bergfex Weather App Review: Tested vs 4 Rivals

By Best:in Editorial Team · Updated September 2026

In September 2026 the bergfex: Weather & Rain Radar app remains the default mountain forecast tool for Austria: free forecasts for over 350,000 European locations, more than 9,500 webcams, and separate mountain and valley outlooks. Pro adds animated radar, a 14-day webcam archive and 1,600-plus stations after a three-day trial. Windy and meteoblue beat it on model depth, not on Austrian piste and webcam coverage.

bergfex Weather App Review: Tested vs 4 Rivals, ranked

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bergfex: Weather & Rain Radar

The free tier alone justifies the install: forecasts for over 350,000 European locations, split into mountain and valley, plus more than 9,500 webcams at around 6,000 sites. Pro layers on animated radar with preview, a 14-day webcam archive and readings from 1,600-plus stations after a three-day trial. Google Play shows 4.17 out of 5 from 18,448 ratings and over one million installs (15 September 2026).

Best for: Daily go-to forecast for Austrian ski trips

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bergfex: Skiing & Tracking

The winter sibling adds what a pure weather app cannot: piste maps, snow reports, ticket prices and lift status, plus automatic recording of every descent with speed, distance and vertical. Pro brings 6-hour snow forecast maps, a 7-day snow analysis, an avalanche and slope-steepness layer and 200-plus stations with history, with Austrian reports sourced from GeoSphere. Last Play update 12 August 2026; needs Android 8 or iOS 15.

Best for: Piste days with lift status and run tracking

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Windy.com

The strongest second opinion. Premium costs USD 24.99 a year on auto-renewal or USD 37.99 as a one-off 12 months (checked 15 September 2026) and delivers a 1-hour forecast step, a 15-day outlook, at least four model updates a day and radar plus satellite archives going back one year. No piste maps, no lift status, no Austrian snow reports.

Best for: Model detail and wind at altitude

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meteoblue weather & maps

Best used as a chart tool. The app from meteoblue ag puts rain radar and meteograms one tap from the home screen, and the paid tier removes ads, adds the home-screen widget and extends the forecast to 14 days. Watch the structure: app and website subscriptions are separate, and the website ad-free plan runs 12 months with no auto-renewal and excludes advanced meteograms.

Best for: Meteograms for ski touring windows

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bergfex: Hiking & Tracking

Only relevant if you leave the lift network. It holds more than 500,000 hiking trails, ski tours, running routes and mountain bike trails across Europe, with GPS navigation on Alpine maps and a route planner for custom lines. Tracks log duration, altitude metres, elevation profile, distance and speed. For lift-served skiing it duplicates nothing useful, so most piste skiers can skip it.

Best for: Ski touring and off-piste navigation

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Is the bergfex weather app accurate enough for an Austrian ski trip?

The core promise is coverage. bergfex: Weather & Rain Radar carries forecasts for more than 350,000 locations across Europe, and it splits every mountain destination into a summit forecast and a valley forecast, which matters when the cloud base sits at 1,600 m and the village below stays grey. Live checking is handled by more than 9,500 webcams at around 6,000 locations, so you can confirm what a model is predicting before you buy a day pass.

User ratings back the everyday reliability rather than perfection. On Google Play the app scores 4.17 out of 5 from 18,448 ratings and has passed one million installs (checked 15 September 2026). Negative reviews cluster on early-morning temperature readings, not on radar or webcams.

What is free in bergfex, and what needs bergfex Pro?

The free tier is unusually generous. You get the full 350,000-location forecast database, mountain and valley views, the webcam network and the rain radar, funded by advertising. The download itself costs nothing on both stores.

Pro sits behind a three-day trial that converts into an annual auto-renewing subscription unless you cancel first, and bergfex states that the subscription is managed only in the Apple App Store or Google Play, not on its website. Pro adds animated radar with a preview function, a webcam archive with 14-day history including time-lapse, detailed short-term forecasts, lightning activity, regional text forecasts for Austria and Germany, data from over 1,600 weather stations, and ad-free use. Minimum requirements are Android 8 or iOS 13, so older handsets are excluded.

bergfex, Windy or meteoblue: what does each one actually cover?

bergfex: Weather & Rain RadarWindy.commeteoblue weather & maps
Forecast locations350,000+ in Europe Map-based, any point on the globe Point forecasts plus meteograms and rain radar
Live webcams9,500+ at around 6,000 locations Webcam layer on the map Not a listed app feature
Paid tier priceAnnual subscription after a 3-day trial, billed via app stores USD 24.99 per year, or USD 37.99 one-off for 12 months Separate app and website subscriptions; website ad-free runs 12 months without auto-renewal
Forecast resolution in the paid tierDetailed short-term forecasts plus 1,600+ station observations 1-hour forecast step, 15-day outlook, updates at least 4 times a day 14-day forecast in the app subscription
Archive dataWebcam archive with 14-day history and time-lapse (Pro) Radar and satellite archives going back 1 year (Premium) Not offered in the consumer app subscription
Ski-specific dataSnow information via the separate bergfex ski app Snow layers on the map, no piste maps or lift status No piste maps or lift status

How should you set up bergfex before a week in Tyrol?

  1. Install the right app for the job

    Download bergfex: Weather & Rain Radar (iOS ID 852999896, Android package com.bergfex.mobile.weather) for forecasts, and bergfex: Skiing & Tracking (iOS ID 744189889) if you also want piste maps, lift status and run tracking. Check the operating system first: the weather app needs Android 8 or iOS 13, the ski app needs Android 8 or iOS 15.

  2. Save mountain and valley favourites

    Add both the resort summit and your accommodation village as favourites. The app keeps cities, places and mountains in one favourites list, and the split between mountain and valley forecasts is the reason to save two entries per destination rather than one.

  3. Pin the webcams you will check at 07:00

    With more than 9,500 webcams across roughly 6,000 European locations, the useful move is selecting three: base station, mid-mountain and top lift. Pro users can scroll the 14-day webcam archive and time-lapse to see how the same slope looked in similar conditions last week.

  4. Start the Pro trial on the right day

    The trial runs three days and then rolls into an annual subscription unless cancelled, so start it in the week you are actually skiing, not a month before. Cancellation happens in the Apple App Store or Google Play subscription settings, not on bergfex.com.

  5. Add a home-screen widget

    The weather app ships a customisable home-screen widget with daily or hourly forecasts. The ski app offers custom widgets for multiple ski resorts in Pro, which is the faster way to compare two Tyrolean areas on a marginal snow morning.

Which bergfex app do you need: weather, skiing or hiking?

bergfex runs three consumer apps and they do not overlap much. The weather app is the forecast engine: 350,000 locations, radar, webcams. The ski app, whose first version shipped in 2009, adds the winter map with slopes and lifts, high-resolution piste maps, snow reports, ticket prices and lift status, plus automatic recording of every descent with speed, distance and elevation gain. Its Play listing was last updated on 12 August 2026.

The third app, bergfex: Hiking & Tracking, holds over 500,000 hiking trails, ski tours, running routes and mountain bike trails across Europe. Ski tourers want that one for GPS navigation and route planning. Piste skiers rarely need it.

What does bergfex Pro cost compared with Windy and meteoblue?

bergfex does not publish a headline price on its own site: Pro is sold as an auto-renewing annual subscription through the Apple App Store and Google Play, after the three-day trial. Check the store page for your country before subscribing, since currency and tier can differ.

Windy is the transparent one. Premium costs USD 24.99 per year on auto-renewal, or USD 37.99 as a one-time 12-month payment (checked 15 September 2026), and buys a 1-hour forecast step, a 15-day outlook, updates at least four times daily and radar archives going back one year. meteoblue splits its paid products: the app subscription and the website subscription are separate, and the website ad-free plan runs 12 months with no automatic renewal.

Where does bergfex fall short, and what are the alternatives?

Two weaknesses show up repeatedly. First, tracking precision: reviewers of the ski app report top-speed readings capped near 60 km/h against faster figures from dedicated trackers, though they also note better battery life. Second, temperature spot values: several Play reviewers criticise early-morning readings, which is a known limit of station interpolation in deep Alpine valleys.

If you want raw model choice, Windy is the alternative. If you want piste-focused extras, iSKI Austria from intermaps.Software GmbH (App Store ID 311458927) covers Austrian resorts with a season-long challenge feature. For official Austrian data, bergfex Pro already surfaces GeoSphere Austria reports inside the ski app, which removes most reasons to install a second national weather app.

How is this ranking computed?

  • Austrian mountain and valley coverage: 30%
  • Live data: webcams, stations, lift status: 20%
  • Ski-specific information: 20%
  • Usefulness of the free tier: 15%
  • Subscription value and transparency: 15%

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