Is Meteocool - Rain radar safe?

Don't want to get wet, or want to follow a thunderstorm? meteocool shows rain and storms as they happen and where they are heading next. Features Live radar, updated every few minutes: Germany, Switzerland, France, Czechia, Poland and the United States Nowcast: watch where the rain moves over the next 45 minutes. In our experience the first 45 minutes are pretty spot-on Lightning strikes live, fr…

Developer: meteocool
Category: Internet
Earliest archived version: 29 Aug 2021
License: AGPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

14 Oct 2026

4.0.0

meteocool 4.0, rebuilt from the ground up: • New map with radar for more countries, storm cells in 3D, lightning and model forecasts • Location button: show your position, or follow it as you move • New settings: base map (incl. match system), colour maps, data sources and licences • New three-page…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.meteocool

Latest APK SHA-2568a2c380c0d1ab5980bd3fbc5e566b97d90c89d83f630b0f4f053792769093ff1

Signing certificateD5:8D:94:B4:59:C3:B1:91:F8:1B:87:45:89:59:2D:E5:10:CC:34:6C:DF:17:3C:41:40:3F:57:00:54:A2:71:3D

MIN ANDROID23TARGET30ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 2.1l (29 Aug 2021), latest 4.0.0 (14 Oct 2026).

Permissions changed between 2.1l and 4.0.0: added android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE, android.permission.VIBRATE; removed android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

4.0.014 Oct 202623+→2.1l29 Aug 202123+→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexReview the flags below before installing

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions10 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNetTracking

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.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.meteocool.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↗