Forecast Now 4+

Easy to Use / Great Support

Forecast Now suits me to a T. Others clutter the screen with so much information it’s hard for me to focus on it. This app opens with a menu listing each type of NWS information. Selecting an item displays it on its own cleanly-designed screen, making it much easier for my brain to grasp. While changing locations requires going to a separate menu item, with frequent use I can now rapidly swipe/click among the 4 locations I generally follow.

I did often find the ads annoying but, as the app’s description spells out, they’re the trade-off for using a free app. Most ads can simply be canceled, though some have a 5-second countdown. The audio ads are easily muted with a tap on the volume icon. I recently decided to try it without ads for $0.99 per month. I like it, so will be signing up for the single $9.99 payment to ditch them permanently.

I’ve encountered a couple of glitches in the app along the way, which I’ve reported to the developers. Both times they’ve responded within an hour, investigated immediately, and gotten them fixed – that same day in one case and within 24 hours in the other. In my book, that kind of support is well worth a few bucks.

Forecast Now

Put back the dates when reviewing Daily forecast information. The last update removed the Dates for the forecast information.
How do I get Color to show up in the Maps?

Developer Response ,

We have restored the dates to the hourly forecast, as they were originally. The daily forecast shows the day of the week, by popular request, instead of “today “ and “tonight “, but has never shown the date.

NOAA is using a new satellite for GOES East which has a different set of instruments onboard, and they don’t publish an exact equivalent to the rainbow display the old satellite provided. We chose a default display that we think shows the best contrast for precipitation, but if you subscribe to the app you can choose from a variety of displays another one may suit you better. You could always try subscribing for a month to see if it gets you what you want. If not, you can then cancel the subscription in the settings app on your device.

Good info / needs work.

Great information direct from the best source there is. The only thing that needs work is the app itself. It’s a good start, but it needs refining. How about a quick list view of your cities accompanied by current conditions?

Basically, switching between any of the options/information tabs is cumbersome. A few UI tweaks and this could be something decent.

Finally, I don’t mind paying a subscription for a great app. However, this isn’t quite *great* yet. Keep up the work! Thanks.