# Breezy Weather

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/breezy-weather/

8 people recommended Breezy Weather in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free open-source Android weather app that people praise for its data and presentation, such as hourly temperature and precipitation charts. One critic finds the main page less information-dense than Dark Sky.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Open source Android weather app (3 comments in the sample): "BreezyWeather is a pretty good open source option for Android" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099550)) "the two best open source weather apps on Android" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566603)) "A really good Android open source alternative" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46565491))
- Good data and presentation (2 comments in the sample): "a per hour breakdown chart for the day with temperature and precipitation profiles like breezy weather does" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49415555)) "It's the best weather data and presentation I ever had." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46600813))

## What people warn about

- Main page less information dense (1 comment in the sample): "the information density in the main page is significantly worse here than in Dark Sky" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46571549))

## Other weather apps people recommend

- [Apple Weather](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-weather/): 12 recommend, 6 mixed, 48 criticize
- [Yr](https://hackerapproved.com/p/yr-no/): 12 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [wttr.in](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wttr-in/): 10 recommend, 1 mixed, 3 criticize
- [Acme Weather](https://hackerapproved.com/p/acme-weather/): 10 recommend, 7 mixed, 13 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Breezy Weather", https://hackerapproved.com/p/breezy-weather/ (8 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.