# widget weather lite — Makes bad weather look good!

> Free weather forecast app with animated symbols and multiple forecast styles. (iPhone/iPad app by Trond Rossvoll.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/widget-weather-lite/id1130588506 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Trond Rossvoll](https://appshunter.io/developer/571419518)
- Category: Weather, Reference
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 9 App Store ratings · 9 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 53 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Italian and 13 more
- Released: 2016-07-08
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/widget-weather-lite/id1130588506/reviews.md

## What is widget weather lite?

Even bad weather can be forecasted beautifully and with widget weather, any weather will look good on your iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch!

This is the free version of widget weather.

The full version includes the following extra features:
-Pick your favorite weather symbols, font and backgroud color
-Selectable days in widget
-Apple Watch support
-Separate settings for app, widget and Apple Watch
-GPS-based weather forecast
-Selectable update interval (Choose how often new forecast data should be downloaded)
-Location names are editable
-No ads

Free version feature list:
-Touch responsive meteogram
-Two forecast styles: list and graph (meteogram)
-The first and only widget for iOS with animated weather symbols
-Customizable detail level
-Two forecast services: openweathermap.org and met.no (met.no is the data provider for yr.no)
-Double tap to update manually (Great for saving data when roaming)
-Tap to expand/collapse extends the visible forecast while using less space
-Weather forecast in 23 languages
-Universal for iPhone and iPad

Usage tips:
- You can update manually by double tapping (also available in the widget)
- Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

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To activate the widget, do the following:
1 Unlock the device
2 Pull down from the top of the screen to open the notification center.
3 Tap "Edit" at the bottom.
4 Press the green + sign next to "forecast".
Done!
You can change the order of things by pulling the lines up/down while pressing the icon to the right of the name (3 lines)

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Weather forecast available in: English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.

App menus in English, Chinese Simplified, Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.

## Key features

- Animated weather symbols
- Two forecast styles (list and graph)
- Touch responsive meteogram
- Customizable detail level
- Two forecast services
- Manual update by double tap
- Weather forecast in 23 languages

## Recent user reviews (9 of 9)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/widget-weather-lite/id1130588506/reviews.md

### 5/5 — The meteogram are looking for

*2023-09-14*

Yup, this is the one (and its paid version). I had been scouring the App Store for a weather app that provided a meteogram widget every wine I switched to iOS a few years ago, tried a few options, but until now none has provided the experience available in the Android app I used back when. Fortunately I found this app. Even the free, more limited version fulfills all my needs. I’m by purchasing the full version to be able to tweak it a tad more and support the developer, to whom I’m very thankful for the great app! 🥇⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

### 1/5 — Waste of time!!

*2020-01-30*

Don’t bother with the free version, complete waste of time you. Doesn’t use your location to automatically provide weather updates you have to manually add locations.

### 5/5 — 親切な設計

*2019-07-29, version 2.4.2*

見やすいことや使い方の説明が親切なことを含めておススメのアプリです。
有料にすると使える天気マークフォントなども増えるようなので、もう少しいじってからそちらに移行しようと思ってます。

### 1/5 — It doesn’t show on my Apple Watch S4

*2019-02-11*

The weather doesn’t show in the Infograph Modular face. I hope the developer will fix this!

### 5/5 — Отлично!

*2018-09-12*

Отличное приложение с точным прогнозом и приятным интерфейсом!

### 4/5 — ウィジェット(週間予報)

*2018-01-17, version 2.4*

大体でいいので、上↑が欲しかった。
他にない便利さがあって快適です。
無難に使える(当たる)ようなら有料版にします。ぜひ今後も使いたいので頑張ってください。

### 1/5 — Could be 5 star

*2018-01-04, version 2.4*

My review could be the same as MasterFR and I can see that nothing has changed in a full year. I could further say that even precipitations doesn't add up: snow showing in mm, really? Total amount shown in the day preview doesn't fit? 

Amateur stuff for the meteo data gathering, but best meteo UI in Apple Store hands down..a real shame to uninstall, but you know, I'm only talking about the weather..

### 1/5 — First glance is great, but full of bugs and problems

*2016-12-30, version 2.3*

This app has a great design (one of the best) and presents information in a well organized, easy to read way, but after using it for a while, I discovered many bugs and problems that aren't apparent at first glance, so many that the app is really useless and frustrating to use, and I'm deleting it.

Bugs like... future forcast days missing (just shows some days as blank); intermittent display of high/low temp on future forecast days (often shows only high, not low temp, for upcoming week; ironically, this bug shows in the screen shots advertising this app); touching a future forecast day intermitantly shows the details for the wrong day (shows info for one of the other days in the forcast); shows things like future forcast days that are sunny/clear with a large amount of accumulated precipitation (which makes no sense), etc, etc. I think you get the idea (this isn't the place for reporting bugs, so I'll stop here).

Along with bugs, the precipitation display has no scale, so can't really tell if it is suggesting 10% chance or 90% chance, and after using the app for some weeks now, I've found (for the Toronto, Canada area) that the two weather services offered often (but not always) greatly disagree in the forecast. What is worse is that both data sources often (but not always) disagree and are extremely wrong about the current temp and conditions (e.g. current temp is off by 5C in one, 11C in the other - that is my worst example, but more often it is off by 3-4C, which is a lot, esp since the native weather app is always quite accurate). Both are also very frequently and extremely wrong about the current conditions (snowing now, raining now), whereas the native and other apps are accurate most of the time.

With bugs fixed, a 100% reference line for the precip graph (and a more accurate data source for north America) this would be by far the best weather widget (I've looked at a lot of weather widgets in great detail), but that is a lot to ask; as it is now, it is unusable. That said, I do like the design so much that I will watch for a future major update and may download it again.

### 2/5 — Так себе

*2016-12-11*

Так себе и ничего более. Форекаст рулит

## Frequently asked questions about widget weather lite

### Does widget weather lite have ads?

No, widget weather lite is ad-free. The description explicitly states that the free version does not contain advertisements.

### How often does widget weather lite update?

The free version of widget weather lite allows for manual updates by double-tapping. The full version offers a selectable update interval for automatic refreshes.

### What weather forecast services does widget weather lite use?

widget weather lite provides forecasts from two services: openweathermap.org and met.no. Met.no is also the data provider for yr.no.

### Can I customize the appearance of widget weather lite?

The free version of widget weather lite offers a customizable detail level for forecasts. The full version allows for further customization of weather symbols, font, and background color.

### What devices is widget weather lite compatible with?

widget weather lite is a universal app compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It also offers Apple Watch support in its full version.

### How do I activate the widget for widget weather lite?

To activate the widget, unlock your device, pull down to open the notification center, tap 'Edit' at the bottom, and press the green '+' sign next to 'forecast'. You can then reorder widgets by dragging the lines next to their names.

### What is the rating of widget weather lite?

widget weather lite has a rating of 4.2 stars based on 9 ratings.

### When was widget weather lite last updated?

widget weather lite was last updated on March 23, 2018, with its latest version being 2.4.2.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.4.2 — 2018-03-23

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

Bug fixes
Updated API for weather sources

### 2.4.1 — 2018-01-24

This update fixes a bug that could crash the app

### 2.4 — 2018-01-03

-iOS 11 ready
-Updated for iPhone X
-New app icon
-weather forecast in Arabic
-Forecast info includes GPS coordinates and Location ID
-Option to force update from Apple Watch
-Save a GPS location to the location list
-iPad split view support
-Graph animation is now optional
-It’s now easier to add locations from the location list menu
-Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 2.3.1 — 2017-01-08

v2.3
-support for iOS10 widget design with dark/light theme
-bug fixes

v2.3.1
Thank you for all your feedback. In version 2.3 all the data updating was handled by the apps background process to make sure widget, app and Apple Watch complications are in sync in the paid version. But all the users who love the widget but never open the app stopped getting updates when the app wasn't used. Now the update process has been re-enabled for the widget, but you can disable the «widget updates data» switch under settings -> Widget settings within the app.

Reviews in the App Store for past versions are hidden after every update. If you like widget weather, please spend a minute and update your positive review (you don’t have to rewrite it, just reconfirm it). It helps app visibility a lot!

### 2.3 — 2016-12-24

-support for iOS10 widget design with dark/light theme
-added emoji weather to complications
-fixed Apple Watch Complication bug
-you can now use the digital crown to travel through time on the current weather page within the Apple Watch app
-fixed missing temp showing as 999°C/1830°F bug
-other minor bug fixes

Reviews in the App Store for past versions are hidden after every update. If you like widget weather, please spend a minute and update your positive review (you don’t have to rewrite it, just reconfirm it). It helps app visibility a lot!

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