Dark Sky

Floody Boreland · 02-04-2020 8:42am #1

My goto weather website Dark Sky is is joining Apple and closing it's website on July 1st.

Need something similar. Any suggestions?

Discodog · 04-04-2020 10:44am

Arcus is exactly the same & free.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arcusweather.darksky&hl=en-GB

I have had both running & they coincide.

Popoutman · 13-04-2020 6:30pm

Pretty uncool of Apple tbh. They're taking one out of the Microsoft expansionist playbook, of embrace-extend-extinguish. Pulling the API access next year is not good, and not even giving a pay-for option.

There are quite a lot of astronomically useful applications that pull the originating data from DarkSky. One in particular that I use daily is Clear Outside, and that gets most of its data from that source.

Discodog · 13-04-2020 8:34pm

Popoutman wrote: »

Pretty uncool of Apple tbh. They're taking one out of the Microsoft expansionist playbook, of embrace-extend-extinguish. Pulling the API access next year is not good, and not even giving a pay-for option.

There are quite a lot of astronomically useful applications that pull the originating data from DarkSky. One in particular that I use daily is Clear Outside, and that gets most of its data from that source.

I have a horrible feeling that Arcus use Dark Sky.

notfromhere · 17-04-2020 12:45pm

Have a look at Shadow Weather.Just downloaded it this morning and it looks ok.

Discodog · 17-04-2020 5:40pm

Arcus have confirmed that their app will stop. Where will Shadow get their data from ?

Discodog · 06-06-2020 5:23pm

Tried Shadow & there appears to be no 30 minute rain update like Dark Sky's. Has anyone found an app that offers the accurate rain tracking of Dark Sky ?

Discodog · 07-06-2020 5:23pm

Just downloaded the Beta version of Accuweather. Looks promising.

Discodog · 02-08-2020 10:14am

Dark Sky android is now dead & none of the other apps, despite their claims, offer 15 minute rain warning notifications. Seems unclear as to whether Arcus has stopped.

Has anyone found anything ?

drunkmonkey · 03-08-2020 4:07pm

In the same boat, f'n apple that's seriously anti competitive. So what's the next best thing..can't see the Accu betas

Discodog · 03-08-2020 5:11pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

In the same boat, f'n apple that's seriously anti competitive. So what's the next best thing..can't see the Accu betas

So far Accu Beta has been useless as it doesn't notify. If you have to check the app you might as well check the radar yourself. I posted on reddit & got a long list of apps - many claiming to be the new Dark Sky. But so far none of them give the same rain notifications as Dark Sky.

Discodog · 04-08-2020 8:39am

Appy weather claim to offer rain notifications but you have to subscribe. I tried it & it's hopeless - got a notification to say it will rain today :rolleyes:

Floody Boreland · 01-01-2023 9:44am

Gone from Windows now. Bad start to 2023.

AnCatDubh · 26-01-2023 11:55pm

Came across this recently: https://merrysky.net/

Styled on Dark Sky. Liking it so far.

pauldry · 27-01-2023 2:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120051795#Comment_120051795

Not my Windows dark sky out all of them currently.

Discodog · 27-01-2023 8:58am

The closest to Dark Sky is Accuweather & Shadow weather. Both give minutely forecasts but neither give alerts so you have to manually check them. Shadow does have an alert but it's one hour refresh time restricts it. The Shadow widget is good

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