Forecast Bar at a glance
- What it is
- A weather app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac and Apple TV, with alerts, radar, widgets and AI-written forecasts.
- Weather data
- The forecast comes from The Weather Company, augmented by Apple Weather, NOAA and other sources.
- Severe weather
- Official warnings at the moment of issue for the United States (NWS) and Canada (Environment and Climate Change Canada).
- Everything else
- Precipitation nowcasts, custom threshold alerts, aurora, sunsets, eclipses, tides, air quality, pollen and earthquakes work worldwide.
- Cost
- Free to download. Live weather requires a subscription, and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers.
- Also on Setapp
- The Mac app is included with a Setapp membership.
Every feature, grouped by what you came for.
Alerts
Being told, instead of remembering to check.
Alerts that matter
The whole alert lineup in one place — severe weather, nowcasts, and custom thresholds.
Earthquake alerts
USGS-sourced earthquake notifications with magnitude, distance, and predicted shaking at your location.
Rain alerts & precipitation nowcasts
Know before it starts, and watch it minute by minute on your Lock Screen once it does.
Severe weather alerts
NWS and Environment Canada warnings at the moment of issue, with critical alerts that break through Do Not Disturb.
Sky & light
The sky events worth walking outside for.
Aurora & northern lights alerts
A visibility score for your exact location, and a push notification when it crosses your threshold.
Eclipse cloud forecast
The next total solar eclipse over Europe is August 2, 2027, across southern Spain and Gibraltar.
Eclipse, supermoon & solstice alerts
Lunar and solar eclipses visible from your location, supermoons, solstices and equinoxes — with warning.
Sunset & sunrise quality forecast
A 0–10 score for tonight's sunset, the golden-light window, and an alert when a good one is coming.
The app
What Forecast Bar does once you open it.
A weather app without ads
No ads, no ad SDKs, no third-party analytics — funded by subscriptions instead of by your attention.
AI weather forecasts
A forecast written for your day in a briefing style you choose — not a wall of raw numbers.
Accessibility
Built to be read aloud: every reading named, every chart described, no ads in the way. Plus an honest list of what still needs work.
Multiple locations & side-by-side compare
Unlimited saved places, all visible at a glance, and any two comparable side by side.
Visualize your day's weather
Pull down past refresh and the next 24 hours play as a full-screen animated flythrough — then share it as a video.
Weather Live Activity & Dynamic Island
A minute-by-minute rain chart that lives on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while it rains.
Weather radar for iPhone & iPad
Animated radar with future radar, live lightning, satellite, and warning polygons on the map.
Data
The numbers behind the forecast, wherever you want them.
Air quality & pollen
AQI and pollen counts on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and watch face — with alerts at your own threshold.
Tides & tide alerts
Tide times as a first-class data point, plus alerts for king tides and exceptional low tides.
Warmer or colder than yesterday
Forecast Bar tells you how today compares to yesterday — the number you actually use to pick a jacket.
Platforms
The same forecast, shaped for each screen.
Apple Watch complications
Build a watch face around your weather, across every complication family.
Mac menu bar weather
Up to five configurable menu bar items, a 48-hour timeline and 15-day outlook one click away.
Weather app for iPad
The full forecast, charts and radar with room to breathe — plus widgets in every iPad size.
Weather on Apple TV
Radar, forecasts, and Top Shelf weather on the biggest screen in the house.
Weather radar for Mac
A standalone radar window with future radar, live lightning, satellite, and warnings on the map.
iPhone weather widgets
12+ Home and Lock Screen widgets, StandBy, and Live Activities that track rain minute by minute.
Compare
Honest comparisons and what each plan includes.
Compare plans
What Silver, Gold, Plus and Pro each include, side by side.
Forecast Bar on Setapp
Forecast Bar Pro is included with a Setapp membership, rated 94% from 729 ratings.
Forecast Bar vs. Apple Weather
A factual comparison — including when the built-in app is genuinely enough.
Frequently asked questions
Setup, subscriptions, coverage, and the questions people actually ask.
Questions about Forecast Bar
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How much does Forecast Bar cost?
Try the whole thing for a week.
Every subscription starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers.
Free to download; live weather requires a subscription, and every subscription includes a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Mac and iOS plans are separate; Apple TV is included with Forecast Bar Gold on iOS.