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title: "PocketGrib - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "With PocketGrib you can download, view and analyse global weather data while on the go.  Wind, precipitation, pressure, temperature, wave and other data extracted from GRIB files are displayed through"
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# PocketGrib — United States

![PocketGrib App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple118/v4/10/0d/d9/100dd9c0-f67f-bd2d-bae8-87175b80825a/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-GLES2_U002c0-512MB-sRGB-0-0-0-85-220-0-0-0-5.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Nicholas Brennan](https://apptail.io/developer/nicholas-brennan-tSbE)
**Category:** Weather
**Rating:** 4.8/5 (573 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.nickobrennan.PocketGrib
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.2.11 (released 2018-09-12)
**Original Release:** 2011-04-06
**Languages:** English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id429394638)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/united-states)

## PocketGrib Description
With PocketGrib you can download, view and analyse global weather data while on the go.

Wind, precipitation, pressure, temperature, wave and other data extracted from GRIB files are displayed through our powerful GRIB viewer interface.

Perfect for sailors (both sailing and in the pub), windsurfers, storm chasers, outdoor enthusiasts, amateur and professional meteorologists.

Features
- Choose your map location and have weather information overlaid
- Animation of weather maps
- Weather can be viewed as a meteogram (graph) or raw data
- Configurable download to minimise file sizes (great for roaming)
- GRIB files can be downloaded to your PC via iTunes
- Displays online and offline
- Support for 3rd party GRIB files

PocketGrib downloads and displays the following weather types:
- Wind speed and direction (10 m above ground/sea)
- Precipitation (rain, snow etc)
- Pressure
- Air temperature
- Waves (including Mediterranean and Black Sea)
- Cloud cover
- Relative humidity
- CAPE (Convective Atmospheric Potential Energy)
- Current (Atlantic only)
- 500mb Height

Direct download of GRIB data from NOAA's GFS (Global Forecast System) model
- Forecasts up to 8 days
- Data steps: 3hr, 6hr, 12hr
- Worldwide coverage
- Resolution: 0.25°, 0.5°, 1°, 2°
- Data updated 4 times a day (every 6 hours)
Also support for COAMPS (0.2° resolution), WW3, NOGAPS, RTOFS (Currents) and FNMOC WW3 (Mediterranean wave) models.

GRIB forecasts are published without human intervention or review. As such, the end user requires some knowledge and awareness. Most GRIB models do NOT accurately forecast hurricanes and tropical cyclones so their use should be combined with specific hurricane and tropical cyclone forecasts.

## PocketGrib Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple118/v4/3b/65/69/3b656984-820d-3165-c9e0-17ea0f553dca/mzl.iqyrejpp.png/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple118/v4/05/fc/53/05fc53e2-dfa5-c93d-d450-eb4bc1133960/mzl.hkfsjuqg.png/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple118/v4/c0/c9/06/c0c90665-835e-9889-6a68-61296ede6137/mzl.lctqzxcr.png/640x920.png)

## PocketGrib Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 496 (87%)
- 4 stars: 66 (12%)
- 3 stars: 6 (1%)
- 2 stars: 1 (0%)
- 1 stars: 4 (1%)

## PocketGrib Reviews in United States

### ***** "Love it"
Been using it for years, love it.
-- MartinRand, 2022-04-23

### ***** "First app I check"
This app gives so much info with a very simple display. This is the first app I check when deciding when to take the boat out.  While I am on the water I make it part of my routine to check the app to see what to expect in the following hours and days. This is one of my must have apps to go sailing with.
-- Wpetty19, 2021-08-03

### *---- "Not usable for Great Lakes."
Not usable on Great Lakes.
-- Mcat man, 2021-07-21

### ***** "Easy to use!"
Lots of useful info for the budding prognosticator/weather enthusiast.
-- RGoff23, 2019-05-23

### ***** "Really good, easy to use app."
I have used this app for years. When I think about a passage I go here to check the conditions I will encounter. Easy to use. High on my list of really good apps.
-- Starboardtack, 2018-11-10

### ***** "PocketGrib"
About the best long range weather forecast I’ve ever used 
I would say 90 percent accurate 
Forty plus years on the North Atlantic
-- capt. Fish, 2018-10-23

### ***** "Simple and accurate"
While other apps may be more graphic and engaging, I like the simplicity of PocketGrib. Nothing tricky...just the data I need.
-- Soulcaptain, 2018-09-29

### ***** "Great program, quick to load"
PocketGrib uses the GFS model (US source). Nothing fancy, quick to load, easy to interpret.
-- bob423, 2018-09-27

### ***** "Works Great"
I use it for boating but it is useful for anyone that understands Grib files and wants to check the NOAA models.
-- Aore Jim, 2018-09-18

### ***** "Great app"
Been using this for several years and have found it invaluable.
-- Moosebone, 2017-09-13

### ***** "Invaluable for boating!"
I've used this app for almost 3 years now and rely on it so much I feel guilty I've never provided a review.  

I use this mainly for boating in the Upper Chesapeake. Power boating, not sail boating.  In the upper bay both wind direction and wind speed play a role in how rough the water will be and I can use this app to show me when the tucking into a certain section of the bay or scooting into the Susquehanna River will find more protected waters at a given time.
-- Pop Jeff, 2017-06-02

### ***** "I am a sailor, this app really works for me"
Spend a little time learning the features and this app will become your first choice for passage planning.

You will find that you can minimize the download file size by selecting the area you are interested in, the parameters you want to see, and the number of days that are of interest.
-- Bob sailor, 2017-03-21

### ***** "If only the Mac had a GRIB viewer this good"
I can't imagine sailing without this program. It works so intuitively I don't even think about using it, I just do & get to concentrate on the weather, not the program.

GRIBs are amazing and this program allows me to be able to harness their power!

Update 20 Feb 16 - We have been using PocketGrib as live aboard cruisers for almost 2 years now. My wife now has it on her iPhone, & I have it on my iPads & iPhone. We use it nearly every day, and can not imagine Cruising from Boston Harbor to Great Exuma Island without it!

Our Lagoon 420's mast is over 65', so we can not use the ICW & must go offshore, where we sail for up to 7 days without sight of land. My only PocketGrib complaint is that I wish it would work with my GlobalStar 9000 Satellite Phone WiFi router, or even Iridium Go (although I don't yet have that). Then we could get the latest GRIBs into our PocketGrib when we are over 20 nm offshore & out of cell phone range. Since we are usually well beyond 20 nm offshore for most of our offshore cruise, getting the latest GRIBs into our PocketGrib would be very valuable to us as GRIBs become less accurate with age.
-- Hotfluids, 2016-02-20

### ***** "A GREAT app!"
This does a wonderful job of displaying the weather forecast hour by hour. While it is designed for sailors with low bandwidth high cost communications it also works those of of with cheap hi bandwidth networks on land.
-- D_Snow, 2016-02-15

### ***** "Sailor's Favorite Tool"
Quite good and easy to use. Keep this app handy.
-- Capt Bloodletter, 2016-01-18

### ***** "Good source of info"
I had a little trouble learning the app, but now it is a great source of weather info. We live on our sailboat and use this app daily to decide where to anchor next, or if we need to move. Only upgrade I can recommend is compressing data for Iridium use.
-- Nascarrunner71, 2015-12-24

### *---- "Bad"
Ther is no wave info for US areas. I got this for $6 for the wave data... Would lile to get a refund. ... And the app also crashes...bad bad bad
-- apoka123, 2015-10-31

### ***** "Excellent"
I use this app every day.  No glitches; just solid performance.
-- Edkess, 2015-09-24

### *---- "Crashes"
The app crashes each time I try to download new products. Please update! I didn't pay $5 to have an app that doesn't work.
-- FairWinds585, 2015-07-29

### *---- "Smerc"
I'm not sure what has happened to this app, but grib files are no longer available for download using the map. An error message indicates that the server is no longer available. The email address is not current. All attempts to contact the app owner have been aborted. NOT A DEPENDABLE APP!!!
-- Smerc1, 2015-06-18

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## PocketGrib Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Czechia | Weather | #1 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Weather | #5 |
| Top Paid | Ireland | Weather | #8 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | Weather | #10 |
| Top Paid | Chile | Weather | #10 |
| Top Paid | Israel | Weather | #10 |
| Top Paid | Spain | Weather | #12 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | Weather | #13 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Weather | #13 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | Weather | #13 |
| Top Paid | Poland | Weather | #14 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | Weather | #14 |
| Top Paid | Netherlands | Weather | #14 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | Weather | #14 |
| Top Paid | Norway | Weather | #14 |
| Top Paid | Kazakhstan | Weather | #15 |
| Top Paid | Belgium | Weather | #15 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | Weather | #16 |
| Top Paid | Greece | Weather | #16 |
| Top Paid | Russia | Weather | #17 |
| Top Paid | United States | Weather | #17 |
| Top Paid | Austria | Weather | #17 |
| Top Paid | Finland | Weather | #18 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | Weather | #19 |
| Top Paid | Germany | Weather | #19 |
| Top Paid | Denmark | Weather | #20 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | Weather | #20 |
| Top Paid | Romania | Weather | #20 |
| Top Paid | Switzerland | Weather | #20 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | Weather | #21 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | Weather | #21 |
| Top Paid | Azerbaijan | Weather | #21 |
| Top Paid | France | Weather | #24 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | Weather | #26 |
| Top Paid | Italy | Weather | #26 |
| Top Grossing | Czechia | Weather | #28 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | Weather | #28 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Weather | #28 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | Weather | #29 |
| Top Paid | Hungary | Weather | #31 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | Weather | #31 |
| Top Paid | Malaysia | Weather | #35 |
| Top Paid | Peru | Weather | #35 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | Weather | #36 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Weather | #37 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | Weather | #38 |
| Top Paid | Egypt | Weather | #41 |
| Top Paid | Australia | Weather | #42 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | Weather | #43 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | Weather | #44 |
| Top Paid | Kuwait | Weather | #46 |
| Top Grossing | Ukraine | Weather | #46 |
| Top Paid | Ecuador | Weather | #47 |
| Top Grossing | Russia | Weather | #52 |
| Top Paid | China | Weather | #53 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | Weather | #57 |
| Top Grossing | Belarus | Weather | #59 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | Weather | #63 |
| Top Grossing | Lebanon | Weather | #63 |
| Top Paid | India | Weather | #65 |
| Top Grossing | Denmark | Weather | #77 |
| Top Grossing | Argentina | Weather | #80 |
| Top Paid | Japan | Weather | #81 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Weather | #82 |
| Top Grossing | Azerbaijan | Weather | #82 |
| Top Grossing | Greece | Weather | #86 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | Overall | #88 |
| Top Grossing | Ireland | Weather | #88 |
| Top Grossing | Israel | Weather | #96 |
| Top Grossing | Finland | Weather | #97 |
| Top Grossing | Portugal | Weather | #97 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Overall | #186 |


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## PocketGrib Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/united-states)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/united-kingdom)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/germany)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/france)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/spain)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/netherlands)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/switzerland)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/russia)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/australia)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/sweden)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/italy)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/norway)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/austria)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/canada)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/belgium)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/turkey)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/chile)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/poland)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/denmark)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/brazil)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/argentina)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/portugal)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/ireland)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/china)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/south-africa)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/latvia)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/ukraine)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/new-zealand)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/israel)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/czechia)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/lithuania)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/greece)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/finland)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/hong-kong)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/mexico)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/singapore)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/malta)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/saudi-arabia)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/romania)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/kazakhstan)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/croatia)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/malaysia)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/lebanon)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/indonesia)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/thailand)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/peru)
- [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/cyprus)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/kuwait)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/philippines)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/dominican-republic)
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- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/pakistan)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/ecuador)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/azerbaijan)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/pocketgrib-Drae/tunisia)

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