Acme Weather
Ranked 4 of 14 weather apps by recommenders
Recommended as a Dark Sky successor with accurate forecasts and cool alerts; critics say free forecasts are good enough and it is US-only.
Recommended as a Dark Sky successor with accurate forecasts and cool alerts; critics say free forecasts are good enough and it is US-only.
30 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 13
- approval share
- 57%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Eager to try it
“This looks great and I'd definitely consider switching my family Weather Line plan over”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “I’m genuinely really excited to try this out.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “Acme seems to have a lot of ideas I agree with, so, definitely following this.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” Accurate forecasts, Dark Sky-like
“Amazing. Just downloaded and will happily pay the $25 if this operates anywhere close to what dark sky was before the buyout.”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “$25/yr for accurate weather predictions is valuable but I don't want app. I want api usage.”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” Cool alerts and ideas
“The rainbow and sunset alerts are really cool ideas”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “Acme seems to have a lot of ideas I agree with, so, definitely following this.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” Worth paying for
“Amazing. Just downloaded and will happily pay the $25 if this operates anywhere close to what dark sky was before the buyout.”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “This one seems pretty cool and I’d pay for it if it would be available”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Free forecasts already good enough
“Apps like this that, while beautiful, replicate functionality that is "good enough" that I can get for free”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “Feels like a big ask for the weather when there are so many other free sources to get a forecast”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “The price is reasonable I guess, but also, you can just get weather for free?”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” - Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather”
Not worth the subscription price
“I don't think that a few radar view and probability prediction are worth that amount of money.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “$25/yr for accurate weather predictions is valuable but I don't want app. I want api usage.”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “it simply has a Subscribe button before you can do anything”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” - Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather”
Only covers the US
“no android app and apparently US only”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “odd to show an example screenshot with France and Spain on the map if it's not available there”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “Yet another US-only app with US-only weather, I guess”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” Missing snow accumulation and feels-like
“Only thing I can't find is snow / rain accumulation, which is extremely important when living in the mountains.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “without 'feels like' support throughout the forecast (not just for current conditions) it wouldn't be useful where I live”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather”
Other weather apps people recommend
The four most recommended other weather apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brolly | 28 | 7 | 80% | 1 | — | — |
| Sundial weather app | 22 | 1 | 96% | 3 | — | — |
| Apple Weather | 20 | 54 | 27% | 6 | — | — |
| Acme WeatherThis page | 17 | 13 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| Yr | 12 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
30 of the 31 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Acme weather is good but not quite there yet.”
“I enjoyed the part about factoring in unpredictability.”
“it simply has a Subscribe button before you can do anything”
“No one should be using apps made by these guys after their sellout to Apple.”
“it's not very meaningful if the methods are black box”
“$25/yr for accurate weather predictions is valuable but I don't want app. I want api usage.”
“Amazing. Just downloaded and will happily pay the $25 if this operates anywhere close to what dark sky was before the buyout.”
“It would just be regurgitating information from numerical forecast models.”
“There's probably an initial "nostalgia for DarkSky" market. But beyond that? Nope.”
“I don't think that a few radar view and probability prediction are worth that amount of money.”
“not excited to pay a subscription to get Dark Sky back”
“Only thing I can't find is snow / rain accumulation, which is extremely important when living in the mountains.”
“This looks great and I'd definitely consider switching my family Weather Line plan over”
“Apps like this that, while beautiful, replicate functionality that is "good enough" that I can get for free”
“Feels like a big ask for the weather when there are so many other free sources to get a forecast”
“it would be great to look up weather on their website too not just the app”
“This one seems pretty cool and I’d pay for it if it would be available”
“Looking forward to the android version.”
“I’m genuinely really excited to try this out.”
“Why exactly should you willingly choose to have worse weather predictions between here and there?”
“Why would you pay a subscription for a weather app in the EU when national providers are already so good?”
“judging by their advertised "Community reports" feature, Acme doesn't seem to be doing this”
“without 'feels like' support throughout the forecast (not just for current conditions) it wouldn't be useful where I live”
“Acme seems to have a lot of ideas I agree with, so, definitely following this.”
“The price is reasonable I guess, but also, you can just get weather for free?”
“The rainbow and sunset alerts are really cool ideas”
“no android app and apparently US only”
“odd to show an example screenshot with France and Spain on the map if it's not available there”
“Yet another US-only app with US-only weather, I guess”
“Subscription app in 2026, no thanks.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.