Ventusky: Weather Maps & Radar App Reviews

I love this app. Beautiful design, great weather information. Can’t believe it’s free. Unfortunately, I don’t need the features that would make the upgrade to subscription level worth it - I don’t like paying subscription fees for any app - but I would willingly pay a reasonable purchase price for what is provided here for free. Only improvement I would suggest is being able to fully collapse the daily weather info on the bottom and have the full screen available for the radar/wind graphics.

It is a good tool to have for supporting documentation.

It’s one of the best weather apps I’ve found since Weather Underground turned into garbage many years ago. Still, it’s awkward to use. There needs to be easier ways to set the current location and reset the view to “current time” after sliding into the future. The interface is design over function and is often frustrating. Again though, it’s better than 99% of the weather apps out there and at least isn’t owned by The Weather Channel or Accuweather…yet.

Love the app but the app no longer has the future projections available.

In the Midwest a person needs to know all aspects of current and future aspects of storms, wind direction, velocity, rain, snow, wind gusts, duration of event. It’s not enough to know “current conditions”, you better have some idea of what’s around the corner. Love the coverage.

Use it all the time

…but sometimes a bit difficult to navigate with the horizontal date sliders

There is not a better application for flying, you can see the big picture days in advance for that 4-5 day trip. This app is simply PERFECT.

All information we need wind, storms, tornado, rain, temperatures, pressure etc is very understandable. You can always find the best route for your safe driving.

So informative🤩!!

I have come to love and rely on this app to help me through awful weather conditions. I was looking for something with long-range forecasts, and the forecast models on Vantusky are incredibly helpful. I despise subscription apps, especially for weather. This is so good, I would most certainly pay a one-time fee for it. Highly recommended!

This is the best weather information service I’ve ever seen or used and that’s coming from a person who was an international airline pilot for 30 years and is acquainted with weather services worldwide.

Love the app, but I have to delete and download it every time I try to open it. Otherwise, it will just flash and close. A major nuisance, but once open, it is outstanding.

I started using Ventusky after it was announced that Dark Sky was being discontinued. I like it overall, because it has pretty much all the weather information I want/need. I find the presentation a bit overwhelming, though. So MUCH info! The one thing I wish was front and center is the radar map view that shows where the rain is. I live in a rainy place and really appreciate the ability to quickly see the weather windows when I can get outside for a walk in between rainstorms!

This is by far the best source for accurate weather. I have only one request - allow me to change the names of Saved Locations. Reason - Example: entering any GPS coordinate within a large city such as Los Angeles uses “Los Angeles” for all of them. Also, your Contact Info does not include a form or email to reply.

I have turned on many of my friends onto this app because I love it so much,I don’t share things that don’t work and that are not comprehensive or accurate or effective. This app is wonderful and easy to use. I use it every time I go out especially if I’m boating or going to the beach because the wind can really impact those outings. I find this app a lot more engaging than many other weather related apps! Best money I ever spent!!

I love this app this is my most favorite one. Is there anyway you could put the lightning data on the world radar and have it for around the world even if it’s just lightning in the last hour I would pay more I still give it a 10 and look forward to new changes in the future. Can the animation of the frontal boundaries and positions in the models can they be a little smoother? Thank you.

I love the information you provide however I find your use of colors with the text and fonts to be substandard. First, one should be able to adjust the size of the font. Often I am trying to determine small black numbers on a dark background, like tracking wind speed on the ocean, or radar where water is dark grey. The numbers are a small, thin, black font. That makes the app useless. You should have a way to change that.

I frequently use Ventusky for boating and hunting. The graphics clearly show wind activity and other weather elements.

Are use it quite often as it has proven to be very accurate covers, a wide area, geographically, and a number of different technical parts of the weather

Very good weather app. I like the variety of options and the way it is displayed and the easy of use. I highly recommend it.

I had used the free version for a few years. I upgraded to the paid version a few months ago. Since the upgrade both on my phone and iPad, it freezes at the log-in screen every couple of days. I have to delete the app and download it again from the App Store. Then I have to reset all my preferences. Not sure which bug fixes were accomplished recently, but this instability bug should be the next one worked on. Otherwise, it is the best weather app available!

They go into the future and pretty much hit it right on, I’ve only seen a couple times that was a little off, but it’s hard to predict five days in advance, they do a great job.

We hike often long distance from any weather reporting points and Ventusky gives us the best information hands down.

This is probably one of the best lesser known weather apps on the market. The level of customization is amazing. A must have for weather nerds or someone who wants more than just the basics. The developers switched to a subscription model recently and handled it correctly by respecting users who purchased previously. Support is very responsive as well and their privacy policy is fair and respects the user.

The best app for weather. Highly recommend this app 🤩🤩🤩

I have used many many weather apps. I really like this one. Definitely worth the money!

Love looking at this app at the weather models, it is very useful, one recommendation I would say would make this better is humidity and dewpoint at different altitudes in the atmosphere. I wish they also had water vapor and it satellites. Other than that great app for forecasting.

Great Wx app. It’s better than the Wx Chanel. Can tell right where storm is going. My go to weather source. LOVE IT! I totally agree. As a prior/retired usaf aviator this is my go to source. Trust much more than “The W/X CHANNEL.”

I photograph and report on wildfires and Ventusky has become an indispensable tool in understanding conditions. I first saw it in the hands of a fire captain who was waiting for a major flame front to hit, and sure enough, like it said. Thank you.

Apple's Weather app is often wrong (especially about rain), and Ventusky has become my source of truth. Not sure why there is such a difference. It's 2022.

Easy to navigate, different data

Best weather app I’ve used! Great radar, forecasts and graphics! Five ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Great app. Reminds me of Windy.

Just downloaded this app from a recommendation of a neighbor, all I see is little wind directions but how do I tell precipitation forecast? I’m not seeing clouds or colors,Just because I’m not familiar with this app yet. Could someone give me a little insight? Thanks so much!

I’m often reading the wave size while out in my boat and the black mini numbers are nearly impossible to read against your gray background!

The type size and background color make it hard to read the wave height numbers for older users even with glasses. Please consider offering a larger font size. Thanks

Unless I missed it, why would it not open to your location on the map? Also would like to be able to tap target to get to current map location. It gives me current location written reports, phases, etc. Just seems to be missing these map options.

Details on temperature, precipitation, wind etc on maps that can progress by the hour or every three hours.

Loved this app since day one nothing to complain about. Kudos.

I have the paid version, and the app has been crashing about the last 3 months . My iOS is updated regularly. The app also needs a little more interface with the updates in doplar real time .

This app is a necessity in my business. Helps plan our day, every day. Information, maps and graphics are great. We were introduced to app from a charter fishing boat captain and have used every day since!!!

Everything I need for my weather information

Very helpful for truckers. Direction of wind speed. Just needs navigation with it. Better visibility to see roads

I love this app in weather with lots of wind. Used it in conjunction with radar app to avoid tornadoes and hurricanes.