Weather Radio by WDT
$4.18
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About Weather Radio by WDT
Weather Radio (from the same company that brought your RadarScope) enables you to receive critical alerts via voice and push notification regarding life-threatening weather events. Your iPhone will “wake up” with alerts and also track your location to warn you wherever you go. Listen to local weather forecasts while you are on the move. Enjoy the power of a NOAA Weather Radio, with all the convenience and precision of a smart phone.
Weather Radio is an entirely revamped app, formerly known as iMap Weather Radio. WDT has made significant improvements to the app based on your reviews, feedback, and support inquiries. We appreciate your involvement!
***GENERAL FEATURES***
•Patented Alerting Engine: Weather Radio provides more accurate alerts than those offered by typical consumer alerting services. Most of these services will alert you to severe weather if you are in a county only partially covered by a watch or warning, even if you are not actually directly within the watch/warning. Weather Radio ensures you receive an alert only if your device or saved locations fall inside a watch/warning polygon. This means you are not disturbed by alarms irrelevant to your location.
•Complete Control: You control what types of alerts you receive through the app. From our extensive weather product list, choose only the type of alerts you want. For example, select only tornado warnings or just winter weather warnings for specific locations.
•Follow Me: Follow me is a critical feature if you are on the go. Imagine you are driving through an area of adverse weather. This app will alert you if you are in an area when a watch/warning is issued, without you having to do anything.
•Friends & Family: Weather Radio can also save up to five fixed locations in addition to your current position. This means you can ensure friends and family at school, out of state, at a ballgame, etc., are safe.
•Audio: Weather Radio provides audio alerts in the form of beeps followed by a brief description of the alert type. The audio could wake you in the middle of the night, or give you information you need when you can’t stop to look at the phone. Furthermore, you can listen to the alerts and forecasts for your area at any time.
•Radar: Quickly reference where you are in relation to adverse weather utilizing the in-app radar system that features watch and warning overlay.
•Quick Forecast: Weather Radio is the only weather app you need. Quickly access current and forecast weather information for remote locations. Forecast features hourly data for up to three days in advance and daily information out to seven days.
•Voice Over: We have optimized this app to work with Apple’s Voice Over technology ensuring our life-saving app is welcoming for the visually impaired.
•Video: In markets where local media partners participate, you can view streaming video of severe weather coverage for up-to-the-minute information.
***IN APP PURCHASES***
$4.99 – Lightning Alerting – WDT has harnessed the power of the ENTLN lightning network and combined it with our patented alerting engine. Lightning alerts are sent when a lightning strike is first detected within 6 miles of your location and an all clear is sent when no lightning is detected within that range for 30 minutes. These are the rules recommended by lightning experts to ensure safety while outdoors. In addition to alerts, view real-time lightning strikes on the map.
***ABOUT WDT***
Weather Decision Technologies, Inc. is a weather content and technology partner for many major weather brands in the U.S. Weather is our business and weather safety is our passion.
***COMMUNITY***
Learn more about Weather Radio and receive update notifications and information.
facebook.com/iMapWeatherRadio
twitter.com/Weather_Radio
***SUPPORT***
Visit our support page for FAQs and questions.
http://support.wdtinc.com/mobile/Weather-Radio.html
Weather Radio is an entirely revamped app, formerly known as iMap Weather Radio. WDT has made significant improvements to the app based on your reviews, feedback, and support inquiries. We appreciate your involvement!
***GENERAL FEATURES***
•Patented Alerting Engine: Weather Radio provides more accurate alerts than those offered by typical consumer alerting services. Most of these services will alert you to severe weather if you are in a county only partially covered by a watch or warning, even if you are not actually directly within the watch/warning. Weather Radio ensures you receive an alert only if your device or saved locations fall inside a watch/warning polygon. This means you are not disturbed by alarms irrelevant to your location.
•Complete Control: You control what types of alerts you receive through the app. From our extensive weather product list, choose only the type of alerts you want. For example, select only tornado warnings or just winter weather warnings for specific locations.
•Follow Me: Follow me is a critical feature if you are on the go. Imagine you are driving through an area of adverse weather. This app will alert you if you are in an area when a watch/warning is issued, without you having to do anything.
•Friends & Family: Weather Radio can also save up to five fixed locations in addition to your current position. This means you can ensure friends and family at school, out of state, at a ballgame, etc., are safe.
•Audio: Weather Radio provides audio alerts in the form of beeps followed by a brief description of the alert type. The audio could wake you in the middle of the night, or give you information you need when you can’t stop to look at the phone. Furthermore, you can listen to the alerts and forecasts for your area at any time.
•Radar: Quickly reference where you are in relation to adverse weather utilizing the in-app radar system that features watch and warning overlay.
•Quick Forecast: Weather Radio is the only weather app you need. Quickly access current and forecast weather information for remote locations. Forecast features hourly data for up to three days in advance and daily information out to seven days.
•Voice Over: We have optimized this app to work with Apple’s Voice Over technology ensuring our life-saving app is welcoming for the visually impaired.
•Video: In markets where local media partners participate, you can view streaming video of severe weather coverage for up-to-the-minute information.
***IN APP PURCHASES***
$4.99 – Lightning Alerting – WDT has harnessed the power of the ENTLN lightning network and combined it with our patented alerting engine. Lightning alerts are sent when a lightning strike is first detected within 6 miles of your location and an all clear is sent when no lightning is detected within that range for 30 minutes. These are the rules recommended by lightning experts to ensure safety while outdoors. In addition to alerts, view real-time lightning strikes on the map.
***ABOUT WDT***
Weather Decision Technologies, Inc. is a weather content and technology partner for many major weather brands in the U.S. Weather is our business and weather safety is our passion.
***COMMUNITY***
Learn more about Weather Radio and receive update notifications and information.
facebook.com/iMapWeatherRadio
twitter.com/Weather_Radio
***SUPPORT***
Visit our support page for FAQs and questions.
http://support.wdtinc.com/mobile/Weather-Radio.html
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
• Addresses an issue in disabling lightning alerts.
• Addresses an issue in disabling lightning alerts.
Price update Price changed from $4.78 to $4.18.
Price update Price changed from $3.66 to $4.78.
Version update Weather Radio by WDT was updated to version 3.2.1
Version update Weather Radio by WDT was updated to version 3.1.2
What are users saying about Weather Radio by WDT
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I am no longer receiving alerts. Used to work great but no audible alerts anymore. Also as others stated you have to force quit the app to have it locate you after you have opened it previously. 2016 Dec and the app doesn't work ...I use the weather channel now and it's free. Don't pay for somethg that doesnt work.
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James Spann recommended this app. I used other's like bug and most others this is the BEST. Worth every penny. Not a data hog, no ads, alerts flawless, radar spot on. I don't hand out 5 stars. Please don't sell out to Google like other apps have done.
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Help!!! This app now force closes Everytime I try to open it. Recently updated my Google pixel to Android 8.0. That may be the problem. I hope you guys read this and fix it ASAP!!!
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I thought this would alert me to severe weather and let me know when a storm got bad. But it doesn't. Wish there was a way to get my $5 back. I wouldn't recommend this. It doesn't do any better than the weather channel app, which actually does send alerts for severe weather warnings and tornadoes.
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I downloaded the app hoping it would warn me of the server storms we are having and the app doesn't work at all ! Complete waste of money time and my data downloading. Uninstall soon as I can get support and refund !!!
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According to tech support, my phone isn't compatible anymore. Waste of money!
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Wasted $4.99. The radar doesn't work, and the only alert I got was a few hours after it was issued by the NWS.
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Radar doesn't work and to call this a "weather radio" is a stretch at best. Just purchased this morning... Refund please!
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The alerts are very timely. Makes a difference when it counts. The only issue I have is the radar blocks the roads and I can't hide it or change it
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Used to work really good. Now it doesnt even load the radar or give me warnings for my area
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If it's good enough for James Spann and his family it's good enough for me!
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I really love this Weather app. The thought that it's more than a Weather App it's a Weather Radio App, wow what a wonderful idea come to life. Genius.????????
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I had this app on iOS and loved it. Wanted to get it on here and I have found out so far that I don't get an notifications from the app when weather alerts are issued.
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The radar function is not working on my Galaxy S5. Alerts are good though. Will definitely be 5 stars if the radar issue is fixed.
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I love this app. Alerts for everything except Significant Weather Advisories. Please add this!!!
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Really good support staff. They respond quickly to any and all questions.
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Bad ass
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When this app works, I love it. It keeps me abreast of any bad weather near me and the cities where family lives. ATT pushed an update to marshmallow and it caused the app to not work. A known bug on Android with TTS prevents this program from running when upgrading your OS. Talk to Speech (TTS) fails to run and crashes. This bug has been logged with Android, but unfortunately no resolution has been released yet. I have to say that the developer was fast to respond to my inquiry to get the program up and running. Unfortunately, they could not help me because it's an OS issue. Hopefully the fix will be forthcoming quickly. In the meantime, I performed a factory reset and the app is once again working correctly.
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The NWS signal where I live is pitiful. I have called them about it, but they tell me, "You can get an email (when the tornado is about to mow your house down!) " I don't want damned email or text message. I need something that will wake me up. Since I have a strong WiFi in my house this is no problem. Good app. Informative. Easily worth $5. Thanks, Art S for recommending it to me.
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It's quite useful; I like being able to look at tornado warnings, etc., across the country to see what's going on. This app literally saved us from driving straight into a tornado on Christmas Day 2015; however, I no longer receive any alerts, and I frequently have to force close the app and re-start it to get updated radar. I don't use it much anymore just because it's not as reliable as it used to be, although I would happily use it again if these bugs are fixed. It's also not very intuitive.
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I bought this thinking I could listen to streaming NOAA stations. VERY misleading to call it a weather radio. Will be requesting a refund from Google and asking them to force you to change the name instead of scamming users with false naming. Currently a tropical storm hitting Savannah, GA and I wanted to listen since my family lives there. Added Savannah and received no "alerts" - just an option to press play to listen to it read the normal forecast of my current location. Completely useless.
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The weather radio is vague and not a noaa report. The weather radio on this application tells you the temperature and that the sky is clear, even when it's raining..... There are free apps out there that give you that little bit of information and more accurate. If this app had a real noaa radio feed I would give it 5 stars and it would be worth the money. Instead I just donated $4.95. Maybe some day this app will be updated with a noaa feed. If and when that update comes, I will update my review.
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I'm a storm chaser and I use this app religiously. I have to leave my family at home often times during severe weather. We all have smart phones and this app alerts them in the event I can't. Absolutely love it.
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This was a really good app. It always broke in and told me what was going on during bad weather. It doesn't do anything anymore other than read my current forcast after I go in and push play. Even the radar sucks. What happened? I've been waiting for a update to fix it but haven't seen any improvement so far. I'm sorry I want to give you five big stars because it really was a great app. Please fix it.
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Ok i just did the lastest update to the app now the radar is not updating i jave 4g lte with a great connection so it should be working
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My Note 4 updated to 6.01 and this app crashed afterwards. Took me awhile but I finally figured it out. Samsung's text to speech needed to be updated. Once I updated it this app was back to working again!
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Top quality app. What would really make this topped off if there was a radar widget for this with voice speaking capabilities. Wouldnt use any other weather app but this one. It is the best.
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According to tech support, my phone isn't compatible anymore. Waste of money!
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I am no longer receiving alerts. Used to work great but no audible alerts anymore. Also as others stated you have to force quit the app to have it locate you after you have opened it previously.
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Also, location tracking is broken.
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Can you work on this so when there is an alert and the sound is on silent it can override and here the alert voice. Thanks
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Nice weather app!
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Many of the UI features appear to suffer from a common problem today; namely artistic, 'shiny' eye candy over pragmatic function. Perhaps that explains some of the UI inconsistencies and misleading configuration components. e.g. on a map resulting from the optional lightning strike feed, the non-transparent satellite overlay prevents the user from seeing streets and is not affected by the 'overlays' configuration from that map view.
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When this app works, I love it. It keeps me abreast of any bad weather near me and the cities where family lives. ATT pushed an update to marshmallow and it caused the app to not work. A known bug on Android with TTS prevents this program from running when upgrading your OS. Talk to Speech (TTS) fails to run and crashes. This bug has been logged with Android, but unfortunately no resolution has been released yet. I have to say that the developer was fast to respond to my inquiry to get the program up and running. Unfortunately, they could not help me because it's an OS issue. Hopefully the fix will be forthcoming quickly. In the meantime, I performed a factory reset and the app is once again working correctly.
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After the last Android update, this app crashes upon start every time.
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When it functions, it's great but the only way to get the radar to update is to force close the app or restart the phone. Unfortunately, customer service just dismissed me without even trying to help. Only that they couldn't replicate the issue.
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I like this app. However, it crashes immediately when I open it after I updated to Marshmallow.
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I'm in the middle of a thunderstorm right now and the radar shows nothing even with thunderstorm box checked. Waste of money
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You once included convective outlooks from the SSFC. Why drop them?
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I have had this app for years. Marginal updates and not as good as other weather apps of today. I'm always running the latest app updates you provide. Provide a link to the NOAA live radio stream feed along side the area im in would help....some.