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Head-to-head

Weather Underground vs Clime

Weather Underground 3.9★ · Free + IAP · ⚠ stale 70
Winner Weather Underground
Clime 4.5★ · Free to download 55

Weather Underground is the better choice for users seeking detailed, hyper-local weather information and community features, despite its stability issues, while Clime struggles with accuracy and a high-cost subscription model.

Full reviews: Weather Underground · Clime

Weather Underground offers highly localized forecasts and community weather station integration, though it's plagued by frequent crashes and some accuracy complaints. Clime, while having a higher lifetime rating, is criticized for its expensive subscription model and inconsistent accuracy, with many core features locked behind a paywall.

Head to head

Features edge: Weather UndergroundR8R6R5R11
Weather Underground Weather Underground is praised for its real-time radar, hourly and daily forecast layouts, and the ability to connect personal weather stations R8R6R5. Users appreciate the detailed graphs, altitude data for storm clouds, and hyper-local information R11R32. However, some features are now behind a paywall, and users wish for future radar, better widget support, and improvements to map readability R9R2.
Clime Clime offers past, present, and future weather views, with multiple tools and customization options . It provides severe weather alerts, which some users found life-saving . However, many essential features, including future radar and detailed storm tracking, are locked behind a very expensive subscription R64.
Ease of Use edge: Weather UndergroundR2R6R17R9
Weather Underground Users generally find Weather Underground easy to navigate with attractive and understandable visuals R2R6R17. However, some report issues with the current location feature not working, difficulty logging in or sending feedback, and a lack of sorting for favorite locations R9. Visually impaired users also noted a decline in accessibility .
Clime Clime is described as easy to use with simple navigation for setting favorites and changing locations . However, some users find it difficult, and one review mentioned not being able to find a key for map colors . The constant push for subscriptions can also make the app annoying to use .
Reliability & Accuracy tieR5R8R35R41
Weather Underground Weather Underground receives mixed reviews on accuracy. Many users praise its accuracy, especially for hyper-local forecasts and real-time data from personal stations R5R8R35R41. However, a significant number of users report frequent inaccuracies, such as incorrect temperatures, wrong rain forecasts, and radar lag R13R24.
Clime Clime's accuracy is also inconsistent. Some users find it very reliable and accurate, using it daily for spot-on forecasts . Conversely, many reviews state the app is often wrong, showing rain when there is none or vice versa, and failing to show storms on radar .
Stability & Performance edge: ClimeR1R4R6R10
Weather Underground Weather Underground is heavily criticized for frequent crashes, freezing, and glitches across multiple devices and over several years R1R4R6R10. Some users report the app not updating or showing outdated forecasts .
Clime Clime generally has fewer complaints about crashing or freezing. However, some users mention the app being 'difficult' or 'not good' without specifying why . One user noted persistent notifications that were hard to turn off .
Price & Value edge: Weather UndergroundR2R9R46R50
Weather Underground Weather Underground is free with in-app purchases. Users appreciate the free features but note that some previously free features are now paywalled R2R9. The free version is heavily ad-driven, making it 'unusable' for some R46R50. Some paid users still report seeing ads .
Clime Clime is free to download but is widely criticized for its extremely high subscription cost, with many essential features locked behind a paywall R61R64R66R67. Users feel the free version is very limited, offering little more than looking out a window R64.
Support tieR13R27R55
Weather Underground Weather Underground's support is described as non-existent, with users unable to upload screenshots for reports or receiving no response to requests R13R27R55.
Clime There is no specific feedback on Clime's customer support in the provided reviews.
Pick Weather Underground if

You prioritize hyper-local weather data, community weather station integration, and a detailed, free experience (even with ads and occasional crashes) R5R32R35R46.

Pick Clime if

You need a weather app for severe weather alerts and real-time views, and are willing to pay a premium for a potentially more stable experience, despite accuracy concerns .

Evidence note: Clime has a significantly higher number of ratings and a higher lifetime average, but recent reviews are heavily skewed negative due to its aggressive and expensive subscription model. Weather Underground's reviews, while also mixed, highlight more specific feature benefits and long-term user loyalty.

Frequently asked

Is Clime worth paying for?
Based on user reviews, Clime is generally not considered worth its high subscription cost, with many users finding the price 'prohibitively and crazily expensive' R61R64R66R67. Many essential features are locked behind a paywall, and users feel that similar or better information is available for free or at a much lower cost elsewhere R64.
Why does Weather Underground crash so much?
Many users report that Weather Underground frequently crashes, freezes, or glitches, with some experiencing these issues across multiple phones and for years, though the specific technical reasons are not detailed in the reviews R1R4R6R10.
Which app has better radar features?
Weather Underground is praised for its real-time radar and detailed maps, with users appreciating the ability to see precipitation situations and storm cloud altitudes R8R32. However, some users wish for future radar, report radar lag, and find the map cluttered with temperatures R2R24. Clime offers past, present, and future radar, but many advanced radar features are only available with a very expensive subscription .

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R8] Weather Underground 5/5 · US Real time radar!: Love that I can see in real time just what the precipitation situation is! I have found Weather Underground to be quite generally accurate.
  2. [R6] Weather Underground 3/5 · US Best weather app, Crashes like windows: I love the horizontal scrolling daily and hourly forecast layout. The natural and correct layout. Most weather apps get this wrong. Easy navigation. Great radar maps. It crashes more often than Windows!
  3. [R5] Weather Underground 5/5 · US Best app: I have no idea what people are talking about when they say there are a lot of glitches. It’s extremely accurate and has never been wrong for me. It’s also very easy to hook up your weather station to and it helps weather be more accurate.
  4. [R11] Weather Underground 5/5 · US Long time user: I love this app! I’ve been using it forever! I can’t remember the first time I downloaded it. At least a decade ago? Thank you for the graphs and everything! I just moved up north, 2.5 hours north of Saint Paul, to Duluth, and your app has helped me navigate my new life with VERY different weather. Lake Superior is dynamic and your app has helped me gauge my day. Thank you for the
  5. [R2] Weather Underground 4/5 · US Thumbs up: I love this app - it's free, often accurate, and its visuals are very attractive and easy to understand in an instant. I do really, really wish it had future radar though. Past radar is kind of pointless so I have to toggle to another app to get that future feature. Downgrading one star only because of that.
  6. [R17] Weather Underground 5/5 · US Excellent App: I’ve been using weather underground for many years and find it to be very accurate, easy to navigate and and excellent resource. I always have the radar summary for Roswell open for review since we have frequent severe weather. This and radar provide excellent resources to prepare for such weather. Nice Job!
  7. [R9] Weather Underground 3/5 · US Use to be a better app: This use to be a better app prior to the weather channel buying it out a few years back. Previous features that were free are now locked behind a paywall. The “current location” feature doesn’t work at all. In my case, when pressed, it defaults to a city I use to live in no matter where I’m at. I do like the hourly breakdown for precipitation. It’s reasonably accurate for t
  8. [R35] Weather Underground 5/5 · US The most accurate: Literally the most accurate weather app I’ve ever used. Consistently, for decades. Still the best weather app around. It’s the only one I bother with most of the time. I don’t live in a city, so individualized weather locations make a difference. This is one of the very few that gets it right, usually the only one that gets it right. Thank you for being so great, don’t ever cha
  9. [R41] Weather Underground 5/5 · US Best Weather app: I’ve had this app for over 4 years and it is always so accurate. It’d better than Apple weather and other more popular apps. The maps and radar can be viewed hyperlocal level.
  10. [R1] Weather Underground 2/5 · US CRASHING: THIS APP CRASHES A LOT
  11. [R4] Weather Underground 1/5 · US Low Quality App: It crashes on a dime, and generally over nothing
  12. [R10] Weather Underground 1/5 · US Constant crashes: App constantly freezes and crashes. Has followed me for years across multiple phones. Fix the app.
  13. [R46] Weather Underground 2/5 · US Hyper local and hyper ad-driven: sooo many ads that the free version is unusable. the paid version is subscription instead of a set price. lame.
  14. [R50] Weather Underground 5/5 · US Nice App: Like the format and accuracy, I get a message now about running a ad blocker asking to turn it off because ads pay for the app. I get it that but, from a user's perspective that also puts us at risk as ads are not vetted and many times will be flagged by my anti virus and malware alerts. I'd gladly turn mine off if ads were vetted and not stupid like a 3rd grader made them.
  15. [R13] Weather Underground 1/5 · US Used to work now it is never accurate no support available: I used to rely exclusively on this app for my weather and temperature information. For the last month or so it has been showing that it is always 20 degrees less than the actual temperature. I tried to send a message to support but it will not allow me to upload the required screenshots for the report. If you aren’t able to upload the s
  16. [R27] Weather Underground 3/5 · US WU - maybe: While it goods very good weather of what’s happening now, it’s radar and satellite maps are all in the pasts, and no ability to track a storm which may or may not be heading to your area. Support is not existent- sent two requests and not even a robo-response …
  17. [R55] Weather Underground 1/5 · US Freezes several times a day: This app freeze this between three and four times a day and the only way to resolve it is to restart my phone. Totally unacceptable. I’ve emailed Support with no resolution at all.
  18. [R61] Clime 1/5 · US Subscription based expensive: Other apps available with much lower cost
  19. [R64] Clime 1/5 · US $$$$$: VERY LIMITED !! Unless you PAY LOTS IF EXTRA $$$, Compared to other reliable weather apps, you might just as well look at your thermometer & look out your window for what they give you here for free !! They won’t even give you additional info on NWS Severe Weather alerts and warnings, unless you PAY, & PAY, & PAY & PAY MORE !!!!! Ps… I actually get more specific & accurate information from
  20. [R66] Clime 3/5 · US 😏: It's a good app, but not really worth the price in my opinion!
  21. [R67] Clime 1/5 · US $10 a month for radar?: Predatory app. This app preys on the unsuspecting via $9.99/week charge. On what planet does it cost $40 a month to see radar forecast ? Do not download, plenty of alternatives with free radar forecast or much cheaper subscriptions.
  22. [R32] Weather Underground 5/5 · US Despite it all, I really like it !: The type of "crowd sourced" data is good, and I love the altitude tops of storm clouds + expected paths. 1) The altitude data is helpful in predicting possible storm dangers. 2)The number of data points is especially useful for very local rainfall, etc. The numbers may be quite different than the airport! Maps, layers, and frontal lines & detail is great. Yes
  23. [R24] Weather Underground 3/5 · US Radar lag?: I discovered Weather Underground long before I could even get a smartphone. I’ve always liked it and have never even tried anything else. I have noticed a severe lag in the radar image to the point it is almost worthless. A thunderstorm capable of producing tornadoes came through and was gone before the radar image even crossed my location on the map. A 15-30 minute lag is ridiculous w

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store