# Acme Weather Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/acme-weather/ 10 people recommended Acme Weather in Hacker News comments, 7 had mixed feelings and 13 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 10 of the 10 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Acme Weather”. **Verdict:** Criticized more than recommended: critics say free forecasts are good enough and it is US-only; those who recommend it see it as a Dark Sky successor with accurate forecasts and cool alerts. Summary written by Claude from the comments below. ## What people warn about - Free forecasts already good enough (4 comments in the sample): "Apps like this that, while beautiful, replicate functionality that is "good enough" that I can get for free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104473)) "Feels like a big ask for the weather when there are so many other free sources to get a forecast" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104418)) "The price is reasonable I guess, but also, you can just get weather for free?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099467)) - Not worth the subscription price (3 comments in the sample): "I don't think that a few radar view and probability prediction are worth that amount of money." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106413)) "it simply has a Subscribe button before you can do anything" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47113080)) "not excited to pay a subscription to get Dark Sky back" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106400)) - Only covers the US (3 comments in the sample): "no android app and apparently US only" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099303)) "odd to show an example screenshot with France and Spain on the map if it's not available there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099284)) "Yet another US-only app with US-only weather, I guess" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099096)) - Missing snow accumulation and feels-like (2 comments in the sample): "Only thing I can't find is snow / rain accumulation, which is extremely important when living in the mountains." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105311)) "without 'feels like' support throughout the forecast (not just for current conditions) it wouldn't be useful where I live" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099666)) ## Why people recommend it - Eager to try it (3 comments in the sample): "This looks great and I'd definitely consider switching my family Weather Line plan over" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104810)) "I’m genuinely really excited to try this out." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47100654)) "Acme seems to have a lot of ideas I agree with, so, definitely following this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099556)) - Accurate forecasts, Dark Sky-like (2 comments in the sample): "Amazing. Just downloaded and will happily pay the $25 if this operates anywhere close to what dark sky was before the buyout." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106964)) "$25/yr for accurate weather predictions is valuable but I don’t want app. I want api usage." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107122)) - Cool alerts and ideas (1 comment in the sample): "The rainbow and sunset alerts are really cool ideas" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099455)) - Worth paying for (1 comment in the sample): "This one seems pretty cool and I’d pay for it if it would be available" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47101107)) ## Other weather apps people recommend - [Apple Weather](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-weather/): 12 recommend, 6 mixed, 48 criticize - [Yr](https://hackerapproved.com/p/yr-no/): 12 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize - [wttr.in](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wttr-in/): 10 recommend, 1 mixed, 3 criticize - [Breezy Weather](https://hackerapproved.com/p/breezy-weather/): 8 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Acme Weather", https://hackerapproved.com/p/acme-weather/ (10 recommend, 7 mixed, 13 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.