New weather app

[John Myers]

Just released a 3D weather app we have been working on for awhile, targeted at pilots. Lots of things yet to do, this is a very 1.0 release. Interested in feedback anyone has. Requires iOS 16, it is free.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ottoweather/id1367621687

 

[John Myers]

Looks like this got moved to classified ads. I'm not selling anything, this is not a commercial app.

Sigh.

 

[RyanB]

Looks like this got moved to classified ads. I'm not selling anything, this is not a commercial app.

Sigh.

You’re advertising a product to the general public, so I would say this does indeed belong within The Classifieds.

 

[aggie06]

Is this an iPad app? Willing to try it but just trying to figure out where to install it.

 

[John Myers]

You’re advertising a product to the general public, so I would say this does indeed belong within The Classifieds.

Everything else in this section is something being sold, so it doesn't seem to fit (this is more of a hobby project), but I'll leave it at that as we might need to eventually charge something to cover the server expenses.

It is an iPadOS app, and it requires iPadOS 16 - performance on older devices isn't great so we drew the line there.

 

[Dave Anderson]

it's not on the app store?

 

[MooneyDriver78]

it's not on the app store?

I found it, it’s only for iPads so you won’t see it from your iPhone.

 

[6t6]

Is there a cost or just a free demo?

 

[Skyrys62]

Does it collect personal data?

 

[John Myers]

This has in my opinion confusingly been placed in this section by admins so I understand the questions. To be clear, this is essentially a hobby project, you cannot buy it and there is no demo. We may charge something down the road to recoup the server costs but it is currently 100% free. It collects no personal data. There is a Beechtalk thread on this app that I’ll be posting more info on as we release updates:
https://www.beechtalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=213339&view=unread#unread

 

[TCABM]

For clarity, this app requires iPad or Mac. Not available for iPhone.

 

[Randomskylane]

What’s the orange and red candy cane mean? Straight line over New Jersey

 

[Initial Fix]

I’ll admit I’m a weather geek. Looking forward to this working on my iPhone which I use for 99% of my WX planning.

 

[edessa]

Can't use it with my 2019 MacBook Pro. No M1 chip.

 

[John Myers]

I’ll admit I’m a weather geek. Looking forward to this working on my iPhone which I use for 99% of my WX planning.

That's the plan, we are just finishing higher resolution weather and have a few other high priority items then will work on a proper mac verison (right now you can't tilt on the mac version) and iPhone. I think the cloud data will look pretty cool.

 

[Initial Fix]

Looking forward to it!