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HarborCast: Radar & Lightning

by CoreForge LLC

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 6 Aug 2026

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  • Free to download
  • In-app purchases

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Pricing & paywalls

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  • HarborCast Pro — $3.99
  • HarborCast Pro — $24.99

Ratings & reviews

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5.0 1 ratings · App Store

  1. 5/5Best Weather app I’ve found

    Switched from WeatherBug after the RainViewer API went down and haven't looked back. The radar pulls straight from NOAA so it's the same data the NWS uses. Lightning alerts with actual distance are a game changer when you're on the water and can't just duck inside. Worth every penny of the subscription.

    kbcolon · 6 Aug 2026

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Versions

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  • 1.1
  • 1.2

    iOS Widgets & New Features • HOME SCREEN WIDGETS — Add HarborCast to your Home Screen. Small, medium, large, and lock screen widgets show real-time conditions at a glance — wind, rating, tides, and more. • SMARTER LOCATION PICKER — Cleaner location selector from the header. Checkmark always shows your active location. • THRESHOLD LABELS — Condition settings now clearly show "Good" and "Dangerous" boundaries. Poor is the range in between. • WIDGET SYNC — Widgets update immediately when you switch locations in the app. • BUG FIXES — Improved data accuracy and reliability.

  • 1.3

    • Hourly and 7-day forecasts now free for all users • Home screen widgets — small, medium, large, and lock screen • Widgets auto-refresh in the background every 15 minutes • Pro unlocks: detailed conditions timeline, wind forecast chart, marine zone forecast, custom thresholds, and up to 10 saved locations

  • 1.4

    What's new: - Conditions timeline now on the main screen — see hourly ratings at a glance - Weather conditions (rain, storms, fog) now affect your safety rating - Weather icons added to the conditions table - Expanded free tier: full hourly and 7-day forecasts for all users - Widgets! Widget dashboard updated with weather condition icons - Improved day labels and future day timeline accuracy

  • 1.5

    Bug Fixes + New Features! What's new: - Conditions timeline now on the main screen — see hourly ratings at a glance - Weather conditions (rain, storms, fog) now affect your safety rating - Weather icons added to the conditions table - Expanded tier: full hourly and 7-day forecasts - Widgets! Widget dashboard updated with weather condition icons - Improved day labels and future day timeline accuracy

  • 1.6

    Bug Fixes + New Features! What's new: - Conditions timeline now on the main screen — see hourly ratings at a glance - Weather conditions (rain, storms, fog) now affect your safety rating - Weather icons added to the conditions table - Expanded tier: full hourly and 7-day forecasts - Widgets! Widget dashboard updated with weather condition icons - Improved day labels and future day timeline accuracy

  • 1.7

    Bug Fixes + New Features! What's new: - Conditions timeline now on the main screen — see hourly ratings at a glance - Weather conditions (rain, storms, fog) now affect your safety rating - Weather icons added to the conditions table - Expanded tier: full hourly and 7-day forecasts - Widgets! Widget dashboard updated with weather condition icons - Improved day labels and future day timeline accuracy

  • 1.8

    Bug Fixes + New Features! What's new: - Conditions timeline now on the main screen — see hourly ratings at a glance - Weather conditions (rain, storms, fog) now affect your safety rating - Weather icons added to the conditions table - Expanded tier: full hourly and 7-day forecasts - Widgets! Widget dashboard updated with weather condition icons - Improved day labels and future day timeline accuracy

  • 1.9

    Bug Fixes + New Features! What's new: - Conditions timeline now on the main screen — see hourly ratings at a glance - Weather conditions (rain, storms, fog) now affect your safety rating - Weather icons added to the conditions table - Expanded tier: full hourly and 7-day forecasts - Widgets! Widget dashboard updated with weather condition icons - Improved day labels and future day timeline accuracy

  • 2.0.1

    HarborCast 2.0 is the biggest update yet: • LIVE RADAR: rain as smooth, vivid color at every zoom, clouds that work day and night, and a 2-hour timeline you can scrub, with real clock times on every frame • YOUR MAP: clean light map or dark map, plus opacity controls for rain and clouds • NEW TABS: Home, Tides, and Radar, each a tap away • APPLE WATCH: conditions on your wrist, plus two complications: a Wind Dial and a Tide trend that shows rising or falling and the next high or low time • TIDES TAB: clear station picker and a 7-day high/low outlook • Smarter ratings: storms show as a clear marker and a timed warning chip while your rating stays honest about wind and water; wave height factors into your rating • Units apply everywhere, including the watch • Clearer subscription options and improved Restore Purchases

  • 2.1.10

    Bugs squashed, plus a big design refresh. - LIGHT & DARK MODE: choose Light, Dark, or match your system, in Settings. - STREAMLINED LAYOUT: a cleaner two-tab design (Conditions and Radar) with everything on one scroll. - SMARTER RADAR: a rain-intensity legend, clearer lightning, a bigger time scrubber, and adjustable rain and cloud layers. - NEW WATCH RATING: the hourly timeline now flags a yellow "Watch" when winds are fine but thunderstorms are forecast that hour. - 14-DAY FREE TRIAL and a clearer subscription screen. - Tides, forecast, and marine info tidied up and easier to read, plus haptics and accessibility improvements throughout.

  • 2.1.13

    Lightning, front and center • Live lightning strikes right on the radar, with proximity alerts that warn you before strikes reach your chosen distance, even when the app is closed. • Set your alert distance (1 to 30 miles) directly on the radar now, no extra menus. • Distance rings show how close lightning is at a glance, including during the free preview. Radar built for the water • High-resolution rain and cloud radar with a 2-hour playback timeline. • Cleaner map, adjustable layers, and faster, more reliable strike rendering during busy storms. Everything in one place • Your own Good, Poor, and Dangerous conditions, tuned to the thresholds that matter to you. • Hourly and 7-day marine forecast, tides to the minute, wind, seas, water temp, and more. • Light and Dark mode, an Apple Watch app, and home screen widgets. Polish and reliability • Faster, steadier performance during heavy storms. • Refreshed Settings, clearer colors in Light mode, and accessibility improvements throughout. • Various bug fixes and stability updates.

  • 2.1.14

    Lightning, front and center • Live lightning strikes right on the radar, with proximity alerts that warn you before strikes reach your chosen distance, even when the app is closed. • Set your alert distance (1 to 30 miles) directly on the radar now, no extra menus. • NEW! Holds 2 hours of lightning strike history, to match animation of radar and clouds! • Distance rings show how close lightning is at a glance. Radar built for the water • High-resolution rain and cloud, radar, and lightning with a 2-hour playback timeline. • Cleaner map, adjustable layers, and faster, more reliable strike rendering during busy storms. Everything in one place • Your own Good, Poor, and Dangerous conditions, tuned to the thresholds that matter to you. • Hourly and 7-day marine forecast, tides to the minute, wind, seas, water temp, and more. • Light and Dark mode, an Apple Watch app, and home screen widgets. Polish and reliability • Faster, steadier performance during heavy storms. • Refreshed Settings, clearer colors in Light mode, and accessibility improvements throughout. • Various bug fixes and stability updates.

  • 2.1.15

    Lightning, front and center • Live lightning strikes right on the radar, with proximity alerts that warn you before strikes reach your chosen distance, even when the app is closed. • Set your alert distance (1 to 30 miles) directly on the radar now, no extra menus. • NEW! Holds 2 hours of lightning strike history, to match animation of radar and clouds! • Distance rings show how close lightning is at a glance. Radar built for the water • High-resolution rain and cloud, radar, and lightning with a 2-hour playback timeline. • Cleaner map, adjustable layers, and faster, more reliable strike rendering during busy storms. Everything in one place • Your own Good, Poor, and Dangerous conditions, tuned to the thresholds that matter to you. • Hourly and 7-day marine forecast, tides to the minute, wind, seas, water temp, and more. • Light and Dark mode, an Apple Watch app, and home screen widgets. Polish and reliability • Faster, steadier performance during heavy storms. • Refreshed Settings, clearer colors in Light mode, and accessibility improvements throughout. • Various bug fixes and stability updates.

  • 2.1.2

    LIGHTNING THAT WARNS YOU, ANYWHERE. - CLOSED-APP ALERTS: Pro push notifications the moment lightning strikes near you, with quiet hours, delivered even when HarborCast is shut. - ALERTS FOLLOW YOUR LOCATION: choose any place and your alerts track it. - ALL CLEAR: a friendly heads-up when the lightning has moved on. - LIVE STRIKES ON THE MAP: satellite-detected lightning, color-coded by age, with 10, 20, and 30 mile rings and a nearest-strike readout (Pro, with a free live preview). - A bolder radar that opens at your location, darker distance rings, a cleaner first run with a simple notifications opt-in, smarter location search, and polish throughout. Lightning detection is satellite-based and approximate. For awareness only: not a substitute for official warnings.

  • 2.1.3

    LIGHTNING THAT WARNS YOU, ANYWHERE. - CLOSED-APP ALERTS: Pro push notifications the moment lightning strikes near you, with quiet hours, delivered even when HarborCast is shut. - ALERTS FOLLOW YOUR LOCATION: choose any place and your alerts track it. - ALL CLEAR: a friendly heads-up when the lightning has moved on. - LIVE STRIKES ON THE MAP: satellite-detected lightning, color-coded by age, with 10, 20, and 30 mile rings and a nearest-strike readout (Pro, with a free live preview). - A bolder radar that opens at your location, darker distance rings, a cleaner first run with a simple notifications opt-in, smarter location search, and polish throughout. Lightning detection is satellite-based and approximate. For awareness only: not a substitute for official warnings.

  • 2.1.7

    The biggest lightning and radar update yet. - ALERT DISTANCE SLIDER: set your lightning proximity alerts anywhere from 1 to 30 miles, instead of fixed steps. - STRIKES BY AGE: the newest strikes show bright red, older ones fade to yellow, so you can read a storm at a glance. - 14-DAY FREE TRIAL: more time to try everything HarborCast Pro can do. - SAVE YOUR CURRENT LOCATION: keep the exact spot you are standing in alongside your saved places, and remove it like any other. - FREE DAILY FORECAST: an optional morning notification with today's forecast for your location. - APPLE WATCH TIDES: the watch tide chart now draws a 0 ft sea-level line and labels every high and low. - Radar and settings polish, plus reliability fixes throughout. Lightning detection is satellite-based and approximate. For awareness only: not a substitute for official warnings.

  • 2.1.8

    A big design refresh. - LIGHT & DARK MODE: choose Light, Dark, or match your system, in Settings. - STREAMLINED LAYOUT: a cleaner two-tab design (Conditions and Radar) with everything on one scroll. - SMARTER RADAR: a rain-intensity legend, clearer lightning, a bigger time scrubber, and adjustable rain and cloud layers. - NEW WATCH RATING: the hourly timeline now flags a yellow "Watch" when winds are fine but thunderstorms are forecast that hour. - 14-DAY FREE TRIAL and a clearer subscription screen. - Tides, forecast, and marine info tidied up and easier to read, plus haptics and accessibility improvements throughout.

  • 2.1.9

    A big design refresh. - LIGHT & DARK MODE: choose Light, Dark, or match your system, in Settings. - STREAMLINED LAYOUT: a cleaner two-tab design (Conditions and Radar) with everything on one scroll. - SMARTER RADAR: a rain-intensity legend, clearer lightning, a bigger time scrubber, and adjustable rain and cloud layers. - NEW WATCH RATING: the hourly timeline now flags a yellow "Watch" when winds are fine but thunderstorms are forecast that hour. - 14-DAY FREE TRIAL and a clearer subscription screen. - Tides, forecast, and marine info tidied up and easier to read, plus haptics and accessibility improvements throughout.

  • 2.2.1

    Storm season, on your radar. Use that with Lightning strikes, real radar, Personal Alerts, and GO! TRACK EVERY NAMED STORM - Live hurricane and tropical storm positions right on the radar map. - The full National Hurricane Center forecast cone, so you can see where it is headed. - Every position carries its own hurricane symbol with its Saffir-Simpson category, and the color deepens from Category 1 through 5, so you can see a storm strengthening at a glance. - Tap any point on a storm's track for category, wind speed, and time at that position. A FASTER, SMOOTHER RADAR - The animation now buffers before it plays, instead of assembling itself while you watch. - Radar paints in seconds on opening the tab, and coming back no longer restarts the load. - Smoother playback with no borrowed frames, and cleaner tiles at deep zoom. - Better battery behavior: the map now goes idle when nothing is moving. REORGANIZED RADAR CONTROLS - Icon-only layer buttons for Rain, Clouds, Lightning, and the new Storms layer. - The bell button now owns alerts; the sliders button owns how the map looks. - Larger, easier to hit controls. Storm and lightning data are satellite and advisory based and approximate. For awareness only: not a substitute for official warnings.

  • 2.2.3 · 5 Aug 2026

    Conditions timeline rebuilt around a clean 3-hour grid, so a day reads at a glance instead of scrolling. Rain is now a rating you control. Set your own thresholds and rain alone can flag a day, even when the wind is calm. A dangerous hour that falls between the 3-hour marks is pulled into the table as its own row, so a hazard is never hidden between rows. Tide charts now draw the full day on every station, including days that end on an afternoon low. Faster to go Pro: the subscribe button is always in reach, and tapping any locked setting shows you what Pro unlocks. Fixes: gust and wind thresholds can no longer be set to impossible values, the conditions table is easier to read at a glance, and station names now match the real place.

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