Living Earth - Clock & Weather

I thoroughly enjoy using this app to keep up with weather events. The realtime view of the globe is stunning and the color overlays are really cool, too. As a resident of Interior Alaska, I wish the developers would add some script to automatically adjust the hourly forecasts to keep up with sunrise and sunset. The result of not having this is that our hourly forecasts all summer long in this, the Land of the Midnight Sun, display nothing but he moon icon - all day long. I contact them, and they fix it (thanks for the update, folks), but given that the app displays sunrise and sunset, it should be possible to integrate that data into the daily app icon displayed. We do have short days in the middle of winter, but it’s never the case in my area that the moon is the only orb potentially visible between sunrise & sunset. Is it safe to assume that the same issue arises in all subarctic regions, north and south, for users following the weather in those locations? This can be resolved programmatically.

I love this app. It gives so much information about the world: it gives worldwide weather conditions & temperatures, and mean temperatures; developing storms can be pinpointed (you can also keep track of storms as they grow into hurricanes or typhoons, or sputter out); population centers are indicated by concentrated areas of light (but only on the dark half); the app can easily be set to show specific cities that you program in; cities are marked by a small, round “light,” (though they’re unnamed!?), and more. There are features that I would love to see added, though. I’d love to have the option to use the globe for geography AND weather, plus a view showing BOTH together. For that, they would have to add a view with nations, cities, & land and water features marked. It’s the same with other views; high/low, and median high & low temps, for example, would be even better if a view showing the exact places - the names of nations, cities, mountain ranges and rivers, etc. were added. Maybe these things are available on PAID versions of this app, but I haven’t looked yet; besides, I think they should appear on the free one. I’m going to go check out the paid version[s]! But even as it is, for free... I love this app!

This is the 3rd review I have done for this app. The last one being in October of 2017. I was miffed because several locations I had programmed, namely, McMurdo Station, Antartica, Vostok Station and a few others at the bottom of the earth were no longer available. I left those locations programmed in my phone, and lo and behold, one day, several months ago, I started getting the weather in those locations again... YEA!!!! This is my go-to app for weather! It the most accurate and user friendly weather app I have (and I have several on my phone). I have had this app for several years (since it was first introduced). I was fortunate to have gotten it for free when they first started out, however, if you’re looking for a great weather app, the $2.99 they charge now for it is still a good deal! You can’t go wrong with this app. You won’t be disappointed with it at all.

This app gives the most beautiful interface of any alarm I’ve ever had. Awakening to your own choice of music or different alarm sounds is great. Getting a quick fix on the weather before bed and upon awakening is a great bonus. I love also having an up to date picture of the world’s cloud cover and storms. Sometimes the advanced features of the alarm cease to work when there is an iOS update, but customer service actually responds when you give feedback through the app, and they have fixed bugs quickly. I only lower the rating to 4 stars because I wish there was a “sleep” feature - to allow me to fall asleep to 30-60 minutes of soothing music or nature sounds, then awaken to an alarm of choice. Maybe in a future update?

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I was very excited to use an app with live clouds and tropical storm alerts, however the temperature for my location is off by nearly 20 degrees. I can't use an app that forecast inaccurate temps. Oddly the temperature for places like chandler Arizona and Den Haag holland were correct. Hmph! Guess I paid 2.99 for other accurate information. I have been cross referencing the information with weather underground, which I have been using for years and LOVE, as well as the weather channel app. Purchasing this app is your choice but I would like my $$ back. I purchased this app because I wanted the sunrise and sunset times for each day. It was a bonus when I read it's other features. This review is not properly structured but a rather ramble from my thoughts in between my work break. Thanks for reading.