Hi everyone,
I'm new here and I wanted to post because I recently released my own iOS weather app. It's basically the app I always wanted and never found with a purely chart based full screen format of hourly data. Its also got a few features I always wished I had such as an easy to read wind speed and direction chart, and the ability to move locations around on a map and see how forecasts change with geography (good for checking out the forecast on a mountain summit vs. trailhead, or offshore where I can't typically search for a landmark). It also shows a bit of observations along with every forecast trend so you can see how close the past forecast was to reality, and it shows old forecast "model runs" as well.
You can download it here.
It's simple and a bit minimalist (purely a data visualization) but it tells me more than Apple Weather and many of the other apps out there.
I was using it daily myself and really liked it, so I decided to soft-launch it (no marketing yet) and see how it was received. I did try to monetize it to support the cost of the API and Developer account, but all features are available for free (you pay if you want to add more locations and use the widget/watch app).
I am seeking feedback because I'm genuinely curious whether other people find this format useful as well. I'm happy to give out some promo codes for a month free if anybody would like to try out the full features, the only thing I ask is you DM me with some feedback. Please DM me if that interests you.
Thanks and hoping to hear what people think!
Jackson
I'm new here and I wanted to post because I recently released my own iOS weather app. It's basically the app I always wanted and never found with a purely chart based full screen format of hourly data. Its also got a few features I always wished I had such as an easy to read wind speed and direction chart, and the ability to move locations around on a map and see how forecasts change with geography (good for checking out the forecast on a mountain summit vs. trailhead, or offshore where I can't typically search for a landmark). It also shows a bit of observations along with every forecast trend so you can see how close the past forecast was to reality, and it shows old forecast "model runs" as well.
You can download it here.
It's simple and a bit minimalist (purely a data visualization) but it tells me more than Apple Weather and many of the other apps out there.
I was using it daily myself and really liked it, so I decided to soft-launch it (no marketing yet) and see how it was received. I did try to monetize it to support the cost of the API and Developer account, but all features are available for free (you pay if you want to add more locations and use the widget/watch app).
I am seeking feedback because I'm genuinely curious whether other people find this format useful as well. I'm happy to give out some promo codes for a month free if anybody would like to try out the full features, the only thing I ask is you DM me with some feedback. Please DM me if that interests you.
Thanks and hoping to hear what people think!
Jackson
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