Dark Sky - Hyperlocal Weather, Radar, and Storm Alerts
By Jackadam
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Description
Dark Sky can tell you at a glance exactly when it will rain (or snow) up to an hour in advance, so you’re free to walk the dog or run out to lunch and know you’ll stay dry. You can also explore the most beautiful weather animation you’ve ever seen, both forward in time or back.
(Dark Sky is available in the US, UK and Ireland.)
YOUR WEATHER, DOWN TO THE MINUTE
Using GPS, Dark Sky is able to create forecasts for your precise location, giving you minute-by-minute predictions for the next hour and hour-by-hour forecasts for the next day and week.
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER ANIMATIONS
The same technology that powers Dark Sky’s predictions also allows us to make the world’s first perfectly smooth radar animation. Other apps show you a chunky slideshow that makes it nearly impossible to tell how storms are moving. But Dark Sky’s radar animation lets you see the actual path of the storm: how it moved in the past, and where it’s going in the future.
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
Dark Sky comes with advanced notification options: Receive down-to-the-minute alerts before it starts raining at your exact location, get notified of government severe weather alerts (for such things as thunderstorms, flooding, hurricanes, etc), or even create your own custom notifications covering the next 24 hours for things like temperature, wind, precipitation and more. Even if you haven't opened the app in days, Dark Sky will tell you what you need to know, when you need to know it.
TODAY WIDGET
The Dark Sky Notification Center Widget tells you at a glance what's going to happen in the next hour, so you don't even have to unlock your phone to quickly check the weather before heading out.
APPLE WATCH
Dark Sky looks great on your wrist. Get notifications and check out the weather for the next week with the Dark Sky app built from scratch for Apple Watch.
What's New in Version 5.1.7
Bug squishing:
- Fixed a bug that caused repeated nags when Location Services are disabled
- Map UI tweaks / bug fixes
- Some minor VoiceOver fixes
- Fix an issue with deleting locations
- Fixed an issue with dew point reporting incorrectly with Celsius units
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Customer Reviews
Overall a terrific weather app
I went from using multiple free weather applications to finally giving in and purchasing this about three months ago. I did so based on reviews and haven't regretted it since. Dark Sky is simplistic in its design and use and is easy to understand. Thanks to the recent update, you get even more information than just on when precipitation (i.e. rain or snow) will occur. The forecasts it gives are pretty accurate and I like the fact that Dark Sky relies on its own computer-oriented weather forecasting system. The app is literally like having your own weather station on your phone or tablet.
The best part is the recent update which includes an hour-by-hour forecast feature and a manner in which people can report on rain or other bad weather conditions in their area. The phone and tablet widgets are great and I find them very helpful. Dark Sky is a simple, easy to use weather app whose developers not only listen to their customers but strive to be the best.
Dark Sky is the BEST APP out there!
When Dark Sky first started, there were many quirks in is, and I was unhappy and told them what would make it work better for me. This Team LISTENS to you, people.,After several years, it improved drastically, and now with its GPS, IT TELLS ME EXACTLY what's Going on directly at my Address!! I get ALL my Weather Warnings in red, and with an alarm sound, it will then take me I straight ti NOAA, to read the warning or watch. It makes a little tweet sound when it's about to rain, EXACTLY WHERE I AM!! And it is correct 100% of the time! It includes a wonderful interactive radar, so you can monitor the weather yourself. This app TRULY DESERVES A 10* rating, as its left big name weather apps in the dirt. I guarantee you'll be happy, with Dark Sky, because you make it your OWN weather app. It works just as beautiful when traveling. I got rid of NOAH, TWC, and Multiple other weather apps, because you ONLY need Daek Sky. Congrats on fabulous fine tuning to the techs at Dark Sky!!🤗👍🏽
Well-done Watch App
I decided to purchase Dark Sky as a replacement for Wunderground a few days ago. I'm happy to report that I like the app, but I'm not sure that it works as a complete replacement. The app requires full-time access to location services and background refresh for weather alerts. In doing so, I noticed that it literally "always" uses location services. This just destroys my battery life. I was surprised it didn't just refresh every hour or there weren't configurable options around this setting (like being able to choose which alerts you want to receive in Wunderground). The watch app is where we excel, though. It is quick and shows enough detail to be useful. The only suggestion I have is to make the smallest watch complication display the current conditions along with the temperature like Wunderground. I absolutely must have that before I can switch. Temperature is nice but that isn't quite enough information for me and I don't want to replace a larger complication.

- $3.99
- Category: Weather
- Updated: Jul 21, 2016
- Version: 5.1.7
- Size: 19.8 MB
- Apple Watch: Yes
- Language: English
- Seller: jackadam
- © 2015 The Dark Sky Company, LLC
Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.










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