Weather Live° - Local Forecast Reviews

by MikeyNYC

Like many other users, I paid for WeatherLiveLocalForecast a few years ago and now we are all being forced to choose either the free app with ads or a new, subscription-based paid service. I understand that the developers wish to profit from their hard work, but simply disregarding current customers by disabling a previously paid-for version without any notice or warning not acceptable.

Most reputable software developers don’t disable paid-for previous versions of an app when a new version is introduced, they just offer a new version to those who may wish to upgrade and leave the previous version available and working for those that don’t wish to do so.

I’d like the developers to respond to at least one of the previous customers who have this same complaint, since they have so far ignored all of these customers while responding to other users with different complaints.

by DeeMacinGa

There’s a lot to like about WeatherLiveLocalForecast—the paid version—like the animated radar map, the extended forecast, and the beautiful backgrounds. But I have three major issues: First, it always sets my location for a nonexistent city, Belleview, TN. I have no idea where it thinks I am. Second, the 14-day temp projection doesn’t match the hour-by hour projection. For example, the daily projection might show a high of 37 on a given day, but the hour-by-hour shows temps reaching 42 on that day. Also, it would help if that long 14-day scroll had the date more obviously attached to each hour; it can be confusing to pinpoint exactly what date you’re looking at. Finally, the third and most serious issue: WeatherLiveLocalForecast simply isn’t accurate. At this moment, the daily current conditions says my area is experiencing light rain, and the radar map shows medium to hard rain over the entire area. In fact, it is sunny/partly cloudy with no rain in sight. Every other weather app’ radar is completely different from Weather Live’s.

by Kat Tankersley

I love the look and feel of WeatherLiveLocalForecast but I’ve found that I can’t rely on it for accurately reporting temperatures. It’s a real disappointment. Update: the response indicated they’d like to correct this (temps being off 8-9 degrees at times) but when I attempted to follow up they directed me to “report weather” which honestly doesn’t do much of anything for correcting temps off that much. It’s super unfortunate. If it’s accurate for you then awesome but make sure you are using something to double check. I’d your temp says 46 and it’s actually 38 or 38... that’s a pretty significant fail.

Update: I let my paid version lapse due to the inaccuracies. The free version is basically unusable due to the extreme number of ads and subscription update requests. It’s such a nice app and worked well for so long. I wanted to give it a chance and see if the issues were resolved. But it’s just not worth the effort as a free app and I refuse to pay for a weather app that can’t get even the temperatures right. So many others do. Very disappointed.

by Heftybags

I paid for WeatherLiveLocalForecast a while back and went to download it on a different device but when I did I got endlessly hassled to subscribe and constantly bombarded with ads. Since I previously paid for Weather Live I tried to restore purchases, ya know like every other app that goes to a subscription grandfathers in those that paid, not here. What they did was really really crappy they discontinued the old app for the exact same app now charge for it yearly regardless if the consumer already paid for it. I don't know if this is illegal it's certainly greedy and immoral. I would advise any reading this to avoid apalon apps going forward. I'm really disappointed in this company.

I am aware that I can download the old version of WeatherLiveLocalForecast that is no longer supported and hasn't been updated in quite some time. Why don't you reinstate the paid version and just push out identical updates at the same time? There are tons of apps that have free versions with iap's and paid versions on the same release number.

by Lark D

I’ve tried many weather apps. Whenever I find one I like it seems the next update messes it up and I have to go looking again. I decked to try this one. I live in Michigan on on one of the Great Lakes. Our backyard actually backs up to the lake. Wind speed and direction information is very important. I need to know the current data as well as an accurate forecast because our backyard can flood and we often need to put up extensions on our sea wall to minimize the flooding. The past 24 hours our wind speed has been from 14 to 18 mph from the NE (got the correct info from another source)which can put massive amounts of water over our wall if we don’t have the extensions on top. WeatherLiveLocalForecast has given me info that the wind is 2 to 3 mph the entire time of this weather event despite (and this is a good thing) giving me an emergency warning notice for shoreline flooding. The developers need to fix the wind speed glitch, and it would be much more dependable and useful for me.

by DIDE2020

I’ve still been using the old version (free version) of WeatherLiveLocalForecast and I like it a lot, but I wanted to give the new version of WeatherLiveLocalForecast a try. On the first sight, I really liked WeatherLiveLocalForecast, it’s colorful weather symbols and the bold characters are a big plus for weak eye sight. Now what WeatherLiveLocalForecast doesn’t have (compared to the old version) is an hour by hour and day temperature graphs (tap on any hour or any day and the hour/day list turns into a graph), it’s easy to see how temperature changes in the following hours/days without reading the numbers. A second thing I miss in this version is the hour by hour forecast, instead of every 3 hours. The third thing I don’t like is the constant, intrusive nagging to subscribe. Every time I open WeatherLiveLocalForecast a whole screen about the upgrade hinders me from going into WeatherLiveLocalForecast and check the forecast. I need to wait a few seconds to be able to move on. As if that’s not enough, every 3 sections within WeatherLiveLocalForecast , there’s an “upgrade/subscribe” section that I have to scroll past, to get to where I need to be. It’s too overwhelming and annoying for me. Then I just thought WeatherLiveLocalForecast isn’t designed to be used without subscribing. I’ll hold on to the less colorful old, free version of WeatherLiveLocalForecast for now.

by BeardBoy61

If not for the annoying ads and pop-ups, I’d of rated this weather application higher. But to get rid of those annoyances, WeatherLiveLocalForecast expects to charge you $9.99 per year. While that’s certainly not expensive, ultimately its still JUST A WEATHER APPLICATION, NOTHING MORE. There’s plenty of weather apps are readily available online for free, WITHOUT any of the annoying ads contained herein. So unless you’re just dying to part with $9.99 a year for nothing gained, I suggest that you download one of the many totally FREE weather applications and donate that $9.99 to a charity of your choice, as they’ll probably make better use of that money than supporting another overly rich shmuck. Obviously I’ll be deleting this application, as there’s others that are considerably better that are completely free. And yes, I’ve already been donating money saved from finding outstanding FREE applications vice paying for services that are equally as good for free.

by Eseenotworking

I love the way WeatherLiveLocalForecast looks. It also looks nice on the Apple Watch. However,I am really frustrated. I am switching weather apps from dark sky since it will not be supported next year. I purchased the premium weather live since it look like the most promising app compared to dark sky. We had severe weather last night and weather live did not notify me as it was supposed to. I double checked all of my settings and then tons of research to see if I had made a mistake but everything seems to be set up correctly. The wife runs dark sky on her phone still and we were getting constant weather updates from dark sky. The basic stuff on the weather live app he’s really nice and I like it more than dark sky. However, whether live app does not doesn’t even compare to the notifications that dark sky has and also the accuracy. We rely heavily on weather apps since we ride motorcycles everywhere and dark sky has been a wonderful app to let us know of upcoming weather changes. Since switching to weather live it doesn’t even compare. I hope that this will be improved since I’ve purchased the yearly plan but if it continues not giving correct updated weather I’m going to have to move on to something different.

by Mrs.FreakShow

WeatherLiveLocalForecast goes above & beyond in visual representation of data. Which in & of itself is quite an accomplishment. Especially when you consider this is (or should be) the same data every other wether app is reporting. By providing multiple layout options, customizable features, & an outstanding widget; WeatherLiveLocalForecast definitely sets itself apart from the ever expanding weather apps group.
That being said, I am disappointed with the interactive radar being restricted, available only with a premium subscription. Considering that’s a key component for myself, it’s doubtful I will keep WeatherLiveLocalForecast . Personally, while I do greatly enjoy other points, they don’t carry enough weight to justify me paying for a subscription. Hopefully the designers will roll out something in the future which will fulfill my “must haves” AND maintain the outstanding visual appeal 🤞🏻

by JenniM56

WeatherLiveLocalForecast is great. I like it much more than all of the other weather apps and I believe it is much more accurate. It also recognizes cities that other apps did not. I also LOVE that there is a setting that shows the current temperature of where you are in the upper right hand corner of the apps icon (just like if you had 5 unread texts or voicemails, etc.). That said, two bummers. First, there are SO many pop-ups and advertising that is actually becomes annoying. Second, as an iPhone owner, I use the Widget page a lot. (Swipe left from your first "page" of apps). On the Widget page, you can only view the temperature in two hour increments, rather than hourly. It is not the end of the world, but it is a bummer. I am hoping that the developers will fix the Widget setting, as I use that the most and have no intentions of BUYING an app about Weather!

by Urtinyfriend

First of all setting it up was frustrating. At first I thought I had to pay. It gave me 2 options. A free 3 day trial at like 3.99 a WEEK after that or X amount per year or something. I didn’t realize there was an option to have a free version at first. But there is a box to click the x to get out of that screen. Don’t get hooked into paying for weather apps. It’s crazy!

WeatherLiveLocalForecast my phone came with has no ads. I just was looking for something a little different.

Second of all WeatherLiveLocalForecast has way too much on the main screen. Scroll and scroll and it’s just a mess.

I do like the buttons on the section that shows temp/rain/wind. That was nice. But in the tools area it shows units of how stuff is read and one of them is pressure. That’s important to me because I get severe migraine due to pressure changes. So having a heads up is nice but I don’t see anywhere on the main page where it actually SHOWS pressure. Again, it might be there somewhere but it’s just too cluttery.

I won’t keep WeatherLiveLocalForecast. The main info I was looking for (pressure) isn’t even there. Oh..and ads... plenty of weather apps with out pop up ads. I can handle little ads at the bottom or top of the screen but ones I have to watch?.. no way.

by Person613

WeatherLiveLocalForecast could be great if it were not for the annoying pop up ads. I realize WeatherLiveLocalForecast is free, and ads are what support the free version of WeatherLiveLocalForecast . However, when you are trying to look at the weather and the screen changes over to an ad that you have to wait for a few seconds before closing, it gets frustrating. Sometimes those ads open up my internet browser and tell me viruses were detected. While I understand the ads cannot be removed in the free version, it would be better if they were within the weather app itself, like at the bottom of the screen or something. The only other thing that could make WeatherLiveLocalForecast better was if they provided an hour by hour forecast instead of three hours. Where I live the weather changes constantly hour by hour especially in the winter. I drive a bus and it would be nice to know what to expect throughout my shift instead of trying to guess based off of a three hour increment.

by Petalwork

I’ve loved WeatherLiveLocalForecast and used it faithfully and daily for awhile. Even earlier today, it helped. Now, every time I open WeatherLiveLocalForecast, it crashes. When I went to the Apple store to check for an update, it was suggested to be downloaded from the cloud. Odd! I started the download abs checked on it later. Upon opening the “new” app, it, too, crashed immediately. I hope y’all fix this issue quickly! Thank you.

Update: Thank you for responding. I had already discovered WeatherLiveLocalForecast was up again. I see you’ve made major changes to WeatherLiveLocalForecast in its downtime. You added more ads, made it more like another weather app/channel I no longer use for this reason- you seem more interested in money than in getting out weather updates. Every time I open WeatherLiveLocalForecast , I get an invitation to Premium BEFORE I can see my weather! Which do you think is more important? An impending storm or you making money. Come on! Be a good app and go back to being beautiful and efficient! You were far more appreciated back then ... 2 days ago. Unimpressed by the newest update. Taking your 4 stars down to 3. :(

by 13 Drew

When you look at the future weather it might just show up as rain. For example - sat- rain. With a cloud and rain for the picture. Yet in reality there are only a couple chances in the morning before you even wake up like 3:am that is gunna rain and makes it sound like it’s gunna rain all day. and than it tells you hourly it’s gunna be sunny but when you see the icon for the hole day it says rain. It makes you think the whole day it will rain but reality there are a couple chances and most of the day it will say sunny out with no clouds. So fix it. Maybe put a sun with a cloud and a rain drop and say early showers or something. Mine says rain Saturday, literally two chances early morning then sunny. Be smart and say Saturday will be sunny. Not hard what’s most likely to happen that day and put it as the icon. I’m a farmer and rely on the weather so when I need rain and it looks like it gunna rain all day and In reality it’s a small chance before I even get up is crap. If it’s gunna rain that day show it but if it’s gunna be sunny show it to. Don’t give me information from the small chances of rain and make it look like it’s gunna rain all day. . Rant over

by Reyerdaisy

While WeatherLiveLocalForecast is informative and easy to comprehend, it would be helpful to have an EASY way to clear the notification to get the abnormally large number in red on the corner of WeatherLiveLocalForecast -so far I have had no luck in discovering how to clear the numbers of WeatherLiveLocalForecast icon. I love the information you provide, and the only other thing I could suggest was an explanation of what certain things mean. For example, there is a UV scale and there is no gram of reference for an explanation of the scale-it’s basically a number 1-12 and says 11 is high up rays and to take care when exposed but in all honesty it is just a number to me, simply because I don’t understand the scale. It would be helpful to have a bit of educational material to explain what different things mean and how they actually affect your environment. Thanks for all the work you have done on WeatherLiveLocalForecast! I really enjoy it, I am just that big a nerd to want to actually understand all the info you provide! 😁

by Mbl1230

Yesterday my installation of weather live was crashing each time I opened it so I deleted it. Today I reinstalled and there was a new version that installed. That version was so irritating that I deleted it. I will not reinstall.

Edit
I am revising my earlier review to give WeatherLiveLocalForecast 4 stars. I gave WeatherLiveLocalForecast another try and am now reasonably satisfied with it. My initial disgust with WeatherLiveLocalForecast had to do with the overwhelming number of pop-up ads that made it nearly useless. I went ahead and purchased a subscription to get rid of the ads so it is now usable. I think that I still prefer the older UI that is still on my iPad, but the current UI is not objectionable. One thing thing that I really miss in the new UI is the ability to attach a temperature badge to the icon. I realize that with the current OS one can put a weather widget on the home screen, but that takes up a lot of space that wasn't required by the badge on the icon. Another minor objection to the new UI is that it seems rather cartoonish when compared with the older UI

by MacGregor65

Really like WeatherLiveLocalForecast, it gives you a huge amount of info in a great layout. Love the hurricane tracker.
Would be nice to:
-be able to swipe thru the mini parameters, they change a little slowly.
-be able to rearrange the components on the main page to your needs.
-*would really be nice to be able to change the alert tone or volume or specify exactly what it's for. The current one is crazy and loud and startles me every time, especially when I have headphones on. I don't need to jump out of my skin for minor/freeze warnings!
I know this is a free app but the ads are very distracting. I especially like the one that fools you into thinking it's part of WeatherLiveLocalForecast and you have an urgent message. Then it opens your browser and takes forever to back track and get out of it. What a PITA, I pay more attention now!
I usually find it reasonably accurate. However I did have one instance when it was calling for lite rain to start at 3pm. I was moving in an open truck and depending on that info. My plans were totally boogered when it was pouring at noon. We were half way there and had to turn 2 vehicles around and go back home. Was not happy. Good job overall though!

by Lioness011

Update: Congrats on an awesome update! Love the easy to read style!!

I really like your app. It’s helpful to have all the info in the circle and more details just a scroll below. I look forward to more to come.

One thing that could possibly need checking on is the accuracy. I understand that even with all of our science and technology, weather reporting is a challenge. Even so I noticed that the temperature for my area is off by about 8-15 degrees. Currently my outdoor/indoor thermometer is registering 92 degrees but your app states it’s 75 degrees. I wish it was 75 degrees as that is a lot more bearable temperature. Other weather apps state around 85-87 currently for my area. When looking at your app, I usually focus on the real feel temp as that is closer.

by Cpainter56

This is an excellent weather app, it’s so excellent in fact that I had just decided to purchase the full version and rid myself of pesky ads, then unfortunately I realized there isn’t an option to purchase the full version, but rather one has to subscribe to WeatherLiveLocalForecast and pay MONTHLY! I’m not sure what brand of crack the developers are smoking but it must be a good one if they think people are going to pay more monthly for a weather app than apple music costs. I’m deleting the free version now just on principle. I’d rather step outside and look up than pay these people. PS: I put five stars so this would actually be read. And it actually would be five stars if not for the subscription service. In reality its 0 stars.

by Jc2180

I have tried almost every weather app available for iPhone and WeatherLiveLocalForecast is the only one that consistently reports accurate current weather conditions for my location. Obviously it is hard to trust an app to give you the forecast for the week if the current weather isn’t even correct (or if the meteorologist is a kitten.. yes there actually is such an app).
Do not waste your time or money downloading any other weather app- unless you love looking at cute kittens and don’t really care about the weather. This one has every feature you need, is user friendly, doesn’t give you a headache if you look at it too long and most importantly... is ACCURATE!

by Office Girl

Editing this review to point out that many apps seem to be using this bait-and-switch model. I did like WeatherLiveLocalForecast , and this developer is only following the standard practice. Still not happy about it, but I have no complaints with WeatherLiveLocalForecast itself.
====original review====
They essentially trick you into a premium subscription that starts automatically in 3 days unless you 1) start reading the fine print and realize they intend to charge your account and 2) can figure out how to cancel in time. It’s a bit complicated, not at all intuitive — Apple is at fault for making it complicated but this developer exploits that.
I actually like WeatherLiveLocalForecast and the forecast was accurate for my area. I’d have considered the premium subscription IF they were up front and very clear about the pricing options, and offered a trial that is truly “free”. But the deceptive bait and switch, even if commonly accepted as standard practice among app developers, is a big turn off.

by 747whaledriver

The meteorological information is plastered around in an incoherent and haphazard manner: it’s apparent this isn’t intended to be a useful tool (especially for professionals). As weather data makes sense to figure out the big picture, if you present the information in a coherent manner, it’s a simple matter to figure out the current weather and trends. Don’t look for that organization here.

WeatherLiveLocalForecast developer is more interested in appearance than function or professional utility. That should tell you everything: the individual knows little about meteorology.

Every time WeatherLiveLocalForecast developer fools around with WeatherLiveLocalForecast , it actually gets worse. The latest iteration makes it impossible to determine weather trends over the next few hours, or over the course of a few states (rather important information if you happen to be driving a few hundred or thousand miles).

It can be raining most of the day and the current conditions don’t show that it’s raining, or what the accumulation is. Wind velocities (speed and direction) are also considerably in error.

If you’re only interested in finding out the time and temperature, or if you’re a professional who utilizes meteorological data, there are also much better apps out there.

Don’t expect much from WeatherLiveLocalForecast.

by ^^WeWatch^^

What I wanted was an app with the temperature icon badge, this one is reasonably accurate and up-to-date. For that, and that alone, it gets four stars.

UPDATE
Changed my review to 5 stars. They got rid of the uberoffensive ads. That and the accurate/current and Free Badge serves my purpose and earns WeatherLiveLocalForecast 5 stars.

ORIGINAL REVIEW
EVERYTHING is an Up$$$$grade EVEN MOVING THE MAP! The (pretty) home screen and that extremely ugly (too-ugly-to-pay-for and too-Fuzzy-2-B-accurate) magenta and blue precipitation map is all that is free. WeatherLive Needs work if people are going to pay for it.

One ad was a Screen-filling pop-up which takes about three clicks to make it go away. They got rid of it (Bad reviews?); however, we have no way of knowing if it is permanently gone. The rest of the ads are fine, they are smaller and more respectful of the customer.

Developers:
UPDATE:
Thank you for listening to your customers.

ORIG:
I clicked away too quickly, but did I see you guys asking for a Monthly Payment? Wow, just wow... Companies need to know most people will Never do monthly $$$ for a weather app — too much Competition for that.

by Divine Beginnings

I love WeatherLiveLocalForecast it’s how I get my grandson ready for school I check the weather in 2 cities the one we live in and the one he goes to school in to properly get him ready and it’s never far off. I have relied on it for our first two years of school and I will use it to travel w/ family to various locations....I love it and it’s great and very helpful to me when I’m in school as I went back to get my degree in psychology and I was required to take a astronomy class and it helped me remember the phases of the moon each day it told me the times the sun would rise & set as well as those times for the moon it gives the moons general location if u upgrade and tap on that part of WeatherLiveLocalForecast /tab... I’m not sure how it could be made better or if it can be made better but up til this point it has served me well and I just love it...🥰😍😘
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by Alyssa123009

This is a great weather app for me. If the weather is wrong, you can send an update and the weather will change for you. And, the weather is always accurate! I’ve tried many weather apps, but I have never found one as great as this one. But, there is a few errors. First of all, the wind speed is never even close. Second of all, there is so many pop-up ads. I would just like to enjoy checking my weather without and annoying ads. If you put aside all that, WeatherLiveLocalForecast is still informative and easy to use. I recommend you getting WeatherLiveLocalForecast if you can handle all the ads and incorrect wind speed. Other than that, WeatherLiveLocalForecast is a great app.

by From Just Me

I’m an Airline Pilot, & I FLY my own single engine, 2 seat ༚ Tecnam ASTORE Airplane.

The “Weather Live” App is PERFECT for everyday weather info & basic event & trip planning, up to a weeks weather forecast.

I Especially like the “Weather Live” Apps Personalization Display Options.
Enabling personalization so it’s easier to see, read & interpolate the weather information.

WeatherLiveLocalForecast isn’t meant for, instead of, or to replace proper Pilot Weather Flight Planning. Pilots should always use F.A.A. approved Aviation Weather Sources, Websites, & or Apps.

HOWEVER, the “Weather Live” App
is Undoubtably among the Best weather reference apps available.

Plus, the Weather Live App is Unquestionably My Favorite “Day to Day” use Weather App Available❗️

Its so Good, I’ll be getting the Pro Version of the “Weather Live” App Soon❗️

The “Weather Live” App
is
A Definite
* * * * *
5 Stars

Great App❗️
Thanks.

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Tecnam ASTORE
Aircraft PILOT
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