Rather than swiping between screens, you tap on what information you want to appear – hourly weather, daily forecast, or monthly forecast. Unlike BeWeather, each location in your weather list only has one screen. The information screens are a little more cluttered, but they still appear very clean. It gives me the impression of being designed to fit in with iOS 7. Weather Line takes simplicity in a slightly different direction. A more detailed forecast, and some additional information, is just one more swipe away in BeWeather. More information is just a few swipes away.įigure 3. While I wish the main screen displayed a little bit more information, the layout is very clean and friendly to the eyes. One swipe up on the main image from BeWeather gives you some forecast information.īeWeather has a nice interface and easy to use controls. In additional menus, you can adjust various units, identify nearby weather stations, and even find some local webcams.įigure 2. You can also tap on a radar image to bring up local radar (and choose options for map type, the overlay, storm tracking, and hurricane tracking). You can tap on a warning triangle to bring up any local weather warnings (uh-oh, I might be some icing on Friday night!). The main page on BeWeather is very clean, with a nice static or animated image, but doesn't display a lot of detail. One more swipe up brings you more details – wind direction and speed, moon status, visibility, UV index, as well as a detailed three day written forecast.įigure 1. On a side note, the hourly forecast also identifies when sunrise and sunset occur. You can swipe up to bring up a forecast, including a weekly, hourly and 1 hour forecast. The screen is very basic, with the current temperature and current conditions. BeWeather has a very simplistic main screen, with an animated or static weather image that represents the current conditions. Both BeWeather and Weather Line are very good at presentation and information, although they both lack some ability of customization, and in fact I like both of them more than my current weather App – My-Cast.įirst, the nitty-gritty for each app. Information has to do with the usefulness of the information and the amount of information presented. Presentation has to do with the visual style as well as the accessibility of information (or how it is presented). Usually weather apps can do one of these very well, but the best manage to balance the two. In my mind, the goal of a weather app is to balance two things: presentation and information. Weather Line, by OffCoast LLCįirst off, let me say that for some reason I love weather apps. This is…App Showdown.įree ($2.99 to unlock pro version), **** (iPhone app) Rather than simply post a review of each one, I think it is more beneficial to have contrast/compare review, looking at the relative strengths and weaknesses of each app. Powered by Forecast, makers of the Dark Sky app.App Showdown: Weather Line vs BeWeather (compared to My-Cast)Įvery now and then I will have two or more similar apps to review. "Rain in 10 min, will stop after 15 min", USA and UK only). Added hyperlocal up to the minute rain forecasts (i.e. Added more forecast details (precipition amounts) Added more current weather information (UV index, visibility) You can download it now from BeWeather 10 Pro - BlackBerry World (If you do not see the update right away, it might take a couple of hours before it becomes available globally) This update will wipe all your locations! This update is free for all users of BeWeather 10 Pro. We are happy to announce that version 2.0 of BeWeather 10 Pro is now available on BlackBerry World!
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