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9 Options Considered

9 Options ConsideredPriceLast Updated
Dark Sky
Apr 13, 2018
Weather Underground
Mar 23, 2018
Yahoo Weather
Jul 15, 2016
The Weather Channel [free]
Apr 7, 2018
Storm
May 3, 2017
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Dark Sky

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Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Eerily accurate weather predictions

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Multiple reports suggest that Dark Sky has an uncanny precision in its ability to predict weather conditions.
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Pinpoint location accuracy

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The app adjusts information such as distance of a storm, time until it starts raining, etc, based on your location that it can estimate within a few meters of your exact location.
Ryan
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Notifies before severe weather conditions

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Dark Sky can tell you how many minutes you have before it starts raining, a snowstorm begins, etc. You adjust how many minutes beforehand it the app should send a push notification.
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

24hour and 7day forecasts

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Dark Sky has a graph of temperature changes for the next 24 hours along with precipitation information and when the sun rises and sets. It also gives quick access to day-by-day summary of the next week.
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

3D radar map with weather information

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With Dark Sky you can access a 3D Earth that offers information of precipitation and temperature.
Ryan
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Quickly overview important information

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With Dark Sky you can quickly get the most important predictions and current weather. The app shows information such as temperature (and how actually "feels" like and upcoming changes), humidity, wind, visibility, pressure, etc at a glance.
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Uncluttered UI

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Dark Sky has a clean, monochromatic design that takes advantage of icons whenever possible.
JM80
IntuitiveTepeyollotl
Top Con

Rarely gives push notifications for severe weather, only precipitation

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Christian Lambert
Top Con

Inaccurate temperatures

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While the app's ability to predict weather conditions and when it will rain is on point, temperatures appear to be about 3-5 degrees warmer than what is actually recorded each day.
Izem Lavrenti
Top Con

Somewhat sluggish

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Occasional loading screens make the app feel a bit laggy.
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Weather Underground

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Christian Lambert
Top Pro

Crowdsourced data

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Utilizes data from a Weather Underground weather station closest to your location
Andris Pelcbergs
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Accurate, detailed forecasts from crowdsourced data

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Weather Underground crowdsources weather information. Anyone can set up a personal weather station and give that data to Weather Underground. A network of over 20.000 personal stations supplements roughly 10.000 National Weather Service stations. All collected data is run through a tool called Best...
Christian Lambert
Top Pro

Simple, easy to read interface

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Jeff
Top Pro

Includes solar and lunar display

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Indicates what time the sun will rise and set each day as well as the phase of the moon.
Andris Pelcbergs
Ryan
Top Pro

Severe weather updates and alerts

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The app has push alerts for both hazardous and non-hazardous events. It can warn of tornadoes, lightning, rain as well as rainbows.
thermoplastics
Top Con

Purchase through in-app-purchase is only good for a year

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The app only allows the user access to the paid features for one year when purchased through an in-app-purchase. This can add up to an expensive app if used for many years.
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Con

Banner ads

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Andris Pelcbergs
Top Con

Occasionally awkward navigation

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Yahoo Weather

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Laura Kyle
wolf
Top Pro

Balanced Notification Center widget

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Current condition, current temperature, high and low, and the same for the upcoming night and morning.
Andris Pelcbergs
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Beautiful UI

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The app uses beautiful, context and location-aware images as background to make it aesthetically pleasant and a joy to use.
Andris Pelcbergs
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Detailed, easy to overview, five-day forecasts

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Yahoo Weather's main screen shows a enough information to get a good understanding of the upcoming weather without being too overwhelming. And it has radar, satellite and heat maps if you wish to get even more detailed information.
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Easy to use

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The app is fast and easy to overview. It brings the important information to the front and offers intuitive ways of accessing more in-depth analysis.
Andris Pelcbergs
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Has radar, satellite and heat maps

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Izem Lavrenti
Top Con

Nags about switching phone's search engine

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The app will ask you whether you wish to switch your phone's search engine to Yahoo.
Bryan
Ryan
Top Con

Lacks alerts for severe weather conditions

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The Weather Channel [free]

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Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Location-aware weather information

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Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Severe weather alerts

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Ryan
Top Pro

Hourly, 36hour and 10day forecasts

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Ryan
Top Pro

Video updates

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Andris Pelcbergs
Top Con

Ads

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Storm

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Christian Lambert
Top Pro

Shows trend lines for conditions such as Humidity, Visibility, and Pressure

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Christian Lambert
Top Pro

Historical temperatures

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Christian Lambert
Top Pro

Pulls data from Weather Underground weather stations

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wolf
Top Pro

Notifications based on storm proximity

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wolf
Top Pro

Free

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wolf
Top Con

Ad-supported

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AccuWeather [free]

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Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Offers a 2-hour forecast specifically for you

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AccuWeather will when stuff like rain or snow start or stop in your current location.
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Radar maps

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Andris Pelcbergs
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Clean design

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Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

25-day forecast (paid)

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Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Daily forecasts

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ResourcefulOyamatsumi
Top Con

Secretely logs and shares private location information

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Endi Sukaj
Christian Lambert
Top Con

Information could be displayed in a more simpler manner

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Information can be displayed in a much more simple and streamlined format. While the graphical features are very cool and attract the eye, the app can also be visually distracting for someone who just wants the weather information conveyed to them as efficiently as possible.
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Con

No way to hide or rearrange elements

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Solar [free]

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Andris Pelcbergs
Izem Lavrenti
Top Pro

Minimalistic, vibrant UI with only the most important information

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Solar has a colorful, clean interface and offers a 24-hour & 3-day forecast (accessed by swiping up or down respectively) with ability to switch between location by swiping horizontally. Each view displays only temperature, conditions, date, time and location.
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Weather Line

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wolf
Top Pro

Dark Sky precipitation forecast for upcoming hour

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Laura Kyle
wolf
Top Pro

Best visualization of multiple data points at once

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Changes in conditions via icons, changes in temperature over time via graph/numbers.
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WeatherBug

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Ryan
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Spark lightning notifier

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A feature called Spark shows where lightnings take place by accessing real-time lightning monitoring information. You can then set it up to notify you when lightning has struck in a specific place or when a lightning storm is near your location.
Ryan
Top Pro

Video of national forecasts

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Ryan
Top Pro

Radar map

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Ryan
Top Pro

Detailed hourly and weekly forecasts

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Ryan
Top Pro

Ability to customize your background

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Ryan
Top Pro

Warns of severe weather conditions

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This app will send you a push notification a set amount of time before rain, storms, etc.
Ryan
Top Pro

Precise location data

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WeatherBug estimates your location with a precision of a few meters.
Ryan
Top Con

Cluttered UI

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Ryan
Top Con

Non-removable ads

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