Darksun Weather app

Darksun Weather

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Darksun Weather releases & changelog

2.0.0 (currently under development)

  • Built from the ground up as a native iOS app for a faster, smoother experience
  • New Air Quality tab with detailed pollutant levels and health guidance
  • Personalized pollen & allergy tracking with pollen forecasts and real-time pollen levels (EU only)
  • Siri support — ask Siri for the current weather, daily forecast, hourly forecast, air quality, and pollen report
  • Shortcuts support — automate weather checks, manage your saved locations, and pipe weather data into other Shortcuts
  • Home screen widget with real-time weather data (work in progress)
  • Feels-like temperature — toggle between actual and feels-like temperature across all forecast views
  • Hourly display modes — choose between Hourly, Dynamic, or Bi-hourly views to see the level of detail you prefer
  • Tap any hourly row to reveal adjacent hours for more detail
  • Wind direction arrows now shown alongside wind speed in the hourly forecast
  • Daily forecast now shows precipitation and wind range bars when in Rain or Wind mode
  • Beautiful fluid water wave animation for precipitation indicators
  • Redesigned current conditions with cloud cover, wind gusts, and wind details
  • Sunrise and sunset times are now shown in the location's local timezone
  • More precise location names — you'll see your actual neighborhood instead of generic district names
  • Rename your saved locations with custom names — tap and hold or swipe to rename
  • Swipe actions on saved locations for quick delete and rename
  • In-app language selection — change the app language without changing your device settings
  • Now available in Spanish, joining English, French, and Greek
  • Additional weather sources — connect your own API key for PirateWeather, OpenWeatherMap, or Visual Crossing
  • Haptic feedback throughout the app for a more tactile experience
  • Significantly improved performance and reduced battery usage
  • Redesigned navigation with a new weather mode picker
  • Refreshed tutorial and onboarding experience
  • No-rain icon now shown in daily view for days with zero precipitation
  • Weather data automatically refreshes when you return to the app

1.6.0

  • New Language Support: Darksun Weather is now available in French (thanks to contributor: Sylvain Neveu) and Greek. The app will automatically follow your device's language. If you want to change the language, you can do so in your device's settings.

1.5.0

  • Darksun Weather will now automatically match your device color scheme (dark/light mode)
  • Hourly Rain indicators now show the actual precipitation value (in mm or inches). Scroll to the bottom of the weather screen and tap on the rain unit to switch.
  • Hourly Wind and Rain indicators are now positioned horizontally consistently, according to intensity, for easier comprehension & comparison across days.
  • Reduced weather parameters' intensity colors from 5 to 3 (comfortable/moderate/uncomfortable), for easier comprehension.
  • Hourly Wind and Rain indicators are highlighted in red, when intensity is 'uncomfortable'.
  • Added support for wind speed units in Beaufort scale (Bft) and Kilometers per hour (km/h). Scroll to the bottom of the weather screen and tap on the wind unit to switch.
  • Fixed bugs

1.4.3

  • Darksun Weather will ask you for a review after you’ve used it a few times. We appreciate your feedback!
  • Fixed accessibility issues
  • Minor UI tweaks

1.4.2

  • Added animation when dismissing guidance views
  • Fixed issue where some UI elements were clipped when expanding daily forecasts
  • Minor UI tweaks

1.4.1

  • Fixed weather parameters UI glitch when the bar fills close to 100%
  • Fixed Met Norway not refetching forecast when toggling temperature / wind speed units

1.4.0

  • Added guidance for weather parameters view
  • Darksun Weather will not trigger system prompts to enable location services when GPS is disabled. It will continue working with the last known location, and display a “No GPS” info message.
  • Changed guidance icon
  • Improved geolocation handling

1.3.0

  • Added inline guidance to explain how Darksun Weather works
  • Small UI tweaks & improvements to the current-weather container
  • Added new rain icon
  • Various UI tweaks
  • Fixed minor UI issues
  • Fixed an issue where the current GPS location name wouldn’t be handled correctly
  • Fixed bugs

1.2.0

  • You can now view the current “feels like” temperature when using Open Meteo
  • You can now set your preferred temperature (C/F) and wind speed (m/s / mph) units by tapping on the corresponding buttons at the bottom of the screen
  • Fixed bugs