# Forest Weather — Plan the perfect sunrise shoot > Plan the perfect sunrise shoot (iPhone/iPad app by Marinus Podt.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forest-weather/id6761806895 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Marinus Podt](https://appshunter.io/developer/1891581910) - Category: Photo & Video, Utilities - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.0 · 11 MB - Languages: American English, Dutch - Released: 2026-04-23 - Data updated: 2026-08-25 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forest-weather/id6761806895/reviews.md ## What is Forest Weather? This is not a weather app. It's a photography planning tool Get notified when conditions are perfect for your next sunrise shoot. Forest Weather uses high-resolution models like KNMI Harmonie (2 km) to alert you about fog, sun rays, snow, and visibility, so you never miss the perfect morning. Built by a professional landscape photographer with 15+ years of field experience. Features no other app offers: sun ray (crepuscular ray) alerts, fully customizable condition-based notifications, and a sunrise conditions map covering up to 600x900 km. No ads, no tracking, no data collection. Just the data photographers need. WIDGET - Home screen widget with visibility, humidity, sun percentage, and rain - Color-coded indicators when conditions meet your thresholds - Sunrise and sunset times at a glance - Customizable background color and transparency - Automatic updates at configurable intervals FORECAST - Conditions at sunrise - the golden window for forest photography - Fog, sunray, and snow alerts based on your thresholds - Hourly graphs for visibility, humidity, sun percentage, rain, and snow - Sunrise markers on graphs to plan your timing - Switches to tomorrow's forecast after sunrise TABLE - 3-day hourly table with clouds, afterglow, sun%, visibility, temperature, dew point, humidity, dew, frost, rain, snow, wind speed, and wind direction - Sunlight and moon bars with solar noon and moon transit markers - Color-coded cells for quick visual assessment - Up to 5 custom alert profiles with rules on any parameter, notified within 24 or 48 hours MAP - Sunrise visibility map with interpolated conditions on a meteorological color scale - Sunrise alert map with fog, sunray, and snow alerts - Toggle visibility/alert view or current/+24h with one tap - Grid area: 200x300, 400x600, or 600x900 km - Color-coded: blue for fog, yellow for sunrays, green for both, white for snow LOCATIONS - Fog, sunray, and snow alerts for popular forest locations in the Netherlands - Add custom locations by name or by tapping the map - Per-location notifications - Select which locations to monitor ALERTS & NOTIFICATIONS - Push notifications for fog, sunray, and snow conditions - Forest location notifications - All thresholds fully customizable SETTINGS - GPS or custom location - Metric or Imperial units - Multiple weather models: Auto, KNMI HARMONIE, DMI HARMONIE, DWD ICON-EU, HRRR, CMA GRAPES - Update intervals: 1 to 12 hours - Light, dark, or system theme - English, Dutch, German, Spanish, and French PRIVACY Your privacy matters. Forest Weather: - Does NOT collect any personal data - Does NOT use analytics or ads - Location is only used to fetch weather data - All data stays on your device SUBSCRIPTION Forest Weather is free to use for 7 days - no subscription needed during the trial. After the trial period, the app will stop working. To continue using it, a monthly subscription is required. - Price shown in App Store - Payment is charged to your Apple ID - Subscription renews automatically each month - Cancel anytime in Settings - Subscriptions Privacy Policy: https://ios_apps712614.gitlab.io/ForestWeatherWidget_iOS/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Built with care by Martin Podt - www.martinpodt.com ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Forest Weather Monthly | $1.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.2.9 — 2026-08-22 • Hourly map: a new button jumps to the next sunrise plus a faster, tidier refresh. • Settings: "Clear cached data" frees storage while keeping your locations, alerts and settings. ### 1.2.8 — 2026-08-09 • Aurora alerts no longer miss a match in the moments just after the app opens. ### 1.2.7 — 2026-08-08 • The map no longer shows a forecast where the model has no data that far ahead. It says so instead. • The 48h map always covers the full 48 hours, whatever the age of the stored data. ### 1.2.6 — 2026-08-02 • Sunrise and sunset times now match everywhere: table, overview, maps, locations and the widget. • Tap the map to see where the sun and moon rise and set, drawn on the map with their times. ### 1.2.5 — 2026-08-01 • Fixed: with locations on different continents, one location could blank out the alerts for all the others. • Fewer repeated network requests when a data source is temporarily unavailable. ## Apps similar to Forest Weather | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [LightCast Suite](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lightcast-suite/id6762569851) | 5.0 (4) | Free | Photo & Video | | [Splitgram: Photo+Video Collage](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/splitgram-photo-plus-video-collage/id6766521326) | — | Free | Photo & Video | | [UnderMinute](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/underminute/id6762321256) | — | Free | Photo & Video | | [Focus Magazine](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/focus-magazine/id6446324224) | — | Free | Photo & Video | | [NDTimer - Long Exposure](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ndtimer-long-exposure/id6447485150) | — | $1.99 | Photo & Video | | [LensTrails](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lenstrails/id6788136488) | — | Free | Photo & Video | ## More apps by Marinus Podt - [PixelCrop](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixelcrop/id6762066665) All apps by Marinus Podt: https://appshunter.io/developer/1891581910 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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