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October 4, 2018: I don’t understand how this app made it to App of the Day, but then again, a lot of blahhh apps make it there too. I installed on my iPad Air 2. The app “caught” over 79 lightening strikes, made cool sounds, then nothing...then it crashed. Maybe this app starts up like this each time? I don’t know. I do know that the app was showing new strikes, but there was no sound. DATA SOURCING: In one of the developer’s comments (month of May 2018), I read that the app relies on one person (he) for data. One? Maybe he was asleep when I downloaded app? APP ISSUES: Apple released another update yesterday, and I think this app needs another update to fix the way the app does not stretch to full screen size. Annoying. Option for Landscape mode is not available, which I also find annoying.

With a plethora of weather apps available for IOS, this shows some potential but nothing new or innovative in comparison which seems to be the same thing everyone is indicating. The biggest issue is zero support for iPad and or landscape. The second biggest issue is the workflow of using the various selections for cloud, lightning etc., is very slow and cumbersome. The menu gives you roughly 5 choices for selecting on/off the various elements but that is it. The global aspect is nice but even on an iPad Pro (2017 model) it’s painfully slow to render. Since the 3D globe is the biggest selling point, to make the rendering slow it essentially makes the app somewhat useless. The zooming and selected level of zoom is somewhat cheap feeling. The lightning aspect is covered by so many apps now and as a normal function which works perfectly for most therefore if you are marketing this app based on lightning detection and or zooming the globe, those two functions are in need of some serious development help. In order to compete against other apps, you will need much faster rendering and redo the menu system to be more professional and or smooth otherwise I am uninstalling for now but will check back in 6 mos to see if you have improved the app based on everyones comments.

I’m so incredibly disappointed. This is a beautifully designed app however extraordinarily inaccurate. I live in South Florida which is the lightning capital of the world. We were having a fierce thunder and lightning storm, right above us. There is a button on the app click every time you see lightning or hear thunder. I click it and it would say there is no lightning in the area. But I was watching it and it was right over me. It’s disappointing because I rely on lightning apps for my traveling because who likes to be outside when deadly electricity is bolting down from the sky? The app is beautiful. The controls are lovely. The phone vibrating and making sounds when it’s happening is fabulous. I just wish it worked when that was actually lightning striking… If the accuracy follows the weather bug platform for lighting, I didn’t give this five stars in a heartbeat, or in a lightning strike…