Weather Mate Pro - Forecast

After using Accuweather for years and suffering through two horrendous and unnecessary UI redesigns, I decided last year to find a different app. When I discovered Weather Mate, it was love at first sight. Finally a weather app that is actually user friendly, provides accurate and relevant information - lots of it - and doesn’t give me a headache from eye strain trying to read and decipher microscopic text fonts! I don’t have to hunt for the forecast or the current conditions. The background graphics and iconography are strategically designed so well that even my 94 year old grandfather can understand them. He also likes the fact that he can actually listen to the weather though this app via the National Weather Service and numerous radio sources. The weather almanac is a pleasant perk, as is the travel planner. And other thoughtful details like providing the ability to adjust the speed and transparency of the radar simply make this app a joy to use. This is true for both the iphone and ipad versions. To the designers and development team behind this gem of an app, you have my complete admiration, praise, loyalty and gratitude. Not only for the top notch work you have done, but also for having the wisdom to buck the trend of sudden, arbitrary and ill-conceived UI / UX redesigns that are increasingly all too common among your competitors. My entire family has switched to this app. It’s fantastic, and we look forward to relying on it for a very long time to come.

Although, I’ve officially been a meteorologist for only a year, I would say I know a thing or two about the weather from all my time in college. And let STRESS how important it is to use NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) for your weather source. This is the most accurate weather data and it is assessable to everyone, not just meteorologists. BUT, I’ve always wanted to experience the convenience of weather apps, and the NWS doesn’t provide an official app. So I did some searching on all the top rated weather apps on the App Store and checked all their weather sources, since most aren’t listed in their general description. And all the other apps pull weather data from third party providers, which is a recipe for errors, even if they’re small, in weather forecasts. So to say I was excited to find this app that emphases they use NWS and NOAA for their app, is an understatement. Also, a major perk is it being compatible to use as a widget on the newest iPhone updates, so all I do is scroll left and all my weather data is up and refreshed for me without having to open the app. The standard free version of the app is great itself but I highly recommend spending the one time $3.99 for the upgraded version of the app. The upgrade allows you to view much more weather on your screens widget page so there’s never a need to open the app. Just scroll and look and go!

Weather mate pro has everything i wanted and more for following all the weather. and with the new watch complication, you get all the amazing weather details on your watch. plus the same alerts/ warnings/ etc you get on your phone. the amount of customization you can choose is amazing. for example, to start, choose the weather station you prefer from the places you've picked. then customize the different complications on your watch. i give it 5 stars! since, nothing is perfect, here's what i'd like to see changed. change the big part in the top box, it gives me the feeling of an older digital alarm clock. i always wished that the time display and blue bulls eye/wind direction gauge was done differently. and definitely not so big, it's out of sync with the rest of the more modern and somehow friendlier looking graphics. i like the big weather graphic in the top box though (sun behind the clouds, sun, etc...). and lastly, i love all the weather details now available on my watch. but in the future, being able to view all the details for more than one location (current or home), on the watch, would be great. so, home/current location plus other picks (los angeles, washington d.c., etc.) available to view on the watch. even so, this weather app still stomps all the others. for loads of clear, useful, detailed, timely and customizable weather data (in the usa and beyond), this is the weather app to have.