Bura vs RadarWeather
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Bura
Bura transforms and visualizes weather data from Open-Meteo.com to give you essential weather information at a glance, while allowing you to dive deeper with graphs. Other features include: * Works offline * Uses mobile data sparingly * Does not require an API key * Does not access your location * Material Design 3 / Material You * Dark and light theme * Customizable measurement units
RadarWeather
RadarWeather lets you watch the weather for cities and locations you are interested in. Weather data is provided via the free API from OpenWeatherMap. As the new One Call API allows only 1000 calls per day, every user must enter his own free OpenWeatherMap key (https://home.openweathermap.org/users/sign_up). Data for the rain radar is retrieved via the free RainViewer API. Features: - Current weather - Hourly forecasts for 48h / 3h forecasts for 5 days - 8 day forecast - Precipitation in next 60min - Rain radar - Radius search - Widget with optional GPS auto position update - No advertisement Minimum permissions: RadarWeather only requires the minimum amount of permission, namely only the INTERNET permission. This permission is necessary to make HTTP requests to remote servers for retrieving weather data. Optional: authorization for GPS.
| Feature | Bura | RadarWeather |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | BrowserWeather | BrowserWeather |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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