WRAL Weather
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Prices are current as of 10 Sept 2026.
WRAL Weather has no in-app products on record in the United States.
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| Rating / 5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Reviews | 3.4K | 84K | 23K | 17K | 14K | 12K | 7.4K | 6.1K | 4.9K | 136 | 20 |
| Released | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | 2017 | 2015 | 2014 | 2018 | 2011 | 2014 |
| Weekly price | — | $3.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monthly price | — | $5.99 | — | — | — | $3.99 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Annual price | — | $39.99 | — | — | — | $11.99 | — | — | — | — | — |
| One-time price | — | — | — | — | — | $0.99 | — | — | — | — | — |
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WRAL Weather reviews
4.1 out of 5, based on 3,417 reviews.
What people like
- Local forecasts are very accurate.
- Severe weather alerts come instantly.
- Radar shows real rain well.
What they complain about
- Radar is slow or won't load.
- No widget support for home screen.
- Too many ads interrupt your use.
- New design is cluttered and buggy.
Jonathan
Jonathan
Inaccurate
Multiple other weather apps are showing the same temp, 4 degrees cooler than the WRAL app.
Weather
I think we should be able to go to the weather app and not have to listen to an ad for a video forecast.
So so
Not having a widget makes it worthless to me
It’s ok but not great
I have the Apple weather app, The Weather Channel, WRAL Weather and Weather Underground. Honestly my favorite weather app was Dark Sky. But since that has been decommissioned, I have to use something else. My go to for information density and accuracy is Weather Underground. This app is too focused on stories and ad and so hides the information I want from a weather app: Temperature (actual and feels like) Humidity Wind (speed & direction) Pressure (current and trend) Precipitation Sunrise and sunset Moon phase The only time I really use WRAL Weather is for hurricane tracking
WRAL is a go to for weather especially the app
The WRAL weather app sends notifications instantly to severe thunderstorm warnings to heat advisories it’s so awesome it’s amazing for everywhere especially North Carolina
Horrible
This app is one of the worst I have ever used. Totally garbage.
Great but needs a widget
Would be so more helpful with an iOS widget.
New but not improved
I used to look at this app at least 10x a day. I could tell within seconds on the I control feature where and when the storms were and where they were headed. Now it is five steps longer and maybe the radar will load. I have been loading other apps for the last three weeks to see what might be like the old version of WRAL weather app, because the new version just wastes my time. Start up page is cluttered, would be nice to have the old icontrol feature at the top. Ads don’t bother me but I would rather pay a few dollars up front to avoid them. I do like the feature where the meteorologists write out their predictions for day and night.
Could/would use daily for weather but...
The ads interfere with using the app. Don't get me wrong, love wral, watch it on TV, and read their site; however, when it comes to checking the weather, I want in and out of my weather app as quickly as possible. I understand the need for the ads, but the fact I have to sit through them on the daily? I use other weather apps, some with a subscription etc. I keep wral weather app on my phone for the extreme weather info.
Accurate weather
Usually, when I look on Weather apps, they’re never accurate and they’re like completely off, but this one has a good accuracy on being the right temperature and what’s gonna happen most of the time except for when it snows
New weather app
Why did you change it? I don’t like the new map, this app w t flip . Have reinstalled numerous times. Have to use other apps, that are flexible I. Please do back to old one, much nicer to navigate. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Can you lower speed of the weather fronts passing thru? They are jumpy . Also the cloud cover doesn’t move . Just sits .
New design is busy/hard to read
sluggish radar
Too many ads
Too many ads
Gregory H.
Glad I just recently loaded the WRAL Weather app on my device! Just learned of the severe weather risks for tomorrow; it’ll be a WRAL Weather Alert day.
Inaccurate
I’m genuinely convinced WRAL exaggerates forecasts to drive engagement. Every system gets framed as a worst-case scenario, even when more reliable sources consistently show far milder outcomes. It creates unnecessary anxiety and makes it hard to trust what you’re actually seeing.
Bad update
I loved this app until the latest update. Now I can’t find half the stuff I want without clicking multiple things. The radar doesn’t work half the time. It’s super buggy. Also, they removed the widget that I used all the time. Go back to the old app or if the new one.
Not an improvement
WRAL is usually more accurate than weather channel. New iteration doesn’t seem to allow metric units to be displayed. Stupid, layout less readable. Would stop using this app if I lived somewhere else. several months later, they still haven’t fixed the allowing metric units .
I love WRAL.
I’ve watched them all my life and they feel like family.
Lost metric/centrograde option
App used to be able to show centigrade. The rest of the world is metric. Why lose the option? Join the rest of the world in a system that makes sense.
Weather radar
Old site was soo much better, who ever came up with this is a moron, don’t watch WRAL now because of this
My go-to weather app
The national apps are often not accurate. The WRAL radar is better at showing actual rain at the current time. It also doesn’t look the same all the time like the iPhone weather app does.
Radar doesn’t work on iOS
Ever since this new version came out the radar will not load.
Older version was better
Is this new version I’ve been able to get the interactive radar to load maybe one time only. It worked seamlessly in the older version, and I liked that you were able to jump right onto live broadcast news. I don’t see a way to do that in this version.
Love WRAL weather
I am from Raleigh and as a kid I looked at dateline news in the 60 s and now I am here in Wilmington and still look at WRAL news and weather I love WRAL tv
Unusable
Latest update design is fine - nothing special. But it’s so buggy and relies too much on offloading key features that are the whole point of a native app to external web views (radar for example). Radar doesn’t work at all in iOS anymore. Biggest downgrade to any app I’ve ever seen. Not usable in its current state, please fix it.
Cluttered
I like fact that I can select hail in the alerts now but I don’t like how the app seems cluttered and not easy to maneuver around. Also noticed I can’t see the hour by hour into the next day, if there’s a way I hadn’t figured it out yet. I like the accuracy WRAL gives but I miss the old app.
Thanks
Thanks for fixing the UI
Rocky Mount mills tower
Camera has been down for a while when is it going to be repaired
Where’s the widget??!!
Much better, smoother than the old app… please make a widget…
T Jackson
Ability to control radar is excellent feature.
I would rate a zero but that is not an option
Poor excuse for an app. No dark mode nor widgets.
Excellent app! But, no widget!?
If it had widgets, it would be the only weather app I need. An Apple Watch app would also be great, but the widgets are a must have
This”new app” seems took the UX backwards….
Truly the worst radar user interaction out there. WRAL has usually the most accurate forecast, but this “new app” is a huge downgrade all around …
WRAL Weather FAQ
- Is WRAL Weather free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 4 countries it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does WRAL Weather have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to WRAL Weather?
- Weather Hi-Def Radar Forecast (4.6 from 83,686 reviews, premium from $1.99), WWBT First Alert Weather (4.7 from 22,510 reviews) and WBTV First Alert Weather (4.7 from 16,562 reviews).
WRAL Weather download
Last updated 8 months ago.
WRAL Weather sells in 4 countries. It was released 15 years and 6 months ago, on 7 Apr 2011. It holds a 4.1 rating from 3,417 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does WRAL Weather make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.