iPhone Weather Application

I typically use the Weather iPhone app once a week, at most. The only reason I would ever use the application is if a friend asked me the weather for a certain day of the week. Outside is trying to change the way we see weather applications on the iPhone with their new iPhone app developed by Robocat.

Outside combines current weather and local forecasts with custom
push notifications on the iPhone. With Outside, you can setup push notifications for various weather conditions and get alerts when the weather matches your criteria, even when the app isn’t running. To get the notifications, you have to sign up for a subscription service. You get 30 days of push notifications when you purchase Outside, and then for $1, you get another 90 days of notifications. A yearly plan is in works as well.

The application’s UI is beautiful, and it’s the work of Michael Flarup, one of the most amazing designers I’ve seen on the internet. Just his blog is breathtaking, which of course translates to the apps beautiful design as well.

In the end, Outside is really trying to change the way we see the weather applications, and make them enjoyable to use, and I can definitely see Outside making that happen.