# Waterscope Weather — user reviews > 17 indexed App Store user reviews of Waterscope Weather by The Iconfactory, rated 4.20/5 from 24 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waterscope-weather/id1450116400/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waterscope-weather/id1450116400.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 18 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashes on start on iPadOS 18.4 *2025-03-31* Can’t run on my iPad Air m2 ### 1/5 — Loved it but now crashes on launch. *2021-01-27* This was a fantastic app for weather geeks. Especially if you love the water and live by a coast. Happy to give this app 5 stars because it’s actually that good however there’s been no update and no support for the launching issues/crashes. If it’s fixed my review becomes 5 stars. Stay tuned. **Developer response:** This crash was caused by bad data being returned by the NOAA buoy on Jan. 27th, 2021. The server has been fixed, but we're also adding a check in the 1.0.2 release so that it can't happen again. Looking forward to those 5 stars :-) ### 1/5 — Probably, nice app but *2020-12-23* - It never showed me any temperature at all, just three dots —> … - It uses ridiculous American system of Fahrenheits & feets with no option to switch to normal Celsius & meters Good luck! (Deleted it) ### 2/5 — Beautiful but not functional *2023-01-04* I really wanted to love this app, because it’s gorgeous, but it just doesn’t work very well. Documentation is like deciphering hieroglyphics, so although it seems like it does a bunch of cool stuff you won’t be able to make it do it when you want. The data is just flat out wrong (wind values; tides seem accurate), or out of date (January now, but the latest sat picture says November 30 on it). And even the cool ui stuff is inconsistent or gets in the way of actually finding the information you might want. And finally, it doesn’t seem to be in active development, so not much chance any of that gets fixed. ### 2/5 — No metric *2022-05-28* The app looks great but I can’t find any way to get it to use metric measurements. Not being American imperial measurements are meaningless to me so the app is of no use. ### 2/5 — Intuitiv ist was anderes... *2020-12-27* Leider nicht wirklich selbsterklärend ### 3/5 — Beautifully designed but baffling *2025-06-27* This is a beautiful high-quality app, but it’s too hard to use. Information is indicated by hard-to-understand symbols. There’s a help button but it’s not enough. I’m also never sure if it’s showing me the right location. I tap the “triangle” symbol to choose my location, but when I later tap the “waves” symbol, it shows a different location. The symbols and help system, and lack of color contrast, are hard to see on a sunny beach or if your phone is in a waterproof bag. I wanted to rate this higher because it’s so beautiful and *nice* but the functionality isn’t accessible. ### 3/5 — Looked promising *2024-04-03* Can’t seem to change temp to Celsius and tide height to meters ### 3/5 — Units??? *2021-04-29* App doesn’t support metric system!? ### 4/5 — ★★★★ Beautiful, unique weather/tides/moon/sun app *2021-06-22* Wonderfully done. About the only thing I would add would be user-provided locations, such as Hello Weather and numerous astronomy apps have. We want to know about places other than where we are at the moment! I highly recommend reading about the developer’s inspiration at the furbo organization. Here’s an excerpt: “I’m releasing Waterscope today because there are certainly other folks who will benefit from my personal weather app. There may even be some educational value in seeing how I approached a data-rich user interface (hint: Edward Tufte’s books taught me). Information can be dynamic and beautiful. “At the same time, if you’re outside the U.S., it’s unlikely to be a satisfying experience: most of the data sources and their presentation are oriented towards North America. An example: in the southern hemisphere your view of the sun and moon’s orbit is in a counterclockwise direction as you look north. Waterscope displays a clockwise orbit. “But the good news is that Waterscope, like the data it uses, is FREE to download and use. Enjoy!” ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — A very capable instrument! *2024-02-23* Elegant, powerful tool to assist in understanding of solunar dynamics for any outdoor activities. Well thought out display that provides both real-time and forecast capabilities. Maybe adding barometric pressure could reveal more, but it’s a superb tool. Can’t wait to see future enhancements ### 5/5 — Tides *2023-03-16* Living on an island, accurate tides and general weather are of value. Waterscope is easy on the eyes and presents pertinent info. Time will tell how accurate it is. ### 5/5 — Added functionality *2023-01-20* Can you add water levels in Meters and Water Temperature in Celsius ### 5/5 — Beautiful! Wish I could set the location. *2021-04-24* Incredibly well-done app. The location seems to be set to your actual location, but wish I could get it to show the data for somewhere else (like when I’m dreaming of being at the beach) ### 5/5 — Really rather splendid *2021-02-02* Beautiful visualisations. Great for getting a quick grasp of things. I only wish there were more WebCams. Note: I would’ve paid money for this. At least charge $1.99. Nice work! ### 5/5 — I hate water but I love this app *2020-12-24* Nicely done. ### 5/5 — from Tokyo *2020-12-24* I know the app is not for me, but I wanted to take look. Unfortunately, it just crashes on launch. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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