ForecastPal
Know before it rains.
ForecastPal tells you in plain words when rain will start, and sends a rain alert just before it begins. You also get a confidence score for the forecast and a Plan B for your day. No ads. No account.
Free to download · Premium free trial available
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Weather, in plain words.
What ForecastPal does, screen by screen. Every screen here is the real app.
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Rain, in plain words
No percentages to decode. ForecastPal tells you when rain will start, then sends a rain alert just before it begins.
“Light rain starting in about 25 min”
- Rain in the next 3 hours, in plain words
- A rain alert just before rain starts
- Your day in a sentence: “Cloudy at first, then sunny. High 22°, 3° warmer than yesterday.”
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How sure is the forecast?
Forecast confidence gives the next 24 hours a score from 0 to 100, with a plain-English “Why?” underneath.
- Compares four forecast models: ECMWF, GFS, ICON and the UK Met Office
- Checks how much the forecast has changed since the previous run
- Honest about it: forecasts are probabilities, not promises
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A Plan B for your day
Plan B finds the best time windows in the next 24 hours, gives you a backup, and warns you when the risk is rising.
- Dry walk and Commute are free
- Dog walk, run, laundry drying, BBQ, golden-hour photos, car wash and more Premium
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Forecast receipts
Yesterday's forecast, checked against what actually happened. When the forecast was off, ForecastPal says so.
“Rain arrived about 2 h later than forecast.”
- Rain timing and temperatures, from real previous-run data
- Each day marked Spot on, Close or Off
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Hour by hour, day by day
An hour-by-hour forecast with a temperature graph for the next 24 hours, and a 7-day forecast with highs, lows and the chance of rain.
- Feels like, humidity, wind, pressure and UV
- Sunrise, sunset, golden hour and moon phase
- Severe weather alerts
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Before you head out
A 7:00 morning forecast notification and a home-screen widget with the temperature, conditions and today's high and low.
- Up to 3 saved locations, including where you are now
- Share weather cards with friends, or save them to your photos
- In English, Deutsch, Français and Español
See ForecastPal in 35 seconds.
How sure the forecast is, a Plan B for your day, and how yesterday's forecast really did.
35 seconds · captions are on screen, so it works with the sound off.
Free to download. Premium if you want more.
Free
No ads. No account.
- Rain in the next 3 hours, in plain words, and rain alerts
- Forecast confidence, with the reasons
- Plan B for a dry walk and your commute
- Forecast receipts for yesterday's forecast
- Hour-by-hour forecast with a temperature graph, and a 7-day forecast
- Current conditions and severe weather alerts
- 7:00 morning forecast and a home-screen widget
- Up to 3 saved locations
- Sunrise, sunset, golden hour and moon phase
- Shareable weather cards
Premium Optional
New subscribers may be offered a free trial.
- Full 14-day forecast
- Live animated rain radar, with satellite and street maps
- Air quality and pollen levels
- Plan B for 8 everyday plans
- What to wear, based on today's conditions
- Hour-by-hour rain timeline and comparison with yesterday
- Unlimited saved cities
Premium is an optional auto-renewing subscription. The price and trial length for your country are shown in the app and in Google Play before you subscribe. Cancel anytime in Google Play.
Private by design.
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No ads
Not in the free version, and not in Premium.
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No account
Open it and it works. There is nothing to sign up for.
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Your location stays yours
It is used only to fetch your forecast and is never stored on our servers. Town names are looked up on your phone.
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Radar by RainViewer. ForecastPal privacy policy
Good to know.
Is ForecastPal free?
Yes. ForecastPal is free to download. Rain alerts, forecast confidence, forecast receipts, Plan B for a dry walk and your commute, and sharing are all free.
Premium is an optional auto-renewing subscription that adds the 14-day forecast, live rain radar, air quality and pollen, all 8 Plan B plans and more. The price for your country is shown in the app and in Google Play before you subscribe, and you can cancel anytime in Google Play.
Which phones does it work on?
ForecastPal is an Android app, available on Google Play.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up and no account.
How do rain alerts work?
ForecastPal looks at the next few hours where you are and sends a notification just before rain starts, for example “☔ Rain starting soon: Light rain expected around 09:00 in London.” You can turn notifications on or off in Settings.
How does the confidence score work?
It compares four independent forecast models (ECMWF, GFS, ICON and the UK Met Office) and how much the forecast has changed since the previous run. It then gives the next 24 hours a score from 0 to 100, with the reasons in plain English.
The score tells you how sure the forecast is, not that it is right. Forecasts are probabilities, not promises.
Where does the weather data come from?
Forecasts come from Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), and the rain radar from RainViewer.
Which languages does it speak?
English, Deutsch, Français and Español.
I have a promo code. How do I use it?
In the app, go to Settings › Redeem a promo code. It opens Google Play with your code filled in. You can also redeem a code in the Google Play Store app.
Know before it rains.
Free to download on Google Play. No ads, no account.
On your computer?Scan this with your Android phone's camera to open ForecastPal on Google Play.