Apple Weather may be better, but DarkSky is gone and it has not included all the features it used to have, such as hourly rain probability for any day.
From my perspective as an Apple Weather user, it went from basic and barebones to feature-packed almost overnight.
The cost also went down. DarkSky was $4. I wasn't ever willing to pay for a weather app.
I see hourly rain predictability for today, and for future days there are hourly precipitation charts in inches. I can't imagine that precipitation beyond the current day on an hourly basis has any chance of being accurate.
I think alternative weather apps like DarkSky were incentivized to provide extra information that justifies their existence regardless of accuracy/precision.
E.g., if I make my own weather app and my selling point is that I give you a forecast for every 10 minutes or that my forecast goes out 5 years, I don't have to have any shred of accuracy because it's just a forecast. I was able to sell you my app because you're impressed by the fact that I give you more granular predictions.
> The cost also went down. DarkSky was $4. I wasn't ever willing to pay for a weather app.
I was the same way. Then I broke down and paid the $5. Best app purchase I ever made. One time fee and used it for years. I wish there were more apps like this.
Oddly enough this is the one reason why I don't use Apple Weather. I live in Texas - if you don't have covered parking you will inevitably get hail damage. The 1-2 days per week I go into the office I have to check Accuweather beforehand.
Precipitation probability is the most important thing in a weather app to me.
You can set up alerts with windy.com to be notified about a location have a forecast combination of wind and rain that may work well for forecasting hail.
