# Karl Weather — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of Karl Weather by Tapgods, rated 4.60/5 from 351 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/karl-weather/id926601710/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/karl-weather/id926601710.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 279 · 4★ 33 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Karl Weather? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Great for SF microclimates - 💡 Innovative concept for weather - 👍 Helpful for planning outfits - 👍 Accurate AQI during fires - 👍 Good map view by neighborhood - 👍 Useful for dog walks - 👍 Clever name 'Karl' - 👍 Slick-looking app - 👍 Fun UI - 👍 Essential for San Franciscans - 👍 Beautiful graphics - 👍 Accurate fog meter - 👍 Detailed neighborhood info **Cons** - 🐛 Inaccurate temperature readings - 🐛 App crashes frequently - 🐛 Ignores certain islands (Treasure Island) - 🐛 Missing neighborhoods (Glen Park) - 🐛 Lumps areas together (Marin/Sausalito) - 🐛 App stuck in night mode/temps low - 🐛 Temps disappeared - 🐛 Upsells to see weather - 🐛 Poor customer support response - 🐛 Icon not always accurate - 🐛 App heats up phone - 🐛 No widget support - 🐛 Outdated layout - 🐛 Conditions seem broken **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when flipping to Bay Area temps - Conditions seem broken (cloudy not updating) - Temps have disappeared - App stuck in night mode - Weather readings are off by 5-10 degrees - App says sunny when it's foggy - Weather report hasn't changed in weeks - App constantly lowballs temps in SoMa - App crashes occasionally, especially with slider - iPhone heats up rapidly when launching app **Most requested features** - Add Glen Park neighborhood - Include Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island - Better coverage for Marin County microclimates - Widget with top neighborhoods - Neighborhood flair in SF/Bay Area ## Newest reviews (11 of 42) ### 3/5 — Treasure island is SF too! *2025-07-31, version 2.7.2* Another app that ignores us on Treasure Island/Yerba Buena island. ### 3/5 — Would be 5 stars if named properly *2023-09-11, version 2.7.2* Love the app, hate the name; everyone knows our fog is called Lola. ### 4/5 — I paid & I don’t mind, please fix the app *2021-04-05, version 2.6.5* I liked this app many years ago the layout was so much better. It might’ve been a different person who designed the app. This one I don’t mind paying for a bit when I try to flip it to get the bay area temps, the app crashes/quits every single time. ¡No Bueno! ### 5/5 — micro climates *2020-06-27, version 2.6.2* Living in SF, the weather listed on my iPhone or Weather.com doesn't match with where I live. Karl actually does! ### 5/5 — Accurate *2019-09-04, version 2.5.1* Finally - a fog meter I can count on ### 3/5 — Icon isn’t accurate *2019-07-13, version 2.5.1* It always shows a sun icon but most of the time it’s foggy where I’m in the city even tho the sun icon is displayed. ### 5/5 — Good *2019-07-07, version 2.5.0* Works fine ### 2/5 — Incorrect most of the time *2019-07-05, version 2.5.0* Wish it worked. It’s thick with fog right now and the app says it’s sunny. ### 4/5 — Widget support! *2019-05-03, version 2.4.3* Would love to see a widget with top 2 neighborhoods/microclimates at a glance! Not necessary at all, but would also love if each neighborhood in SF/outer Bay Area had its own “flair” when selected (i.e. famous landmarks, buildings, etc). ### 2/5 — Pretty, but useless... Call it pretty useless *2019-01-10, version 2.3.1* As beautiful as the app is, I was sorely disappointed when I realized I'd paid for a weather app that doesn't have a widget. SMH. ### 5/5 — Hands-down my favorite weather app *2018-12-02, version 2.3.1* Coming out with the air quality index update during the fires was a life-saver! Awesome idea and awesome execution! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — fakeweather *2021-09-07, version 2.6.6* If Fox News had a weather app, this would be it! ### 1/5 — Pathetic *2019-09-14, version 2.5.1* This use to be an incredible app. No more. In the last couple of months I’ve watched their readings get worse and worse to the point that now it’s anywhere from 5°-10° off, always. The company use to respond to emails. That customer support went the way of the app’s temperature accuracy. Always interesting to watch a good thing go down the toilet. Deleted ### 1/5 — Not accurate information *2019-08-30, version 2.5.1* Not accurate information, at least for the Sunset district. I ve been using it for 6 months straight, but unfortunately the weather predictions are most of the times off for my neighborhood. ### 1/5 — The weather report hasn’t changed in weeks *2019-03-23, version 2.4.1* But the weather IRL obviously has! ### 1/5 — Limited usefulness now, unfortunately *2019-03-16, version 2.4.0* This is a very slick-looking app and a great idea for the bay area’s microclimates, but it’s unfortunately no longer useful for many parts of SF. I guess the app recently lost access to the Weather Underground data, and the new data set constantly lowballs temps in places like SoMa, where I live. Right now, for instance, Karl says it’s 61 in my neighborhood, but my outdoor thermometer in the shade says it’s 81, which is definitely what it feels like outside and also what the Weather Underground station says. Sorry, Karl :( Great idea but useless for me now. ### 1/5 — Way off *2018-09-16, version 2.1.3* I’m currently walking around in a t-shirt and shorts, liking at a thermometer that says 67 degrees, this app says it is 58. Garbage. ### 2/5 — Have no idea what the colors mean *2026-07-11, version 2.8.1* Have no idea what the colors mean so just got finished deleted the app ### 2/5 — Isn’t Marin part of the Bay Area *2023-07-02, version 2.7.2* We’re more than Sausalito and have plenty of our own microclimates but you lump everything under either Marin or Sausalito. I’d be happy to go Pro if there was more information available for Marin - but there’s not. ### 2/5 — Poor quality *2020-02-04, version 2.6.2* It’s February 4th and 39 degrees in San Francisco and this app says I should wear shorts and a tee-shirt... ### 2/5 — Deleting now *2019-12-01, version 2.6.2* Doesn’t work, only tries to upsell you just to see the weather! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My go-to weather app *2025-12-02, version 2.8.0* Love this app for San Francisco weather, particularly when the west side can be so different from other parts of the city. ### 5/5 — Glen park *2024-09-04, version 2.7.2* I love your app, but it’s missing my neighborhood Glen Park Can you put it on? ### 5/5 — SF is weather diverse and Karl is truly helpful *2023-07-01, version 2.7.2* Making outdoor plans simply REQUIRES Karl ### 5/5 — Conditions seem broken? *2023-04-12, version 2.7.0* I love this app! The weather numbers just got fixed but the conditions seem to be broken? Sun and moon work but places that I think are cloudy (?) get messed up and aren’t changing. Please fix! ### 5/5 — Is Karl Still Supported? *2023-04-05, version 2.6.9* This has been such a helpful app for navigating what to wear when adventuring out from one SF microclimate to another. (Richmond neighborhood folks spending the day the Mission, am I right?) In the past week it looks like it’s been stuck in night mode, with temps 10 degrees lower than other weather apps. And now, the temps are gone. Adios, Karl! Missing you already. ### 5/5 — Review *2021-09-30, version 2.6.5* I like this app very much ### 5/5 — Essential for San Fransicans *2021-07-16, version 2.6.5* This and the fog.today website make for essential looks before we decide where to take the dog. ### 5/5 — I love this app *2021-06-13, version 2.6.5* This app is so well made sometimes I just go on it when I’m bored 🥵 ### 5/5 — Love the map view! *2021-03-08, version 2.6.5* Love the map view by SF neighborhood and also enjoy the details page of what to wear. ### 5/5 — Amazing Weather App *2020-10-22, version 2.6.2* The most accurate app for AQI and temps in the Bay. Fun UI. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*