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Precipitation Inc. · Weather · Free · v4.6.2

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Review-rating drop
0.76

2026-Q2 4.45 → last 90 days 3.69, text reviews

Peak quarter
4.45

2026-Q2, text reviews

Last 90 days
3.69

text reviews

Store rating
4.79

all 6156 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.10

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$268k

#32 top-grossing, Weather

store 4.79 · reviews 4.45 → 3.69 · gap 1.10 store 4.79 reviews 3.69

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 321 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2024-Q2: 4.17★ from 6 reviews (small sample) 4.17 2024-Q2 2024-Q3: 3.55★ from 11 reviews 2024-Q4: 5.00★ from 6 reviews (small sample) 2025-Q1: 3.08★ from 12 reviews 2025-Q2: 4.35★ from 43 reviews 2025-Q3: 4.09★ from 33 reviews 2025-Q4: 4.09★ from 34 reviews 2026-Q1: 4.06★ from 33 reviews 2026-Q2: 4.45★ from 83 reviews 4.45 2026-Q2 2026-Q3: 4.04★ from 53 reviews 2026-Q4: 3.29★ from 7 reviews (small sample) 3.29 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2024-Q24.17 6
2024-Q33.55 11
2024-Q45.00 6
2025-Q13.08 12
2025-Q24.35 43
2025-Q34.09 33
2025-Q44.09 34
2026-Q14.06 33
2026-Q24.45 83
2026-Q34.04 53
2026-Q43.29 7

Recent 1–2 star reviews

Expensive

★ · v4.5.0 · Oct 2, 2026

Pretty expensive if you only want one location and really disappointing about only 24 hrs on the free app. Id pay a little if i could figure out how accurate it was. But not $20 a month

Frustration

★ · v4.5.0 · Oct 1, 2026

The app keeps freezing and this has created great frustration

Rain gauge

★ · v4.5.0 · Oct 1, 2026

You said put it next to your actual rain gauge and your are off half an inch of rain that’s a lot with this one

Getting worse

★★ · v4.4.1 · Sep 28, 2026

The app used to work well although forecast was questionable. The app now freezes all the time, always asks for location info, even when set to while using only. It has become almost unusable to me. I hope big changes are in the near future or I will have to find another app

Your app

★★ · v4.3.3 · Sep 15, 2026

I like this app when it works but it spends more time locked up and useless than doing me any good. You should give me a refund so i can get an app that works

DOESN’T WORK on IPADS

★ · v4.3.3 · Sep 7, 2026

I paid for the app, now I have to delete it every single day and reload it from the app store to work. Epic fail!!!!

Not accurate

★★ · v4.3.3 · Sep 7, 2026

Gives a general idea but on a large rain it was off by more than an inch

Wrong

★ · v4.3.0 · Sep 2, 2026

It continually tells me no rain forecasted for at least 24 or more hours and then it rains within the next 8 hours. It’s infuriating

Frozen app

★ · v4.2.9 · Aug 28, 2026

I have the paid version of this app and suddenly it is frozen with no way to unfreeze it or update it if required.

Grossly Inaccurate

★ · v4.2.5 · Aug 12, 2026

Not even faintly close to accurate. The free version only gives the past 24 hours.

Poorly usable

★ · v4.2.4 · Aug 6, 2026

Very difficult to change locations

Disappointed update

★★ · v4.1.0 · Jul 25, 2026

When I first d/l this app it was very accurate as I compared it to the automatic rain gauges have on my property. BUT ever since the update it has yet to be accurate. Now it’s about 1/4” off the mark of accuracy. Very disappointed as the new update.

Don’t have a nick

★ · v4.1.0 · Jul 23, 2026

I put in ONE location (my own) msg saying I needed to upgrade. Then it said daily explore limit reached. I hardly did anything and app wants me to upgrade. It’s a no for me. App is almost dysfunctional.

Useless

★ · v4.1.0 · Jul 22, 2026

Can barely do anything without paying for pro

False advertisement

★ · v4.0.0 · Jun 29, 2026

Money grab. While the app is great in concept, they don’t tell you it is limited. If you want more then open that wallet. Wish I could rate it -5 Stars but they won’t. DELETE

Can’t Delete Location. Terrible App so I deleted this app.

★ · v3.3.1 · May 28, 2026

Very obtuse app. I would give I a 0 zero if I could. No easy way to add or delete a location. I don’t recommend this app to anyone. My frustration led me to deleted the app.

Not very accurate

★★ · v3.3.1 · May 28, 2026

Rainfall totals have been off anywhere from.5 to.75 inches, usually on the shy side.

Inaccurate

★ · v3.2.2 · May 21, 2026

9 of 10 this is wrong.

Horrible

★ · v3.2.1 · May 11, 2026

This app gave me completely inaccurate data which resulted in major consequences for me.

Locations….

★ · v3.2.0 · May 9, 2026

Only can add two locations. It can’t function unless it always on location. Doesn’t give the information needed. Can’t add locations outside of the US either. What good are you?

Not precise

★ · v3.1.6 · Apr 16, 2026

Last weekend it showed that there was gonna be rain most of the day on Sunday. All the hours that it showed having rain there was none. The weather app was much more accurate as it showed no rain.

Worst weather app ever

★ · v3.1.0 · Apr 2, 2026

Forecasts can’t be further off. Example at 2pm on April 2 the forecast for Vero Beach, FL was 44 degrees actual temp is 79 degrees. Another example on February 24 they showed 11.7 inches of snow for the same location. I tried to cancel and get a refund for this app and was refused. Stay away from this app.

Was perfect, now unusable

★ · v3.1.0 · Apr 2, 2026

This used to be my favorite and most useful rain app but after an update to limit free location checks it’s now unusable. The beauty of precip was the map, unfortunately now you use up all of your free map point checks just scrolling or zooming out just to view the map before you even want to check a specific location.

It was cool for 2 days

★ · v3.0.6 · Mar 22, 2026

Someone posted on Threads about this app and it’s hard to find snowfall totals so I was in. I found it pretty clunky to use but it was nice to see a MTD snow total. I just came back a week or so later and everything I looked at is now behind a paywall so apparently that was a trial? I’ve paid for a couple of my other weather apps so I’m not against paying for premium content but I need to know it’s a free trial so I can spend more time playing around to see if it’s worth it and I need the app to be less awkward. Like show me the location(s) I’ve added instead of a map asking if I want to add locations, looking like everything is brand new. I added my home city a second time before seeing it was there for the first time. Surprise?!?

Junk app

★ · v3.0.6 · Mar 22, 2026

Junk app keeps wanting to resign.

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