AeroWeather Lite Reviews

Like others have already mentioned, this used to be my go to app for METARS. Had the Pro version without any subscriptions and now with this latest update, the Pro app was taken away with an expectation to re-purchase a subscription to enable features like “dark mode.” The developer says they need to cover recurring costs. Dark mode integration and bug fixes are considered “recurring costs” now? I think not. The features section conflicts between AeroWeatherLite Store and what’s listed in app, so you can’t tell with 100% certainty what you’ll get if you shell out the cash. It seems like the focus these days is on subscription gain versus a coherent package and solid product.

AeroWeatherLite has always been buggy with multiple crashes, antiqued data at times, and features that wouldn’t work. As a certificated private pilot, I don’t trust AeroWeatherLite for any serious flight planning; only for the anecdotal “quick look” at data. The developer should seriously reconsider how they have AeroWeatherLite structured and realign their priorities. Disappointed to see where AeroWeatherLite has gone.

I operate out of a Class B airport that has often has almost endless warnings about obstacles and “enhanced” bird activities. It sometimes takes 2 minutes to hear the entire recording, and if you get a call or miss part of it, back to square one. This new feature makes AeroWeatherLite invaluable; I can read the D-ATIS and skip the “drunken Swede” digital transcription, which is very important when rapidly approaching the Class B boundary. The small extra cost for this feature is very reasonable.

AeroWeatherLite was nearly perfect. They added a few features like the widget and a nearby tab. Both are cool, but I don’t want the widget and I’m stuck with the tab. Unfortunately they have made AeroWeatherLite a bit bloated, it doesn’t run as good as it used to. The tabs at the top are not removable. That combined with the inevitable add banner, makes the airport list only three or so depending on how you read your weather. It’s still super useable, but it’s on thin ice if they go more glitz and less user adjustably on the next one it’s gone. The aviation community wants stuff that works not stuff that’s pretty.

This is one of my “go to” weather apps but I’ve been having some technical issues and several messages to the developer have gone unanswered, including one more than a month ago. Doesn’t bode well for the future of this or their other apps!

Love AeroWeatherLite ! I set up alerts so most of the time I know the weather is changing before seeing it on a desktop or if I’m busy doing other things. Also great when your in the field to know if your next destination or surrounding area is seeing big changes.
Easy to use, easy to read...
Great App!

Works as you'd expect. Metars and TAFs quickly. An improvement I'd like to see is for the dark mode to apply everywhere. I wake up in the early morning and the background is bright white. It would be nice to have the whole app in dark mode.

I’m an airline pilot and I use AeroWeatherLite all the time. Perfect for an overview of the weather at your saved stations, and lots of detail available if you drill down at a particular airport. Better and more readable than company provided apps

Great app even in the free version. Very much underestimated how much I would use this over something like foreflight. Would love to see the 24hr history added as a tab in each airport

Just extremely confusing upgrades and poorly managed updates.

Been using AeroWeatherLite for about 4 years.
Never had issues with it.
Recently purchased the widget for my iPhone which has been great for quick checks.

I’m a professional pilot in Alaska. I use AeroWeatherLite every day. It’s a great app.

Do you have any plans to make it compatible with ADS-B receivers? That’s the only improvement I can think of. I’ll pay for the upgrade when it comes out.

I like this product. I have a list of fields I typically go to and I can check quickly what is happening and what is trending, as well as what is forecast. Great product!

The widget feature is now behind a pay wall. Very disappointed. I understand the need to generate revenue but I think to take a feature away after I’ve been using is (and already purchased several
other features) is poor practice

I paid full price for the pro version of this and it was very useful. I am however frustrated that since you changed to a subscription based app that you want me to now pay full price once again for AeroWeatherLite even though I have already paid 3.99. Very disappointed.

Look quickly at the local stations and those that have special significance.

I’ve been using AeroWeatherLite for several years. Best smartphone app on the market for checking METARs. Helps with trending information too. Great user experience!

I don’t know how is this possible. Purchased Widget functionality before and it gets me meteogram table on my widget. But now they just decided to lock it back so I have to pay more money to get what I paid to unlock?

I use AeroWeatherLite a lot but ever since a few updates ago the METAR text on the kian airports list page is grey and hard to read in daylight. Change it back to black.

Everything worked well and then another release came up. Naturally another developer that doesn’t test before they release and now the data is extremely slow to load. I can go check the METAR at A FAA government website by the time the data populates that’s how slow it is.

It works good as long as you have a wifi connection. That is not always available so that's why I give 3 stars. Please fix this so I can update weather with LTE.

I am a CFI, and I use AeroWeatherLite all the time. Yes, you can get weather in other apps such as Foreflight and Garmin Pilot, but AeroWeatherLite is great because it is fast and simple.

A simple, useful weather app has now turned into a bloated nuisance with the pointless map feature. Nobody cares about the picture you took at the airport. It provides no useful information. The developer should get rid of this function and return AeroWeatherLite to its fast former self.

This used to be my go to app for quick weather checks. I did the most recent update and it now it does nothing. I get a blank screen that says edit at the top left. You press it and nothing happens. It worked fine before the update.
Unbelievable!