# Retro Weather — user reviews > 43 indexed App Store user reviews of Retro Weather by Gary Kash, rated 4.25/5 from 4 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retro-weather/id1546817298/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retro-weather/id1546817298.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Is Retro Weather safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Retro Weather. ## Is Retro Weather legit? Retro Weather appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Retro Weather is 83 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Newest reviews (13 of 43) ### 4/5 — 9/10 *2026-07-10* I usually never do reviews but this app is really nice and will be my daily weather app from now on, even though there isn’t every locations but has every cities. That’s my -1 but still is fine for me! ### 4/5 — Nostalgic *2025-11-24* Nice update, but my previous request still stands… Please add ability to play the nostalgic music in the background. ### 4/5 — Daily Records!? *2025-06-29* Wish that the daily records would return, otherwise great app. Occasionally will not detect location or load… minor issue though. ### 4/5 — Why the changes??? *2024-08-22* I loved the fact that you could see yesterday, and the records for today’s date. They’ve been missing for a few months now. What happened to them??? Otherwise, I love it! ### 4/5 — Nostalgic *2024-02-21* Please add ability to play the music in the background. ### 4/5 — Retro Weather App *2021-08-03* Love it. I wish I could make it a widget and put it on the far left home screen on my ipad. Thx Muchly! 😁 ### 4/5 — Love it *2021-05-17* BUT it has stopped working for the past few days. 😞 ### 4/5 — Scrolling *2021-02-19* Love the throw back! It would be great if it scrolled through the screens in its own rather than having to scroll through manually. **Developer response:** They should auto-scroll every 30 seconds (default) and that time length can be adjusted in the settings. ### 4/5 — Great concept, parts still rough *2021-02-19* This mainly relates to the Apple TV version as I can’t type a review there directly. The core concept is great. Down the line, it would be nice to have the audio be more location-specific (encompassing similar stations to CJNU like VOWR St. John’s or CFZM Toronto) or even just allow audio from other apps (like Apple Music) to keep playing in the background. There’s also a minor issue in the location selection screen on TV where the text disappears from the highlighted button. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2021-02-19* Instant flash back to my childhood! This was the screensaver/soundtrack to my childhood. So glad you made this, saves a good piece of Winnipeg history! This was always on the tv. This app is accurate, flawless & stable! Thank you! ### 5/5 — Love this app *2021-02-18, version 1.0* I love the music that goes with the app ### 5/5 — Nostalgic *2021-02-17, version 1.0* Very novel and fun. I remember it well. But definitely needs the old fuzziness using filters, etc. And please add the clock. ### 5/5 — fantastic!! *2021-02-17* hey this is so fun!!! i'm in the US and can't get local weather- i don't mind because i can still check my hometown- Burlington, Ontario. Is there a possibility to make it worldwide weather? Also can you make it readable in vertical view on iPhone??? thanks!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Daily historal weather data *2025-10-24* I downloaded this app mainly for the daily historical weather data,this is no good,because it’s not present ### 1/5 — Do Not Install on an IPhone!!.. *2021-02-22* Terrible App!!.. Completely locks your phone up requiring factory reset!!.. Cost me almost a full day with Apple Support to get this virus off my phone!! **Developer response:** Please reach out to me and we can get down to the bottom of this! I’ve never heard of such an app to do a thing to a device as this would be a major security flaw on Apple’s OS. Let’s work together to find a solution. ### 1/5 — Too slow *2021-02-18, version 1.0* I LOVE the idea and miss this old weather channel on my TV but every time I want to see the weather it gets stuck at the location selection screen. Not worth it. ### 2/5 — Needs Work *2021-02-15, version 1.0* Should NOT have to re-enter your location every time you open the app. How did you not think to save that variable? I want this as my default weather app. Fix it. ### 3/5 — Cool CANADIAN weather app *2025-07-07* I wish I realized this was for Canadian weather only before purchasing. Looks really neat, but useless to a dumb American like me. ### 3/5 — Nostalgic *2023-05-18* Very novel and fun. I remember it well. But definitely needs the old fuzziness using filters, etc. And please add the clock. Update: app just crashes now :( ### 3/5 — Needs a little work *2021-02-19* I love the look and feel of the app. However it really needs to be updated ASAP or remember your location; a feature available even on free weather apps. Like others, I would also like to be able to use it in portrait mode. Once those changes are made I can recommend it to friends. **Developer response:** Version 1.1 has both the features you requested - now remembers your location and supports portrait mode. Enjoy! ### 3/5 — Cool!! *2021-02-17, version 1.0* App only opens in landscape/horizontal which kind of sucks. Also, you have to choose your location each time you open it. Other than that its pretty cool. ### 3/5 — Lovely app but missing some features. *2021-02-09, version 1.0* I would love if there was a vertical layout. Opening this up brought nostalgia for a moment but I won’t be using it to casually check the weather because I have to turn my phone sideways. It makes me choose my location every time I open the app. A settings menu with options could go a long way. Also if it could have a ticker tape it would help the experience. ### 4/5 — Nostalgic *2026-07-27* Nice update, but my previous request still stands.. Please add ability to play the nostalgic music in the background. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Real Nostalgia! *2026-03-06* If you are of the right vintage to Environment Canada on cable, this is a great app. I think the only thing missing is the windchill in kilopascals for Winnipeg (but we don’t really want to remember those 2500kPa days) ### 5/5 — Oh, yeah! *2024-04-05* Great job, Gary. Fun and functional. ### 5/5 — Just what I wanted! *2024-02-27* Looks great on the Apple TV, and as someone who was a kid when this style of infographics was around, it’s extremely nostalgic. ### 5/5 — Splendid! *2021-10-19, version 1.2.2* The only thing missing is the original channel also showed a page with a list of US cities and another page of Canadian cities. Looking at those always brought comfort at -30 knowing it was warmer elsewhere in the world. ### 5/5 — Retro Weather App Rocks! *2021-03-25* This is kind of an update to a review I wrote about a month back, I like how it resembles an old cable TV channel that scrolls weather, traffic, and the local/regional news back in the 1980s/1990s (and I would love to see an app created for reading the local news like they had through Broadcast News or the Canadian Press). Anyway I just found out that there is a version that you can download for Apple TVOS, like the old cable TV channel however I feel the audio for the music should be reduced a bit as it’s very loud even when I have my TV’s volume turned down. Maybe there could be a volume control for the users to adjust to their preference? In addition, I think it would also be a good idea to include alongside the provincial temperatures the current weather conditions for other parts of Canada, the US and major world cities as well. Other than that, keep up the good work! ### 5/5 — Absolutely Great! *2021-03-21* Totally brings back the memories! Well done! Any future plans for widget support? ### 5/5 — Memories of childhood weather! *2021-03-13* Love the app - thanks for adding the time at bottom screen with seconds - we used to use this channel as our official time check - useful for making sure your nifty new 1980's digital watch was properly synchronized to the correct time! I look forward to checking it late tonight to see the hour skip ahead for daylight saving time kicking in. ### 5/5 — Significant progress with latest version! *2021-03-09* I must say that this latest release has fixed many accessibility issues regarding voiceover and iOS! It’s refreshing to see a developer who takes concerns to heart and does something about it! Quickly! BTW: love the WAYNE! 🦮😂🥂🇨🇦 **Developer response:** Update:  I have done some major improvements to the voice over experience in version 1.1.1 (released today). This release also supports portrait orientation. At any time reach out and let me know how I can customize this further to suit you. I would love to turn this 1 star review into a 5, but this requires your continued feedback. --- I’m sorry the accessibility experience is awful. I promise to do better. Reach out to me and I will personally hand craft the voice over experience you’re looking for. ### 5/5 — Changed it to 5 star!!! *2021-02-25* Thank you for making it so it remembers the location! That was the last star needed to make this app a 5 star! 👍🏻 ### 5/5 — Nicely done!! *2021-02-22* Love the app.. really authentic duplication of the old channel. Plus the music is a nice touch. Couple suggestions for later versions.. adding a “favourites” list for weather locations you frequently visit. Also, would be interesting to have a page showing current hot and cold spots (via EC website). Great job! --- *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 2026-11-03.*