If I wanted a snarky reply on the weather, I’d just ask a Gen Zer down at my local coffee shop. Is this optional?
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CARROT Weather 5.0 Launches With Fresh Design, More Snarky Dialogue and Customization Options
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Wow developing is expensive 😳
weren't those $0.99 app days pretty good? 😄
weren't those $0.99 app days pretty good? 😄
Aaand... uninstalled.
Nice update visually, but previously free widgets now require Premium? Hell no.
Back to default Weather app, seems to be more accurate anyway.
Nice update visually, but previously free widgets now require Premium? Hell no.
Back to default Weather app, seems to be more accurate anyway.
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There's a temporary work around for this until a fix comes out for this.
So I guess the "free" widget (from being a previous purchaser) isn't customisable at all? Because when I click widgets in the app, I just get the options of premium tiers.
I would have happily paid up to £5 for a re-purchase of the new version, but even the discounted £15/year is too much for a weather app. Everything is subscription now and it's ridiculous.
I would have happily paid up to £5 for a re-purchase of the new version, but even the discounted £15/year is too much for a weather app. Everything is subscription now and it's ridiculous.
Kudos to Brian Mueller for the way he’s continued to support and develop Carrot over the years.
More impressively, I think the it's just one guy. if the app is worth the subscription and is high quality, it's good to support indie developers.
You change the widgets from the home screen, not from the app itself. I'm assuming you should be able to still swap those out being that you paid for the app. Try a long press on the widget and then select Edit Widget.
Please stop with the "I really wanted to like..."
While that's a good way of doing things - weather alerts can let you know of storms coming. For example, on my way to work, I drive up a massive incline of thousands of feet. When the snow levels drop to 4,000ft or below, I know that my drive to work will be severely impacted. People have been trapped on that freeway when it snows for 8+ hours.
Receiving weather alerts on my watch and phone has benefited me significantly - especially for high winds (power outages) and flash flood warnings when I used to live in the High Desert (California) - every time we have one, someone always dies.
What I like about Carrot Weather is that I get a 5 day forecast every time I glance at my watch - that is constantly updated.
Note the "winter storm" we're looking at having tomorrow. I've already gotten high wind, flood, and thunderstorm alerts for my area. And that freeway to work? It will be something I avoid tomorrow.
Forecast: to calculate or predict (some future event or condition) usually as a result of study and analysis of available pertinent data
I went with WeatherMate Pro because I needed a Watch app that showed humidity (since the stock Weather app can't be bothered, and I'd kinda like to know if I'm about to step outside into soup before my morning walk in the summer), and it was the ONLY one I could find that WASN"T a subscription service; just a one-time purchase.
The Watch interface isn't the greatest (takes forever to "update weather" but it does what I need.
you can change the source.
carrot is an interface for different sources, not a source in itself.
the dev has to pay for weather data from the original sources, like dark sky. it's a recurring cost.
at the end of this year dark sky may be sherlocked anyway
If you like the graphs but not the snark, you might want to give my app a try, WeatherGraph. It also uses different data (National Weather Service). One drawback is it only works in the US.
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WeatherGraph: Visual Forecasts
WeatherGraph is a simple but powerful weather app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch which displays weather forecasts in the United States from the National Weather Service (NWS) in an easy to read graphical format. WeatherGraph uses the highest quality weather data available - the same...
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Definitely, but also that the community is trending this way now, with a definite push from apple. I think it’s becoming harder to win people over with paid major release updates (like Tweetbot before version 6). Subscriptions are of course going to annoy people more but it’s a steadier stream of income.
You should have moved. Then you would have had an app that was consistently accurate.
It will be integrated fully with the built-in weather app and I will be happy with that.
If you want more snark in your life, we at MacRumors can assist with that need and we won't even charge you a fee.$5 a year and I might think about paying for the weather, $5 a month? No thanks.
Edit: $5 a year and I might think about paying for snarky weather!
$19.99 a year is the better deal versus the $5.00 a month option.