Weather

38 of 100 · reviews
4.8of 5 · store
1,730,631ratings on the App Store
414reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

Apple Weather lost its key advantage of hyperlocal forecasting after acquiring Dark Sky: temperature can differ by 10 degrees, and rain goes unregistered during a downpour. The hourly breakdown is formally present, but accuracy has not reached 2019 levels.

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What people use it for

iPhone users for whom a rough temperature estimate is enough

What reviews praise

Clean interface and hourly view built directly into the system without extra steps.

What reviews complain about

Precipitation forecast is unreliable: zero chance of rain during an actual downpour has been observed repeatedly.

What users experience

4 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

Don't plan your life or events around this app. Our family and friends call this app "Weather Guessers" cuz it is only accurate for current temperature. It is NEVER correct at providing info about amount of rainfall or snowfall- whether in advance or right when it is happening or afterwords!

Typical forecast: 10 days away: 80% chance of rain. 5 days away: 40% chance of sprinkles. Day before: No rain. During the most torrential rainstorm: It's sunny! An hour later: Raining, ends in 10 mins. Two hours later: Raining, ends in 10 mins. Three hours later: Raining

Weather+ looks stylish, but the incessantly fast-moving background gets on my nerves. The most annoying thing is that the app does not seem to update the weather it displays. But rather, checks the weather once when it loads, and then only updates the clock. To update the weather, I have to shut th

It's sad. In around 2019 Apple bought the #1 weather app on the store, Dark Sky and later killed the Android version. They integrated it into Apple Weather and for a while, Apple Weather had the most accurate hyperlocal forecasts. I don't know what happened. That's no longer the case.