# Furcast: Weather & Widgets — Live Radar, Forecast & Alerts

> Animated pixel-art weather forecast with human-made art and privacy focus. (iPhone/iPad app by Five-Thirds LLC.)

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- Developer: [Five-Thirds LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896579799)
- Category: Weather
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 5 App Store ratings · 2 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-18
- Data updated: 2026-10-07
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/furcast-weather-and-widgets/id6768504618/reviews.md

## What is Furcast?

With Furcast, your weather has character. Accurate data. Original human-made art. Thoughtful privacy. Built for everyone.

WEATHER. WITH CHARACTER.

Furcast transforms the forecast into a living, pixel-art world that changes with the weather. Rain falls, snow drifts, lightning flashes, and the wind howls. A cast of hand-drawn animal characters weathers it all with you.

ORIGINAL ART, MADE BY HUMANS

Furcast’s original pixel artwork is drawn and animated by a human artist with a love for small details. Helios and friends bring every forecast to life, with characters for sunshine, rain, snow, fog, strong winds, bitter cold, heat waves, and thunderstorms.

YOUR FORECAST, AT A GLANCE

Bring Furcast to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Mac desktop. Explore widgets for current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, next-hour precipitation, and the sun and moon. Outlook brings current weather and the days ahead together in one illustrated scene.

Customize the weather details you see for free. With Furcast Plus, pin widgets to saved places and keep the locations you care about in view. An in-app widget guide helps you find your favorites and get them set up.

FREE TO USE, WITH MORE IN PLUS

The pixel-art charm sits on top of detailed forecasts powered by Apple Weather. Furcast includes these essentials for free:

- Current conditions: temperature, feels-like, wind, humidity, pressure, and next-hour precipitation
- Interactive 24-hour charts for temperature, wind, precipitation, humidity, UV, cloud cover, visibility, and pressure
- Dynamic weather scenes and static artwork featuring Helios
- 7-day forecast, with hourly detail for today
- Animated radar with 30 minutes of precipitation history
- Customizable widgets
- A Mac menu-bar popover with current conditions, pixel art, forecast details, and active alerts
- Severe-weather notifications, with alerts in the app and on widgets
- Siri and Shortcuts support
- Current location and one saved location, with weather previews in your location list
- Next-hour precipitation and severe-weather alerts are available in supported regions.

FURCAST PLUS

Furcast Plus is an optional subscription that adds:

- The Furcast Daily: your own weather newspaper with bulletins, the day in parts, precipitation timing, and an almanac. Schedule a daily briefing notification, open it from the Now screen, the Furcast Daily widget, or ask Siri
- The full cast of hand-drawn, animated characters
- Extended 10-day forecast, with hourly detail for any day
- A nudge just before rain or snow starts or stops
- A full hour of radar history
- Unlimited saved locations, with iCloud sync
- Location pinning for configurable widgets
- Weather data that updates twice as often

FURCAST PLUS FAMILY

Get every benefit of Furcast Plus and share it with up to five family members through Apple’s Family Sharing.

Choose a monthly or yearly subscription. Prices are shown in the app before you subscribe.

PRIVACY IS PART OF THE FORECAST

No ads, no third-party analytics, and no cross-app tracking. We don’t build marketing profiles or require a Furcast account. For normal weather requests, your coordinates are rounded on your device to an approximate location before they are sent. Plus daily briefings and precipitation nudges are generated on your device. Optional syncing of favorite locations and preferences uses Apple’s iCloud.

BUILT FOR EVERYONE

Furcast supports VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, Increase Contrast, and Differentiate Without Color, with Audio Graphs for forecast charts and accessible radar summaries.

Learn more: https://furcastweather.com/accessibility/

ONE APP, EVERYWHERE

Enjoy Furcast on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Questions, bugs, ideas? Email support@furcastweather.com or use the anonymous in-app feedback form. We read everything, and your feedback helps shape what we build next.

Privacy Policy: https://furcastweather.com/privacy/
Terms of Use: https://furcastweather.com/terms/

## Key features

- Animated pixel-art weather visualizations
- Interactive hourly and 7-day forecasts
- Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Mac widgets
- Severe weather alerts
- Optional subscription for advanced features
- Privacy-focused data handling

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Furcast Plus (Monthly) | $2.99 | per month |
| Furcast Plus (Annual) | $19.99 | per year |
| Furcast Plus Family (Annual) | $29.99 | per year |
| Furcast Plus Family (Monthly) | $4.99 | per month |


## Is Furcast safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Furcast.

## Is Furcast legit?

Furcast: Weather & Widgets has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Furcast is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (2 of 2)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/furcast-weather-and-widgets/id6768504618/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Fun and useful

*2026-08-27*

I like the unique art and the interactive charts. Free severe notifications are nice!

### 5/5 — Really good app

*2026-08-22*

The animals are really cool and you can see up to 10 days out. Radar for storm tracking. The animals are made by a real artist so no AI slop which I like.

## Frequently asked questions about Furcast

### What makes Furcast's weather visualizations unique?

Furcast transforms weather forecasts into a dynamic, pixel-art world. Hand-drawn characters and animations change to reflect current conditions like rain, snow, and wind, offering a visually engaging experience powered by Apple Weather data.

### Does Furcast have ads?

No, Furcast is ad-free. The app prioritizes user privacy and does not include advertisements or third-party analytics.

### What are the benefits of Furcast Plus?

Furcast Plus is an optional subscription that unlocks features like a daily weather newspaper, the full cast of animated characters, an extended 10-day forecast, precipitation nudges, and unlimited saved locations with iCloud sync.

### How often does Furcast update weather data?

The free version of Furcast provides essential weather data updates. Furcast Plus subscribers benefit from weather data that updates twice as often, ensuring more frequent information.

### Can I use Furcast on my Mac?

Yes, Furcast supports Mac devices. It offers widgets for your Mac desktop and a menu-bar popover for quick access to current conditions, forecasts, and alerts.

### How does Furcast handle user privacy?

Furcast is built with privacy in mind. It avoids ads, third-party analytics, and cross-app tracking. For normal weather requests, your location coordinates are rounded on your device before being sent.

### What is the age rating for Furcast?

Furcast has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for children and general audiences, with no mature content.

### How do I cancel my Furcast Plus subscription?

Furcast Plus subscriptions can be canceled at any time through your Apple Account settings. You can manage your subscription details directly within your device's account preferences.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-10-02

Furcast 1.2 lets you ask Siri about your saved places, and brings Furcast widgets to your Lock Screen and CarPlay.
  
  SIRI AND SHORTCUTS
  - Ask about any saved place: just say "Chicago in Furcast"
  - New questions: "Furcast next hour" for rain or snow on the way (where available), and "Furcast weather alerts"
  - Siri's weather card now has buttons for the next hour, alerts, tomorrow, and The Furcast Daily
  - Furcast's actions in the Shortcuts app can use any saved place and return detailed weather for your own automations
  - Find phrases to try and four ready-made shortcuts in Settings → Siri Shortcuts
  - Saved places now show up in Spotlight

  WIDGETS
  - New Lock Screen widgets for Forecast, Hourly, Sun, and Moon
  - Furcast widgets can rise to the top of a Smart Stack when there's an active alert or rain on the way
  - Widgets look good in CarPlay

  ALSO NEW
  - The sky now glows through sunrise and sunset
  - Touch and hold the Furcast icon to jump to My Location, a saved place, Search, or The Furcast Daily (Furcast Plus)

  FIXES
  - Tapping a widget pinned to a place now always opens that place
  - Fixed repeated severe-weather warnings that could appear when Furcast's server was unreachable
  - If your location can't be found at launch, Furcast offers search instead of waiting
  - Better VoiceOver and larger text support

### 1.1 — 2026-09-11

Furcast 1.1 adds support for iOS 27, more widgets, and better ways to follow your favorite places.

NEW WIDGETS
• Hourly: See the hours ahead with configurable weather data.
• Next Hour: Track upcoming precipitation minute by minute, where available.
• Sun: Check sunrise, sunset, and daylight duration.
• Moon: See the current moon phase, moonrise, and moonset.
• Furcast Daily: Your weather newspaper with Furcast Plus.

MAKE WIDGETS YOUR OWN
• Choose the weather details shown in Now, Forecast, and Outlook.
• Pin widgets to saved places with Furcast Plus.
• Enjoy expanded extra-large Outlook and Daily layouts.
• Explore previews and setup tips in Settings → Widgets.

LOCATIONS
• See weather conditions in location lists and search results.
• Access quick location actions by tapping the location title.
• Enjoy refreshed favorites, easier editing, and improved handling of saved places when a Plus subscription ends.

IMPROVEMENTS
• Added iOS 27 support, including fixes for chart rendering and widget layouts.
• Refined widget artwork and precipitation charts.
• Improved VoiceOver, larger-text support, and accessibility contrast.
• Polished weather alerts, links, and settings.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-09-05

- New Outlook widget: a large widget that brings current conditions and the five-day forecast together in one scene. 
- This update also includes improved widget artwork, moon phases, accessibility enhancements, and layout polish.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-29

iOS & iPadOS:
  - Improved the iPhone landscape layout.
  - Made radar controls more compact.
  - Fixed location loading issues.
  - Fixed the “tap to pause” hint.

macOS:
  - Added current weather to the menu bar.
  - Quickly view forecasts, alerts, and refresh weather.
  - Enable it in Settings › Menu Bar & Startup.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-21

This version addresses the following:
- Smoother, more reliable radar playback
- Fixed a rare case where forecast data for a previous location could briefly appear under a new location's name
- Fixed a hang that could occur when granting location permission
- Faster, lighter widget refreshes
- Weather alerts now more reliably link to official details when available
- Additional small bug fixes and stability improvements throughout

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