Snowflake Weather 4+

The only weather app respecting its users

Snowflake belongs to that rarest breed of apps that do not pull any analytics, ads or tracking on its users (even the government’s own BOM app uses Google tracking). Given it handles all weather queries on the user’s behalf, the user is as private as it gets.
It’s also an excellent weather app, by the way, with pretty much everything one could want in one’s weather report. And as good as it already was, a recent update made it even better.

If I’m allowed to offer some improvements, they’d be:
1. Being able to handle multiple locations at the same time, or at least offer better management of locations to skip between (including deleting places that no longer interest me).
2. Improve watch integration. The latest update improved things, but often the watch complications still lag hours behind the current status. Watch integration is a major reason for subscribing, so this really needs a fix.
3. Can we get a guide or something to explain all the app’s features, as well as what all this weather data means?

The subscription price is very reasonable (given running costs) and, minor issues aside, is a no brainer.

Overall, Snowflake is an excellent app from an indie Aussie developer with an excellent track record.

Developer Response ,

1. We are definitely looking to improve multi-location support. Long pressing on the home tab bar icon shows a list of recently used locations. That’s not a perfect solution, but it does help, hopefully?

2. What’s difficult to read about our radar view? Please get in contact, because we’d love to know!

3. The next update should address these issues.

A Quality Initial Release

I’m a pocket weather user (well, was... 😔) and was in the market for a new app, based on recommendation looked into this app.

It’s a great initial release, and Bjango is a great developer who I trust.

The app has good weather detail and the radar/mapping support is great, and has a nice widget. It has BoM data which is a must for me.

Its so far a quality, stable app and I am rating it as such.

I do have some issues (and forgive me for comparing it to the very mature Pocket Weather):
- No multi-location support

- No weather alerts

- I really don’t like the heavy use of (near) black text and iconography, it feels oppressive and makes the UI feel cluttered.

- The interface editor is.. not great. It’s not all that clear what I’m changing and how. It would be nicer to be able to WYSIWYG-like be able to customise the interface.

- I’m really not a fan of detailed iconography, again it makes the app feel cluttered.

Many of my complaints come down to personal taste, and so the developer and I may have different philosophies when it comes to design.

Thanks Bjango for making this app, I look forward to see it improving over time.

Developer Response ,

Long pressing on the home tab bar icon shows a list of recently used locations. Maybe that’s not the multi-location support you’re after, but hopefully it helps! Weather alerts are being considered. Thank you for the other interface feedback. It’s appreciated.

Good Alternative to Pocket Weather

With Pocket Weather being discontinued, this app is a decent alternative. A few things could be improved:

1. Price - I feel if the app is going to have a subscription, then it should be a free app. $7.99 seems a bit high considering alternatives like Willy Weather are free and have a one off payment to remove ads.

2. Radar could be simplified - I feel like the radar could use the same visuals as BOM or Pocket Weather. I find those apps have a very simple and easy to read. It would also be nice if the radar would default on a loop.

3. Temperature Graph - I would like to see a graph like Pocket Weather where there is a bar at the centre of the graph to display the current time you are viewing which can be scrolled forward or back in time.

These are little complaints, but the app is new and I’m sure will be continually improved upon. It isn’t quite to the standard Pocket Weather was visually, but it isn’t far behind. I myself would use WillyWeather if you’re not looking to pay for an alternative app.