Been using AccuWeather app on iPhone for probably 10+ years now but they just released a new major update and I hate it. Why do they do this? Take something that isn't broken and screw it all up?

Wanted to see if there was a better one now for 2025? I know there have been discussions here in the past but thought I'd check to see if anything is now better as of now?

Someone here recommended WTForecast awhile back. It’s been pretty accurate for me, and quite funny. Should be able to find it in the App Store.

AccuWeather used to be my favorite as well but it went south a year or so a go for me.
Currently use Weather Bug and find it pretty good. I like to be able to get to a radar (precipitation) map easily so I can plan my outdoor activities better.

I just downloaded WTForcast and like it a lot except I'm not seeing a radar function. Will probably use it and go to Weather Bug to get the radar.

I use and like “MyRadar”, which charged a very modest one-time subscription fee when I first loaded it.

I also have and use daily “Weather Underground” (Wunderground, once loaded).

Give the standard “Weather” app (pre-loaded on iPhones) a good look. They purchased the very good “Dark Sky” a few years ago or so and incorporated a lot of their features in the once plain-Jane Weather app. Once you poke around a bit these features are easy to find / use.

WeatherBug has been my go to weather app.

Not really a weather app, but "raindrop.farm" is very good for showing how much rain you had, if you want that info.It has been fairly accurate comapred to my rain gauge.

Weawow is free.You can choose the source that it uses. If you like a lot of info you might try eWeather.It is a paid app but you can customize it to your liking.

I just use the default Weather app. Several years ago, Apple bought a paid weather app called Dark Skies, took it out of the Google Play Store, and by the current iOS, folded all of it's content into the free app.

It's far more detailed than it used to be if you haven't looked at it in a few years.

Weather Bug for me as well.
I pay $9.99 a year for the ad-free iPhone app.










I use the free version RainAware for precipitation probability.
It isn't exact, but it works fairly well.

If you're using an iPhone, the built-in Weather App is good.

I uninstalled all the big time weather apps and installed four new ones who don't collect data. I'm using all four until one of them becomes the most used. I understand the surveillance economy with these apps, but when push comes to shove, the big boys are just too invasive and gotta go.

Been using WeaWow mostly, still like Weatherbug as well

I really like Carrot for iOS and Android. It has a Carplay app and also a lot of customizable widgets for the home screen, my favorite being the radar widget that brings up animated weather fronts when you tap it.

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Originally posted by DanH:
I just use the default Weather app. Several years ago, Apple bought a paid weather app called Dark Skies, took it out of the Google Play Store, and by the current iOS, folded all of it's content into the free app.

It's far more detailed than it used to be if you haven't looked at it in a few years.

Ditto. But the name of the app was “Dark Sky”, rather than ”Dark Skies”. Initially it was an astronomical app. Showed the position of constellations, moon position and illumination state, etc.

I agree with you entirely on the Accuweather update. Complete garbage.

I also agree with the others who have endorsed Apple Weather. It’s not as good as DarkSky, which they bought and destroyed, but they kept enough of it that it’s still my go-to weather app (was #2 behind Accuweather until this week).

-Rob

OK, deleted the Accuweather app and now trying the Apple weather app.

It DOES seem to be much better than I remember from a long time ago. Funny, same thing happened with me with the GPS app; for years I used Google Maps but then switched back to Apple Maps a couple of years ago and was pleasantly surprised how improved it was.

If you go on the Apple App Store right now and look up AccuWeather app, there’s nothing but bad reviews of people saying that the update is shit and they are going elsewhere. I hope they are paying attention here.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
If you're using an iPhone, the built-in Weather App is good.

I was just going to say, am I missing something? The Apple app works fine for me. Seems fairly accurate. It's from The Weather Channel....I know they're assholes, but...

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The built-in Weather App on an iPhone is NOT from The Weather Channel.

^^^ I stand corrected. It used to be. Thank you.

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Apple bought the DarkSky weather app. And made it the built-in Apple weather app. It’s been steadily improved since then.