Forecast Bar - Weather + Radar
Accurate and Customizable
Free · In‑App Purchases
*** Featured by Apple, Lifehacker, Macworld and Cult of Mac! ***
Forecast Bar offers hyper accurate, hyper local live weather and forecasts right at your fingertips, and is customizable to fit your needs. With 12+ Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets, including a multi-city widget to see weather in up to 4 locations at once.
Forecast Bar includes a beautiful and powerful Apple Watch App with 100+ customizable complications, including hourly and daily visual forecasts, Graphs to visualize several different data points, or a Custom Modular with 3 customizable lines. The Watch app is fully customizable, with 3 custom data points you can add, a customizable hourly data point. You can also customize your backgrounds with several options including using your own images, as well as custom font and font size throughout the app.
== Completely Redesigned for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass ==
Track storms like never before with our all-new NOAA-powered radar featuring live lightning strikes, aurora forecasts, and marine warnings. Watch precipitation approach in real-time right from your Lock Screen with our new Live Activity—see exactly when rain starts and ends without opening the app.
Smart Weather Stories transforms forecasts into personalized AI summaries. Connect your calendar to get advice tailored to your plans: "Light rain during your 2pm meeting—bring an umbrella."
Never miss a stunning sky with aurora visibility alerts, eclipse notifications, and Beautiful Sunset alerts. Now with iOS 26 Liquid Glass design.
== Built Different ==
Crafted by a 2-person team over a decade. Trusted daily by users who call it "the most accurate weather app" they've used. Always improving—because your weather app should be.
== Stay Informed with Push Notifications ==
- Personalized daily weather reports for any location, at any time you wish
- Push notifications for severe weather alerts in the United States
- Precipitation alerts sent reliably from our servers (Gold only)
- Custom notifications and alerts! You can configure 14 different data points to look out for what matters to you. For example, get notified in the morning when wind during the day will rise above a certain
speed, or if temperatures overnight will drop below freezing. (Gold only)
- Beautiful Sunset alerts that give you a heads up when a stunning sunset (or sunrise!) is heading your way. Get your cameras ready! (Gold only)
- Get notified when earthquakes hit near you! (Gold only)
== Weather at a glance, or in depth ==
- Quickly check the current conditions or forecast for 14 days at a glance, including a succinct summary
- Tap on any day's forecast to see an hour-by-hour breakdown
- Gorgeous animated weather backgrounds
- Apple Weather provided minute-by-minute rain forecasts
- Tap again to see rich, interactive charts of even more details like dew point, pressure, visibility, UV index and more
- Choose between a compact and highly visual view for weather at up to 8 locations at a time
- Animated weather radar in the United States, Europe and Australia, including future radar forecasts, as well as 10+ other powerful visualizations
- Forecast Bar supports iPad multitasking in Slide Over and Split Screen
All subscriptions to Forecast Bar include a free 7 day trial
Subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. They will automatically renew at the end of your subscription period unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period.
You can manage your subscriptions or turn off auto-renewal at any time from your iTunes account settings. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Our privacy policy and terms of use are here: http://forecastbar.com/privacy-policy-for-forecast-bar.pdf and https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more I was a long time user of another app that decided to mess up a good thing a couple of years ago and completely change their UI and UX, and offer no support when queried, which lost them this customer. Since then, I’ve been looking for a new app. I work in public safety, and it’s beyond being a weather geek that I know what the weather is somewhere in my jurisdiction, and what it is predicted to do. And I like to use my watch to do it. (I never said I wasn’t a weather geek...). After two years of looking for something that updated reliably and proved to be accurate, with a customizable UI so that I’m looking at data that is relevant to me, I found it. Forecast Bar.As far as support - I’ve emailed Derek and Jason a few times with questions about how to do something, or since the latest UI and UX update, suggestions or requests going forward to make it more of what *I* want (self serving, I know) and have received responses within minutes - and from a real person, not a bot. Better yet, they e incorporated a couple of the suggestions! If you’re looking for an all’s round great weather app, spend the money, get Forecast Bar - you will not be disappointed.
I was a long time user of another app that decided to mess up a good thing a couple of years ago and completely change their UI and UX, and offer no support when queried, which lost them this customer. Since then, I’ve been looking for a new app. I work in public safety, and it’s beyond being a weather geek that I know what the weather is somewhere in my jurisdiction, and what it is predicted to do. And I like to use my watch to do it. (I never said I wasn’t a weather geek...). After two years of looking for something that updated reliably and proved to be accurate, with a customizable UI so that I’m looking at data that is relevant to me, I found it. Forecast Bar.As far as support - I’ve emailed Derek and Jason a few times with questions about how to do something, or since the latest UI and UX update, suggestions or requests going forward to make it more of what *I* want (self serving, I know) and have received responses within minutes - and from a real person, not a bot. Better yet, they e incorporated a couple of the suggestions! If you’re looking for an all’s round great weather app, spend the money, get Forecast Bar - you will not be disappointed.
Had updated my review because I started using the watch complications again due to the developer giving a response to my review saying that a recent update had fixed the issue. I updated my review too soon because I am having the same issue again. Back to the normal weather for my watch Original review: “Love all the customization his app lets you do and I’ve decided it’s my favorite looking weather app and I’d love to use it for along time. With that being said every 2 or so days when I remove my Apple Watch for charging and then put it back on the watch can’t receive anything from the app..? But then when I click the empty bars it makes on my watch face under “fore cast bar” it will try to open the app for about 3-5 seconds and crash no matter how many times I try it and the main face of my watch still only says “forecast bar” and lots of lines. Please update to get around this issue because everything else about the app I love but I won’t be able to continue using it if I have to power off and restart my watch every time I get done charging it which honestly sometimes doesn’t even fix it. Will Change to 5 stars if fixed”
Developer Response Thanks for the feedback--please give our latest update a try, it should improve this!
Had updated my review because I started using the watch complications again due to the developer giving a response to my review saying that a recent update had fixed the issue. I updated my review too soon because I am having the same issue again. Back to the normal weather for my watch Original review: “Love all the customization his app lets you do and I’ve decided it’s my favorite looking weather app and I’d love to use it for along time. With that being said every 2 or so days when I remove my Apple Watch for charging and then put it back on the watch can’t receive anything from the app..? But then when I click the empty bars it makes on my watch face under “fore cast bar” it will try to open the app for about 3-5 seconds and crash no matter how many times I try it and the main face of my watch still only says “forecast bar” and lots of lines. Please update to get around this issue because everything else about the app I love but I won’t be able to continue using it if I have to power off and restart my watch every time I get done charging it which honestly sometimes doesn’t even fix it. Will Change to 5 stars if fixed”
Thanks for the feedback--please give our latest update a try, it should improve this!
I have used this app for over a year and absolutely satisfied it rarely is wrong. Better than a app at local tv stations. I have used app for a year now and I don’t like the change right now maybe later if I don’t change my mind I might delete and go to another weather app. N I have had the updated app a couple days. It won’t let me put my actual location permanently. Keeps going to whatever location is at the top of location screen in settings which is wrong and it needs to be eliminated and only what the user puts in like the old app did. Also needs too have the background color preferences put back instead of light gray or dark gray !!!!!!!Update on the above post. The developer has already made some much needed improvements. The issues I mentioned have been for the most part fixed and the app is now working much better than before. I am going to recommend keeping it now because the problem’s that I mentioned that gave information seep about weather conditions are more accurate to location i’m in. Thanks developer for your help.
Developer Response We're sorry to hear this! We just released an update today (just 2 days after the rewrite) which adds back a ton of customization and options, and we'd love to hear what you think. Please reach out at support@higherbarapps.com with suggestions--we're listening and actively making changes!
I have used this app for over a year and absolutely satisfied it rarely is wrong. Better than a app at local tv stations. I have used app for a year now and I don’t like the change right now maybe later if I don’t change my mind I might delete and go to another weather app. N I have had the updated app a couple days. It won’t let me put my actual location permanently. Keeps going to whatever location is at the top of location screen in settings which is wrong and it needs to be eliminated and only what the user puts in like the old app did. Also needs too have the background color preferences put back instead of light gray or dark gray !!!!!!!Update on the above post. The developer has already made some much needed improvements. The issues I mentioned have been for the most part fixed and the app is now working much better than before. I am going to recommend keeping it now because the problem’s that I mentioned that gave information seep about weather conditions are more accurate to location i’m in. Thanks developer for your help.
We're sorry to hear this! We just released an update today (just 2 days after the rewrite) which adds back a ton of customization and options, and we'd love to hear what you think. Please reach out at support@higherbarapps.com with suggestions--we're listening and actively making changes!
Remember the weather app that was snapped up by Apple? Well, if this app keeps going Apple will snap it up too! It’s just that good! The many ways you can customize it keeps growing with every update so you can make it your own and it’s organized to make it pleasing to the eyes. Plus it does a fantastic job of giving you so many weather points, your friends will swear you’re a meteorologist! Really! When I say it will be snapped up by Apple like Dark Sky was is because when Dark Sky kept getting better and better, Apple took notice and bought it! I was just beginning to enjoy Dark Sky too! I won’t say whether Apple’s integration was good or bad but Forecast Bar is my favorite weather app and I hope it gets better and better for awhile before it gets eaten up by a bigger entity! The app for the iMac is amazing too! Thanks for working on this app guys!
Remember the weather app that was snapped up by Apple? Well, if this app keeps going Apple will snap it up too! It’s just that good! The many ways you can customize it keeps growing with every update so you can make it your own and it’s organized to make it pleasing to the eyes. Plus it does a fantastic job of giving you so many weather points, your friends will swear you’re a meteorologist! Really! When I say it will be snapped up by Apple like Dark Sky was is because when Dark Sky kept getting better and better, Apple took notice and bought it! I was just beginning to enjoy Dark Sky too! I won’t say whether Apple’s integration was good or bad but Forecast Bar is my favorite weather app and I hope it gets better and better for awhile before it gets eaten up by a bigger entity! The app for the iMac is amazing too! Thanks for working on this app guys!
- New data point icons — Feels Like, Heat Index, and Wind Chill now have their own unique icons instead of sharing one.
- Offer code support — Redeem promotional subscription codes.
- Faster launch — No more "Loading location…" screen when your location is already known.
- Notification deep links — Tapping a weather notification jumps straight to the relevant data point.
- Apple Watch
- New "Show High First" option for the Infograph Modular complication (Enabled by default)
- Fixed watch complications showing the wrong high temperature for today
- Fixes
- AQI and Pollen details no longer overflow, with a new drag hint for scrolling
- Fixed issue with alerts in some northern US locations
11.0.7 Apr 16
- Siri Shortcuts — Ask Siri for your forecast, current conditions, or specific data points like wind and humidity. Customize voice phrases in Settings.
- Canadian Weather Alerts — Environment Canada alerts now appear in-app for Canadian locations.
- Precipitation Color Legend — New tooltip explains what each precip color means with a link to customize colors.
- 24h Precipitation Accumulation — New tile shows rain and snow accumulation over the last 24 hours.
- Today as Compact Graph — Replace today's daily row with a compact 6-hour conditions graph.
- Area Forecast Discussion — View the full NWS AFD from the alerts section.
- Precipitation Type Radar — New radar layer showing precip type on the compare screen.
- Precip % on Daily Graph — Left axis now shows precipitation percentage labels.
- Hourly Precip Amount — New option on the hourly timeline.
- Widget Deep Links — Tapping a widget opens the app to that location.
Improvements
- Upgraded AI summary models with better reliability
- AI summary toggle for Siri Shortcuts
- Customizable precipitation type colors
- Rain/snow accumulation shown separately with correct units
- Snowflake icon for snow accumulation
Bug Fixes
- Fixed AI summaries sometimes showing garbled text
- Fixed app stuck on "Loading location..." forever
- Fixed weather not updating when switching cities
- Fixed stale weather when restoring default location
- Fixed lock screen widgets showing placeholders
- Fixed temperature labels truncating with ellipsis
- Fixed astronomy alert mute choices not saving
- Fixed precip colors not adapting to dark/light mode
- Fixed night icons showing daytime versions
11.0.6 Mar 27
New in 11.0.5:
- Precipitation Type Layer added to Radar
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
Earlier in version 11:
- All-New Radar — Completely rebuilt with NOAA data featuring multiple weather layers, live lightning strikes, aurora forecasts, and smooth timeline controls with 2-hour or 18-hour views.
- Precipitation Live Activity — Track rain and snow in real-time from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with live countdowns, minute-by-minute charts, and automatic start/stop.
- Home Screen Radar Widgets — Add live radar directly to your home screen with customizable layers and zoom levels (Gold subscription).
- Smart Weather Stories — AI-powered personalized summaries with optional calendar integration for context-aware forecasts.
- iOS 26 Liquid Glass Design — Beautiful translucent glass effects throughout the app.
- Astronomy & Aurora Alerts — Get notified for eclipses, supermoons, solstices, aurora visibility, and celestial events.
- Mixed Precipitation Support — Instantly distinguish rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain across all widgets and Live Activities.
- Plus: Redesigned Dynamic Island, wind direction arrows, AQI watch complication, improved iPad interface, and numerous performance and reliability improvements.
11.0.5 Feb 18
New in 11.0.4:
- Fixed freeze when opening Settings on iPad
- Fixed Animation Style preview cards
- Live weather preview in background animation settings
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
Earlier in version 11:
- All-New Radar — Completely rebuilt with NOAA data featuring multiple weather layers, live lightning strikes, aurora forecasts, and smooth timeline controls with 2-hour or 18-hour views.
- Precipitation Live Activity — Track rain and snow in real-time from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with live countdowns, minute-by-minute charts, and automatic start/stop.
- Home Screen Radar Widgets — Add live radar directly to your home screen with customizable layers and zoom levels (Gold subscription).
- Smart Weather Stories — AI-powered personalized summaries with optional calendar integration for context-aware forecasts.
- iOS 26 Liquid Glass Design — Beautiful translucent glass effects throughout the app.
- Astronomy & Aurora Alerts — Get notified for eclipses, supermoons, solstices, aurora visibility, and celestial events.
- Mixed Precipitation Support — Instantly distinguish rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain across all widgets and Live Activities.
- Plus: Redesigned Dynamic Island, wind direction arrows, AQI watch complication, improved iPad interface, and numerous performance and reliability improvements.
11.0.4 Jan 5
New in 11.0.3
- Fixed precipitation charts sometimes showing empty bars
- Fixed minute-by-minute rain chart showing bars when there's no rain
- Fixed Live Activity rain chart not updating in real-time
- Improved weather data accuracy and reliability
- Improvements to severe weather alerts
New in 11.0.2
- Home Screen Radar Widgets — Add live radar to your home screen with customizable layers, zoom levels, and map labels (Gold subscription)
- Live Activity Improvements — Fixed reliability issues with precipitation alerts starting and syncing properly
New in 11.0.1
- Astronomy alerts - Get notified for lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, supermoons, and solstices & equinoxes
- Master mixed conditions - Instantly distinguish rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and mixed precipitation across all widgets and Live Activities
- Redesigned Dynamic Island - Weather icon and temperature now flank the cutout with taller precipitation charts
- Wind direction arrows - See wind direction at a glance in Live Activities and Dynamic Island
- Smarter settings sync - New restore screen detects your situation and recommends the best sync option
- Significantly faster radar loading
- Refreshed sign-in and subscription screens with modern glass card styling
Brand New Radar - Experience our completely rebuilt radar powered by NOAA data:
- Multiple weather layers - Toggle between radar, temperature, clouds, wind, precipitation views and more
- Lightning strikes - See live lightning activity overlaid on the radar map
- Marine and offshore warnings - Comprehensive coverage for coastal and maritime areas
- Aurora forecast layer - Track aurora visibility with alerts when conditions are favorable
- 2-hour and 18-hour modes - Choose between detailed short-term radar or extended forecast coverage
- Tap-to-hide controls - Double-tap the map for an immersive full-screen experience
- Interactive timeline - Scrub through historical data and future forecasts with smooth playback controls
Precipitation Live Activity - Track rain, snow, and storms in real-time right from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island:
- Live countdown timers showing when precipitation starts and ends
- Dynamic precipitation chart that updates every minute
- Current temperature, wind speed, and wind direction at a glance
- Automatically appears when precipitation is approaching and dismisses when it ends
New Features
- Smart Weather Stories - AI-powered personalized summaries. Optionally integrate with your calendar to provide context-aware forecasts for upcoming events
- Home location indicator - Your home location appears at the top of the side menu for quick comparisons when traveling
- Celestial event notifications - Get notified for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and lunar phase changes
- Aurora visibility alerts - Receive notifications when aurora activity is visible in your area
- AQI Apple Watch complication - Monitor air quality from your watch face using EPA color scales
Design & Interface
- iOS 26 Liquid Glass design - Beautiful translucent glass effects with customizable Glass/Frosted Glass options
- Redesigned widget layouts with improved color contrast and readability
- Better navigation bar colors that adapt to animated weather backgrounds
- More realistic moon phase visualization with accurate lighting and textures
- Enhanced iPad interface with smoother scrolling and improved layout
Improvements
- Improved wintry precipitation styling for snow, sleet, and mixed precipitation
- Optimized widget backgrounds for better performance on older devices
Bug Fixes
- Improved widget and app data consistency
- Resolved widget crashes on low-memory devices
- Corrected moon visibility calculations to better match astronomical conditions
- Numerous performance optimizations and stability improvements
11.0.3 12/28/2025
New in 11.0.2
- Home Screen Radar Widgets — Add live radar to your home screen with customizable layers, zoom levels, and map labels (Gold subscription)
- Live Activity Improvements — Fixed reliability issues with precipitation alerts starting and syncing properly
New in 11.0.1
- Astronomy alerts - Get notified for lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, supermoons, and solstices & equinoxes
- Master mixed conditions - Instantly distinguish rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and mixed precipitation across all widgets and Live Activities
- Redesigned Dynamic Island - Weather icon and temperature now flank the cutout with taller precipitation charts
- Wind direction arrows - See wind direction at a glance in Live Activities and Dynamic Island
- Smarter settings sync - New restore screen detects your situation and recommends the best sync option
- Significantly faster radar loading
- Refreshed sign-in and subscription screens with modern glass card styling
Brand New Radar - Experience our completely rebuilt radar powered by NOAA data:
- Multiple weather layers - Toggle between radar, temperature, clouds, wind, precipitation views and more
- Lightning strikes - See live lightning activity overlaid on the radar map
- Marine and offshore warnings - Comprehensive coverage for coastal and maritime areas
- Aurora forecast layer - Track aurora visibility with alerts when conditions are favorable
- 2-hour and 18-hour modes - Choose between detailed short-term radar or extended forecast coverage
- Tap-to-hide controls - Double-tap the map for an immersive full-screen experience
- Interactive timeline - Scrub through historical data and future forecasts with smooth playback controls
Precipitation Live Activity - Track rain, snow, and storms in real-time right from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island:
- Live countdown timers showing when precipitation starts and ends
- Dynamic precipitation chart that updates every minute
- Current temperature, wind speed, and wind direction at a glance
- Automatically appears when precipitation is approaching and dismisses when it ends
New Features
- Smart Weather Stories - AI-powered personalized summaries. Optionally integrate with your calendar to provide context-aware forecasts for upcoming events
- Home location indicator - Your home location appears at the top of the side menu for quick comparisons when traveling
- Celestial event notifications - Get notified for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and lunar phase changes
- Aurora visibility alerts - Receive notifications when aurora activity is visible in your area
- AQI Apple Watch complication - Monitor air quality from your watch face using EPA color scales
Design & Interface
- iOS 26 Liquid Glass design - Beautiful translucent glass effects with customizable Glass/Frosted Glass options
- Redesigned widget layouts with improved color contrast and readability
- Better navigation bar colors that adapt to animated weather backgrounds
- More realistic moon phase visualization with accurate lighting and textures
- Enhanced iPad interface with smoother scrolling and improved layout
Improvements
- Improved wintry precipitation styling for snow, sleet, and mixed precipitation
- Optimized widget backgrounds for better performance on older devices
Bug Fixes
- Improved widget and app data consistency
- Resolved widget crashes on low-memory devices
- Corrected moon visibility calculations to better match astronomical conditions
- Numerous performance optimizations and stability improvements
11.0.2 12/16/2025
New in 11.0.1
- Astronomy alerts - Get notified for lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, supermoons, and solstices & equinoxes
- Master mixed conditions - Instantly distinguish rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and mixed precipitation across all widgets and Live Activities
- Redesigned Dynamic Island - Weather icon and temperature now flank the cutout with taller precipitation charts
- Wind direction arrows - See wind direction at a glance in Live Activities and Dynamic Island
- Smarter settings sync - New restore screen detects your situation and recommends the best sync option
- Significantly faster radar loading
- Refreshed sign-in and subscription screens with modern glass card styling
Brand New Radar - Experience our completely rebuilt radar powered by NOAA data:
- Multiple weather layers - Toggle between radar, temperature, clouds, wind, precipitation views and more
- Lightning strikes - See live lightning activity overlaid on the radar map
- Marine and offshore warnings - Comprehensive coverage for coastal and maritime areas
- Aurora forecast layer - Track aurora visibility with alerts when conditions are favorable
- 2-hour and 18-hour modes - Choose between detailed short-term radar or extended forecast coverage
- Tap-to-hide controls - Double-tap the map for an immersive full-screen experience
- Interactive timeline - Scrub through historical data and future forecasts with smooth playback controls
Precipitation Live Activity - Track rain, snow, and storms in real-time right from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island:
- Live countdown timers showing when precipitation starts and ends
- Dynamic precipitation chart that updates every minute
- Current temperature, wind speed, and wind direction at a glance
- Automatically appears when precipitation is approaching and dismisses when it ends
New Features
- Smart Weather Stories - AI-powered personalized summaries. Optionally integrate with your calendar to provide context-aware forecasts for upcoming events
- Home location indicator - Your home location appears at the top of the side menu for quick comparisons when traveling
- Celestial event notifications - Get notified for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and lunar phase changes
- Aurora visibility alerts - Receive notifications when aurora activity is visible in your area
- AQI Apple Watch complication - Monitor air quality from your watch face using EPA color scales
Design & Interface
- iOS 26 Liquid Glass design - Beautiful translucent glass effects with customizable Glass/Frosted Glass options
- Redesigned widget layouts with improved color contrast and readability
- Better navigation bar colors that adapt to animated weather backgrounds
- More realistic moon phase visualization with accurate lighting and textures
- Enhanced iPad interface with smoother scrolling and improved layout
Improvements
- Improved wintry precipitation styling for snow, sleet, and mixed precipitation
- Optimized widget backgrounds for better performance on older devices
Bug Fixes
- Improved widget and app data consistency
- Resolved widget crashes on low-memory devices
- Corrected moon visibility calculations to better match astronomical conditions
- Numerous performance optimizations and stability improvements
11.0.1 12/07/2025
Brand New Radar - Experience our completely rebuilt radar powered by NOAA data:
- Multiple weather layers - Toggle between radar, temperature, clouds, wind, precipitation views and more.
- Lightning strikes - See live lightning activity overlaid on the radar map
- Marine and offshore warnings - Comprehensive coverage for coastal and maritime areas
- Aurora forecast layer - Track aurora visibility with alerts when conditions are favorable
- 2-hour and 18-hour modes - Choose between detailed short-term radar or extended forecast coverage
- Tap-to-hide controls - Double-tap the map for an immersive full-screen experience
- Interactive timeline - Scrub through historical data and future forecasts with smooth playback controls
Precipitation Live Activity - Track rain, snow, and storms in real-time right from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island:
- Live countdown timers showing when precipitation starts and ends
- Dynamic precipitation chart that updates every minute
- Current temperature, wind speed, and wind direction at a glance
- Automatically appears when precipitation is approaching and dismisses when it ends
New Features
- Smart Weather Stories - AI-powered personalized summaries. Optionally integrate with your calendar to provide context-aware forecasts for upcoming events
- Home location indicator - Your home location appears at the top of the side menu for quick comparisons when traveling
- Celestial event notifications - Get notified for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and lunar phase changes
- Aurora visibility alerts - Receive notifications when aurora activity is visible in your area
- AQI Apple Watch complication - Monitor air quality from your watch face using EPA color scales
Design & Interface
- iOS 26 Liquid Glass design - Beautiful translucent glass effects with customizable Glass/Frosted Glass options
- Redesigned widget layouts with improved color contrast and readability
- Better navigation bar colors that adapt to animated weather backgrounds
- More realistic moon phase visualization with accurate lighting and textures
- Enhanced iPad interface with smoother scrolling and improved layout
Improvements
- Improved wintry precipitation styling for snow, sleet, and mixed precipitation
- Optimized widget backgrounds for better performance on older devices
Bug Fixes
- Improved widget and app data consistency
- Resolved widget crashes on low-memory devices
- Corrected moon visibility calculations to better match astronomical conditions
- Numerous performance optimizations and stability improvements
11.0 12/01/2025
- Fix issue causing certain widgets not to load on iPad
- Adjustments to realistic moon rendering
- Updates to moonrise moonset times
- Adjustments to heavy clouds
- Bug fixes and other performance enhancements
10.3.5 10/13/2025
• Improved pollen tracking with multiple visualization options and severity color coding
• Enhanced air quality display with gradient bars and better color contrast
• Redesigned moon rendering with realistic look
• Improved AI weather summaries
• Enhanced radar map with glass effects
• Various bug fixes and performance improvements
10.3.4 10/08/2025
• iOS 26 Liquid Glass Design - Completely redesigned interface with beautiful liquid glass effects throughout the app for a modern, premium look
- Glass Effect Controls - Choose between Glass, Frosted Glass, or disable glass effects entirely for a familiar iOS18 look.
• iPhone 17 series / iPhone Air support
• Enhanced Weather Animations - New cartoon and flat style weather modes with improved realistic sun, moon, and cloud animations
• Smart Weather Alerts - Get notified when weather conditions change significantly with customizable thresholds
• AI Weather Analysis - GPT-5 powered weather insights and summaries with web search integration
• Improved Notifications - Temperature comparison alerts, enhanced sunrise/sunset notifications, and earthquake detection improvements
• Widget Enhancements - New sizes with glass backgrounds and improved data accuracy
• Bug Fixes
- Updated the AI forecast suggestions to be more concise
- Fixed an issue causing small and large widgets to not always show up properly
- Fixed an issue with the Feels Like + Condition watch complication
- Fixed an issue causing repeated severe weather alert notifications
- Fixed a reliability issue impacting push notifications for some users
- Fixed weather condition mapping, and various UI improvements
- Fixed watch text color for various complications on watchOS 26
10.3.3 09/29/2025
• iOS 26 Liquid Glass Design - Completely redesigned interface with beautiful liquid glass effects throughout the app for a modern, premium look
- Glass Effect Controls - Choose between Glass, Frosted Glass, or disable glass effects entirely for a familiar iOS18 look.
• iPhone 17 series / iPhone Air support
• Enhanced Weather Animations - New cartoon and flat style weather modes with improved realistic sun, moon, and cloud animations
• Smart Weather Alerts - Get notified when weather conditions change significantly with customizable thresholds
• AI Weather Analysis - GPT-5 powered weather insights and summaries with web search integration
• Improved Notifications - Temperature comparison alerts, enhanced sunrise/sunset notifications, and earthquake detection improvements
• Widget Enhancements - New sizes with glass backgrounds and improved data accuracy
• Bug Fixes - Fixed a reliability issue impacting push notifications for some users
- Fixed weather condition mapping, and various UI improvements
- Fixed watch text color for various complications on watchOS 26
10.3.2 09/22/2025
• iOS 26 Liquid Glass Design - Completely redesigned interface with beautiful liquid glass effects throughout the app for a modern, premium look
- Glass Effect Controls - Choose between Glass, Frosted Glass, or disable glass effects entirely for a familiar iOS18 look.
• iPhone 17 series / iPhone Air support
• Enhanced Weather Animations - New cartoon and flat style weather modes with improved realistic sun, moon, and cloud animations
• Smart Weather Alerts - Get notified when weather conditions change significantly with customizable thresholds
• AI Weather Analysis - GPT-5 powered weather insights and summaries with web search integration
• Improved Notifications - Temperature comparison alerts, enhanced sunrise/sunset notifications, and earthquake detection improvements
• Widget Enhancements - New sizes with glass backgrounds and improved data accuracy
• Bug Fixes - Fixed a reliability issue impacting push notifications for some users
- Fixed weather condition mapping, and various UI improvements
- Fixed watch text color for various complications on watchOS 26
10.3.1 09/17/2025
• iOS 26 Liquid Glass Design - Completely redesigned interface with beautiful liquid glass effects throughout the app for a modern, premium look
- Glass Effect Controls - Choose between Glass, Frosted Glass, or disable glass effects entirely for a familiar iOS18 look.
• iPhone 17 series / iPhone Air support
• Enhanced Weather Animations - New cartoon and flat style weather modes with improved realistic sun, moon, and cloud animations
• Smart Weather Alerts - Get notified when weather conditions change significantly with customizable thresholds
• AI Weather Analysis - GPT-5 powered weather insights and summaries with web search integration
• Improved Notifications - Temperature comparison alerts, enhanced sunrise/sunset notifications, and earthquake detection improvements
• Widget Enhancements - New sizes with glass backgrounds and improved data accuracy
• Bug Fixes - Fixed a reliability issue impacting push notifications for some users
- Fixed moon phase animations, weather condition mapping, and various UI improvements
10.3 09/17/2025
- iPhone 16 support
- Updated AI to gpt4.o-mini
10.2 10/01/2024
Version 10.1.2
* Smart Widget layout fixes
New in Version 10.1:
* iOS 17 Compatibility - Fully optimized and ready for iOS 17 to ensure smooth performance.
* StandBy Widgets - Freshly introduced! All small/compact widgets are now available in StandBy Mode.
* Interactive Widgets - Explore a dynamic experience with our latest interactive widget; simply tap the (i) icon to reveal more details.
* Compact Smart Weather Widget - Stay updated with the weather effortlessly using our newly released compact-sized smart weather widget. Upgrade now and experience the advancements firsthand!"
* Customizable Smart Widget - The Smart Weather Widget is now even more customizable. Select which data point you would like to see each hour.
10.1.2 10/31/2023
New in Version 10.1:
* iOS 17 Compatibility - Fully optimized and ready for iOS 17 to ensure smooth performance.
* StandBy Widgets - Freshly introduced! All small/compact widgets are now available in StandBy Mode.
* Interactive Widgets - Explore a dynamic experience with our latest interactive widget; simply tap the (i) icon to reveal more details.
* Compact Smart Weather Widget - Stay updated with the weather effortlessly using our newly released compact-sized smart weather widget. Upgrade now and experience the advancements firsthand!"
* Customizable Smart Widget - The Smart Weather Widget is now even more customizable. Select which data point you would like to see each hour.
10.1.1 10/19/2023
New in Version 10.1:
* iOS 17 Compatibility - Fully optimized and ready for iOS 17 to ensure smooth performance.
* StandBy Widgets - Freshly introduced! All small/compact widgets are now available in StandBy Mode.
* Interactive Widgets - Explore a dynamic experience with our latest interactive widget; simply tap the (i) icon to reveal more details.
* Compact Smart Weather Widget - Stay updated with the weather effortlessly using our newly released compact-sized smart weather widget. Upgrade now and experience the advancements firsthand!"
* Customizable Smart Widget - The Smart Weather Widget is now even more customizable. Select which data point you would like to see each hour.
10.1 10/18/2023
- Added ability to dismiss all tutorial cards
- Added ability to dismiss severe alerts
- Added option to display severe alerts in the toolbar rather than main screen (Settings > General)
- Added ability to swipe cards on main screen to dismiss
- Added a new Compact side list style to show more locations (Settings > Appearance)
- Added option in Home Screen widgets to change overlay opacity
- Fix for widget not displaying properly
- Fix for invalid metric units in some cases (cm vs. mm)
- Updated to new radar icon for clarity
Version 10.0.5:
- Fixed an issue where visibility charts in metric units were inaccurate
- Fixed a crash in reverse geocoding
- Fixed an issue where black and white icon sets would show colored data point icons
- Fixed an issue where the Watch app loses it's subscription on occasion
Version 10.0.4
- Now powered by ChatGPT! Set any question to ChatGPT about the weather to automatically appear for each forecast!
- Improved way to set background styles
Version 10.0.3
- Added a variety of icon packs
- Added a compact daily forecast style that is entirely customizable
- Added ability to show or hide icons in the timeline view
Version 10.0.2
- Added precipitation chance to temperature graphs
- Improved efficiency with location updates.
Version 10.0.1
- Added several new background styles including custom color, custom animated gradients, images, black & white, and the ability to use your own image.
- Added ability to customize font and font size throughout the app.
- Added ability to change forecast summary language in over 60 languages.
- Added option to select a location to load by default when opening app.
- Added 'Feels Like' as an option in Timeline customization.
- Added ability to set a custom radar URL to load instead of the built-in radar.
- Improved support for Apple Watch Ultra.
Version 10.0:
Forecast Bar has been entirely rewritten to be faster, better and more powerful! Here are some highlights and new capabilities:
- Forecast Bar AI allows you to ask any question about the day's weather--from the practical to the ridiculous
- Fully customizable detailed forecast views
- Interactive charts to view and compare many data points across the full forecast
- Gorgeous animated weather backgrounds
We'll be continuing to update Forecast Bar to add more and more powerful capabilities. Let us know what you'd like to see at support@higherbarapps.com!
10.0.6 03/15/2023
- Fixed an issue where visibility charts in metric units were inaccurate
- Fixed a crash in reverse geocoding
- Fixed an issue where black and white icon sets would show colored data point icons
- Fixed an issue where the Watch app loses it's subscription on occasion
Version 10.0.4
- Now powered by ChatGPT! Set any question to ChatGPT about the weather to automatically appear for each forecast!
- Improved way to set background styles
- Fixed an issue with empty custom radar URLs
- Fixed an issue with chart annotations on the main screen
- Improved widget reliability
- Improved sync and alert performance
Version 10.0.3
- Added a variety of icon packs
- Added a compact daily forecast style that is entirely customizable
- Fixed widget and watch getting stuck at a single location
- Fixed large home screen widget layout
- Added ability to show or hide icons in the timeline view
- Improved experience in Appearance settings
- Updated various data point icons in watch app
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements
Version 10.0.2
- Added precipitation chance to temperature graphs
- Adjusted default font size
- Adjusted graph axis label colors
- Fix option to select a location to load by default when opening app.
- Fix for Widget showing white
- Improved efficiency with location updates.
Version 10.0.1
- Added several new background styles including custom color, custom animated gradients, images, black & white, and the ability to use your own image.
- Added ability to customize font and font size throughout the app.
- Added ability to change forecast summary language in over 60 languages.
- Added option to select a location to load by default when opening app.
- Added 'Feels Like' as an option in Timeline customization.
- Added ability to set a custom radar URL to load instead of the built-in radar.
- Improved support for Apple Watch Ultra.
- Improved efficiency with location updates.
- Fix for Apple Watch complications and app not properly updating.
- Fix for an issue preventing you from hiding the data point tiles on the main screen.
- Fix where units are improperly displayed in some cases.
Version 10.0:
Forecast Bar has been entirely rewritten to be faster, better and more powerful! Here are some highlights and new capabilities:
- Forecast Bar AI allows you to ask any question about the day's weather--from the practical to the ridiculous
- Fully customizable detailed forecast views
- Interactive charts to view and compare many data points across the full forecast
- Gorgeous animated weather backgrounds
We'll be continuing to update Forecast Bar to add more and more powerful capabilities. Let us know what you'd like to see at support@higherbarapps.com!
10.0.5 03/09/2023
Version 10.0.4
- Now powered by ChatGPT! Set any question to ChatGPT about the weather to automatically appear for each forecast!
- Improved way to set background styles
- Fixed an issue with empty custom radar URLs
- Fixed an issue with chart annotations on the main screen
- Improved widget reliability
- Improved sync and alert performance
Version 10.0.3
- Added a variety of icon packs
- Added a compact daily forecast style that is entirely customizable
- Fixed widget and watch getting stuck at a single location
- Fixed large home screen widget layout
- Added ability to show or hide icons in the timeline view
- Improved experience in Appearance settings
- Updated various data point icons in watch app
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements
Version 10.0.2
- Added precipitation chance to temperature graphs
- Adjusted default font size
- Adjusted graph axis label colors
- Fix option to select a location to load by default when opening app.
- Fix for Widget showing white
- Improved efficiency with location updates.
Version 10.0.1
- Added several new background styles including custom color, custom animated gradients, images, black & white, and the ability to use your own image.
- Added ability to customize font and font size throughout the app.
- Added ability to change forecast summary language in over 60 languages.
- Added option to select a location to load by default when opening app.
- Added 'Feels Like' as an option in Timeline customization.
- Added ability to set a custom radar URL to load instead of the built-in radar.
- Improved support for Apple Watch Ultra.
- Improved efficiency with location updates.
- Fix for Apple Watch complications and app not properly updating.
- Fix for an issue preventing you from hiding the data point tiles on the main screen.
- Fix where units are improperly displayed in some cases.
Version 10.0:
Forecast Bar has been entirely rewritten to be faster, better and more powerful! Here are some highlights and new capabilities:
- Forecast Bar AI allows you to ask any question about the day's weather--from the practical to the ridiculous
- Fully customizable detailed forecast views
- Interactive charts to view and compare many data points across the full forecast
- Gorgeous animated weather backgrounds
We'll be continuing to update Forecast Bar to add more and more powerful capabilities. Let us know what you'd like to see at support@higherbarapps.com!
10.0.4 03/05/2023
Version 10.0.3
- Added a variety of icon packs
- Added a compact daily forecast style that is entirely customizable
- Fixed widget and watch getting stuck at a single location
- Fixed large home screen widget layout
- Added ability to show or hide icons in the timeline view
- Improved experience in Appearance settings
- Updated various data point icons in watch app
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements
Version 10.0.2
- Added precipitation chance to temperature graphs
- Adjusted default font size
- Adjusted graph axis label colors
- Fix option to select a location to load by default when opening app.
- Fix for Widget showing white
- Improved efficiency with location updates.
Version 10.0.1
- Added several new background styles including custom color, custom animated gradients, images, black & white, and the ability to use your own image.
- Added ability to customize font and font size throughout the app.
- Added ability to change forecast summary language in over 60 languages.
- Added option to select a location to load by default when opening app.
- Added 'Feels Like' as an option in Timeline customization.
- Added ability to set a custom radar URL to load instead of the built-in radar.
- Improved support for Apple Watch Ultra.
- Improved efficiency with location updates.
- Fix for Apple Watch complications and app not properly updating.
- Fix for an issue preventing you from hiding the data point tiles on the main screen.
- Fix where units are improperly displayed in some cases.
Version 10.0:
Forecast Bar has been entirely rewritten to be faster, better and more powerful! Here are some highlights and new capabilities:
- Forecast Bar AI allows you to ask any question about the day's weather--from the practical to the ridiculous
- Fully customizable detailed forecast views
- Interactive charts to view and compare many data points across the full forecast
- Gorgeous animated weather backgrounds
We'll be continuing to update Forecast Bar to add more and more powerful capabilities. Let us know what you'd like to see at support@higherbarapps.com!
10.0.3 02/27/2023
Version 10.0.2
- Added precipitation chance to temperature graphs
- Adjusted default font size
- Adjusted graph axis label colors
- Fix option to select a location to load by default when opening app.
- Fix for Widget showing white
- Improved efficiency with location updates.
Version 10.0.1
- Added several new background styles including custom color, custom animated gradients, images, black & white, and the ability to use your own image.
- Added ability to customize font and font size throughout the app.
- Added ability to change forecast summary language in over 60 languages.
- Added option to select a location to load by default when opening app.
- Added 'Feels Like' as an option in Timeline customization.
- Added ability to set a custom radar URL to load instead of the built-in radar.
- Improved support for Apple Watch Ultra.
- Improved efficiency with location updates.
- Fix for Apple Watch complications and app not properly updating.
- Fix for an issue preventing you from hiding the data point tiles on the main screen.
- Fix where units are improperly displayed in some cases.
Version 10.0:
Forecast Bar has been entirely rewritten to be faster, better and more powerful! Here are some highlights and new capabilities:
- Forecast Bar AI allows you to ask any question about the day's weather--from the practical to the ridiculous
- Fully customizable detailed forecast views
- Interactive charts to view and compare many data points across the full forecast
- Gorgeous animated weather backgrounds
We'll be continuing to update Forecast Bar to add more and more powerful capabilities. Let us know what you'd like to see at support@higherbarapps.com!
10.0.2 02/25/2023
- Added several new background styles including custom color, custom animated gradients, images, black & white, and the ability to use your own image.
- Added ability to customize font and font size throughout the app.
- Added ability to change forecast summary language in over 60 languages.
- Added option to select a location to load by default when opening app.
- Added 'Feels Like' as an option in Timeline customization.
- Added ability to set a custom radar URL to load instead of the built-in radar.
- Improved support for Apple Watch Ultra.
- Improved efficiency with location updates.
- Fix for Apple Watch complications and app not properly updating.
- Fix for an issue preventing you from hiding the data point tiles on the main screen.
- Fix where units are improperly displayed in some cases.
Version 10.0:
Forecast Bar has been entirely rewritten to be faster, better and more powerful! Here are some highlights and new capabilities:
- Forecast Bar AI allows you to ask any question about the day's weather--from the practical to the ridiculous
- Fully customizable detailed forecast views
- Interactive charts to view and compare many data points across the full forecast
- Gorgeous animated weather backgrounds
We'll be continuing to update Forecast Bar to add more and more powerful capabilities. Let us know what you'd like to see at support@higherbarapps.com!
10.0.1 02/21/2023
Forecast Bar has been entirely rewritten to be faster, better and more powerful! Here are some highlights and new capabilities:
- Forecast Bar AI allows you to ask any question about the day's weather--from the practical to the ridiculous
- Fully customizable detailed forecast views
- Interactive charts to view and compare many data points across the full forecast
- Gorgeous animated weather backgrounds
We'll be continuing to update Forecast Bar to add more and more powerful capabilities. Let us know what you'd like to see at support@higherbarapps.com!
10.0 02/18/2023
- New data point icons — Feels Like, Heat Index, and Wind Chill now have their own unique icons instead of sharing one.
- Offer code support — Redeem promotional subscription codes.
- Faster launch — No more "Loading location…" screen when your location is already known.
- Notification deep links — Tapping a weather notification jumps straight to the relevant data point.
- Apple Watch
- New "Show High First" option for the Infograph Modular complication (Enabled by default)
- Fixed watch complications showing the wrong high temperature for today
- Fixes
- AQI and Pollen details no longer overflow, with a new drag hint for scrolling
- Fixed issue with alerts in some northern US locations
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