LuckGrib User Reviews

LuckGrib

Craig McPheeters

Travel

Weather

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Asked to pay for it twice

I got this app and after a 2 week it asked me to repurchase it

OPhoenix40

5 months ago

Response from developer

There is a 14 day free trial for the app. It sounds like this customer started the free trial and then mistakenly assumed that when the free trial expired that they needed to purchase again. The way the app is set up, LuckGrib along with Apple make it impossible for a customer to pay twice for the app. If you were to find a way to attempt this, the App Store would refuse and instead restore your earlier purchase (there is of course an easier way to restore an earlier purchase, such as when you are running the app on multiple devices.) This customer is mistaken.

LuckGrib

Very, very good navigation softwares. For me, after many Trail, the best.

Bobchab

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks!

Trouble downloading

Hello This app can only download when one is connected to the wifi!!!!! Otherwise it is very good

chilerog

10 months ago

Response from developer

This comment is incorrect with respect to requiring an internet connection. The app supports offshore downloads via Iridium GO and the RedPort Optimizer, which is able to connect via a variety of satellite phones. This is described in the offshore.luckgrib.com site. If you have any questions, please contact me - craig@luckgrib.com.

Absolutely Brilliant!

I’ve been a huge weather nerd for many years and the fact that I’ve only just discovered this app a month ago is blowing my mind. I had every way to track the weather and even knew about forecast models. I kept saying there has got to be a better way to view forecast models, especially on my iPhone and iPad. Well sure enough I finally came across this app mentioned after seeing it mentioned on Reddit and I discovered the wonderful world of GRIB files and easily accessible weather models. I immediately started using the app and could not put it down. I proceeded to learn everything I could about GRIB files and LuckGrib. This is a game changer. Fantastic UI/UX by a very thoughtful developer. Has everything I was looking for. Even though this is a niche product I hope to see it maintained for as long as possible. If you love studying the weather then you will be glad you found LuckGrib!

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joshellis625

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks!

Simply Amazing!

Craig has created an amazing tool, with features not found elsewhere. His thoughtful inclusion of many different views useful for passage planning (motoring vs sailing, day vs night, waves, etc) are usually spot on for what I want. And the ability to vary the departure time, oh my! You need a boundary line to avoid Frying Pan shoals? No problem. Or to force the route through the narrow Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel openings? Sure! And all data is free. Just pay once. I love it.

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Cranberry5

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks!

Fantastic, Professional

Extremely well put together sourcing the publically available grib2 files for display. Perfectly made for the iOS environment. 6 out of 5 stars.

Not a bot.

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks!

A brilliant Apo for sailors and excellent value

This is my go to for passage planning.
It’s great to select a larger area than needed to see how the weather is moving.
The refresh feature is awesome to easily update the forecast as the days pass.

Cainat

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks!

Very impressed

I wanted a weather app with routing but I don’t want to pay a subscription.

This checks all the boxes

My only fear is the developer will give up on this app since it’s a pretty small market. Please keep the updates coming!!

Whitwhacker

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks! You're right that this is a small market. Thanks for helping me out by adding your review! Also, don't forget to tell all your sailor friends about the app :-)

Fantastic

Across Atlantic but forgot that the planner was only 14 days - so ended up doing myself. Rest of it is very easy. Only we used iridium go. My iridium and red box would not download the grib .

Alecsmart

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for your review. Sorry to hear that your 14 day free trial of Weather Routing expired while you were on passage. For what it's worth, there is a short "Offshore Checklist" at luckgrib.com which goes through some of these things. The GO! is a pretty remarkable device, so easy to use and generally fast enough for this purpose (a little faster would be nice of course.) The RedBox is currently unsupported, so the device pair "Iridium + RedBox" not working is not too surprising. Congrats on your passage!

The ‘thinking sailor’s’ weather router.

I dumped Predict Wind for this platform (iOS and MacOS) and never looked back. It is worth your time to read Craig’s entire site and absorb all that is going on in the background to better understand it’s capabilities. His “manual” is as thoughtfully written as his software development. Easy to use with a UI that was clearly made for the Apple ecosystem (i.e. not a PC carryover).

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