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One of the most classic doubts for out-of-town trips is: what the weather will be like? And especially which weather app to use? We told you about Weather Forecast back in the day, one of our favorites and one of the few that doesn't have the “NonFree” feature on F-Droid. Zero tracers, few permissions and no requirement for GPS.
As you know, however, we don't like to dwell on and recommend just one application but prefer to give you, when possible, a series of applications to choose from. We therefore thought: what alternative do we have? Which weather app should you use?
Which weather app should you use? Not the most advertised
In the meantime we want advise you against it the use of the most famous ones such as for example 3B Weather, The weather And Meteo.it. For example 3B Weather contains 4 tracers (including the classic Google Ads as there are ads). We also advise against installing the app Meteo.it (8 tracers!) and that of IlMeteo.it. The latter, think, contains well 13 tracers.
If you have been following us for a while you know that for relatively simple and above all very popular things how to show the weather it rarely makes sense to install applications with dozens of tracers and advertisements. We also point out three other small curiosities relating to the topic, for the series Let's not underestimate Weather apps: Arizona sues Google for illegally tracking the location of its users for applications such as the weather. Furthermore Weather.com (one of the most famous sites in the world for weather) was attacked with malware to steal valuable information from the users who used it. In the end AccuWeather in 2017 she was caught to sell their users' data even when they opted out.
Our choices
Let's get to our proposals, we will give priority to applications Open source but we won't just talk about these. It being understood that if you are happy with a particular weather service but its app is a time bomb for tracers and advertising you can view the weather on the web without fear of being tracked using any of our alternatives to Google Chrome!
Weather applications Open source
Rain
Open source
data taken from Open-Meteo
Brand new application with very nice graphics and lots of information including humidity and wind. The data is taken from Open-Weather while it is used to search for cities Geoapify.
• • • •Weather
Open source
data taken from Open-Meteo
Another graphically beautiful application that uses the weather forecast Open-Weather. It currently has 3 native widgets for your home. The version on Play Store there is a fee, €1.39.
• • • •Breezy Weather
Open source
data taken from Open-Meteo
Since Geometric Weather hasn't been updated in over a year we recommend you try one first Fork called Breezy Weather.
• • •Overmorrow
Open source
data taken from Open-Meteo, Weather API and Rainviewer
Another interesting and graphically nice application that allows you to have three different providers for the weather: open-weather, weatherapi.com And rainviewer.
• • • •Clima
Open source
data taken from Open-Meteo
This also arrived via notification 1, is a very simple application (no widgets) but with beautiful minimal and simple graphics.
• •QuickWeather
Open source
data taken from Open-Meteo or requires OpenWeatherMap API
This weather application prides itself on being, above all, very fast, simple and without any distractions. Aesthetically it is very simple but effectively without frills.
• • •Cirrus
Open source
data taken from Open-Meteo and Rainviewer
Another application that also takes data from more than one place. It also allows you to have a widget with GPS active in real time.
• •Pluvia Weather
Open source
requires OpenWeatherMap API
Pluvia Weather use the OpenWeatherMap API, it is a well made application and also graphically beautiful. It's an application Open source 2. Thank you for the your suggestion on Telegram. It is temporarily unavailable on F-Droid 3.
• • •Closed source applications
Meteo Aeronautica
also available on iOS
If we really have to go to the Play Store and choose an app Not Open source then you might as well try our official app air Force. Meanwhile we already pay for it through the taxes we pay does not contain advertising and contains only one Trackers analytics (Google CrashLytics). The weather is one of the most reliable and being Italian it is quite precise. GPS is not mandatory.
• •Meteo dell’ARPA
As well as for the Weather forecast of theair Force It may be a good idea to use the various weather applications developed by the regional environmental protection agency. In this case there is no single application but each region has its own. Generally they are very precise and do not contain advertising as theARPA is already paid for with our taxes. We highlight the ones we have found so far: Piedmont, Tuscany, Marche, Friuli Venezia Giulia, And South Tyrol. The regions that we have not included do not seem to have an application but you can find the weather forecasts on the official websites of the respective agencies.
We also add, upon your report, the weather forecast Prealpine Geophysical Center of Varese with website and also bot Telegram.
Weawow
Very beautiful application graphically and with many options, without any tracer nor advertising. You can make in-app purchases.
•Weather report
A site and a project for the weather that are decidedly bizarre and different from the usual. Try going to for example https://wttr.in/milan to see the weather in Milan. There are many other settings you can enter such as https://wttr.in/milan?m2&lang=it, take a look at source code!
It is also possible to recall the weather from the command console by writing for example: curl wttr.in/milan to receive all the necessary information!
• •Hello Weather App
also available on iOS
Beautiful graphically. A project done with passion and, despite would not be Open source, the application does not contain any tracer and it's totally free of advertising. There their privacy policy it is excellent. They only ask for a subscription of €5 per year for all their pro services. Some flaws are there internal location search via Google and the fact that the subscription can only be made via the Play Store (or theApp Store), there are no alternatives. So if you are degoogled and only use alternative stores you cannot use paid services. In the free version the weather data comes from Dark Sky. The GPS location it is not mandatory.
• •Appy Weather
Another application Not Open source but free for checking the weather and without any type of tracking inside. Not even analysis. Graphically it is really very nice and also it is very accurate in describing events daily. Some services such as widgets are paid: we are only talking about €4 a year for an app that respect our privacy and has chosen not to insert advertising. Also in this case it seems to be activated only via Play Store subscription. On the other hand, unfortunately, It's Google's policy. GPS is not mandatory.
•Ventusky
also available on iOS
Website application Ventusky.com. Unfortunately Not Open source And with a couple of tracers of analysis (Google CrashLytics and Google Firebase Analytics). But it contains lots of information relating to winds, at temperatures, to theair pollution and really much more. So it's perfect for those looking for something more than just the weather. There is also the premium version obviously for a fee. GPS not mandatory here too.
• •Windy
also available on iOS
A professional meteorological service, where you will not only have the weather but a series of interesting data on the winds and much more. Perfect for those who want something more of a simple weather app. Their application for Android, although not Open source, it's pretty decent as far as tracers: contains only two and statistics (Google Analytics, Unfortunately).
• •Telegram
Telegram we now find him for everything. In fact, thanks to bots it is possible to use Telegram both as a social network and as a place to get information. There are bots that take regional bulletins and send them directly Telegram. This is the case of Arpav Veneto weather forecast. At your suggestion, for Lombardy, we also report the bot of the Lombard Meteorological Center: http://cml.to/robot/.
If you know any others please report them to us, we will insert them!
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