Wunderground for me. Started a while back now it is my #1 weather app by a considerable margin.
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Probably might depend on where the information is being used--there are a few good ones for US, possibly some other ones for other regions throughout the world.
Could very well be.
Germany's consumer organisation did a test with weather apps a few years ago on 9 locations worldwide. WeatherPro came out on top:
http://m.focus.de/digital/handy/sti...-liefern-gute-tagesprognosen_aid_1000276.html
What a surprise that German's consumer org found a German app to the best
So you think they are biased?
Can you name an in your eyes independent consumer org? Or do you think these don't exist?
They may or may not be biased, it is certainly a possibility. Consumers International is an international independent consumer org.
AccuWeather. It updates very frequently what gives you the accurate weather information. Plus is available in more than 100 languages.
I don't care for that dark wallpaper no dock hack because it does that to the spotlight/today screen, but it pairs pretty nicely with the BW widget.
I actually love the dark wallpaper and I hope Apple gives an option to have a dark theme and an option to remove the shaded bottom dock in the future and not just with certain apps providing a dark application. It makes the white lettering "pop", which is easier for my aging eyes to see.
You should be looking at http://www.forecastadvisor.com to find out which service is most reliable given your area. You would be surprised to see where Forecast.io and Accuweather stand in accuracy given your location.
To me, being accurate is the most important when it comes to an app
To me, being accurate is the most important when it comes to an app
http://www.forecastadvisor.com only works for the U.S.
It's too bad it doesn't work for other countries.
I will try Weather Underground out once again. Does it have a good widget? I'm mostly using the widgets nowadays instead of opening the app.
For now my favorite is BeWeather 2 although it still can't show minute by minute rainforecast for my country and has that annoying city problem (shows a different city although I select my city).
I have also tried widget weather which has a nice widget although I do wish there were a bit more options to choose + different icons.
Willy Weather app. It is impossible to see how anything can surpass it's brilliance. It gives the Weather, Rainfall, Wind, Tides, Swell, and UV. As well as Rain Radar, Satellite and Synoptic maps with animation that extends back a few hours. Rain radar is accurate to within 10 minutes. It's astounding. Plus it gives the information in interactive graphics not just numbers.
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I think I had tried a number of weather apps but hardly found one which suited best to my needs. So far I had been using Accuweather but when I got to know about MyRadar and Solar, I stuck to them since now. Though I keep on switching from MyRadar to Solar and back but these two apps are yet the best ones have discovered.
It sounds great, unfortunately not available for the Netherlands though so I can't test it.
No widget though for MyRadar which is unfortunate. If this is the Solar app you are referring to it's also unfortunately lacking a widget and was last updated in 2013. It still works on iOS10?
I enjoy BeWeather 2 also... or did... running on a 6S+ and the app has been intermittently failing to update even when triggering refresh manually. It hasn't been uncommon to find data several hours old.