Forecastie vs Meteocool - Rain radar
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Forecastie
A simple, copylefted libre software weather app for Android. It gathers data from OpenWeatherMap, via their public API. * Simple design * Detailed 5 day forecast * Multiple units * Works with any city in the world * Offline functionality
Meteocool - Rain radar
You do not want to get wet or follow thunderstorms? Then this is just the right application for you. Based on the current cloud situation and the forecast calculations of the German weather service, you will be informed about upcoming rainfall at your location via push messages. Currently only the Central European area is covered. We try to expand this in the future! The application is open-source and therefore free of advertising and costs. Features at a glance: - Real-time notification of precipitation - Notifications of rainfall (rain / snow / hail) up to 60 minutes in advance (push -> location access required) - Live view on cloud movement forecast up to 45 minutes in the future - Rain radar with automatic, fast update - Live lightning card (via blitzortung.org) - supports Android wide "Dark Mode" as of Android 10 - Free and Open Source!
| Feature | Forecastie | Meteocool - Rain radar |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | BrowserWeather | BrowserWeather |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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