# PWS weather station monitor — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of PWS weather station monitor by Bog Bridges LLC, rated 4.30/5 from 191 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pws-weather-station-monitor/id1571417867/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pws-weather-station-monitor/id1571417867.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 130 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 18 ## What do users think of PWS weather station monitor? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Excellent Apple Watch integration - 👍 Clear and uncluttered interface - 👍 Useful PWS widgets and complications - 🚀 Fast data updates - 👍 Good customer support - 👍 Accurate data collection - 👍 No advertisements - 👍 Easy to view station data - 👍 Works with various PWS brands - 👍 Responsive developer **Cons** - 🐛 Apple Watch app difficult to read - 🐛 Integration not always easy - 🐛 App does not resize for device - 🐛 History/advanced features require payment - 🐛 Some users unable to add stations - 🐛 Lags on Apple Watch - 🐛 Clunky and cumbersome interface - 🐛 Font size/coloring on Watch difficult **Commonly reported bugs** - Apple Watch complication font size/coloring hard to read - Unable to add Ambient Weather Station - App lags on Apple Watch - App does not resize to fit device - History is a paid feature - Some users unable to add stations via API key - Rain alert in inches not showing tenths/hundredths **Most requested features** - More frequent auto-update/refresh - Show timestamp on chart scrolling - Spanish language option - Advanced graphics/text layout improvements - Option for larger font on watch complications - Indication of alert source - Show tenths/hundredths of an inch for rain alerts ## Newest reviews (16 of 51) ### 4/5 — Very good pws app *2026-04-03* A very good app to monitor your home weather station. My main need was to be able to monitor from my Apple Watch and it does the trick! The notifications are a plus too. The important part of any product is the customer support and I had a minor problem in the first week and it was solved quickly! The only thing keeping me from giving it a 5th star is I wish the auto update/refresh was more frequent (like 5-10 mins instead of 15-25 mins). That said, I recommend this app! :) **Developer response:** Thank you for your review. Sigh…I love it when the app gets the blame. So...the background refresh rate is controlled by iOS/WatchOS. As a former OS developer, I have done everything in my power to have my app update as close to the theoretical maximum allowed by iOS/WatchOS which is 3-4 background updates per hour (every 15-20 minutes). Background updates at 5=10 minute intervals are technically not possible and not allowed. And then, there's the issue of how often background updates can be displayed in a widget or Watch complication. The maximum allowed widget update rate is 70 updates per day which works out to a maximum average of one update every 34 minutes. But again, it’s up to the OS - not the app- to decide when to update. Getting background updates to work at all is not easy which is why there are no other PWS apps that even try. But please don't dock me a star when I've done everything in my power to mitigate the limitations imposed on my app by policies over which I have no control. The fact that you’re getting regular updates is a minor miracle. If you would like to provide some feedback regarding background update policies, you may consider the source. Thank you for reconsidering your review :) ### 4/5 — 4 Estrelas porque *2026-01-09, version 2.68* La app es genial, muchas gracias por hacer una app así, sobretodo poder usarla en el iwatch. Solo tengo un pero, como puedo hacer para tener la lluvia en caída en 24h? Porque no me marca bien la lluvia que cae, en comparación con la realidad… no en el iwatch no en la pantalla de del iPhone… ### 4/5 — Nice app, needs advanced graphics *2025-07-26, version 2.52* Ok app ### 5/5 — Exactly what I’ve been looking for. *2025-03-23, version 2.51* Thank you for making this app. No clutter, all the data points I want. One suggestion: when scrolling the charts of past weather, if you could code in what timestamp I’m currently viewing with the yellow bar, that would be amazing. ### 5/5 — Love this app *2025-03-06* Gives all the data from my Ambient station in a neat and concise manner and best of all it makes all the data available on my Apple Watch. ### 5/5 — Best App for Apple Watch *2025-03-01* For reading data from your personal weather station, I found this app is the easiest to read data and it updates the complications much faster than any of the other apps. ### 3/5 — It works *2025-02-27* The app does its job very nicely. It seems to collect data accurately and quickly. Three things. Integration was not easy. The app does not resize to fit the device. The only size available is for an iPhone. Although the display is pretty, it is less informative than the PWS website. **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure which device the app is not resizing for? And as you note, this app is NOT a substitute for your own weather station's website/app, and it is not trying to reinvent the wheel. As a serious weather station owner, I wrote this app to address key things that were missing. First and foremost, Watch and iPhone widget support. I wanted to be able to glance at my Watch or iPhone and see what was happening with my station. Second, I wanted to get iPhone/Watch notifications for station conditions...like if it was below a certain temperature. Third, I wanted to see my station's history for past days, moths, and years regardless of what type of weather station I was using. Fourth, I wanted different visualizations for weather than I was seeing. I wanted visuals that were both simple to understand yet didn't lose accuracy. I also wanted to support folks who had multiple weather stations, and I recently added NOAA/ICAO weather station conditions and forecasts. So if none of those things are a factor for you, this app is probably not a great fit, so keep on keeping on with your native weather station site/app :) ### 5/5 — Cool bananas *2025-02-22* All good in the hood ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-02-21* The best app I have found for viewing my and other PES data, including week and daily views. ### 5/5 — Great App! *2025-02-13* If you want widgets for your PWS, this is the app for you! I can now see everything going on at my house from one amazing widget that combines everything together, but is also very easy to view. That alone is worth the small cost, in addition to everything else you get. Also I emailed the developer a question and he quickly responded and even tweaked the app based on my feedback. ### 5/5 — Nothing else comes close *2025-02-04* I have tried almost every other pws app out there and nothing even comes close to the functionality and features of this app. The watch and Home Screen widgets/complications are better than anything else I’ve tried. The history and graphs are also excellent. And I very much appreciate that the developer is always working to refine, improve, and streamline the app and add new features. Highly recommend. **Developer response:** Thank you! As the developer, that means so much to me! I've heard from a few folks they would like to see UV index so I'll be working on that. I'm always happy to hear suggestions - just email me using the 'Contact' link on the app's options screen. ### 5/5 — Brilliant app *2025-01-25* This app is very good at showing multiple weather stations in the same format in any country be it for a day view or a weekly view. It will show all the data that’s weather station is sending. I submit my personal weather station to weather underground and in return they store my data for me. This is also visible in this app. Data can be stored to be reviewed at a later date. Well Done to you There are no adverts which is a bonus if like me you grew up in a time where adverts were only in America as far as I was aware at the time. ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-01-25, version 2.45* Does exactly what I need ### 5/5 — PWS Connect *2025-01-25* Great application enjoy it greatly. The only item I would request would be to have an indication of an alert, where did the alert come from. Which item indicate the alert. Thank you. Great app! ### 2/5 — Really like the phone app but the Apple Watch app is not usable *2025-01-12* Really like the layout and data provided within the phone app and the widgets. My issue is the font size and coloring of the numbers is great in all but very hard to read compared to other complications on my Apple Watch Ultra. When contacted the developer, it was suggested to make this the only complication on my watch. This completely defeats the point. **Developer response:** Hi Justin, thanks for reaching out via email about the legibility of the small circular complications without glasses. Unfortunately, you did not provide any suggestions for making legibility easier for you, and I suggested the X-Large complication style as a possibility. You said “never mind” and didn’t seem interested in having me explore different solutions…possibly a “high-vis” option. Posting a 2-star review following my attempt to better understand your issue is very disheartening. ### 5/5 — Quick Bug Fix :) *2024-12-25* Thanks for the quick fix for Ambient Weather! There is an issue when trying to set a rain alert in inches. The app needs to show tenths and probably hundredths of an inch to be usable ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Do not use *2026-02-06* I downloaded the App and went premium and put the nearest station to me which was 4 miles away! I tried to put it on my Iwatch and even turned my iPhone and Iwatch on and off 2 times but my Iwatch kept saying I had not subscribed. I am uninstalling the app after this message as it does not work. 🤬🤬🤬 **Developer response:** Um, you could have sent me an email and we could have worked out whatever the issue was before you just went ahead and flamed me with a one-star review. I respond to all of my question/support email and do special beta version to work through any issues that may require core changes. I provide this app for my own use and for the enjoyment of others in the weather station community. If you actually want to be helpful, please email me at info@bogbridges.com and I will be happy to help you. ### 1/5 — Can’t add Ambient Weather Statiom *2025-01-09, version 2.43* Every time I try to add my AWN key, the map reflects the location of my PWS but when I press “Done” it just goes back to the PWS list with no data. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work with Ambient Weather *2024-11-26* It doesn’t seem to like my stations API Key (it is displayed as gray). I know for a fact it is correct since it works on other apps ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2023-11-19, version 1.72* Don't waste your time......... ### 1/5 — Crap app *2023-11-14* Crap **Developer response:** Is this "review" supposed to help anyone? ### 1/5 — Does not work! *2023-02-15, version 1.60* Added my API key and nothing shows up. Useless ### 1/5 — Clunky *2022-08-28, version 1.32* Clunky. Weak. Cumbersome. Sums it up. ### 1/5 — Reallly? *2022-07-25, version 1.25* There is no way I’m paying 5$/year for information “I” generate. How absurd. Nice Looking app, but realistically, you are out of your mind! ### 1/5 — Does not work *2022-02-26* Running latest version of IOS and have tried listing three different stations by using API etc. Weatherunderground, Ambiant and WeatherLink. All information correct, but none would add to list when tapping ‘Done’. Sorry guys, but definitely your app is faulty. **Developer response:** Hi mmpws, it's been almost a year since your review, and we still haven't heard back from you via info@bogbridges.com as we suggested. 1-star reviews are like poison. There's no recourse for anyone on the receiving end, and all we can do is shine a light when they happen. ### 2/5 — Payant *2025-02-15* App pas mal mais l’historique est payant **Developer response:** I'm sorry you don't want to pay the very small amount for the station history feature that no other app like mine has. Unlike others, all versions of my app are ad-free, meaning zero revenue for the app without the Premium option. Not everything can be free - sorry! I’m trying to cover the costs of the app. Hopefully you think that the pennies per moth are worth all the extra features. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app. *2026-07-21* I’m very happy with the data this app provides me. ### 5/5 — Excellent tech weather report *2026-04-26* I was impressed anyway in my home town Bournemouth with all the reports but was surprised and pleased that on holiday in Spain it gave me Alicante reports too. Really good app **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, and great to hear! ### 5/5 — Good app *2026-04-04* I’ve been very happy with this app **Developer response:** Thank you, and don't hesitate to reach out to me at info@bogbridges.com if you have any questions. ### 5/5 — Excellent App! *2026-04-04* Works as advertized! **Developer response:** Thank you so much! ### 5/5 — Nice - clean and uncluttered *2026-02-07* Thanks for this app. It has all the useful metrics and is uncluttered. Also like the METAR and TAF. Well done. **Developer response:** Thank you! And all suggestions for improvements of suggested changes are welcome. ### 5/5 — Rocks great *2026-01-27* This app is awesome and is worth it a lot. I just need to figure out how to keep it live without restart or whatnot the widget. **Developer response:** Thanks for your review! The widgets are designed to continuously auto-update (something I rely upon for my own use), so if that's not happening for you, please email me at info@bogbridges.com to figure out the issue. ### 5/5 — I love the widget *2025-12-09* Makes it super easy to see the data from my weather station at a glance ### 5/5 — Idioma en español *2025-12-05, version 2.66* La app esta muy completa pero falta el idioma en español ### 5/5 — Genial *2025-11-15, version 2.65* Muy completa ### 5/5 — Sencillez y eficacia *2025-09-21, version 2.62* App que tiene su verdadera utilidad en las buenas complicaciones para el Apple Watch. --- *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 2026-09-08.*