Mini Seasons vs Whimsy Weather

Mini Seasons tells you what's happening in nature right now: which wildflowers are opening, which birds just showed up. All grounded in real observation data from your ecological region. Japan has tracked 72 micro-seasons for centuries. Mini Seasons adapts that tradition for North America. Fifteen ecological regions, from Pacific Northwest rainforests to the Southern Coastal Plain, each with their own set of 72 seasons named for the real natural events unfolding there. Every season brings original ink wash artwork and a short poetic reflection. Open it, read for a minute, close it. That's the whole idea. Your home region is free, along with the two nearest you. Explorer unlocks the rest, so you can follow any region across the continent and read back through past seasons. FEATURES - 72 micro-seasons for your home region, refreshed every five days - Home region detected automatically, free with the two nearest - All fifteen regions and the full archive with Explorer - Original ink wash artwork for every season - Home screen and lock screen widgets - Works offline - No ads, no account Millions of field reports from across the country, distilled into something you can feel.

Whimsy Weather draws the weather instead of tabulating it. The top half of the screen is a hand-drawn landscape under a real sky. The Sun and the Moon are where they actually are for your latitude and the time of day, the Moon shows its true phase, and the rain, snow, cloud and wind in the picture are the ones in the forecast. The bottom half is the numbers — feels-like, humidity, wind, pressure, visibility, UV, sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset. A SKY THAT IS ACTUALLY THE SKY Sunrise, sunset, twilight and the midnight sun are computed, not faked. At 64°N in June the sky never goes fully dark, because it doesn't. Drag the timeline and the Sun and Moon glide along their arcs as the light changes. TWENTY-ONE LANDSCAPES, ALL OF THEM ALIVE Hills, farm, city, beach, harbour, open sea, mountains, desert, lake and the tropics — and every one has something in it that the wind moves. Smoke leans downwind, the windmill turns in proportion to the wind, palms bend and coconuts fall above 60 km/h. People wander through: walking the dog, chasing a hat in a gale. SIX PLACES THAT READ THE WEATHER Taipei 101 shows the cloud base by the floor that disappears into it. Fuji puts the freezing level on a cone of known height, and the Golden Gate's 1,280 m span is a ruler for visibility. The Eiffel Tower's fountains lean in the wind, Liberty stands in water that turns to pack ice, and the Pyramids cast the Sun's bearing across the sand. THE VIEW FROM A WINDOW A plane, high-speed rail, a car, a train and a bus. Rain on the glass is a speedometer: straight down at a red light, flat at 300 km/h. The wipers keep time with the rain, and cold damp air fogs the glass. A WORLD CLOCK WITH LANDMARKS Every saved city on one 24-hour dial, ringed by landmarks that turn with the time and light their windows at night, with each city's weather drawn over its own. Turn the dial to find an hour that works everywhere. WARNINGS, AND HONESTY ABOUT WHERE THEY CAME FROM Where a national weather service publishes warnings the app reads them and names the issuer — the US National Weather Service, or MeteoAlarm for Europe. Everywhere else its own advisories are derived from the forecast, and say so. SEVEN WIDGETS ON THE HOME SCREEN Tonight's sky with the true Moon and the planets that are up, today's conditions, the five-day outlook three ways, what to wear — and the scene itself, photographed while the app draws it. YOURS, IN YOUR UNITS Every unit switches on its own, or follows your region. English, Français, 繁體中文, 简体中文 and 日本語. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No analytics. No advertising. The forecast comes from Apple's own WeatherKit, and searching for a place goes through Apple's frameworks — so the only thing that leaves your phone is where you want the weather for. FREE AND PRO Free keeps one saved place plus wherever you are, with the full conditions panel, the hourly and five-day forecasts, and warnings and advisories. Pro adds unlimited places, the seven widgets, the other twenty landscapes, the world clock, and the timeline to scrub hour by hour — today and the days on either side of it. Subscribe, or buy it once and keep it. NOT A WARNING SERVICE This is a weather app for looking at, not a safety system. For decisions that matter, follow your national weather service. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Whimsy Weather Pro (Monthly) is US$2 per month and Whimsy Weather Pro (Yearly) is US$18 per year; both renew automatically. Whimsy Weather Pro (Lifetime) is US$60, is permanent and never renews. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically for the same period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://candan-weng.blogspot.com/2026/08/terms-of-use-whimsy-weather.html Privacy Policy: https://candan-weng.blogspot.com/2026/08/privacy-policy-whimsy-weather.html