How do you weather?

[ItnStln]

Well the hurricane tracking can be seen during any given active hurricane, open the app, expand the map then go to 'layers' which is actually 'Map Settings' and from there you can select 'Tropical Tracks' & 'Tropical Model Tracks' as well, so next time you open the app and expand the radar views you'll be able to see it or if you are actually in the path of the hurricane you won't even need to expand the view of the radar.

Thanks! I can't believe I missed that.

 

[rayporsche]

Storm is not as cumbersome as the Weather Underground main app, don't get me wrong I used both and paid for the ads free on both but I was really looking for a radar that included wind direction, storm tracks & fronts in a fast and easily accessible manner and what do know WU offered all of that with Storm, after a while I ended up using Storm and deleted the main WU app.

 

[ItnStln]

What's the difference between Storm and the normal WU app? I saw the Storm app when I was browsing stuff last night but didn't actually look at it.

I think it's just the interface, but I'm not certain.

 

[mark233]

MyRadar Pro

 

[nikkisharif]

Wrong post

 

[nikkisharif]

What's the difference between Storm and the normal WU app? I saw the Storm app when I was browsing stuff last night but didn't actually look at it.

Storm offers defined storm cell tracking and the regular WU app doesn’t.

 

[TripleOne]

I’ve been using Carrot for two days now. So far so good. It’s accurate, funny, and the complication on the Watch is close to perfect!

 

[Tartarus]

I use the stock app on my phone.
There are some weird guys I’m talking to that are too much into weather apps and because of their bugging I’ve installed WTForecast for whenever I want to share the weather with them.

 

[flyinion]

So I was all set to try out Carrot after reading that it uses Dark Sky (the other paid app I was debating with it) and then I read the comment that Carrot doesn't give you a map unless you pay extra? If that's correct guess I'm going to give Dark Sky a shot. I'm only going to buy one or the other and play with it alongside WU and Storm for a bit to figure out which one to go with day to day. I did figure out WU is currently buggy on my iPad (5th Gen with 11.0.1). If I open it, then go to say the notifications then back the app refreshes itself and the toolbar stuff at the top disappears. The space is still there but no icons.

 

[TripleOne]

So I was all set to try out Carrot after reading that it uses Dark Sky (the other paid app I was debating with it) and then I read the comment that Carrot doesn't give you a map unless you pay extra? If that's correct guess I'm going to give Dark Sky a shot. I'm only going to buy one or the other and play with it alongside WU and Storm for a bit to figure out which one to go with day to day. I did figure out WU is currently buggy on my iPad (5th Gen with 11.0.1). If I open it, then go to say the notifications then back the app refreshes itself and the toolbar stuff at the top disappears. The space is still there but no icons.

The only reason I’m using Carrot and paid for the subscription is simply for the Watch complication.

 

[flyinion]

The only reason I’m using Carrot and paid for the subscription is simply for the Watch complication.

So it sounds like I'm probably better off with dark sky? I don't have a watch

 

[TripleOne]

So it sounds like I'm probably better off with dark sky? I don't have a watch

It depends.
I would recommend trying out a few, and see which weather apps meets your needs.

 

[flyinion]

It depends.
I would recommend trying out a few, and see which weather apps meets your needs.

I just don't want to start dropping a bunch of money on apps that I might not like. For 3.99 a pop I was trying to pick one or the other.

 

[Just_Me_D]

So I was all set to try out Carrot after reading that it uses Dark Sky (the other paid app I was debating with it) and then I read the comment that Carrot doesn't give you a map unless you pay extra? If that's correct guess I'm going to give Dark Sky a shot. I'm only going to buy one or the other and play with it alongside WU and Storm for a bit to figure out which one to go with day to day. I did figure out WU is currently buggy on my iPad (5th Gen with 11.0.1). If I open it, then go to say the notifications then back the app refreshes itself and the toolbar stuff at the top disappears. The space is still there but no icons.

Dark Sky is excellent when it comes to precipitation and notifying you when it’s about to rain, and that’s my primary reason for using it. Having said that, it lacks as an overall weather app, in my opinion. I prefer the layout of BeWeather 2 and it also excellent at reporting rainfall, thus the reason it’s my go-to weather app.

 

[flyinion]

What do you think it's lacking? Just curious because right now I can only go by the screenshots on the app store and it shows current day, forecast, weather maps, etc. Carrot shows the same kinds of stuff but it sounds like a lot of that is subscription only. I do still have BeWeather 2 just looking to try something different for a bit since it hasn't been updated in 9+ months.

 

[Ledsteplin]

What do you think it's lacking? Just curious because right now I can only go by the screenshots on the app store and it shows current day, forecast, weather maps, etc. Carrot shows the same kinds of stuff but it sounds like a lot of that is subscription only. I do still have BeWeather 2 just looking to try something different for a bit since it hasn't been updated in 9+ months.

With Carrot, you need subscription for current, hourly, and Daily notifications or alerts.
Also this is the only weather map that comes with the $3.99 app price.

If you want more layers or whatever, you need the subscription, which is $3.49 per year.
Update: The app price of Carrot just went up to $4.99.

 

[flyinion]

Which I guess in the big picture 3.49 a year isn't a big deal, but yeah I think maybe I'll go with Dark Sky for now since I don't have a Watch to make use of the better features in that area. Maybe I'll pick up Carrot around the holidays if I get an iTunes gift card or something

 

[Lee_Bo]

I'm still using Weather Underground, probably because it's what I was using when I was on Android and just kept using it when I switched to Apple.

 

[flyinion]

Yeah definitely going to give Dark Sky a try first. Found a recent YouTube video from August where someone bought and compared both. DS definitely seems more full featured vs. no subscription Carrot. Apparently you need the subscription to get severe weather alerts on Carrot.

 

[ItnStln]

Yeah definitely going to give Dark Sky a try first. Found a recent YouTube video from August where someone bought and compared both. DS definitely seems more full featured vs. no subscription Carrot. Apparently you need the subscription to get severe weather alerts on Carrot.

Let me know how you like Dark Sky as I'm considering it as well. For some reason I still haven't found the perfect weather app but Storm is close.