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Point Forecast vs Your local weather: catalog facts
Point Forecast	Your local weather

Best for: U.S. residents who want detailed NWS forecasts on Android	Best for: Android users who want weather for wherever they are, shown in a widget
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0 or later.
Android	Android
Uses official NWS point forecast data through public APIs Detailed hourly tables including tides, air quality and UV Open source with a privacy-focused approach	Automatic location detection via cell, Wi-Fi or GPS Home screen widgets Scheduled location updates Long-running, actively maintained project
Covers U.S. locations only Small project with a single maintainer No GitHub releases; installed through F-Droid	Needs a network connection for weather data Documentation is limited to the repository
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Point Forecast github.com/crome1394/point-forecast f-droid.org/packages/com.crome.forecastpoint Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Your local weather github.com/thuryn/your-local-weather f-droid.org/packages/org.thosp.yourlocalweather Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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