Ambient Almanac
Slow, minimal, atmospheric
$3.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A calm, living almanac. Watch the sky change with the weather, follow the moon and seasons, and know the best days to plant.
Gentle sounds drift through ambient moodscapes that change with the time, location, and meteorological conditions.
• Live weather visualized as drifting light, clouds, rain, and snow
• Seasonal gardening guidance
• Foraging and market produce by location (North America, for now)
• Daily entries from Weather Proverbs, a 19th century collection of folk meteorology
• Realtime meteorological conditions and forecast dashboard
• Moon phases, times, and calendar
• Daily atmospheric vibes and seasonal observations
• Land, terrain, & soil profile
• Gentle nature sounds from field recordings
• In-app postcard mailing
• Widget support (phase 1, more to come)
• Human-crafted design
• No generative AI content
• No ads
• No tracking
• Buy once, free updates ∞
Feedback welcome — new features added regularly. Please leave a review if you are enjoying the app!
• Now in 7 languages: Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.
• Best days by the moon: lunar-gardening guidance from the moon's phase and sign.
• Tide tables for U.S. coastal cities.
• Daylight tracker: total daylight and whether days are getting longer.
• Frost watch in the planting guide.
• Home-screen alerts for frost and severe weather.
• Sharper solstices & equinoxes, correct for both hemispheres.
• Smoother city switching, a thunderstorm fix, and polish.
The developer, Tomato Laboratories, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Tomato Laboratories LLC
- Size
- 103.5 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.2 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.2 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 6 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Tomato Laboratories LLC
