The best weather apps, according to hackers
14 weather apps were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 1 earns the Hacker Approved badge.
Top pick
The most recommended weather app with the badge. Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Simple, no-frills, clean interface
Free, simple Norwegian weather service with detailed forecast data and an API, which people find accurate for planning.
All 14 weather apps, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brolly | 28 | 7 | 80% | 1 | — | — |
| 2 | Sundial weather app | 22 | 1 | 96% | 3 | — | — |
| 3 | Apple Weather | 20 | 54 | 27% | 6 | — | — |
| 4 | Acme Weather | 17 | 13 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| 5 | Yr | 12 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
| 6 | wttr.in | 11 | 3 | 79% | 3 | — | — |
| Tied 7 | Breezy Weather | 9 | 1 | 90% | 5 | — | — |
| Tied 7 | FediMeteo | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| 9 | Carrot Weather | 8 | 2 | 80% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 10 | MeteoSwiss app | 7 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 10 | Windows 11 Weather app | 7 | 51 | 12% | 1 | — | — |
| Tied 12 | WeatherGraph | 6 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Tied 12 | StormWatch | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
| 14 | Yesterday weather app | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same weather app in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to weather apps that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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