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Hello! I'm looking for a foss weather app for android, so I went ahead to f-droid and tried a bunch of them, but didn't find any that fully satisfies me: I want to be able to see the hourly forecast of any day of the week, not just the "global" forecast, and I want the weather service used not to require a credit card (openweathermap.org for example requires the credit card to get an API key). Geometric Weather is the one that I'm currently using, with open-meteo as provider, but sadly it displays hourly forecasts only for the current day, but not for other days.

Do you have any suggestion? Thanks in advance!

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[–] http417@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The Breezy Weather (fdroid link) is a fork and continuation of GeometricWeather. As I can see, there are hourly forecasts for the next days, just scroll horizontally (AccuWeather and Open-Meteo providers, tho, I haven't checked others).

[–] OverfedRaccoon@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just wish it had a precipitation radar. I'm pretty sure the data is available because I've seen another FOSS app that had it, but I can't remember which now.

[–] http417@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I couldn't agree more. Hmm. Maybe OSS Weather [fdroid link] has a radar map, but it didn't provide much information. Unfortunately, I don't remember

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OSS Weather has decent radar for rain and solid stats in the home screen too. There's three different sources for weather data you can select, so I'd bet one will be better than the others for radar mapping.

[–] Mrrt@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

wX can show radar as well as daily/hourly for the next week or so. Not super pretty to look at but extremely functional

This one has been an absolute discovery. Amazing app well beyond the others I've tested up to now. Recommended.

[–] charel@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] caos@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Another vote from me for Rain. Much nicer to look at than the BBC Weather App.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not FOSS, but did you know you can get your weather forecasts straight from the source? Weather.gov gives not only a standard 7 day forecast but also provides all sorts of weather data and lots of the charts on the site is designed to be customized then bookmarked even if your browser has cookies disabled!

[–] flirpel@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wX gets its data from weather.gov and is open source. It has a lot of forecast products and can even notify you of watches and warnings.

[–] intelati@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

wX is actually terrifying in its depth.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Geometric Weather has been continued by different devs, and that version is called Breezy Weather.

You can also find it in the Izzy f-droid repo.

[–] VanillaGorilla@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Uh, that's nice. Thanks!

[–] SirMino@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Breezy is really a nice app, too bad on my phone the background updates just don't work (yes they used to work on GeometricWeather)

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you set the right power saving settings on your phone's settings?

[–] SirMino@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Yes battery optimization is disabled for the app, and no energy saver mode is on

[–] KrimsonBun@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Dr_Bel_Arvardan@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

+1 for Breezy weather

[–] INeedMana@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm using Forecastie and Weather Widget. Both use openweathermap but via its public API, so only need internet access and your location

[–] thecam@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Been using forcastie for years and I like it. However there are plenty good apps I am sure on F-Droid.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Breezy Weather is the obvious option here, as many others have said.

Geometric Weather is outdated and Breezy Weather is the updated fork of it. So it's an improved version.

[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not FOSS, but free and ad-free, from a small Japanese developer: Weawow. The only thing that requires you to make a small donation is to unlock a couple of weather providers, but you have a big selection without it.

[–] gelberhut@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did not notice that a single donation is enough to unlock all weather providers. Thank you! Btw, which provider works best for you?

[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I think it really depends on your location. I use AccuWeather, but I'm not yet convinced of its accuracy.

[–] tsuica@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I really like Clima. It uses the Open-Meteo API. Source here.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Suntimes also has weather!

[–] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I use NWS now and like it for what it is. An easy to use mobile front end for NOAA.gov data. Easier than trying to view the site on mobile browsers.

[–] EeeDawg101@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Anyone know of any good options for iOS?

[–] intelati@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Putting it here as its own child comment..

wX (Gitlab link) is my new "standard" weather app. It's a bit crusty and dense in data, but man the density is a feature, not a bug in my opinion.

[–] generalEdo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Love wx, I use it along side storm shield to get a good idea of the storms rolling in.

[–] skrttskrtt911@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] intelati@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I just use the play store

[–] randombullet@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I'm using Flux, but it hasn't been updated for over a year. And I don't think it's open source

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I‘ve been using Forcastie for quite some time now.

Prognoza (GitHub) is also a nice one.