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Locks you out entirely if you use the trial, deleted the app for a few months to let it mature and then return to see if it’s improved enough to warrant subscriving. Guess I’ll never know.
Dark Sky was fantastic then Apple bought it and well did what big companies do.
Acme Weather easy and so far accurate. Community reports will be amazing once more user find and use Acme, it’s like Waze reports but for weather.
But, visually it looks dated and the strange beige accent colour reminds of a 1950’s American home and Claude AI, it’s not a nice choice.
Then it’s the subscription price. £25 a year when your competitor Carrot is £29.49 a year and providers significantly more. Maybe once Acme has established itself and has more features they can justify the price, but I can’t yet.
Most importantly it’s made by the same people that made the original Dark Sky app, so we know we’re in good hands.
What I’d like to see:
- Better value for subscription price or a subscription price that matches the apps features
- Little bit of customisation would be nice. I dislike the accent colour used in dark mode
- More modern feel to UI
- Decide what is shown on the Home Screen map. It’s fixed to temperature which I find useless. Cloud and rain radar would be more useful.
- Better lock screen widgets
- Lighting for Europe. If Carrot can do it, Acme must be able to
- and of course the return of the vertical weather view that made Dark Sky so visually amazing to use.
Dark Sky was fantastic then Apple bought it and well did what big companies do.
Acme Weather easy and so far accurate. Community reports will be amazing once more user find and use Acme, it’s like Waze reports but for weather.
But, visually it looks dated and the strange beige accent colour reminds of a 1950’s American home and Claude AI, it’s not a nice choice.
Then it’s the subscription price. £25 a year when your competitor Carrot is £29.49 a year and providers significantly more. Maybe once Acme has established itself and has more features they can justify the price, but I can’t yet.
Most importantly it’s made by the same people that made the original Dark Sky app, so we know we’re in good hands.
What I’d like to see:
- Better value for subscription price or a subscription price that matches the apps features
- Little bit of customisation would be nice. I dislike the accent colour used in dark mode
- More modern feel to UI
- Decide what is shown on the Home Screen map. It’s fixed to temperature which I find useless. Cloud and rain radar would be more useful.
- Better lock screen widgets
- Lighting for Europe. If Carrot can do it, Acme must be able to
- and of course the return of the vertical weather view that made Dark Sky so visually amazing to use.
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LTLord Topley
No support for iPhone Duo
As a day 1 user, I always loved the accuracy and features of Dark Sky, although I was never a fan of its rather dated design.
Upon learning they were launching a new weather app, I was very excited to try their new offering with alternative forecasts and Acme Labs experimental features. Although I wasn’t initially a fan of the discerning and rather opinionated design, said sophisticated aesthetic has grown on me over the first couple of months of usage. I’m really enjoying it now, but I would like to see a better implementation of Liquid Glass.
I’d also love to see this app optimized for Apple Vision Pro, as no Apple product represents the future more than AVP.
I’ve decided to extend beyond the two week trial and see how this app evolves over the next year or two. I just upgraded to the Family Sharing option to further support this beautifully designed app. A premium app deserves premium pricing.
The two week free trial is generous, and I find the price to be reasonable for such a premium weather app. I’d pay $100 per year for Family sharing, for such a premium weather experience, so $50 feels like a bargain.
Needs an update to support iPhone Duo.
Upon learning they were launching a new weather app, I was very excited to try their new offering with alternative forecasts and Acme Labs experimental features. Although I wasn’t initially a fan of the discerning and rather opinionated design, said sophisticated aesthetic has grown on me over the first couple of months of usage. I’m really enjoying it now, but I would like to see a better implementation of Liquid Glass.
I’d also love to see this app optimized for Apple Vision Pro, as no Apple product represents the future more than AVP.
I’ve decided to extend beyond the two week trial and see how this app evolves over the next year or two. I just upgraded to the Family Sharing option to further support this beautifully designed app. A premium app deserves premium pricing.
The two week free trial is generous, and I find the price to be reasonable for such a premium weather app. I’d pay $100 per year for Family sharing, for such a premium weather experience, so $50 feels like a bargain.
Needs an update to support iPhone Duo.
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PPatronOfSoftwareArts
Best Weather App EVER
Acme Weather app is just the best available weather app available today and I have tried them all. Literally, I think I’ve test well over 20-25 weather apps. Acme is fantastic across the board, from the design and user experience to tracking controls and accuracy. It even does things other leading weather apps do not do. I can recommend Acme Weather highly enough. I only wish there was a 6th star to award! Thanks Acme.
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KKDKOENIG
My favorite weather app.
Best weather app out there!
MMDK7171photomaster
Crazy Subscription Prices
Was looking forward to using this as purchaser and user of Dark Skies app.
But the subscription model is prohibitively expensive, so unfortunately I will have to pass on this.
A real shame
But the subscription model is prohibitively expensive, so unfortunately I will have to pass on this.
A real shame
MMartMiller
