![]() ![]() And despite the odd flaw, there’s no other weather app that effortlessly marries usability, great design, actual fun, and a robot AI who’ll offer a “LOL” at your misfortune when it’s bucketing down outside.Įxciting epilogue: CARROT’s developer informs Stuff that the next update will “move the extended hourly data out of the subscription”. This is irreverent and unnecessary, but then it’s CARROT Weather’s quirky aspects that make it stand out. Zoom, prod, repeat, and eventually you’ll find the right spot and add it to your collection. ![]() Press to scan the map and you get a signal readout. You can even customize CARROT’s personality to your liking. Personality From the hilarious dialogue to the delightful animations, CARROT has character in spades. Your Location Information will be shared automatically with our weather data providers, Dark Sky and Weather Underground, when you request weather data for your. You can turn this feature off at any time. Or just tap anywhere for more meteorological goodness. If you own CARROT Weather for Mac, you may also opt to sync your Location Information with the Mac Application via Apple’s iCloud service. Still, the maps at least offer a neat Easter egg: hunt-the-thimble missions for ‘secret locations’. Accurate & Detailed CARROT’s interface gives you quick access to your current, hourly, and daily forecasts. You can select either your current location. Weather notifications always come from your default location as well. Your default location’s data is always displayed in the menu bar and in the Dock icon’s badge, even if you’re currently viewing the weather for another city. It’s also disappointing that CARROT Weather still relies on the Mac version for notifications, and has weak overhead maps. CARROT updates your default location continuously in the background. IAP in and of itself is fine, but having a ‘join the premium club’ sign at the end of one of the scrolling views feels out of place. Some of the app’s features require a subscription, the details of which you can learn about on the App Store.Some options, though, lurk behind monthly IAP, including hourly data more than two days into the future. Along with the redesign of the iPad app, version 5.8 is another excellent update from CARROT that I encourage everyone to check out.ĬARROT Weather 5.8 is available for download now on the App Store. I’ve been spending a lot of time pairing Lock Screens with Focus modes, and CARROT’s weather widgets have been a staple when I head out for a long walk or bike ride. All weather data providers seem to be strong in some parts of the world and weaker in others, including WeatherKit, but it’s good to have another choice, especially since Dark Sky will no longer offer forecasts beginning next year. Whatever is most important to you, there’s bound to be a widget for it in CARROT Weather.įinally, CARROT Weather has added another weather data provider: Apple’s own WeatherKit service. ![]() There is a Premium subscription tier and a Premium Ultra, and. There are a few different options for the subscription. While there is a free version of the app, you’ll need to pay monthly or annually to get the majority of the app’s features. Your default location’s data is always displayed in the menu bar and in the Dock icon’s badge, even if you’re currently viewing the weather for another city. Carrot Weather is probably the most well-known of all the weather apps for iOS, iPadOS, and WatchOS. The remainder of the widgets are circular ones that offer a long list of data points like the current conditions, the current temperature along with the forecast high and low, the change of precipitation, wind speed, UV Index, Air Quality, and more. CARROT updates your default location continuously in the background. Four of those widgets, Snark, Custom Conditions, Hourly Forecast, and Daily Forecast, are the larger rectangular variety. In addition to the new iPad design and new sections available in the iPhone and iPad versions of the app, CARROT Weather now comes with a whopping 20 Lock Screen widgets for the iPhone. A few of CARROT Weather’s circular Lock Screen widgets. Any updates planned for the Mac version Appears to be lagging behind in design and.
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