6 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Ocula is a weather app built entirely using modern web standards in an attempt to create a great looking weather app that anyone can use on any device while also providing a simple PWA template for developers to build upon.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Online

    Ocula Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode

    Ocula VS The Weather Channel

     
  8. WeatherMaster icon
     6 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    WeatherMaster is developed with pure HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Java. Designed to mimic the look and feel of a native Android app.

    58 WeatherMaster alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    WeatherMaster VS The Weather Channel

     
  9. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Offers detailed forecasts including temperature, wind radar, local air quality, ski reports, alerts, and extreme weather videos. Compatible with Android Auto, featuring a 14-day weather trend, live storm tracking, high-resolution maps, and a 90-minute nowcast for precise rain or storm data.

    54 Weather & Radar alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Android Auto

    Weather & Radar Features

    1.  Weather Alerts

    Weather & Radar VS The Weather Channel

     
  10. Ventusky icon
     6 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Animated wind, rain and temperature maps, detailed forecast for your place, data from the best weather forecast models such as GFS, ICON, GEM

    30 Ventusky alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad

    Ventusky Features

    1.  Radar

    Ventusky VS The Weather Channel

     
  11. FluentWeather icon
     6 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    A beautiful UWP weather app for Windows.

    35 FluentWeather alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Windows UWP
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Optimized for Windows
    5.  Portable
    6.  Local-weather

    FluentWeather VS The Weather Channel

     
    • FluentWeather is the most popular Windows alternative to The Weather Channel.

    • FluentWeather is Free and Open SourceThe Weather Channel is Freemium and Proprietary
    • FluentWeather is Lightweight and Privacy focusedThe Weather Channel is not according to our users
  12. Rain icon
     9 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    This application allows you to view the weather in your city. The following options are provided:

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Local-weather

    Rain VS The Weather Channel

     
12 of 151 The Weather Channel alternatives