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It seems like the person/team behind this app put a lot of effort and research into their methodology, but unfortunately it just doesn’t work. None of it: 1) the app - I don’t get alerts for the threshold I set. When I tap the widget for the day’s forecast it takes me to a forecast from whenever it was the last time I opened the app. I would care less about the second point if the first worked properly - and I pay for this version. And 2) the forecasts themselves. The only ones consistently nailed are obvious rainy/overcast times. Too often there’s a spectacular event on a 20-30% predictor, and too often a dud on the higher ends. I know it’s still a bit of a crapshoot in predicting, but isn’t the whole point in having a methodology that is BETTER than a crapshoot? This ain’t it. At least for the midwest. Maybe this works better out West when there are fewer meteorological factors or something.

Aplenglow simply isn’t at all accurate at predicting the necessary cloud formations for picturesque sunrises and sunsets. It very often predicts good or better conditions when there isn’t a cloud in the sky. The App is useful for exact sunrise/sunset times, but many weather apps include it as well. You’re much better off learning to do it yourself by scanning the Nation Weather Service forecast website & AccuWeather, plus learning through experience what typically happens in your area in terms of cloud formation and wind patterns. If you’re traveling to an unfamiliar area, check the NWS site and a few weather Apps to get a sense of the local cloud/overcast predictions in the AM & PM on location. Local TV station’s weather forecasts can give you insight into what typically happens at various times in any given area.

For the last few weeks I have only been able to view the current day’s sunset forecast. I guess I could view that mornings sunrise forecast but then I’d have to wake up before sunrise to look at an app to tell me if the sunrise will be good when I could just get up and look out the window. I gave two stars because it was a pretty decent app when you could check the next morning forecast the night before and make plans for potential sunrise photos.