rawcast — Terminal Weather
Retro Forecast & ASCII Radar
$1.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: NEXRAD live radar. 7 CRT themes, vim command bar, animated ASCII precipitation, and zero tracking. $1.99 forever.
Your weather, rendered in monospace.
rawcast is a weather app built for people who live in terminals. Real-time conditions, hourly and 10-day forecasts, animated radar, and severe weather alerts -- all drawn with ASCII art, box-drawing characters, and block-character sparklines. One-time purchase. No ads. No tracking.
---- 5 DATA VIEWS ----
Now -- current conditions at a glance: temperature, feels-like, wind, humidity, UV index, and a 60-minute precipitation timeline.
Hourly -- 24-hour forecast with temperature sparklines built from Unicode block characters.
Forecast -- 10-day outlook with high/low ranges, condition icons, and precipitation probability.
Radar -- animated ASCII radar with procedural precipitation echoes rendered as text-density maps.
Alerts -- active severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service, delivered as push notifications.
---- 7 THEMES ----
Phosphor -- classic green-on-black, the one that started it all.
Amber -- warm IBM 3278 monochrome glow.
Cyanide -- cool cyan inspired by SGI workstations.
Redline -- high-contrast red for dark environments.
Paper -- black on white, for minimalists who reject nostalgia.
Midnight -- deep navy with soft blue text.
Matrix -- digital rain green, because someone had to.
---- CRT EFFECTS ----
Optional scanline overlay and phosphor glow simulate a real cathode-ray tube. Animated rain and snow particles fall across the display. Effects auto-disable on older devices to preserve frame rate.
---- VIM COMMAND BAR ----
Type to navigate. Switch views, change locations, toggle themes -- all from a command bar inspired by modal text editors. Tap works too.
---- WIDGETS ----
Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets display current conditions in your chosen theme. Updated in the background so your weather is always fresh.
---- BUILT FOR DEVELOPERS ----
rawcast is designed by developers, for developers. Every UI element uses JetBrains Mono. Every data visualization is built from Unicode characters. The interface is dense, information-rich, and beautiful in a way only a terminal can be.
Save up to 10 locations. Switch units between metric and imperial. Background refresh keeps your data current.
---- PRIVACY ----
Powered exclusively by Apple WeatherKit. No third-party SDKs, no analytics, no ads, no account required. Your location data never leaves your device. Privacy policy: rawcast.app/privacy
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1.2.0 — visionOS support
- rawcast now runs natively on Apple Vision Pro, with a parallel
spatial layer designed for landscape glass windows.
- New HOLO theme: cyan-teal hologram palette, visionOS exclusive.
Type :theme holo to try it.
- Widgets now follow your selected theme on all platforms.
- Fixed visual gaps in the Large widget's 5-day forecast table.
- Plus a cleaner Hourly and Forecast view on visionOS.
iOS users: this build is purely a refresh — no behavioral changes
to iOS view code.
The developer, Juergen Klaassen, 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.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Juergen Klaassen
- Size
- 2.1 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 rawcast
