If it's US-only, it's useless to anyone living in other countries - let us know when this app works for most of the world out there.
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'Dark Sky' Weather App Adds Push Notifications of Imminent Rain
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Could be pretty cool here in South Florida where short downpours in the summer are common and unpredictable. I don't think it's worth $4 to me though. It doesn't seem to add enough additional functionality to something that I can get for free.
That's what I told myself at the beginning. Is it worth the money? How accurate will it actually be? I thought about those things but after reading their site, early reviews, & looking into their tech, I was sold. I'd love it even more if it was $1.99 but it does work as advertised.
I live in Miami and its been raining on and off. This app has saved me some trouble on days where the news says its gonna be a 40% chance of rain and outside looks like it will rain. Then I look at the app and says its not gonna rain in my area and then it doesn't.
Just the other day I was at the mall and I started hearing thunder. After checking the app it told me it was going to start raining in about 15mins. Since we were about to leave soon anyway, I told the gang "lets go." Sure enough, a little more than 10mins later and the rain came pouring down. I was so impressed that a few days ago when Dark Sky went on sale, I convinced some f reminds to DL it. If you live in the US, in a state that gets regular rain, this app is a nice way to make sure you don't get caught outside without your umbrella.
And the frustrating thing is, as the screenshot indicates, we're already entirely covered by the radar data they get from the US National Weather Service. The app would work fine in SW Ontario right now, but we can't get the app because it's not listed on the app store in Canada (because, of course, they don't have access to data covering the rest of Canada).
I could SWEAR that someone thought of a person like me for this (these type of apps)!! I didn't know it existed. I almost decided that in 2012 I'd have to design new speedo's for breathable & comfortable stylish underwear because I'm ALWAYS FREAKIN caught out in the rain - without fail! Sky is clear one minute and BAM clouds happen and I'm stuck walking were ever and drenched the next minute.
Downloading.
Downloading.
But,
You don't live in Florida, frequent clouds,thunder, but no rain, this app differentiates between this, with so far 100% accuracy
You don't live in Florida, frequent clouds,thunder, but no rain, this app differentiates between this, with so far 100% accuracy
I use an app called RainAlarm for the UK, it's impressively accurate.
I just downloaded it. It better work.
I noticed the same type of thing on the website that was linked earlier in the thread. I ended up turning off the notifications. I check the weather regularly enough that the purple arrow annoyed me enough to turn it off. Although I can check to see what apps are using my location in the settings app, the intended security feature of the arrow in the first place has been compromised. It was intended to tell me when an app is using my location so I know when something I don't want to allow is using it. However, it is on all the time now and so this feature is no longer effective. Unfortunately, there's no way for them to change this, so I don't think I'll use the feature.
However, for those of you that don't care about the purple arrow, I want to let you know it was very accurate. You can change the alert threshold to whatever you want ranging from sprinkling to pouring down rain. You can also tell it what time of the day to not alert you so it doesn't wake you at night. All in all, it's very cool, but the limits of iOS prevent me from fully enjoying it.
Well how are they going to predict the rain if you say it is very unpredictable?
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If they are unpredictable I see a problem
I mean unpredictable if you are standing outside thinking that it's going to be a nice day, not weather machine predictable.
I use an app called RainAlarm for the UK, it's impressively accurate.
Thank you for the app lead for "Rain Alarm".
I've now told all my Android-using friends about the same app on their OS.
Pretty handy to feel a vibration, grab your phone, and see that rain is nearby.
I think I'm going to spring for the paid version, just so I can fine-tune the alarm a bit. I get buzzes when a storm is going past on the other side of our hills, just because it's only five miles away
I use an app called RainAlarm for the UK, it's impressively accurate.
I downloaded it and its pretty good. Was at chessington at the weekend and it flashed up. 5 Mins later it hammered down.
Success!
Downloaded it on the recommendation of Gruber; been very disappointed with it. It has both said there would be rain when there was barely cloud cover and said it wouldn't rain when the weatherman in the morning guarantees it (it definitely rained.)
I wish I could have a refund for this worthless app.
I wish I could have a refund for this worthless app.
I use an app called RainAlarm for the UK, it's impressively accurate.
Doesn't work for me.