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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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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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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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My favorite weather app.
Best weather app out there!
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
Great weather app
This is a great weather app. I used to have dark skies app. And the acme weather app is just as good.
Highly overrated, highly overpriced
Truly you would be a fool to pay for this app. It does everything the default weather app does, but it’s just ugly and has some miscellaneous features nobody would ever care to use. It’s especially egregious to charge money for this app when it’s really nothing special.
Just use the default weather app.
Just use the default weather app.
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Some missing bits but happy so far
I like the view of multiple predictions in one glance, very nice. Love some of the customization like being able to reorder what I for shows up first (ex. I don’t care as much about ‘feels like’, I want to see temp and dew point first)
Biggest issue I’ve noticed so far: Future radar is literally just a freeze frame of the current radar moving in the direction the wind is currently blowing. Not super useful.
Considering that’s the biggest issue I have, I’m still very delighted.
It said something about lightning, looking forward to seeing how that shows up because it’s super helpful to give the dog calming meds before the thunder starts.
Biggest issue I’ve noticed so far: Future radar is literally just a freeze frame of the current radar moving in the direction the wind is currently blowing. Not super useful.
Considering that’s the biggest issue I have, I’m still very delighted.
It said something about lightning, looking forward to seeing how that shows up because it’s super helpful to give the dog calming meds before the thunder starts.
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Lovely app, great design
I’m on the free trial and debating whether to pay for the year. The design features are genuinely innovative and useful. Any plans for an iPad version? That would definitely swing my decision
Dark Sky creators are BACK
Fantastic app. Simple to use, detailed when you need it. Great stuff!
What a delight
I’ve tried them all in my search for an app to replace Dark Sky. I found some good ones but there was always something not quite right. All the other apps have some great features but fall down on others, Acme has got it right for me. Very clear visuals and all the data I need easily accessible. No more searching for me - thanks and welcome back.
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Terrible!
Terrible!
Watch NOAA instead ! $25 US up in smoke. This app is totally misleading; expensive; be careful; get NOAA Forecasts instead!
SAVE YOUR MONEY!
Your US Federal Taxes are are already paying for NOAA forecasts.
Encourage the Federal Administration to continue to fund NOAA , maintain high standards and accuracy, staffing levels and restoring satellite fleet.
Watch NOAA instead ! $25 US up in smoke. This app is totally misleading; expensive; be careful; get NOAA Forecasts instead!
SAVE YOUR MONEY!
Your US Federal Taxes are are already paying for NOAA forecasts.
Encourage the Federal Administration to continue to fund NOAA , maintain high standards and accuracy, staffing levels and restoring satellite fleet.
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Great app and gets better with updates
I love this app and it actually gets BETTER with each update, unlike most other apps these days. Acme Weather is light and intuitive, without bloat or junk. It's well worth the monthly cost in my humble opinion!
This is the standard
I’m lovin’ it. Sorry about all them haters.
The latest update is good. The weather scroll now starts with Temperature (rather than the previous weird Pressure - not sure many people care about that) and logically proceeds from there (Feels Like, Precip Probability, Precip Intensity, etc.). The overall UI also feels noticeably improved.
The latest update is good. The weather scroll now starts with Temperature (rather than the previous weird Pressure - not sure many people care about that) and logically proceeds from there (Feels Like, Precip Probability, Precip Intensity, etc.). The overall UI also feels noticeably improved.
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The best weather app (and I’ve tried them all)
My favorite weather app used to be Dark Sky, but it was bought by Apple and ceased to exist as an independent app. Then came Acme Weather, from the creators of Dark Sky. So many of the features I loved are back. The accuracy is uncanny. The interface is attractive and easy to use. And the notifications are very helpful. If you download Acme Weather, you won’t be disappointed!
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Love it!
Love everything about it. Don’t typically review Apps, but it’s a real pleasure to open this App throughout the day. Just the weather in a beautiful, intuitive layout. Perfect. Thank you.
Useful
Easy to use and accurate. It is my favorite weather app
Very accurate, albeit slightly feature limited
Everyone remembers Dark Sky because it was just simply better. It had better current conditions, forecasts and radar than any other consumer weather app available, only ever bested by enthusiast software, which was usually too much of an ask for everyday people. Apple purchased Dark Sky at some point to improve their own Apple Weather app, and it did for a time until it just didn’t. Any semblance of the original Dark Sky in the Apple Weather app just vanished at some point.
This is essentially a retooling of what made the original Dark Sky so darn good, with that dead on accuracy and the amazing and pretty UI. Also, the new features, like the alternate forecasts, community reporting, and better radar readability make this well worth it.
My main gripe is that there aren’t any other features past ones that could be considered surface level.
This is essentially a retooling of what made the original Dark Sky so darn good, with that dead on accuracy and the amazing and pretty UI. Also, the new features, like the alternate forecasts, community reporting, and better radar readability make this well worth it.
My main gripe is that there aren’t any other features past ones that could be considered surface level.
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My go to weather app
This is the app I go to first one. I want to check the weather I like the layout and it shows a good summary of the most important points.
Tells me what I want to know
Lovely interface, enjoyable map with just enough timely information
