Weather
(Not Boring) Weather
A forecast app with a game-like 3D interface, minute-by-minute rain timing and moon phases.
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- Developer
- Not Boring Software LLC
- Score
- 4.7
- Downloads
- 10K+ ratings
- Age
- Rated 4+
- Version
- 3.54
- Price
- Free
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About this app
The weather app from Not Boring Software treats the forecast as something to look at rather than a grid of numbers. Rain falls, thunder rolls and wind moves across a 3D scene built in the style of a video game. It pulls from several providers: Accuweather, Foreca and Apple Weather among them, plus the National Weather Service. Beyond current conditions it covers temperature trends, air quality, pollen, cloud cover, visibility, humidity and UV index. Minute Forecasts aim to tell you when a shower will start and stop. Home and lock screen widgets show live conditions, severe weather alerts flag storms and heat waves, and a moon phase view tracks the next full or new moon. There is even a small minigame called Cloudburst tucked inside. The core app is free. Realtime widgets, faster forecasts and the deeper AQI and pollen data sit behind a paid upgrade, and the developer says there are no ads and no tracking.
(Not Boring) Weather: the full guide
What the app is
Most forecast apps hand you a grid of numbers. This one from Not Boring Software renders the weather as a small 3D scene instead, so a rainy afternoon looks like rain and a gusty one has wind moving across the screen. Underneath the presentation it leans on several data providers, including Accuweather, Foreca, Apple Weather and the National Weather Service.
The coverage is broader than the playful look suggests: pollen counts, air quality, cloud cover, temperature trends, humidity, UV index, a minute-level rain timer, moon phases and widgets for the home and lock screen. There's also a hidden minigame called Cloudburst.
How it works day to day
A typical day starts with a glance at the lock screen widget rather than opening the app at all. When you do open it, the scene tells you the headline at once and the numbers sit around it for anyone who wants detail. Before heading out you'd check the Minute Forecast to see whether a shower is about to start or stop, and on a clear night the moon phase view answers the question of when the next full moon falls.
Severe weather alerts interrupt that routine only when a storm or heat wave is on the way, which is how it should be.
Why people look for it
People search for it because they have seen the 3D scene somewhere and want to know whether it's more than a gimmick. The minute-level rain timing and the no-ads, no-tracking stance are the practical reasons that keep them, and the 4.7 rating from more than ten thousand reviewers suggests the novelty holds up.
Look and feel
The interface is the whole pitch: a game-engine style scene with weather happening inside it, and the five screenshots on the page are presumably there to show that off. Expect bold visuals and a layout that puts the picture first and the data second, which is unusual for the Weather category and will not suit everyone.
Updates and upkeep
A version number of 3.54 points to a long run of incremental releases, and the developer's name is on the product itself, which usually means a small team with a stake in keeping it alive. Only the App Store is linked, so Android users are out of luck. Beyond that the listing gives no release dates, so treat this as a healthy sign rather than a guarantee.
