Max Defender 8 Weather App
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| Rating / 5 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| Reviews | 187 | 15K | 13K | 12K | 8.6K | 5.5K | 401 | 240 | 138 | 52 | 40 |
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Max Defender 8 Weather App reviews
2.1 out of 5, based on 187 reviews.
What people like
- Radar is very accurate
- Lightning alerts work well
- Better radar than Apple’s app
What they complain about
- Ads interrupt you constantly
- App crashes and lags often
- Notifications include useless news updates
Excellent!
Helps me keep track of the storms as I sit on the beach in Pinellas county. I LOVE this app and Newschannel 8
Worthless
This is the most worthless weather app I’ve ever used. For this to come from a local station makes it even worse. The radar lookalike it’s from 1997 and the app itself is so hard to navigate. I’m using an app from the panhandle that gives me a more accurate weather forecast than this garbage here. Do not download this useless weather app.
Great Radar - fix your alerts
Living in Tampa and enjoying outdoor water sports, I rely on this app’s radar including lightning strikes. It’s fantastic — better even than Apple’s weather app’s radar or Weather.com’s. It even has alerts when lightning is approaching the area. Up until now, the radar and alerts have been the best part of the app. Unfortunately, someone higher up that clearly doesn’t use their own app decided weather alerts should include when the weather girl is live. I. Don’t. Care. That’s not a weather alert. I’m so tired of seeing this alert multiple times per day, I’m sorely tempted to delete the app. Regarding the other reviews’ complaints of ads — there’s one you can immediately click out of when you first open the app — not an issue.
App not working correctly
The app crashes every time I click on the radar map. I do not get all the reading of current temperatures and feels like temperature. I also has uninstalled the app and re- installed the app and it still does not work
Confused by bad reviews
I have an older iPhone 8 Plus and the app and radar has worked flawless. I haven’t had a single crash and it’s very accurate. I used the Weather Channels app for years but it isn’t accurate, I could be in the middle of a thunderstorm and the radar would show clear skies and not a cloud within miles. This app as of July 2021 is dead on with clouds and rain radar, I love it and almost didn’t download it from the bad reviews, maybe people have old phones or bad internet.
Stop non safety notifications!
The app changed to include notifications for live news. I only want safety notifications so I’m deleting the app. Even though you have great radar and lightning alerts, it’s not worth getting too many non important notifications!
Clunky
I was a bit surprised to see so many negative reviews at first. If you use the app yourself you will see why. The app just doesn’t seem to be built well. Slow, a lot of functions are buggy. There’s also a lot of ads.
Like the app
Has a lot of bugs needs to be fixed like right now has no towns or city’s listed on the map been having problems with it for sometime now
Accuracy is the worst
On a daily basis they miss the high temp by 6-8 degrees to the hot side compared to Weather Channel and other local stations.
Not worth the Ads
It’s mediocre at best, compared to what’s already native on your phone. The radar is a still-frame snapshot, not live. The temps and weather predictions are nothing that you don’t already have on your Android or iPhone home apps. Worst of all this thing is riddled with advertising and annoying pop-ups.
Latest version works great!
I don’t get the ratings, I use this on an iPhone and have no problems. Shows me weather where I am and a 5 day forecast. What else do you need!
Pointless
We just moved to the Tampa area. This app was recommended to follow the local weather. It looks and acts like a preschooler developed it. What’s the point of having a radar that shows the previous two hours, but not what’s coming ahead???
Not working properly since updated.
Since the last update I have not been able to open the app. I had to delete it and I’m going to try it one more time.
Needs improvement
Don’t like an Ad blaring in my face when opening an ap. Downloaded twice and deleted .
Sometimes you just have to go backwards
The new app really stinks! Half the time it doesn’t open up, the other half it lags so bad. I don’t even use it half the time anymore. I am in such a habit of going straight to it, that’s why I use it and then I rememberTo close it and use the Weather app. I would rather use MaxDefender8 but it’s kind a useless. Please fix it
Giant Step Backwards
This app used to be good and I used it several times a day. With this current version it not only looks retro to a fault, it doesn’t orient itself to landscape mode, making it useless on my tablet. Go back to the old version and I’ll come back.
iPad no auto rotation to screen orientation
The app used to auto rotate to screen orientation which was great for those using an iPad with a stand. Having to remove the iPad and change orientation is just not convent for normal usage.
Don’t count on them in an emergency
This app is horrible. If you lost power and need updates in a hurricane, well you can find out about window vendors, or Experian, or any number of ads on this app. But actual news you need, live feeds of what is happening… Forget it! This app stinks. They say they are on your side. They are not. They give preference to advertisers and rich people who have internet connection somehow during a hurricane. The rest of us… not so much! They advertise “oh you can count on us in a storm.” What I can count on is a lot of advertisements and no live feeds when I’m in danger. I’ll pass.
Terrible app.
Trying to watch hurricane coverage. Unable to because it is dominated by a roofing company commercial. I hit the x and it ignores me. Much better app available. I would rate below a 1 if able.
App update ruined this Max Defender 8
This was my go to app for weather everyday! Recent update will not allow the app to rotate to horizontal view on my Ipad Pro. Since I have a keyboard cover, the vertical view is unusable. Format changes were NOT an upgrade as well! Time to delete this app.
Max Defender 8 Weather App FAQ
- Is Max Defender 8 Weather App free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 1 country it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does Max Defender 8 Weather App have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to Max Defender 8 Weather App?
- WFTV Weather (4.8 from 14,707 reviews), ABC7 WWSB First Alert Weather (4.7 from 12,688 reviews) and News 6 Pinpoint Weather WKMG (4.8 from 12,327 reviews).
Max Defender 8 Weather App download
Last updated 3 months ago.
Max Defender 8 Weather App sells in 1 country. It was released 14 years and 3 months ago, on 13 Jun 2012. It holds a 2.1 rating from 187 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does Max Defender 8 Weather App make?
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