Cloud Topper User Reviews

Name: Cloud Topper
Rating: 2.7 (7 reviews)

Cloud Topper

Crop Applications, LLC.

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Customer Experience

Positive experience65.4% of reviews

Neutral11.5% of reviews

Negative experience23.1% of reviews

~ Based on 26 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Basically a great idea...

because it's difficult to estimate if high enough to get over the clouds at altitude. Of course you can't use this app for measurement. But for any reason not even bearing really works. It's hard to find exactly 0 degrees but even then the app seem not to show straight level ahead.
Maybe some improvement and more testing, then it could be a really helper.

Golino4783

2 years ago

Great, simple tool

I use this app weekly to determine tops of cells and required altitude to clear a buildup or cloud bank. It does require correlation between radar/stormscope info for best accuracy. NEXRAD works in a pinch.

Flabbergastibulator

4 years ago

Useless

I haven’t found this useful at all. No clear instructions on how to calibrate or where to put the lines.

J N C C

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hello J N C C, You can go to our help page at http://www.cropapplications.com/CloudTopper/help.htm for instructions to use the app. Please email us with any questions you have and we will get back to you right away. Happy Flying!

Wasted 99 cents.

This app is difficult to close. Locked up my I pad during flight. Had to reboot and bring ForeFlight back up. Not a good problem to try to solve while in flight. Had to hand my iPad to passenger to solve the problem. I should have practiced first and I would have know not to use this app while in flight.

Old Rancher Dude

6 years ago

Response from developer

Hello Old Rancher Dude, The older versions of Cloud Topper only has support for landscape orientation. This could make the app confusing to close if you were holding the device in the portrait orientation. Our newest release has support for all orientations. To close the app, simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen like you would with other iOS apps. Hops that helps.

Awful

I deleted it immediately, and wish I could get my money back. Two big problems:

1) once the app is opened and you grant camera access, you can’t swipe up and kill it or switch apps. I had to force reboot my phone to get back to the app switcher.

2) it requires you to know the distance to the cloud you’re measuring “using RADAR”. Like I have that?!

TXPilot69

7 years ago

Response from developer

Hello TXPilot69, 1) The app is oriented in landscape mode so you have to swipe up from the bottom when in landscape (you could also swipe from the left side, on the white bar, if holding your phone normally). This is the case for any app that is landscape orientated. The reason for the orientation is that the app uses you phones angle to work correct. If you continue to have issues with the app, I suggest emailing us and we will fix the issue. If we can’t fix the issue we’d be happy to send you a full refund of 99 cents. 2) If you don’t have weather radar, you can make an estimate of your distance to the cloud. You can also use the angle to determine if you are above or below the cloud. I suggest you get an app like ForeFlight and an ADS-B receiver to display weather radar. If you are in an airplane that doesn’t have an onboard weather radar, I’d suggest not trying to fly over the top of any convective activity. If you have another suggestion of how to determine the distance to a cloud through an app, we’d love to hear it.

Not accurate

Not very accurate. A small error in angle is a quite large when looking at a cloud which is miles away. This app consistently indicates I will fly into a cloud when in reality I clear it by seventy hundred feet.

M20J flyer

8 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for your review. At larger distances it’s more accurate to use the angle vs cloud height. A very small change in angle will change cloud height considerably. This is true for a physical sight level or even a laser levels that are used for precise measurements. Cloud Topper is a great tool for a quick estimation and cloud height will be more accurate the closer you are to the cloud.

Useful, Not Perfect

Works well as a better refined guesstimator than the naked eye. It would be great if the artificial horizon had an option to always display at 0* and move on the screen relative to the phones actual angle... would be great for measuring in light chop.

bdjohnson3

10 years ago

Doesn't work

Camera functions work, but you can't enter distance to get height. 99 cents down the drain. Worthless don't buy.

Mgustin2008

11 years ago

Response from developer

We haven't had any reports of users not being able to enter the distance to get the height. We have instructions at http://www.cropapplications.com/CloudTopper/help.htm If you are still having problems please contact us and we will solve your problem.

TCAS Tested

It works as advertised. I checked it against TCAS traffic and the altitude was spot on.

Random Dent

13 years ago

Useful

Great little tool. Lots of other uses too

Scangadah

13 years ago

Miles

Like cloud topper but how would one know the miles to the cloud?

Eleutheran

13 years ago

Limited Orientation

This app only works in landscape with the power input on the right. I find this annoying. It is also unclear how to use the miles function and there is no help function. Nice first try, but needs more refinement.

nvpatentlawyer

13 years ago

Needs a calibration feature

Apparently my iPad's sensors don't exactly match my camera's centerline resulting in this app being a little off. I wish there was a way I could "zero" the app at a true level.

iPad Paul

13 years ago

Response from developer

A calibration feature was added in future updates. I hope you are enjoying the app.

Great! Way better than the sight glass we used on the tall ships.

Adds another method of ensuring weather avoidance. Also just plain fun!

Febtober29

14 years ago

Crack

This app changed my life. Before cloud topper, I was not able to top clouds. I was an old fashioned crack in the seat. Now I look like I know what I'm doing. Thanks Cloud Topper!!

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