Modern METAR Widget
Description
No Monthly Subscription and No In-App Purchases! Display any METAR data on your Lock screen and Home screen! Modern METAR Widget provides instant situational awareness with just a glance at your phone. Whether you are checking the latest station report or monitoring wind shifts for your next flight, the data you need is always one glance away, no need to unlock your phone or launch a heavy app. CORE FEATURES: -No Subscriptions: Pay once and enjoy unlimited access to live METAR data. -Instant Home & Lock Screen Access: View real-time reports via sleek, color-coded widgets. -Customizable Appearance: Fully control text and background colors -Multi-Airport List: Save multiple airports to toggle between at anytime! -Automated Flight Categories: Tags for VFR, MVFR, and IFR appear at a glance to easily know the conditions SIMPLICITY: Modern METAR Widget strips away the clutter. It has a modern User Interface with sleek designs and easy controls. Add your airports, customize your look, and get back to flying. Reliable, professional data from aviationweather.gov, delivered exactly where you need it.
What's New
- Improved connection to AviationWeather.Gov - Lockscreen widget will now adapt its own size to fit all the core METAR data - Minor Ui changes -removed Herobrine
Details
- Developer
- Sean Heiken
- Main Category
- Weather
- Version
- 1.1.6
- Version Release
- 2026-05-18
- Initial Release
- 2026-02-06
- Size
- 1 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- USD 0.99
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- com.heiken.MetarWidget
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.81 (36)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-07-19
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Competitive Benchmark — Weather Top 10
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| 10 | River Levels & Flows | USD 2.99 | ★ 4.60 | 2,620 | 3 | 2026-06-11 |
| 19 | Modern METAR Widget | USD 0.99 | ★ 4.81 | 36 | 1 | 2026-05-18 |
User Reviews
The app works just as advertised and is worth the dollar. For me it would have been 5 stars if the app would automatically locate the nearest airport base on your location and change the metar automatically instead of manually doing it every time I land at a different airport. Hopefully they can update the app and it be perfect!
I love the app and it may just be me but the widget is not fully displayed. What I mean is on my lock screen it is cutoff short and the rest is behind a “…”. I also can’t choose a bigger option and tapping it only refreshes it so I can’t see the full thing. It’s probably still being worked on so it’s not a big deal.
What a great and effective app. As a pilot of course I always need to know weather for any preflight and I love having this saved to my Home Screen for readily available access. Great app highly recommend!
Works great! Have a full page dedicated to 5 airports! Would recommend!
I love using it for flights haven’t had any issues worth the dollar lol
The app works great it’s simple and keeps the metars updated I just starting my pilot training so this is a nice easy tool that is definitely worth the dollar
I have this widget on my iPad Home Screen. Currently working on my instrument rating and this is super helpful. Great idea, awesome app! Highly recommend
This is a fantastic app that made getting all ,y aviation weather quick and easy! I love being able to add the widget to my lock screen for quick access. No more having to open apps to find my airport and look at the weather. It’s available right away!
The app works great! It’s super easy to use and you only have to set it up once, after that you can see the current metar just by clicking on your phone. 10/10 would recommend
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