NOAA Weather Radio Negative Reviews

NOAA Weather Radio App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

NOAA Weather Radio app received 13 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using NOAA Weather Radio? Can you share your negative thoughts about noaa weather radio?

NOAA Weather Radio for Negative User Reviews

✓ This app is trash, save your money.I got this to have a weather radio because I haven’t had one in a while and after listening to it for around 5 minutes the broadcast stopped, buffered, then give me an error message. That was 22 hours ago and the app still doesn’t work. In addition to this, you have to pay for read time radar and none of the available NOAA maps in the advertisements work properly. Basically the coding of this app opens a portal to NOAA’s website in a pop up browser contained within the app. This pop up window doesn’t allow for any movement—attempts to zoom are unresponsive, swiping to move the spark map moves the whole pop up window, etc. Pretty much all the advertised content of this app doesn’t work. Don’t waist your money..Reaper_7Version: 11.5

✓ Good maps, but few radio stations.I like the up to date radar and maps of each area, but some states do not have any working weather radio broadcasts. That is why I gave it 4 stars..IrishkozakVersion: 11.0

✓ Hi excellent give us more stationsGreat application keep up the good work give us more stations Donald Morrison Birmingham England Best weather app on the App Store keep up the good work Donald Fantastic Apple keep it going Aagood app.Dogman DonVersion: 9.4.5

✓ Waste of money!I totally agree with Irma! I purchased this app due to tornado watches in the area and I wanted to be alerted if there was severe weather in the area. We had several severe storms pass through the area and I didn’t receive one alert. I checked to see if my notifications were turned on properly and they were. I also experienced the ongoing “connecting” messages when trying to access my local radio but it never connects. I contacted Chris and he asked which station I was trying to connect to and I responded but I never heard back from him. I told him I wanted a refund but he’s never responded to that either. I guess I’ll just delete the app and count my losses. Don’t fall for this app. It doesn’t work. My local TV provides a much better app that actually works and it’s free!.Jane1958Version: 11.0

✓ OfflineBought the app during camping season to be able to listen to weather reports. Only two Canadian stations relevant to my location, and both have been off-line since purchase..Homer J 27Version: 11.5

✓ Huh?I purchased this app months ago for NOAA weather, immediately I noticed that NONE of the Arizona stations are online, a brief search of the USA told me that there are a lot of stations ‘offline’. I wrote the developer and I received a reply stating that they were working on the problem. Well, weeks went by and I wrote again, this time no reply. I even spent an additional 2.99 for and add-on! It’s clear that the developer is doing nothing to make this a complete app...it’s a broken app that shouldn’t be for sale. I give it a ZERO star rating. Let me add that I opened the app today and a pop up came up asking for a review to help the developer..well, I still have no Arizona stations after a couple years! Waste of money if you live in an area with no weather radio..PleeezeVersion: 11.5

✓ Radio stations don’t workJust permanent ‘connecting’ message - waste of money.Apbell34Version: 12.7

✓ Too many stations not workingDo you want somebody to make a rating on this and write a review I don’t even think it’s worth the words right now whoever the developer of this app is is totally failing to contact the volunteers who subscribe and post their weather channel information most of the feeds are down there’s no way to run to report a down feed or to ride to the developer of this app I’m really thinking this app should be trashed and that the national weather service should volunteer at SERVICES but right now this app is just the one on my scale until they step up do better and contact the volunteers who put the feeds out there and get these feeds working again and then better locations in a better cities weather is important and weather warnings are important and if someone doesn’t have a Weather Radio they’ll use their scanner app right now this app is totally failing in my opinion.BroBear1165Version: 11.5

✓ NOAA weather radio appDuring 2016 was able to use the app on my I phone and my iPad. Was extremely pleased as I am a farmer and it is the most dependable weather service available as far as accuracy. For some reason in 2017 I am unable to use the location from Lubbock Texas . It simply spins "Connecting " but never buffers. The Amarillo connection works every time . Other locations work , but never Lubbock or Plainview. I have tried to delete the app and renew it but nothing helps. It is absolutely not functional as far as the radio broadcast. Of course it brings up the page that can be viewed but I need the verbal feature. When working properly it is the same quality as the weather radio in my tractors. I need this feature to work. Otherwise my purchase of the app is now a waste. Currently I would give it no stars. And here we are in 2020 still doesn’t have the radio function , just continual buffering ..RpsfarmsVersion: 11.0

✓ Worthless if you expect alerts or any supportSee edit at the end of this review: I emailed the developer, no answer, so hoping another user will know the answer to this: will push alerts be sent for your current location as well as the locations you select in "Watches & Warnings"? There haven't been any watches or warnings in my current location (which is also the location I have selected in Watches & Warnings) since I installed the app. If I'm only going to get alerts for specific locations I select, the app wouldn't be very useful. Edit and changed to 1 star - I've tried to contact the developer via Facebook, no response. One evening, our physical weather radio went off twice due to severe thunderstorms. I could see those alerts in this app, but only by going into it and looking for them - no alerts/notifications were sent even though the app is set up to generate them. I'll be deleting the app and asking for my money back..Fstevens2Version: 9.4.5

✓ Eh, well, the radio voice is the same, I guessI got this app for the purpose of having the NOAA radio weather at my fingertips whenever I wanted it. Recently I’ve owned an emergency crank radio which had NOAA weather on it and I love having the computer-generated voice reciting the forecast - for some reason I find it immensely soothing. Listening to that voice tell me the weather for my area (or, more specifically, the area in which I may be in at any given moment in time) is something I find both useful and pleasing to my ears. Within a few minutes of paying for and downloading this app I began to look around at the radio stations in my region and of the dozen or so stations “available” in my region only two of them delivered on a forecast and one was for a location on the other side of the country! Since I am writing this review during a pandemic and everything is slow to change (or slow to be fixed if it is broken or not working properly) I will hunker down with this app and give it time to start working the way I want it to work. If it does not start to work correctly, however, my review could change..Khaj0412Version: 11.0

✓ Buyer BewareI purchased this app for the weather radio function, which barely works. When I say barely works, there are 4 stations listed for my state and 3 of the 4 never connect and the one that does is on the complete other end of my state, which does me absolutely no good. For the other stations that I checked out in neighboring states, a lot of the stations showed as off line. I do appreciate all of the features that they provide with the app, but I can get those on my phone by going directly to that website. I got the app for the radio function and not the extras. I’m guessing the app developer is not interested in fielding questions concerning the issues with the app as my attempt at the support contact has gone unanswered. I’m guessing the people who gave this app glowing reviews either had radios that they could actually access in their areas, or they wanted to get a “freebie” that is offered if you give the app a rating (“good” rating I’m assuming). As this app barely performs the function that it advertises, I would say “buyer beware!” You might wind up just as frustrated as the other purchasers of this app that bought a pitiful product. I would advise reading the one and two star ratings. There is where you will usually find where the real problems exist..Vet 05Version: 11.5

✓ IrmaHere is my story, I downloaded this app in anticipation for Hurricane Irma. I went to use the app and it was locked in to the loading screen, I thought this meant it would work in a time of need. Once we lost power and the storm was ramping up to its worst, I opened the app and waited 1 min for it to connect to a radio in my area. No luck, I figured I would try again when I received power. When I did get power same issue occurred. We faired ok and I downloaded my local news app. We used it for the next 2 days (day of storm and luckily the 23.5 hours of no power.) I reached out to the Noaa people to notify them of my troubles and ask for a refund if $4.99. I am not a fan of paying for apps unless it is a necessity. This seemed critical so I forked over the $5 for an app that I would use possibly once a year. When asking for a refund Chris (the CEO) asked what I experienced and what channel was having issues. He responded that his team would be working to fix the issue. Although that is kind I would still like a refund and responded this. I have not heard from him in roughly 2 weeks. At the end of the day if the app had worked when and how it was supposed to then I would not mind the $5 being spent. The fact that I used a free local news weather app and it did a significantly better job is frustrating. I would rather donate the $5 to them then spend it on this app..Stop The Excessive AdsVersion: 9.4.5

NOAA Weather Radio works most of the time. If it is not working for you, we recommend you excersise some patience and retry later or contact NOAA Weather Radio.