Top 50 · Updated: 4 Sep 2026

The Top Free chart ranks apps by download volume, showing which free apps are attracting the most new users right now. The United States is the world's largest app market, and these rankings are closely watched as an early signal of global trends. 2 of these 50 apps are newcomers since the previous update; Surfline: Wave & Surf Reports made the biggest jump, climbing from #23 to #17; Weather - The Weather Channel holds a steady position at #1, where it has charted for 130 days.

#1 Weather - The Weather Channel icon
Free 4.6 ★ View
#2 Weather Radar: Rain, Storm Map icon
Weather Radar: Rain, Stor…
On chart 130 days · Peak #1
Free 4.7 ★ View
#3 WeatherBug - Radar, Forecast icon
WeatherBug - Radar, Forec…
On chart 130 days · Peak #2
Free 4.9 ★ View
#4 AccuWeather - Weather Alerts icon
Free 4.7 ★ View
↑5 #5 Michigan Storm Chasers icon
Free 4.9 ★ View
↓1 #6 MyRadar BOM Weather Radar Map icon
Free 4.8 ★ View
↑1 #7 Windy.com - Weather Radar icon
Windy.com - Weather Radar
On chart 130 days · Peak #6
Free 4.9 ★ View
↓2 #8 My Lightning Tracker & Alerts icon
My Lightning Tracker & Al…
On chart 130 days · Peak #4
Free 4.7 ★ View
↓2 #9 Clime: Weather Radar icon
Clime: Weather Radar
On chart 130 days · Peak #5
Free 4.5 ★ View
↑1 #10 Zoom Earth - Weather Forecast icon
Zoom Earth - Weather Fore…
On chart 113 days · Peak #8
Free 4.9 ★ View
↑1 #11 Windy.app — Wind, Tides, Radar icon
Free 4.8 ★ View
↓3 #12 Storm Radar: Weather Tracker icon
Free 4.6 ★ View
↑1 #13 Weather Underground: Local Map icon
Free 3.5 ★ View
↑3 #14 RainDrop - Rain Totals & Radar icon
Free 4.7 ★ View
↓2 #15 Weather & Radar icon
Free 4.8 ★ View
↓1 #16 Tornado Tracker by TornadoPath icon
Tornado Tracker by Tornad…
On chart 79 days · Peak #8
Free 4.9 ★ View
↑6 #17 Surfline: Wave & Surf Reports icon
Surfline: Wave & Surf Rep…
On chart 128 days · Peak #12
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↓2 #18 CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar icon
CARROT Weather: Alerts & …
On chart 130 days · Peak #6
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↓1 #19 OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool icon
Free 2.6 ★ View
#20 My Aurora Forecast & Alerts icon
My Aurora Forecast & Aler…
On chart 65 days · Peak #10
Free 4.9 ★ View
↑5 #21 WeatherWise.app icon
WeatherWise.app
On chart 128 days · Peak #1
Free 4.6 ★ View
↓1 #22 CNN Weather icon
CNN Weather
On chart 95 days · Peak #1
Free 4.6 ★ View
↑6 #23 My Earthquake Alerts & Feed icon
My Earthquake Alerts & Fe…
On chart 103 days · Peak #1
Free 4.7 ★ View
↑1 #24 Perry Weather icon
Perry Weather
On chart 41 days · Peak #17
Free 3.8 ★ View
↓1 #25 Indoor Thermometer icon
Indoor Thermometer
On chart 127 days · Peak #11
Free 4.2 ★ View
↑2 #26 Drive Weather with Live Radar icon
Drive Weather with Live R…
On chart 130 days · Peak #7
Free 4.7 ★ View
↓5 #27 Weather Kitty: Weather + Radar icon
Weather Kitty: Weather + …
On chart 111 days · Peak #13
Free 4.8 ★ View
↓1 #28 National Hurricane Center Data icon
National Hurricane Center…
On chart 24 days · Peak #15
Free 4.8 ★ View
↑6 #29 MyShake Earthquake Alerts icon
Free 3.3 ★ View
↑3 #30 Weather on the Way icon
Weather on the Way
On chart 127 days · Peak #13
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↓1 #31 NOAA Live Weather Radar icon
Free 5 ★ View
↑2 #32 WeatherFront - Radar & Models icon
WeatherFront - Radar & Mo…
On chart 113 days · Peak #1
Free 4.8 ★ View
↓2 #33 Heat Safety icon
Heat Safety
On chart 32 days · Peak #13
Free 4.6 ★ View
↑6 #34 Precip - Rain Forecast & Alert icon
Precip - Rain Forecast & …
On chart 130 days · Peak #13
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↓16 #35 Hi Weather icon
Hi Weather
On chart 61 days · Peak #9
Free 3.9 ★ View
↓4 #36 FOX Weather: Daily Forecasts icon
FOX Weather: Daily Foreca…
On chart 116 days · Peak #16
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↑2 #37 SKAI - NOAA Weather Radar icon
Free 4.6 ★ View
↓2 #38 Hawaii News Now Weather icon
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↓1 #39 FEMA icon
FEMA
On chart 78 days · Peak #15
Free 3.7 ★ View
↑4 #40 Tide Charts icon
Tide Charts
On chart 127 days · Peak #18
Free 4.8 ★ View
#41 Weatherly:Forecast&Radar icon
Weatherly:Forecast&Radar
On chart 64 days · Peak #21
Free 1 ★ View
#42 Thermometer - Indoor & Outdoor icon
Thermometer - Indoor & Ou…
On chart 48 days · Peak #22
Free 4.2 ★ View
↑2 #43 (Not Boring) Weather icon
(Not Boring) Weather
On chart 111 days · Peak #8
Free 4.7 ★ View
↑3 #44 Emergency: Severe Weather App icon
Emergency: Severe Weather…
On chart 46 days · Peak #10
Free 4.8 ★ View
↑2 #46 ForeFlight Mobile EFB icon
ForeFlight Mobile EFB
On chart 43 days · Peak #29
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NEW #47 EverythingWeather icon
EverythingWeather
On chart 51 days · Peak #18
Free 4.8 ★ View
↑2 #48 Moon Phase Calendar by MoonX icon
Moon Phase Calendar by Mo…
On chart 30 days · Peak #20
Free 4.8 ★ View
↓3 #49 Ventusky: Weather Forecast icon
Ventusky: Weather Forecas…
On chart 28 days · Peak #30
Free 4.8 ★ View
NEW #50 Windfinder: Wind & Weather map icon
Windfinder: Wind & Weathe…
On chart 97 days · Peak #25
Free 4.8 ★ View