RadarScope is an AMS-award-winning weather visualization tool that empowers meteorologists, public safety officials, storm spotters, and weather enthusiasts to view a full suite of single-site radar data and related severe weather products. Your initial purchase provides professional radar visualization in a fully native app, free from distracting and invasive practices, with optional subscription packages to add even more capabilities.
Whether you’re scanning for a mesocyclone’s tell-tale hook echo, pinpointing the landfall of a hurricane’s eye wall, or identifying velocity couplet, hail spike, or debris ball signatures, RadarScope displays native radar data in its original radial format. You see what the radar sees almost as soon as the radar sees it, with automatic updates every two to ten minutes depending on the radar’s scanning strategy.
Your initial app purchase includes the following:
• Full suite of single-site radar products for the US, Canada, Guam, Denmark, Finland, and Germany
• 6-frame radar loops
• Two built-in providers for radar data
• Tornado, thunderstorm, flash flood, marine, snow squall, extreme wind, tropical, and other warnings in the US
• Selected severe weather warnings in Canada and Australia
• NWS-generated storm tracks with hail, TVS, and mesocyclone attributes
• Inspector and distance tools
• Color palette options for radar data
• AllisonHouse data plan integration
• Spotter Network integration for storm and location reporting
• mPING integration for submitting weather reports to NSSL
• Bundled maps with political boundaries, water bodies, and major highways, optimized for low-bandwidth use
• Support for widgets and complications
• Universal app for Apple platforms, including Apple Watch and Apple TV
• Family Sharing support
RadarScope Pro Tier One is an optional annual subscription that adds more features for tracking severe weather:
• 30-frame radar loops
• Cloud-to-ground lightning strikes
• Severe weather watches in the US and Canada
• Special weather statements in the US and Canada
• Mesoscale convective and precipitation discussions
• SPC convective, tornado, hail, wind, and fire outlooks
• WPC excessive rainfall outlooks in the US
• Local storm reports in the US
• Custom color palette support
• Multi-pane display (2 on phones; 4 on larger devices)
• Family Sharing support
RadarScope Pro Tier Two is an optional annual or monthly subscription that transforms RadarScope into a more complete visualization tool for a larger suite of weather products, including:
• Everything in Pro Tier One
• 50-frame radar loops
• A third provider for US radar data
• NEXRAD Level II radar data for the US with a 30-year historical archive
• Historical NEXRAD Level III, super-res, and non-US radar data with a 30-day archive
• Historical NWS bulletins with a 19-year archive
• GOES East and GOES West satellite products
• NSSL’s Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) products
• NCEP’s Real-Time Mesoscale Assimilation (RTMA) products
• Surface observations
• Atmospheric soundings in the US
• Hail size, hail probability, and azimuthal shear contours with a 30-day archive
• More detailed transportation and satellite imagery maps
• Custom color palette support for GOES, MRMS, and RTMA
• Server-sent events for radar and warning updates
• Cross-platform subscription sharing on up to 5 devices
• Family sharing support
If you choose to buy a RadarScope Pro subscription, it will be charged to your App Store account. The subscription will be auto-renewed within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the same price you originally paid. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal disabled via your App Store account settings after the purchase. Once purchased, the subscription cannot be canceled during the active subscription period.
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Best radar app for the weather enthusiast and t-storm junkie
CS Guy
First there are clearly too many radar apps on the App Store that are really more about weather conditions and forecasts. And there are far too many similarities between them, with only one or two that are reasonable. And, THIS IS NOT ONE ON THEM! I you want an app that can delve into NexRad Level 2 and Level 3 radar feeds, including velocities and other important images needed for those who pay attention to storms and early indicators of severity and rotation, THIS IS YOUR RADAR APP!! Look no further! I hesitated for a while now because of the $10 price tag. But, fearing lately with some recent tornado watches and warnings near my home, I made the purchase. My only regret is not getting this sooner. It is that good. But, understand - this is a bit more advanced than your typical weather app. This app focuses on doing one thing - presenting you with comprehensive access to the latest NOAA radar images in hi-res. It’s not a simple weather forecasting app. Plenty of options exist if that’s all you want. The negative reviews are mostly because of people not understanding what they are getting. This is really good. Oh, and it has seamless integration with my Apple Watch, my Apple TV and my iPad. I’ve tested it out on all those, and it worked great. Just keep in mind that you need to set your favorite locations on your iPhone or iPad. Excellent app! Thank you! I may even pay for the service to get lightning and other extras, but the base app is quite good by itself.
Best radar
hstnnn
The other reviewers are right-- this is the best radar and well worth the cost. I had purchased several others and put off this one because of the price. The other apps disappointed-- they have been inaccurate or slow to update. This one is precise and quick--so far is has never been more than a minute or two before it updates and most often it is up to the moment. And the accuracy has been brilliant. It has many features that I have not yet used, but i hope to learn them soon. I'm a weather novice, but I definitely want to know where the storms are, where they're going, and how much rain we'll get. This is the best radar by far!Update: the developer keeps refining an already brilliant application. This is THE radar application, far superior to any other out there. Absolutely one of the best purchases I've ever made for my iOS devices—beautiful on the iPad, crucial app on the phone, and a very informative glance at the radar on the watch. I bought the upgraded pro version and like the additional features: longer loops and lightening info. As with the basic version of this app, the cost is there but well worth it: this radar and all the features are the some of the best things on my phone. One of the top apps of any kind and one I will subscribe to without hesitation every year.
Ignore the critics; they are ignorant
jjcaru
This app puts professional-grade radar in the palm of your hand. It is high-resolution, updates rapidly, and has a user-friendly interface. All storm chasers (and I am one myself) use this app, which should tell you all you need to know about its quality. You do need some knowledge to know how to read some of the radar images outside of the common base-reflectivity. The critics are either people that seem to think apps should be free, or are not meteorologists, storm chasers, or weather enthusiasts. To the first group of critics I say, you get what you pay for. To the second group I say, maybe this app is overkill for what you need or want - but that’s not a reason to criticize the app itself. It is simply the best radar app I am aware of, and again as a storm chaser for 20+ years, I would know. Now it is true that there is no national/regional radar view - this is because the ability to access individual NEXRAD sites is what provides the detailed resolution, rapid updates/speed, and individual radar analysis products. You can always get another app, including free ones, to see the big picture, and that might be enough for some people, but those apps are simply not going to give you the detailed resolution, or the products needed for in-depth analysis at a local storm level, that RadarScope does. Similarly, displaying a more detailed road map in the background would compromise speed and resolution, and seeing the map detail would require a more translucent radar image that would degrade its usefulness. People that criticize this app are simply ignorant, because those who know weather choose this app hands-down.
Needs a couple more features
TStan97
I love this radar app and it’s by far the best on the market. I have nothing to complain about, however I do wish there was one added feature that would greatly improve it. I enjoy watching the radar and looking at storms even when they’re not near me, especially tornado warned storms. The only problem is when I see the storms, I can only see the general location of the storm with respect to cities. I wish there was a feature that allowed me to see the precise location of where certain storms are. Even if it was just something where I pressed my finger and it pulled up the latitude and longitude coordinates so I could search them. It would make it a lot more enjoyable for me and would help me to know exactly what houses or businesses are being affected rather than general locations.Another feature I would like to see is the ability to change the four quick select radars. I would love to have the choice of what four radars I can choose from when holding down on it. I would especially like to see the super res of reflectivity, velocity, specific differential phase, and correlation coefficient. As of right now, unfortunately I am forced to quick select the ones given and have to scroll a lot for the ones I want to see.
• Fixed missing hail attributes in storm tracks
• Fixed missing statement text when using Weather Pulse feed
• Fixed incorrect risk level in outlook inspector
• Precipitable water in sounding detail view honors metric units setting
• Updated RTMA wind palette
• Updated some location names
Version 5.5.5
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Information
Seller
Base Velocity, LLC
Size
305.5 MB
Category
Weather
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.5 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Apple TV Requires tvOS 16.6 or later.
Apple Watch Requires watchOS 9.6 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
