Works Great!
Going into year three with this app. I use it only once a year — when I drive to Ohio and then to Florida at XMAS. I’m more than happy to pay the subscription for that one use. When I first downloaded the app, I had a question. The developer immediately contacted me, and I mean immediately, to walk me through the solution. Since then, the app has improved with new cool features. That first year, with the help of Drive Weather, I was able to convince my wife that we needed to delay our departure. If you drive and want to be safe, this is a the app for you.
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From a trucker
I paid for the upgraded version of the app as I drive for a living. This app is invaluable when your doing your trip plan. Truckers know that wind is a dangerous as snow, maybe more so. Knowing the direction is key so of yer light you can explore a route that gets you out of any weather situation.
With the premium subscription, which is a steal btw, you can slide through a 72 hour forecast. I’ve been able to shoot through the “holes” in weather systems by adjusting my start time or where I shut down. For a trucker that just means $$$. I’ve actually made much more keeping my wheels turning than the subscription to get all the features.
I highly highly recommend this app to professional drivers.
With the premium subscription, which is a steal btw, you can slide through a 72 hour forecast. I’ve been able to shoot through the “holes” in weather systems by adjusting my start time or where I shut down. For a trucker that just means $$$. I’ve actually made much more keeping my wheels turning than the subscription to get all the features.
I highly highly recommend this app to professional drivers.
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Response from developer
Thx for your review. Also some truckers use the winds info to plan for head or tail winds and save big on fuel costs.
This app will save you from accidentally killing yourself
I decided to drive around America and put 12,000 miles on my camper van in a month point I drive into Tallahassee Florida and it was completely black. I drove for miles right through the city center and everything was black. This was way more than a power outage. This was really spooky. I finally came across a cluster of stores that had electricity. I then learned from the staff that they had a tornado rip through Tallahassee at 6 AM. Everyone was freaked out. I could’ve driven right into it… Only after that, I searched and found this app which honestly is a lifesaver… And it’s accurate too. 5 stars🎉
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WAS Indispensabile NOW NOT (update)
Update: I have not used this app in a while. I used to have a paid subscription, but I’m just not taking as many road trips. I’m taking a long drive today and opened it up. I cannot even type in the destination address. Every time I input any character it asks me if I want to upgrade or use the free version. I hit free and then put in another number of the address and it comes up again. I thought this must be a bug so I deleted the app and reinstalled it. apparently, that is the new normal. That’s too bad because it’s a great app and I recommended it to so many people.
Past (5 star) review: I’ve been using this app for at least a year. I love how it will tell me how the weather will change, depending upon what time I’m going to leave. Twice in the last trip that I took, its advice has saved me from getting caught in terrible storms. I change my route, depending upon the weather and change the time I’m going to leave, depending upon the weather. It’s really great.
Past (5 star) review: I’ve been using this app for at least a year. I love how it will tell me how the weather will change, depending upon what time I’m going to leave. Twice in the last trip that I took, its advice has saved me from getting caught in terrible storms. I change my route, depending upon the weather and change the time I’m going to leave, depending upon the weather. It’s really great.
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Thank you John!!!!!
I met a friend at a former job. A great guy that genuinely cares about people’s safety and growth.
I told him about the company I was employed at and the type of trailers I would be pulling. He looked at the routes and immediately told me to download this app and to upgrade to the premium service in order to have better route planning due to weather.
Without him, I’d still be fumbling with other weather apps and guessing and hoping.
Thanks John for everything that you do. You’re a rare person and one that I proudly call friend!!!!
Take care of Lily.
I told him about the company I was employed at and the type of trailers I would be pulling. He looked at the routes and immediately told me to download this app and to upgrade to the premium service in order to have better route planning due to weather.
Without him, I’d still be fumbling with other weather apps and guessing and hoping.
Thanks John for everything that you do. You’re a rare person and one that I proudly call friend!!!!
Take care of Lily.
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An ESSENTIAL Tool for Long-Distance Drivers!
I am generally stingy with five-star reviews, but simply MUST award one to DriveWeather! My mid-January Michigan-to-Massachusetts drive in a packed box-truck would have been an horribly anxious ordeal without it. WITH IT (for its $5.99 full-utility subscription-fee…), however, I knew precisely what to anticipate and I am relieved to say that its forecasts were shockingly accurate both in terms of timing and intensity of the weather. When I hit heavy snow in the pridelands of WNY I knew to expect it AND when to expect it to pass. DriveWeather NAILED IT!!
I would venture to guess that it is free-mode the app would have done alot less to allay my fears of heavy weather and to inform my plan for safety's and timing's sakes. Don't cheap out to your own travail. Pay the subscription fee as you are planning your drive and put the full power of this amazing tool at your disposal.
I would venture to guess that it is free-mode the app would have done alot less to allay my fears of heavy weather and to inform my plan for safety's and timing's sakes. Don't cheap out to your own travail. Pay the subscription fee as you are planning your drive and put the full power of this amazing tool at your disposal.
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Inconsistent
This app has such promise, but certain aspects don’t perform consistently or at all which makes it extremely frustrating to use. The time slider doesn’t ever appear when you add a waypoint. To set the time, then, you have to go back and edit the default which is 1:00. This requires tapping twice, but the time slider rarely appears regardless. So, I can only plan for the first day of a multi day trip rendering the app useless. When I shared my route with Waze, the precipitation forecast didn’t appear. I thought it would, but sharing the route with Waze, Apple Maps or Google Maps was never addressed in the instructions (nor was history or how to set favorites), so I have no way of knowing. I emailed the developer twice, but never received a response. Great potential, but app needs some work.
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Response from developer
Sorry for the problem, when setting a stop manually you first have to set the location then the time slider always appears. I'm not quite sure why you would expect Google, Waze or Apple so show the weather like Drive Weather does, they are different apps and are just for navigation. I don't recall ever receiving an email about that and I respond to all emails in a timely way.
Exceptional
Got us from central Canada to Palm Springs avoiding every storm path that hit east and central USA. So precise and easy
Well worth the price for even one trip!
There are very few apps that I will pay for. But, as an intermittent traveler, this one practically pays for itself for the important and accurate weather info it provides.
It’s clear that they care about how their app works when you look at the version history. They are constantly fine-tuning it to be even better.
The sliding “leave” time scale is immensely helpful in avoiding bad weather and calculating driving in the dark. It doesn’t stop there. Wind, temperature, freezing rain, etc. are all easily shown. It even shows the likelihood of the various conditions.
Yes, they've raised the price of this app recently by $2 but unlike other apps, I am happy to pay for it for the ease of use and peace of mind while on the road.
It’s clear that they care about how their app works when you look at the version history. They are constantly fine-tuning it to be even better.
The sliding “leave” time scale is immensely helpful in avoiding bad weather and calculating driving in the dark. It doesn’t stop there. Wind, temperature, freezing rain, etc. are all easily shown. It even shows the likelihood of the various conditions.
Yes, they've raised the price of this app recently by $2 but unlike other apps, I am happy to pay for it for the ease of use and peace of mind while on the road.
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Contentious Developer/Poor Ui
After watching the video tutorial, I decided the UI was not vetted with any sort of formal usability testing making it difficult to see and use. But, I was still considering purchasing- then read the reviews. The developer seems arrogant and contentious is his responses - and frankly I don’t have time to deal with a prima donna. Sir, even if you are utterly convinced you are right, you will not be successful if you feel you must “win” every interaction with a customer. Some humility and grace will build a customer base as opposed to alienating the very people you need to adopt your app.
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