Brella - Personal Weather Reviews

by Plaintiger

My personal forecast for today reads as follows (all typos are this app’s, not mine):

Good afternoon, [my name]!
You might want to bringing an umbrellaAs they say, you’re keen as a peach! Ponder fruity phrases wearing yourYou should wear your jeans and t-shirt, plus take your sweatshirt. The forecast is rain throughout the day.

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And then when I go into the menu and tap “Send feedback”, a grey bar appears near the top of my screen and the rest of the screen dims a little, and that’s the sum total of the result of my tapping “Send feedback”.

I’m thinking maybe Brella can’t handle the iPhone XS Max, and/or said phone being set to increase font size somewhat. There’s definitely *something* in my setup that it can’t handle...

Also, once you choose a cutesy-ness level during initial setup, you’re stuck with it: there’s no way to change it in the settings.

Aaand I keep finding *more* things wrong. Through deleting and reinstalling Brella several times so I could change that setting that’s only available during the initial setup, I have discovered that it’s not changeable even then: choosing the most straightforward and non-cutesy setting has no effect. Your forecasts will still be full of meaningless fluff phrases (the developers call this “personality”).

Oh...and I just noticed this app uses Dark Sky for its weather, which in my experience is not as accurate as Accuweather. I think this is just not a weather app for me.

by Jnorth2025

It tells me it’s going to be 91° and clear skies then when I read the mini paragraph they have, it says bring some shades the forecast is cloudy how is weather conditions clear but it’s says cloudy also and I check the hourly and there’s no cloudy conditions in site for the whole day. Also why am I wearing shades if it says it’s going to be cloudy (anyone it’s not right I’m just proving how it’s not making any sense)

by Ariana6026

I love Brella I check it every morning and it really helps me get to where I need to be on time. However i do have one issue. When I create new clothes or add clothes from the suggestion box it sometimes recommends that I wear jeans and a tee but also pack my dress? I think more categories are needed to clarify that long sleeve shirts and dresses are not outer garments and vice versa. After that change, Brella would be 5 stars.

by JadasJuicebox

i love the simplicity of the design and how personable it makes forecasting, though I’ve chosen to discontinue using Brella. When I upgraded to 12 Pro, timed notifications stopped coming in on the home screen and I haven’t been able to get them back. I even reached out to the developers and I received no response :( it’s a shame because Brella really is great

by Cb60089

Fun. Nice looking. If you want a change from all the tech looking apps this one is different. Yes you can get all the details but you have to scroll. I’m happy getting a kind message when open Brella with the weather in a fun sentence form. Can’t wait to see what this developer dreams up next.

by Vicky~~

It’s definitely a great app and concept, but the only thing I would change about it is maybe being able to see what to wear and the weather for the next day since I don’t like to find what to wear that day. Other than that Brella is perfect and the customization is also a very good factor.

by Lightrepublic

I love it!! this app is perfect for helping me and my family with the weather, and especially with the outfit choices! It’s wonderful. Just one thing: perhaps make an option to either be able to choose between casual or dressy... instead of just suggesting jeans or a dress no matter what we have planned for the day. Thank you for making Brella!

by Weirdev

I keep getting a connection failure message (we couldn’t connect to our servers) when trying to connect to Alexa, and as it suggests, I tried again later, and no cigar. I love the idea of Brella but the real functionality for me comes in connecting it to Alexa. Can this get fixed? Or is there a step I missed?

by B33zu

Love the feel and layout of Brella. Haven’t received any notifications yet because I literally just got it. I bought the in app purchase to help support you. So time will tell if this is my daily driver. My only HUGE issue is that I’m a mans man. Muscles beard you know what I’m sayin and the pink icon color doesn’t really work for me. You should make several icon options for us to choose. Like a manly black or blue or orange or green. Lol anything but pink. If my buds see that I have this on my homepage I’m toast, finished and will forever be an outcast. So for now it will sit on page 3 in a deep folder and in page 3 of that folder to keep me safe. 💪👍😎

by AREEEE CEEE

this is a really good app and is very accurate! i love the organization and how all the colors work well together in one app. i like how it can also tell you what to wear based on your preferences, which i really need, and it can also show you the weather for the next couple of hours. other than these things, something i would recommend for the creators of Brella is so that people using it would be able to see what they can wear for the next day. because i like to prepare my outfits the day before, so i need to wait for the next day to be able to see what Brella tells me to wear. other than this Brella is great!!! 🥳

by K Writ

I really like Brella but i would love it if there was a way for the notification to happen a day in advance, like getting an alert at 8:30 pm for the following day’s weather- maybe it already does it ? i just go Brella today

by DQ Racing

VERY well thought out and designed daily weather forecast! Giving the designers two thumbs up for this one👍👍 ...users, don’t forget to head over to the settings and adjust your personal settings for wind, rain, etc. so you get a notification tailored exactly for you. Love this one guys!

by Yo Girl 🙋

I love ❤️ 💕 you guys .

One suggestion For my friends who don’t have Brella and live far away or in the same city I should share them the recommendations as what’s the weather in their city and what clothes they should wear, It could be like , I live in Seattle and Tom lives in new york, Tom does not have Brella . I say , hey Siri ask this app to send Tom the weather of New York . Tom gets a greeting from this app and screen shot of the weather and clothes he should wear.

by Alexandria D.

Just came across Brella for Brella of the day, I was intrigued by the description of Brella and decided to download it. After setting it up (which was a very easy process) it’s just so cool and unique I’ve always wanted a personalized weather app. There’s even a few little fun Easter eggs when you select certain clothing items. Love the look of Brella too! I think I found my new everyday weather app!

by AJCOOLJ514

this app has been a great tool for quickly checking the weather and deciding what to wear. Its customized forecasts are very helpful and the little jokes make checking the weather fun (although it would be nice if we could disable them). In addition, the daily notifications are very convenient and help speed up my morning routine. One feature I'd love to see would be better support for the Siri shortcuts app. For example, it would be nice if there was an action that would output the forecast as text so it can be used in the shortcut.

by Pak2G

Has a unique approach to informing how's the weather going to look or feel like. Not boring at all. Hence, it makes the notification much less annoying and actually downright quite useful. Not always but most of the time. The weather app I'm sticking with.

by CBE Music

Nice job! As a Cornell alum I’m a fan of the brilliance coming out of the school. :) I wonder if there’s a way to have a calendar trigger, like if an event starts with “meeting” then this app tells me to wear a work outfit versus my work-from-home clothes. That’d make this 10 stars out of 5 especially if I didn’t have to look at my schedule AND the weather to determine the kind of outfit to wear. Would require more setup at first and customization but I’d be down!

by Sureno Witch

This is a really good app. Need to do better weather forecasts, so you know what to wear each day. Also it should show me what to bring in my shrine kit and what to pack in my bag for the day. Did you tell me what shoes to wear wear. Issues show me places around the city to shrine and make witches ladders. Preferably secluded natural areas that are easily accessible on foot.

by Whitecaneuser

I just found Brella on Brella Store and thought "Wouldn't it be nice to have a weather app to tell you how to dress for current conditions? So I thought to myself "This is Brella for me? Whoever doesn't have Brella needs to download it. It is so cool and unique. Cute name too! There should never be an "up when it comes to knowing the weather. I believe it's the most important thing to know.

by Sa44ire3434

The personalization is really great and I like the jokes, they’re so funny! It’s also sooo accurate for the weather. The design is very visually pleasing and intuitive. I also like how there is a Siri Shortcuts feature so that you can say a phrase to get the weather from Siri. Overall, I’d recommend Brella to anyone who wants to not only see the weather, but enjoy looking at the weather too!