Is Point Forecast safe?

Point Forecast is an Android client for U.S. National Weather Service point forecasts. It is not affiliated with NOAA or NWS. Features: Current conditions and multi-day NWS forecast US customary or metric units (temperature, wind, precipitation, visibility, pressure, tides, earthquake and storm distances) Hourly tables (temperature, precipitation, wind, tides/water level, air quality, visibility,…

Developer: crome1394
Category: Science & Education
Earliest archived version: 31 Aug 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

14 Oct 2026

1.1.12

Hourly table keeps the date and the hour visible when the system font is larger than the default • River and lake stage now comes from the USGS Water Data API

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05 Oct 2026

1.1.11

Settings: choose US customary or metric units • Temperature, wind, rain, visibility, pressure, tides, elevation, and the widget follow the choice • Earthquake, severe-weather, and map-focus distances follow the choice • NWS forecast text reloads in the unit system you pick • Tropical cyclone wind…

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31 Aug 2026

1.1.10

About screen: GitHub and Buy Me a Coffee links with icons • Drawer saved cities: edit/delete icons + long-press drag to reorder • Settings Hamburger menu: long-press drag reorder (same as Hourly tabs) • Fix Settings drag gesture dropping when crossing another row

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.crome.forecastpoint

Latest APK SHA-25686e101ff1b1d8b1a33630077036464954a7ea3ca79a89a4313a32e544ea6df40

Signing certificate65:1F:70:44:11:D1:54:F8:E6:BD:56:D3:39:C1:C6:0E:3D:FA:24:06:54:99:D9:EF:50:33:61:40:B7:3F:75:33

MIN ANDROID26TARGET35ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

3 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.1.10 (31 Aug 2026), latest 1.1.12 (14 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

3 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.1.1214 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.1.1105 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.1.1031 Aug 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions8 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.crome.forecastpoint.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗