# Sunshine Weather — Beautifully presented BoM data

> Australian weather data visualized beautifully and intuitively. (iPhone/iPad app by Matt Kelsh.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunshine-weather/id6751937260 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Matt Kelsh](https://appshunter.io/developer/1012287506)
- Category: Weather, Travel
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-03-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-15
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunshine-weather/id6751937260/reviews.md

## What is Sunshine Weather?

Sunshine turns complex Australian weather data into something genuinely beautiful and useful.
Built for Australians who want to understand their weather, not just check a number.


FREE FEATURED PLACE
By default, Sunshine lets you see the full weather experience for our Featured Place of the Day. It’s a daily window into somewhere new across Australia—from Uluru to Dubbo—accessible to everyone for free.

SUNSHINE PAID: ALL OF AUSTRALIA
A subscription unlocks all places in Australia and some features, including:
 - Search 33K+ Places: Find and save any Australian location.
 - Automatic weather updates for your current location

BOM Data
The observations & forecasts are powered by real-time data from the BOM. See rainfall probability, wind patterns, temperature trends, and UV at a glance. The intelligent timeline adapts to what matters most to you—whether that's tracking incoming rain or planning around UV peaks.

Sunsets & Time Travel
Sunshine visualises complex data into an interface with genuine utility and beauty. Scroll back to last night's rain, forward to Thursday's forecast and reset the timeline to view current conditions. The sky transitions between each weather condition as well as day and night.

Rain Radar
Animated overlays show rain movement, rainfall intensity, and when it all happens. It's simple - the way it should be.

Widgets for Your Home Screen 
Glance at current conditions, hourly forecasts, or multi-day summaries directly from your home screen widgets. Stay updated without opening the app.

Beautiful, Intuitive, Opinionated Design 
Sunshine tells you a lot about the weather, but it doesn't tell you everything - deliberately. Weather shouldn't require decoding. Sunshine presents complex meteorological information with clarity through thoughtful visualisation, smart grouping, and colour-coded systems that communicate conditions at a glance. Sunshine delivers observations & forecasts in an intuative interface.

Celsius, km/h, millimetres
The French did it in the 19th century, and we show nothing else.

Privacy
Nothing is tracked here. Location data never leaves your device. Sunshine fetches weather data, and never collects or sends information about that, because that would be creepy.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Beautifully presented BOM data
- Intelligent weather timeline
- Animated rain radar
- Home screen widgets
- Search 33K+ Australian places (paid)
- Automatic current location updates (paid)

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly | $1.99 | per month |
| Annual | $14.99 | per year |
| Family Monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| Family Annual | $24.99 | per year |


## Recent user reviews (2 of 2)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunshine-weather/id6751937260/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Best Weather App

*2026-03-17*

This is by far the best weather app available. Highly recommend

### 5/5 — Fine & Sunny

*2026-03-15*

I’m loving the clean lines on this app. Tells me at a glance what I want to know and I can look ahead for the cool change time!

## Frequently asked questions about Sunshine Weather

### What is Sunshine Weather?

Sunshine Weather is an app that transforms complex Australian weather data into a beautiful and easy-to-understand interface. It focuses on visualizing meteorological information clearly, offering features like animated rain radar and intelligent timelines.

### Does Sunshine Weather have ads?

No, Sunshine Weather does not contain advertisements. The app is free to use with optional paid features and subscriptions.

### How much does Sunshine Weather cost?

Sunshine Weather is free to download and use, offering a featured place of the day. A subscription unlocks all of Australia and additional features, with plans ranging from $1.99/month to $24.99/year.

### What data sources does Sunshine Weather use?

The app utilizes real-time data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) for its observations and forecasts, including rainfall probability, wind patterns, temperature trends, and UV levels.

### Can I see past weather with Sunshine Weather?

Yes, Sunshine Weather allows you to scroll back in time to view past weather conditions, such as last night's rain, and forward to see future forecasts.

### Is Sunshine Weather available on Android?

Based on the provided data, Sunshine Weather is currently only supported on iPhone. Information regarding Android availability is not specified.

### How often is Sunshine Weather updated?

The latest version of Sunshine Weather is 1.0.5, and it was last updated on June 13, 2026. This indicates a recent update, suggesting the app is actively maintained.

### What are the subscription options for Sunshine Weather?

Sunshine Weather offers several subscription plans, including Monthly ($1.99), Family Monthly ($2.99), Annual ($14.99), and Family Annual ($24.99), providing access to all of Australia and advanced features.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.5 — 2026-06-13

Sunshine version 1.0.5 “Amadeus”

Hi everyone. There's some nicer winter colours in this version, and some widget fixes. Please give the widget a try again if it has stopped working in the past.

New
- Temperature gradient on chart shows the full temperature range, so you can see cold nights & mornings.
- Sky colours have been tweaked.
- Gentler (less wild) refresh behaviour.
- Dew Point is purple now.
- Feels Like mixes with temperature colours now.
- Redid widget update logic entirely.

Fixes
- Kickstarts frozen/empty widgets: Please give the widget a try again if it has stopped working in the past.
- Fixed a bug that caused the widget to get stuck on a location, and then a blank state.
- Logic fix that made widget update more than it should.
- Logic fix that was discarding updates to weather after changing location in some circumstances.
- Removes tiny gaps between days on the chart.
- Fixed drama where some days on the chart would fail to appear until after midnight.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-05-09

Sunshine version 1.0.4 “The Mavis's”

Hi everyone. Some quality of life improvements in this build. Please tell your mates about Sunshine.

New
- Daily high and low temperatures are marked on the chart now, and you can toggle them off in settings.
- Widget is much prettier, and has a dynamic background that adjusts for time of day/night.
- Expands the green wind words and blue rain words to identify more terms.
- Turns the snow animation down to a sensible level. (Load up Falls Creek and have a look!)
- Tweaked sky gradients. (Smoke/dust isn't as severe now; sorry Perth)
- Adds a "Restore Purchase" option when subscribing to the app.

Fixes
- Found a bug that caused the widget to get stuck on a location, and then a blank state.
- Main app updates the widget more robustly, if the widget is out of budget.
- 24 hour preference wasn't being set correctly.
- Widget layout fixes.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-04-01

Sunshine version 1.0.3 “Tumbleweed”

Hello! How are you finding Sunshine? matt@sunshine.mattro.design
This build adds a new cleaner onboarding flow and some voiceover fixes. 

Please tell your friends to try Sunshine!

New
- Cleaner, nicer onboarding flow.
- Severe weather events are highlighted in red in the daily forecast text (“Hail”, “flash flooding”, etc)

Voice Over
- Tidies up settings view by skipping settings irrelevant to Voice Over users.
- Improved onboarding steps to be more straight forward while using Voice Over.

Fixes
- Rain no longer shows “0.0mm” when selecting a forecast moment. It shows “--“ instead (there’s no rain til it rains!)

Previous Builds
- Significant performance improvements. ~35% of the memory footprint. ~20% of the energy usage by reducing processing while the app is idle and while scrolling, which should result in a less-warm device. (Let me know!)
- The two widget options have been merged in to one. Use app settings to switch layouts. (If you added the "Weekly" widget previously, please remove it and add the widget again)
- Added widget layout options to Settings: You can choose daily or weekly layouts.
- Added two buttons to Settings:
    1. Leave a Review: A shortcut for you to rate Sunshine on the App Store easily. (Please, try the fish.)
    2. Tell Your Mates: A quick way to share Sunshine with your friends via a standard share sheet. (Really, the fish is great.)
- Place names can be abbreviated if there isn't enough space to show them. "University" becomes "Uni", "Mount" becomes "Mt", etc.
- Tapping a day in the week overview scrolls the chart into view AND moves the chart to the day you tapped.
- Hardened Sunshine's API handling, and added more WeatherKit fallbacks.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-03-24

Sunshine version 1.0.2 "The Clouds"

Another quick update, this time focusing on widgets and some optimisations.

New
- Reduces processing while the app is idle and while scrolling, which should result in a less-warm device. (Let me know!)
- The two widget options have been merged in to one. Use app settings to switch layouts. (If you added the "Weekly" widget previously, please remove it and add the widget again)
- Reorganised Settings for niceness and clarity:
    Added widget layout options to Settings: You can choose daily or weekly layouts.
    Added two buttons to Settings:
      - Leave a Review: A shortcut for you to rate Sunshine on the App Store easily. (Please, try the fish.)
      - Tell Your Mates: A quick way to share Sunshine with your friends via a standard share sheet. (Really, the fish is great.)
- Place names can be abbreviated if there isn't enough space to show them. "University" becomes "Uni", "Mount" becomes "Mt", etc.

Fixes
- Significant performance improvements. ~35% of the memory footprint. ~20% of the energy usage.
- Fixed Darwin weather not appearing.
- Hardened Sunshine's API handling, and added more WeatherKit fallbacks.
- The 12/24hr toggle wasn't updating on places you'd viewed recently.
- Widget uses local name database instead of api.
- Tweaked the way rain is presented for different intensities.
- Axis labels don't touch the screen edges anymore

Improvements from 1.0.1
- Added a fade effect to the edges of the Today/Stats box as an affordance to show it can scroll horizontally.
- Sky gradients follow the sun, and meld into each other.
- Scrolling performance (horizontal and vertical) is significantly improved.
- Tapping a day in the week overview scrolls the chart into view AND moves the chart to the day you tapped.
- Sunshine consumes less energy when rendering effects while scrolling.
- Sunshine will prefer it's own place names, regardless of what the API sends.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-03-20

Sunshine version 1.0.1 "Rat Cat"

Thanks for trying out Sunshine. What do you think so far? There's a lot in the works, so look out for new features soon. If you're enjoying Sunshine, please tell your mates to try it out, and give it a rating. I'm truly obsessed with making a great weather app, and I'd love to share this one with as many people as possible. In the meantime, here are some improvements from 1.0. 

tldr; performance, beauty and some fun fixes.

Improvements
- Added a fade effect to the edges of the Today/Stats box as an affordance to show it can scroll horizontally.
- Sky gradients follow the sun, and meld into each other.
- Iterated sky visuals, and widget colours.
- Scrolling performance (horizontal and vertical) is significantly improved.
- Places load weather with more grace, and less jank.
- Tapping a day in the week overview scrolls the chart into view AND moves the chart to the day you tapped.
- Tweaked label colours in the header information, and made the conditions information show day forecast then flipping to show current condition
- Userguide refreshes better, and supports numbered lists.

Fixes
- Sunshine consumes less energy when rendering effects while scrolling.
- Sunshine will continue to use it's own names for a location, regardless of what the API sends ("Lottoland" does not exist). (Thanks Anthony!)
- Fixed a jumping cloud.
- Fixed the week overview not letting you tap days when scrolled up. (Thanks Russell!)
- Adds a background behind the error state that you will hopefully never see.

## More apps by Matt Kelsh

- [Rhyno](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rhyno/id1469773993)

All apps by Matt Kelsh: https://appshunter.io/developer/1012287506

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*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 2026-08-15.*