Category | Price | Seller | Device |
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Weather | $1.99 | WeatherSphere | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
User reviews:
"Greatest weather app I've ever used. Also this thing will wake the dead if a tornado warning is issued. It's incredible." - DE Hallman
"This app has saved my wife's garden more than once from hail." - rudy_z1
"I love that I get weather alerts before my weather radio goes off and I get alerts even when I'm out running around." - loopfish
Important: When you install and launch for the first time, the app will ask to turn on push-notifications and location services. Please choose YES to avoid the hassle of having to manually enable them later. Alerts will not work without either of these.
- Browse current advisories on a map
- Get a push-notification whenever an alert is issued within a distance you have specified. You can choose anywhere upto 3 miles only or all the way upto 100 miles.
- Choose type/severity of events you want to receive, including Tornado warnings
- Check the current weather + forecast for any spot on the map
- Your phone will make a siren sound when there is a Tornado Warning nearby!
- Will automatically transition to your new location as you travel, no need to reconfigure anything.
- National UV Alert map and Radar map.
- We have worked very hard to make the system as accurate as possible. The system will not miss an alert issued by the NWS, will not deliver a false alert, and will not deliver duplicate alerts.
- Alerts marked as "Severe" or "Urgent" by the NWS are prioritized by the system for faster delivery to end-users.
- Even though defaults have been tested to be appropriate, you can configure maximum alert frequency to your taste, or turn them off altogether.
Once you setup and put the app in the background, most likely you will never have to open the app again.
Note that if you have *any* question whatsoever while using the app, you can send a quick message to support from within the app, and we *will* respond very fast.
Notes:
- This app is useful for users in the US only.
The preview slides in the App Store show a screen that you can select which alerts to turn on and which to ignore. THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE WITH THIS APP.
Used to be flexible and customizable alerts... the radar addition is nice, but not what I purchased this app. Very irritated at the bait and switch the last year. The loss of alerts by distance, type, location, etc makes the “alert” part of the name misleading.
After I bought the app I found out you still have to pay for other features! Totally a scam!!!
This app was okay but I could never get the alerting to work right, despite doing everything the developer suggested. Fast forward to today and the developer has screwed users of their paid apps. For the trouble and the developer’s complete disregard for users: uninstalled
Why would you continue to post a 3 year old review? The compatible devices for this app that you list didn’t exist then! That review is misleading to people! Still, some of the newer devices, your app doesn’t work on.
Not happy!! Have to subscribe to each alert for $1 a month! I thought I was getting these alerts when I purchased the app!!! ?
I used to depend on this app. Especially during the spring. It still has very good info but since the update it now longer sends notifications. Very disappointing
I bought this because I knew we were going to have severe weather today. It does absolutely nothing!! It showed me a map of the US. That’s it! It didn’t even show me the rain or severe weather right over me, let alone the tornado watch we were in. I’m so disappointed and I want my money back!! I had it all of 12 hrs and it never did anything. I’m so mad!!
Don’t waste your money on this app! You used to be able to customize your alerts and set multiple locations! Now all you get is a stupid radar!