Carrot Weather
Ranked 9 of 14 weather apps by recommenders
Praised for its Dark Sky-style interface, rain alerts and accuracy, and used daily by fans. A critic says it shares a problem common to many weather apps.
Praised for its Dark Sky-style interface, rain alerts and accuracy, and used daily by fans. A critic says it shares a problem common to many weather apps.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Dark Sky-style interface and vertical view
“has a vertical view that matches Dark Sky in everything but Map, and I use it all the time”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)” “Carrot Weather can show you Accuweather with Dark Sky’s interface.”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)” “they are mostly a good UI”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)” Accurate forecasts
“consistently one of the most accurate apps I've used”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)” “no matter what source of data I use in places like Carrot or the ios weather app gives me the accuracy Darksky had”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)” Used daily and well liked
“It is an amazing app that I inadvertently use more than any other on my iPhone.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “If users notice your software, you're a loser” “I've been happy with Carrot.”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)”
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 Weather | 17 | 13 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| Carrot WeatherThis page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“CARROT has this and it’s amazing! You can “time travel” back as far as you want.”
“Very little reason for any weather app beyond Carrot”
“It is an amazing app that I inadvertently use more than any other on my iPhone.”
“Carrot Weather can show you Accuweather with Dark Sky’s interface.”
“I've been happy with Carrot.”
“This is a problem that Carrot Weather and many of the other apps mentioned in the comments here also have.”
“has a vertical view that matches Dark Sky in everything but Map, and I use it all the time”
“the "it's going to rain hard in XX minutes" notifications are awesome, especially with a dog”
“consistently one of the most accurate apps I've used”
“they are mostly a good UI”
“no matter what source of data I use in places like Carrot or the ios weather app gives me the accuracy Darksky had”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.