BeWeather 3 Weather Widget

UPDATE - The latest betas have fixed the add location bug, but still has some rough edges, bumped from 3 to 4 stars. Still needs some polish to get back to where it was. Still my favorite weather app despite the rough patches. This has been my go to weather app for a long time, but quality has slipped and major bugs are now a frequent problem. The current release can’t add new locations under iOS 13, the developer has acknowledged the bug on a support forum, but there are no indications of when a fix will be available limiting the usefulness of the app for current users and making it impossible to recommend to new buyers until a fix is posted. It’s a shame, the UI is great and the widget genuinely helpful and being able to pay once instead of subscribing is what I prefer. I’d love to update this review with more stars and a better report, but right now be warned.

There are gorgeous weather apps and there are weather apps that deliver scores of data. BeWeather is the ONLY weather app that gives me the absolute best of both worlds. Both the app and the widget (!) are hands down the smoothest way to quickly check the weather for my commute, check on friends and family in other cities and countries and keep tabs on the weather in places I’m preparing to travel to. (I’m typically not a fan of widgets!) BeWeather might actually be my longest used 3rd party app (since Blackberry days) and as long as it’s around I’m buying it. Nothing is as consistent these days. :)

Love the app, annoyed at the business model. One day, with no warning, BeWeather 2, which I already paid for, just stopped working, with no warning, no more current weather data, not even an option to buy a data service subscription to continue using the app. I can’t see a single difference from v2 to v3. But I suppose $3.99 once every few years is better than paying even $0.99 per month to have a decent weather app on my iPad, but this still looks out only 7 days when my free Yahoo weather app on my iPhone looks out 10 days with enough data for my on needs. Disappointing business model, but that’s life in the closed Borg Collective (I mean Apple ecosystem).

How many times do I have to pay for an upgrade that is basically the same? / What happened to the temp that used to be visible in my homepage? / Is that coming in the next paid update? / I know you must make money but do it like everyone else, get new customers instead ripping off customers / If you can do that, change it to a monthly or yearly fee / Let us decide if we want to keep the app / Don’t ruin a good thing

I don’t know what happened to my old app that I loved, but it is far and above better than the competition, so yes I will buy what seems to be the same thing I already bought again. It has all the radar views and information and accuracy that I have set as the standard for comparing all weather apps. Still the winner.