1/15/2020 UPDATED to respond to developer.
I absolutely agree, there is no such thing as a free lunch. I am learning there is a cost to maintaining apps because there is a cost to you in re-publishing data.
The problem with subscriptions is that they add up from app to app. 6 bucks a year is really reasonable if Cloudy offers something that other apps does not.
In the case for your app, it offers wonderful eye candy, but in so far as getting tech detail stuff (more advanced or even additional data to complement my other apps), your app is lacking. No fault of your own, you have a massive audience to cover with varying amount of experience.
To give you an example of what I am talking about, weather lab 3D offers radar data not to be found anywhere (radar where you can view in 3D). I did subscribe to their app for 10 bucks a year because Cloudy becomes in a league by itself. Understand that this may be comparing apples to oranges as they may be a company with deep pockets where as you are going at it solo.
I really do appreciate you responding to my review and updated my star review to 5 stars as customer service brings back the human side of things. Support does count in my book more than any star rating can give.
Hope you can understand why I balk at subscriptions. I do kinda wish that it went back to the old way where it was a one time purchase. Word of mouth goes a long way and I suspect the one time purchase would cover expenses if the developer puts out an app worthy of the one time purchase.
Allen
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If you need basic weather, Cloudy does have nice display. If you are looking for graphical stuff like satellite, radar or other graphically displayed data, there are many other apps that load much quicker and much better detail.
Looked into the premium stuff, considering other apps offer severe weather alerts for free, I’d say look elsewhere as 6 dollars a year for something that comes free with apps like weatherbug.