MesoRadar vs RadarOmega
MesoRadar is a storm radar app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android. It is free to open, with no account and no ads. RadarOmega costs $8.99 to open, and its plans run to $119.99 a year.
For Macs with Apple silicon. Also on iPhone and iPad.
Free to download. Keep the app you have and run both.
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The short answer
RadarOmega fits better if you need Windows or Linux, radar outside the US, its camera network, or its wider model maps. Both are built for people who read radar closely.
Cost
MesoRadar
$0 to open
$39.99 a year for everything1
RadarOmega
$8.99 to open
up to $119.99 a year2
That is $80 a year less than RadarOmega's highest plan, and $10 a year less than its lowest.
The plans do not include the same things. The table shows what each price buys.
To open the app
Highest plan
Plans
Satellite
MRMS hail and rotation
Model data
CPC outlooks and later outlook days
Warning push
Radar from past days
Custom color tables
Desktop app
| MesoRadar | RadarOmega | |
|---|---|---|
| To open the app | Free | $8.99, bought once per store |
| Highest plan | $39.99 a year, or $7.99 a month1 | $119.99 a year, or $11.99 a month2 |
| Plans | One | Three: $49.99, $89.99 and $119.99 a year |
| Satellite | Infrared and GeoColor free. Other bands and longer loops with Pro. | From $49.99 a year, or $4.99 a month |
| MRMS hail and rotation | With Pro | From $89.99 a year, or $8.99 a month |
| Model data | HRRR future radar and snow totals free. Severe parameters with Pro. | HRRR, RRFS, RAP, GFS, ECMWF, HWRF and HMON, with contours, at $119.99 a year |
| CPC outlooks and later outlook days | With Pro | With the $8.99 app |
| Warning push | For saved places. 3 places free: Tornado Warnings, Flash Flood Emergencies, destructive Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and three more. 10 places and a choice of alert types with Pro. | All storm-based warnings for the phone's GPS location, with the $8.99 app. 3 saved places at $119.99 a year. |
| Radar from past days | Level 2 archive, with Pro. Back to 1999 for most radars on iPhone, and to 2016 on Android. | 7 days with the app. 30 or 90 days by plan. |
| Custom color tables | A color table maker in the app, with Pro | Your own .pal files: 3, 8 or 30 by plan |
| Desktop app | On Mac with Apple silicon, from the App Store. No Windows or Linux app. | Windows, Mac and Linux, with any plan |
Why MesoRadar
Nothing to pay to open it, no account to make, no ads. The free app is the whole radar network.
Pro unlocks all of it at once. RadarOmega sells its satellite, MRMS and model data in three plans: from $49.99 a year, from $89.99, and $119.99.
Level 2 is decoded on the phone at quarter-kilometer resolution, and each new sweep paints in as the radar turns.
The car screen and the Mac app cost nothing extra.
Not on RadarOmega's published feature lists: soundings, cross-sections, RTMA surface data, CarPlay, Home Screen widgets, river gauges and storm-by-storm severe odds.3
3RadarOmega's website, App Store listing and Google Play listing, read on November 11, 2026. An app can have a feature that its lists do not name.
The other side
RadarOmega has these. MesoRadar does not.
Also on RadarOmega's list, and not in MesoRadar: a power outage layer · the drought monitor · WPC surface analysis fronts · single-site loops past 60 frames · a storm report archive older than 24 hours · hail history beyond 24 hours · National Digital Forecast Database maps · 3D views of satellite and model data · Project MesoVort access · sound alerts for every alert type · custom place icons and lists · GIF export · the day and night line · a latitude and longitude grid
No risk
MesoRadar is free to open and needs no account. There is nothing to move and nothing to cancel. Open the same storm in both apps and compare.
For Macs with Apple silicon. Also on iPhone and iPad.
Questions
Yes. The app is free to download and open, with no account and no ads. Every NEXRAD site, the national mosaic, satellite lightning, and severe warnings and watches are free. Pro is one subscription: $39.99 a year or $7.99 a month in the US App Store.
No. They are separate apps from separate companies, and nothing transfers.
On Mac, yes. MesoRadar is in the App Store for Macs with Apple silicon. There is no Windows or Linux version.
No. Pro is tied to the store account it was bought on, and it unlocks on every device on that account.
Single-site radar is US only. The national mosaic reaches into southern Canada, and Environment Canada warnings are on the map with push alerts.
No. MesoRadar is made by Ingenio Productions. RadarOmega is a trademark of its owner. The comparison on this page comes from public listings read on November 11, 2026.
For iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android.
For Macs with Apple silicon. Also on iPhone and iPad.
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