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Posted by cryptoz 15 hours ago

Acme Weather(acmeweather.com)
157 points | 101 comments
basicoperation 13 hours ago|
The site doesn’t make it clear, but it’s not available worldwide. The App Store doesn’t tell you where exactly it is available, but it’s not in the UK.

This surprised me seeing as one of the example images shows Europe, including the south coast of Britain.

naet 2 hours ago||
The app looks beautiful and the multi forecast model makes a lot of sense.

I don't think I am ready to pay an annual subscription for it. Feels like a big ask for the weather when there are so many other free sources to get a forecast. But I appreciate that the app was made with real intention and wish I you success with it.

kristopolous 11 hours ago||
Check out zoom.earth, found it recently. They have an app too.

https://zoom.earth/

Apparently it's by https://neave.com/ who looks like an indy developer out of london (according to this: https://neave.com/legal/privacy/)

Also check https://earth.nullschool.net/ by https://github.com/cambecc

kaizenb 10 hours ago||
Good one thanks.
user3939382 11 hours ago||
Neave has been around forever they’re great
qkc3p3Jbf4 13 hours ago||
Looks lovely. I was keen to try this but US and Canada only unfortunately.

Also: subscription fatigue is real. Of course I understand that fetching weather data isn’t free etc. (even though I’m intrigued by their homegrown forecast model) but I’ve already got 10+ subscriptions on iOS and I’m not sure if I’ve got the stomach for another. Apple’s weather app is finally good though since the Dark Sky acquisition.

RebeccaTheDev 2 hours ago|
> Also: subscription fatigue is real.

This. I just went and cancelled a bunch of vampire subscriptions that had accrued in my life (both in and out of the Apple ecosystem) and ended up saving somewhere in the range of $60 a month.

I get that people have bills to pay and building and maintaining software costs money, but when everyone wants money from me for every little thing, eventually I have to decide who gets what cut from an increasingly limited sized pie.

Apps like this that, while beautiful, replicate functionality that is "good enough" that I can get for free are the first thing to be cut.

imarkphillips 12 hours ago||
How about reporting on yesterday's weather? Its hard to plan a walk in the forest today if I dont know how much it rained yesterday.
NoboruWataya 12 hours ago||
I'm having this problem right now, trying to plan some nice long walks out of the city but it's been raining a lot lately. I'd love some kind of map of flooding/muddy conditions, but I don't think it would be feasible without a massive effort (as whether an area is prone to flooding or turning into a mudbath after rain depends on a lot of factors).
bichiliad 9 hours ago|||
In the app, you can swipe backwards in time and see the reports and data for yesterday.
kristopolous 11 hours ago|||
mentioned this elsewhere, but https://zoom.earth/ handles that ... (I've got nothing to do with them btw... I just think it's good)
mlrtime 10 hours ago||
Weather history sounds like a awesome feature. Sort of like a farmers almanac built into a modern weather app?
scratchyone 41 minutes ago|||
CARROT has this and it’s amazing! You can “time travel” back as far as you want. Absurdly far, even. I can tell you that it was 20 degrees in my town on Jan 1st, 1940.
tshaddox 37 minutes ago|||
Carrot Weather’s most expensive subscriptions include 30-day history.
MuEta 53 minutes ago||
This app looks great! Only thing I can't find is snow / rain accumulation, which is extremely important when living in the mountains.
bonaldi 12 hours ago||
This team really have been thinking about weather a lot, and it makes me very curious about what they’ve created this time.

It’s that depth of thought and expertise that feels missing from most of the vibe-coded launches we’ve seen recently. I actually wouldn’t mind if Acme had vibe coded parts, but I bet they didn’t.

hypercube33 58 seconds ago||
I'm almost shocked we don't have a large weather model instead of a language model. Seems right up the alley.

Also I don't get what happened but I think it was AccuWeather or weather underground in the early 2000s where it was to the minute accurate and it seems like it's gotten worse since everywhere.

JumpCrisscross 12 hours ago||
> it makes me very curious about what they’ve created this time

The rainbow and sunset alerts are really cool ideas. I'm now realising that a simple tie-in to astronomical phenomena could prompt a useful notificationa around it e.g. being worth going stargazing that night. I ski–learning that the near-term forecasts just changed would help me change my schedule the day before versus trying and failing the morning of.

joecool1029 2 hours ago||
Does anyone know if the subscription can be shared with family?
joe_hills 1 hour ago|
I was looking at the in-app purchases list and it doesn't explicitly have a family-sharing plan like Weather Line does.

This looks great and I'd definitely consider switching my family Weather Line plan over to an Acme Weather family plan if it becomes possible.

focusedone 9 hours ago||
Sweet! Looking forward to the android version. I was slightly bitter when apple yanked the website.
idatum 2 hours ago|
After losing Dark Sky on Android, I discovered Foreca app. Works well in my area in the PNW.

One thing I learned is some post processing done by these services are better in some areas than others.

Exuma 1 hour ago|
Awesome - do you offer a small widget for the lock screen?
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