Looks Like Rain

When I got it, Looks Like Rain became the first weather app I looked at. I loved it. It was quick and easy to find out weather conditions. But as springtime came to Oklahoma usually the only thing I can see on the clear/cloudy bar is “windy.” (It’s windy in Oklahoma in the springtime…) As an astronomer, I need to know if it’s going to be clear or cloudy. Yes, wind is important too, but THERE IS A SEPARATE TAB SPECIFICALLY FOR WIND! Don’t tell me it’s windy on the clear/cloudy tab also! I’ll still give this two stars, as aside from this issue, I love it. But as of now, it’s the last weather app I look at, not the first. I will not be renewing my subscription unless they correct this issue. I submitted feedback to the company on this, but haven’t heard anything from them, nor have they changed anything. Just a forecast of “windy” everywhere I look in the app.

As it has been months since the last update, I am hoping that in the next update it will include an Apple Watch app. It would be great to show the temperature, and transition to a rain graph like the app does.

I’m a photographer so knowing when it’s going to be clear or cloudy is super useful. Rather than trying to read a radar map with laggy cloud data (that doesn’t really show if it’ll be overcast), you just look at a timeline graph of the day, color coded to show if it’s cloudy, hazy, rain, or clear—it’s awesome! This app does the best job at visualizing that data and so far it’s been super accurate. My only wish is that there would be a small widget… perhaps it could show a radial graph? Edit: After using ‘Looks Like Rain’ for a few months now, I find myself wishing the medium widget would show times beneath the graph.