2026-01-22
Version 3.0.15 update
Not a fan of the update. Look & feel poor, lost functionality, lost saved locations, adverts in the way. Why do developers constantly want to fix stuff that’s not broke?
Updating
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#1 in Top Free Apps > Weather
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#75 in Top Grossing Apps > Weather
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#1 in Top Free iPad Apps > Weather
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#32 in Top Grossing iPad Apps > Weather
Description
The Met Office app gives accurate forecasts 1 hour to 7 days ahead, with real-time warnings and interactive weather maps.
Trusted by millions, the Met Office app helps you stay safe and plan with confidence. Whether it's a quick check before heading out or detailed forecasts for the week ahead, we provide the most accurate weather information for the UK.
Why choose the Met Office app?
Our forecasts are designed to keep you informed and prepared, from short-term updates to long-range outlooks.
Key features
* accurate forecasts from 1 hour to 7 days ahead for your chosen locations
* UK National Severe Weather Warnings to help you stay safe during extreme conditions
* instant notifications for UK National Severe Weather Warnings
* interactive weather maps, including rainfall, last 6 hours of rain, and severe weather
* video forecasts for the latest updates from our experts
Accurate forecasts including:
* probability of rain or snow
* actual and 'feels like' temperature
* wind speed, direction, and gusts
* sunrise and sunset times
* air pollution
* regional pollen forecasts and notifications between March and September
* UV Index, visibility, and humidity
Ad free version
There is an in-app purchase to remove adverts for £7.99 a year.
Feedback
The Met Office is committed to delivering new features based on your feedback and the reviews we receive. If you love our app, rate and review it in the App Store. If you have any suggestions please email enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk
Data compliance
The Met Office app uses your location information to give you the most accurate and localised weather forecast possible. To turn off location settings at any time, select 'Settings' on your device, then the Met Office App, then disable location. To get a local forecast you will need to search for locations within the app. For more information on how we use any personal information collected about you, please see our Privacy policy (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/policies/app-privacy-policy) and Cookie policy (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/help/cookies)
About the Met Office
The Met Office is the UK's national weather service. Recognised as a world leader in providing weather and climate services, and as one of the world's most accurate forecasters. We are also responsible for the UK National Severe Weather Warning Service, mandated by UK Government, which aims to give advance warning of extreme weather to the public. See www.metoffice.gov.uk for more information.
Accessibility statement
We want as many people as possible to be able to use this mobile application. You can view our accessibility statement at https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/policies/app-accessibility
Consent to installation of the app
Under data protection laws we are required to provide you with certain information about who we are, how we process your personal information and for what purposes and your rights in relation to your personal information. This information is provided in the Met Office Privacy Policy. It is important that you read that information before installation of this App.
How to withdraw consent
Once you provide consent by downloading the app and selecting ‘I Accept’, you may change your mind and withdraw consent at any time by uninstalling the App. That will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent.
What's New in Version 3.0.16
In this release we have:
* added feels like to the hourly data
* improved maps scrolling
* added play button to maps timeline
* fixed bugs
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Information
Developer
Categories
Version
3.0.16
Size
87.2 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 15.1 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17Pro, iPhone 17ProMax, iPhone Air, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro11M5, iPad Pro11M5Cellular, iPad Pro13M5, iPad Pro13M5Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.7 of 5 (609,205 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2026-01-22
So update
Shocking update can’t believe how poor this new version is. Whoever signed this off for public release needs to be sacked
2026-01-22
Latest version
This has made the app much less user friendly and clunky! Such a same, this was my go to weather app. But now I am searching for something better. The update requires too many click between pane and make it difficult to see wind gust, feels like temp etc all together. The info is still in the app but now it is in different sections making it slower and more difficult to use. Please reverse the changes 😒
2026-01-22
Emphasis on look over usability
Latest update forces the app to default to a phone generated location regardless of geography. If you live, as I do, in a rural location with a ‘computer says’ default phone location picking a town miles away with different geography, then you will need to either click away from the default and reassign your own location choice each time , or turn off your location in the app. If you turn off locations then you’ll get less functionality and also have to click multiple ‘turn on your location’ message whenever you use the app. Both choices are very annoying I think. An override default location should be possible surely? Anyone who knows about weather and technology should know that phone location software does not take geography into account, yet local weather is heavily influenced by geography! This basic failure has made me wonder about the whole competence of the app and forecast to be honest. Added to this I had 25 saved locations which I frequently use for planning activities which the update deleted so had to put them all back in again. Again annoying, but at least recoverable. The new look I personally don’t like, I find it harder for my eye to focus on the information, too much space between. I think a tight dashboard of information which could then be clicked on to focus in would be better to get an overview, from which I can decide which weather aspect to concentrate on that day. I’m currently looking at alternative weather apps to see if this is still the best of a bad lot.
2026-01-22
Previous version was simpler to use
If it ain’t ‘t broken, why fix it?
2026-01-22
Ruined
The recent update has ruined a perfectly good app. It is now, slow and clunky. :-(
2026-01-22
Backwards update
The latest update was definitely a step backwards. There is too much detail for me and it does not forecast as far ahead as some other apps.
2026-01-22
New update to the app sucks!
Please just change it back……
2026-01-22
A perfectly adequate app has been trashed by the latest refresh.
In the old app in a single view with a little scrolling down the one page all the basic weather conditions data was there and quickly viewed: temperature actual and feels like, rainfall and percentage risk, wind speed and direction and gust speeds. And the weather map had been developed to a very useable feature. Unfortunately for whatever reason (change for change sake?) meto have made the app more complicated and fragmented requiring more clicks to get the same data. Very disappointing. The meto app is no longer my default weather app unless or until significant changes are made.
2026-01-22
Awful new look
Looks tacky and doesn’t operate in the same way as the previous app. Almost as if someone thought hey I use this other app, let’s make it a bit more like that one. I know people who deleted it immediately and now I’m going to be joining them in preference to using an American based weather app. Good job, they’ve done it better.
2026-01-22
Please can we have the old one back?
App insists I live somewhere else and won’t let me bump my location to the top.
The icons used to be very clear, now it says 1 raindrop and then two underneath so at a glance is it drizzle or a downpour? Scroll across function used to give more times with one swipe, now you have to swipe loads of times as they are so big. Please can we have the old one back, it was brilliant, no idea why you messed with it!
The satellite map is a fuzzy mess! Used to be very clear.
2026-01-22
Massive step backwards
The latest version, of this once fantastic app, is a massive step backwards. The interface is clunky and slow to navigate and data is not as clearly presented. I can’t imagine how it was deemed better than the old version 😕 I can only hope it’ll improve with time!
2026-01-22
Definite backwards step
I used the old app daily for many years, the beauty was its simplicity of layout and use. This update is awful, an example is locations where previously they were all together on the home page and easy to select there is now no easy way to switch. I will keep the app for reference but will use an alternative for daily use.
2026-01-22
Terrible maps on update
The best part of this app was the live weather map. It’s turned into a horrendous 80’s clunky video game. I’ll be binning this off.
2026-01-22
Latest update is awful
The latest update to the app is awful. Most importantly, the data is inconsistent. For example it cannot possibly be correct for my local forecast to say it is raining raining in my area at the same time that the weather map shows there are no clouds overhead. Also, the design has changed to such an extent that there is more focus on the physical look of the website rather than the actual data.
2026-01-22
A backward step
I’ve used the Met Office app for many years regarding it as best in class. But no more. I’ll move to XC.
2026-01-22
Annoying update
Update leaves us with the wrong location and therefore inaccurate forecast. Very disappointing for what was a 5 star app previously.
2026-01-22
Hopeless.
Latest version shows my home location miles from where I actually live and can’t be changed. Saved locations cannot be adjusted to suit the order I reach them when planning my cycle rides. Worse still I can’t save them in any sort of order they just save randomly. I’ll be deleting this app and using Apples own version which incidentally accesses far more geographical locations on my cycle rides than this one.
2026-01-22
Terrible Update has ruined a great app
If I could give zero stars I would. Someone should get fired for this debacle. It was a great app, and they’ve pushed an update that is not fit for purpose. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS
2026-01-22
v3 not great
New user interface is clunky and not easy to use. Map animations are a step backwards and ads are intrusive.
2026-01-22
Latest Update
I have loved using this app for years but unfortunately this latest version is much less user friendly. The scroll on the radar is much slower so takes a long time and number of swipes to go through 5 days. Also moving between locations isn’t as quick. The content is still fantastic but the user friendliness has taken a step back.
2026-01-22
New update has made app difficult to use
The latest update has made the app difficult to use. It used to be simple to see forecast for different locations with as much information as required. Now it takes so much longer to find any detail, if they are even there.
2026-01-22
Was very good now it's just okay
The revised user interface is less informative than previously, when I could see the weather in all of my saved locations on the app's Home Screen, but now that's gone.
2026-01-22
Location services not accurate
Old app better atm update please
2026-01-22
Some annoying features
Really annoying that you can’t see wind gusts easily now. These are the easiest way of seeing when it will be windy/stormy rather than the average wind speeds. For instance the wind speeds barely change through this friday (23 jan) but once clicking through to the wind gusts section you can see these jump to over 50mph in my location indicating a stormy period that just doesn’t show up in the main forecast area.
2026-01-22
Awful new UI
I’ve had this app since it was first released, the recent redesign is a significant downgrade and I’ve stopped using it.
2026-01-22
New App is terrible
I don’t know what they’ve done but have utterly ruined the app the new version is shocking. Change it back!
2026-01-22
New version is a huge downgrade
The new app is a disappointment, can you please bring back the old version?
2026-01-22
Ruined by update
New version is unusable - cluttered, hard to read and missing half the information the old one provided. On top of that it's ad-ridden and a privacy nightmare. £7.99 to remove ads? - what a joke. Time to delete this one.
2026-01-22
old app was better
don't try and fix something that isn't broken, basically feels the same as the standard weather app now
2026-01-21
Why do app designers get there way and not ask before?
Yup you know it, they have done it again. Change the App because everyone, read App designers, want to, oh and justify their employment. They NEVER ask users before just after it’s messed up with a Feedback button.
You can’t even see the weather video report full screen, doh. It’s messy with a lot of scrolling.
Hate it and it seems most do now.
2026-01-21
Poor Updste
Obviously the idiots are in charge over at the met office now for signing off this update.
Can’t use without location services. Cant order locations, pressure maps gone, etc etc
Replaced with animated backgrounds and change or orientations. Tax payer cost, millions no doubt.
Deleted the app….
2026-01-21
⚠️ Saved locations deleted!!!
Annoying that saved locations wiped out
2026-01-21
Worst update
Great until the recent update, now practically unusable
2026-01-21
New app 2026
This app is appalling compared to the old version. Why do I need a massive animated graphic to show me what rain looks like. The whole interface is just appealing compared to the old easy to use version. Another app to delete.
2026-01-21
New Update
Used this app for ages and really liked having the tide times for beaches. Useful for walking the dog. Now that has all gone. Please bring it back.
2026-01-21
New update is awful
Really don’t like the new update. I understand the need to improve apps from time to time but this update just doesn’t work. I’ve lost all my saved locations and couldn’t save new ones for some reason. Not easy to navigate anymore.
2026-01-21
v3 is terrible
What a step backwards in terms of usability. The map function in particular has been ruined. No longer scrolling properly, hard to use, touch sensitivity is awful. Using a different weather app instead.
2026-01-21
V3 = ruined
Text to large. Interface now not intuitive. App ruined basically.
2026-01-21
A step in the wrong direction
Previous app was clear, concise, and had a logical layout. This version is clunky, the update has removed all saved locations, and removed the ability to scroll through the saved locations to compare forecasts at a glance. What a shame!
2026-01-21
Old version better
Can’t compare places as easily as old app. It wasn’t broken. Why try and fix a problem that didn’t exist?
2026-01-21
Was good … now truly awful
How did the new version make it through testing?? It’s protracted and clunky. The ux is appalling. Avoid.
2026-01-21
Terrible update
Since the last update, the locations are completely rubbish. It has me located somewhere I don’t live and I’m not able to set a favourite location. It’s much harder to use and doesn’t look any better. Awful.
2026-01-21
Terrible
It's just a website wrapper. Please make proper apps.
2026-01-21
I love it!!!
Of course I don’t love it! It’s awful! Time to find a new weather app. Bye 👋
2026-01-21
A previously great app wrecked
In the January 2026 update the developers have taken a slick easy to navigate app and ruined the navigation and presentation adding unnecessary screen clutter and hiding previously instantly visible data in a pointless plethora of sub-menus. An utter waste of development effort. I have submitted multiple feedbacks since the release, but really there is no better improvement than just backing out the changes.
2026-01-21
They've broken it
WTF ? Bring back the old version !!!
2026-01-21
Latest update is terrible
Why have they ruined the app. Now the map doesn't load up properly. It's so slow. You've made it worse. I hope whoever was involved in update has been fired
2026-01-21
Wrong location
Shows wrong location, where are the weather warnings?
2026-01-21
What have you fools done?
Seriously, what have you done? The app before your last update was simple to use, no fancy stuff just gave the weather with some cool features. Now with the most recent update it’s absolutely rubbish. Things done need to be fancy, they need to work and the old version did exactly that.
2026-01-20
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
Why oh why did you have to go and change what was a brilliant app. The best feature was the rain, cloud, wind radar. Yes, the updated app still has this feature, but it’s now buried far below and not intuitive to find at all. Also, when scrolling through the 5 day forecast of cloud/rain cover, the timeline previously scrolled in a fluid motion. Now it sticks, progresses in ridiculously tiny increments (minutes) and feels disconnected from the image. Finally, the all round resolution now feels really cheap and low grade. Previously this was an obvious point of difference between the Met Office and every other weather app. The “upgrade” has simply reduced the Met Office app to another run of the mill, poorly designed, ill thought out, cheap weather app. But there is a solution: roll back to the previous version, please.
2026-01-20
This new design has made the app 10x less usable
There’s far too much information in one place. It less scannable in terms of ease to read due to the amount of text and the size and the font. I miss having a home page where I could pick my location before jumping in and looking at a more detailed view, as someone who lives in a different location to my family and my partners family, it makes it a lot less convenient for planning ahead for travel because I could save multiple locations and see them all on an hourly or weekly weather forecast with the most important information first. There’s also a lot wasted visual real estate now at the top of the page. It’s just very disappointing because this was always my favourite weather app and now I will probably move elsewhere as this has become inconvenient to use!
2026-01-19
Not broken but changed anyway. Disappointing.
The previous iteration was a top app. All the data you needed was clearly presented on a single screen or accessed from the Home Screen without needing to go through sub menus. Unfortunately this is no longer the case. The update also makes poor use of the screen real estate with the top half of the screen kept empty to allow for weather warnings which seem to occur far too often to be taken seriously. It seems that even a shower warrants a yellow weather warning these days!
The new version also focuses too much on the immediate short term, i.e. the next few hours which rather suggests the primary audience for this are dog walkers looking for a break in the weather to take the pooch out. This does not reflect the needs of the outdoor professional who needs to understand the weather over the next 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours. Previously, this could be grasped by a quick glance at the app, but the enlarged icons of the new version make this more difficult.
And finally, as someone who paid to upgrade to the ad-free premium version, the sight of invitations to ‘advertise with us’ is a complete betrayal. I’m actively investigating other apps.
2026-01-19
Terrible!
An ‘update’ that provides less information in a less clear presentation.
Gone is the ‘feels like’ temperature across the day - for some strange reason it’s now given for just the next hour: not much help when planning days out! Gone too is the information on pressure throughout the day and the dynamic pressure map.
The displays for humidity and visibility are partially hidden, requiring more effort to access them. And the opportunity to improve UV forecasts with the actual scale readings has been missed - these are of greater help to those who suffer from skin complaints or have experienced skin cancers than the ‘low’, ‘medium’, and ‘high’ written descriptions provided.
Was this app tested with the public at all, who designed it, and who signed it off? And what did it cost? Whatever the amount, it is a waste of money.
What was the leading app, head and shoulders above any other, is now a poor relation to its predecessor and ranks with the poorest available.
2026-01-19
Latest App dumbing down
I have always considered the Met Office as the place to go to for weather information. In the latest release why have you removed the facility to play the video of radar rain/rain cloud cover and substituted it with a manual wind on/scroll through which either takes a long time or jerks through, this is a backward step. The screen in iPad format shows blocks of information, the colours are not pleasant and seem to show inaccurate information, the daily max and min temps don’t agree with the hourly for the same day ie on Friday the daily max/min is high of 9, low of 4, but scrolling through the hours for the same day it shows a max of 8, min of 7. It looks as though it is raining everyday now that the 2 rain drop icons are used every hour, you have to look at the colour and %age to see if it means rain or not. I could go on and on, but how you have managed to destroy a perfectly clear app showing weather information and produce this ‘update’ is worrying. Please don’t update just to update.
2026-01-18
Not a bad upgrade, but could really do with some improvements
I knew your eye looks great, modern and sleak just like the Apple weather app and it does look much better than it used to look. However, I missed the ability to be able to see what the feels like temperature is going to be for every hour of the day so you know exactly when it’s going to be warmer and cooler throughout the day as now it only shows it feels like temperature for what appears to be the highest actual temperature. I feel like this is a bit of a downgrade from the old app.
Also, I agree with what other reviews are saying there should be the ability to swipe between different locations and the ability to change the order of saved locations as we were able to do this in the old app and again that also feels like a downgrade. If those issues were fixed, then this app would be a lot better to use, but for now I’ll have to stick to using the Apple Weather app unless these issues get fixed.
2026-01-18
Regressive!!
Quite possibly the worst app refresh I’ve ever experienced. To remove all pre-saved locations and have a ‘search’ that cannot locate previously saved locations is appalling! The UI and overall navigation is a huge step backward. The white text out of a grey/black background is hideous. The current location returns the wrong location. Searching and saving a location is clumsy. Being unable to sort/ reprioritise the locations is retrograde. The map function showing the previous six hours cannot be ‘played’ as previously, and when forced to manually swipe through the history or next five days map, the progression is not smooth. The map colourway is poor.
The very restricted view in the hour by hour screen is limiting. The rainfall icons are laughable - being the same other than being coloured blue or having no colour at all. Why has no effort been made to having meaningful icons for the current weather.
It’s all a bit dumbed down.
It’s a waste of money too! As a public body, this is a matter of public responsibility - and negligence is all I see.
It’s time to revert to the original until someone competent can be found to design, test, approve and release a new app that is actually fit for purpose.
2026-01-18
Awful update - why?!
Redesign so bad I’ve deleted the app having used it for as long as I can remember.
Impossible to quickly glance at and see key information - why is half my screen a useless image based on current weather that I have to scroll past to see anything remotely useful? Contrast on the colours is awful. Zero visual design or hierarchy on most of those weird cards showing things like UV and humidity. Impossible to glance and understand the weather information I regularly need. And why do I have to change the entire location of the whole app after a bunch of annoying steps to see the forecast in other places? Either this redesign had zero user research and no visual designers or your leadership and product team need to think about new careers because this is a complete train wreck. Wow
2026-01-18
Bit of a Dog's Breakfast…..
….. this “new/improved” version.
UI a step backwards. Basics at the top, dive down into the individual boxes for the full story; why? At least give us Gusts at the top; the rest would be nice too. The “Wind: next hour” graphic is a bit disconcerting. A SE wind shows an arrow in the NW quadrant, pointing NW. Suggest better in SE quadrant, pointing NW.
The app previously showed my present location; no more. This needs sorting rapidly; irritating. At the very least let Widget give option to show any saved location in the app, rather than it's interpretation of current location.
Privacy: Previous version's widget worked perfectly well with “While Using the App or Widgets” under Location Access. New version gives this option, but Widget dies before informing one it will only now work if “Always” selected. Why? People are very touchy about location privacy and other apps work quite happily with “While Using…”
Met apps in particular have made great strides forward in recent years, in terms of presentation/UI/spectacular Widgets, etc. You possess the Gold Standard of UK met data, let down by mediocre app. I'd be taking a look at Windy (particularly their Widgets/Meteograms) and thinking “Blimey; but we can do better” (they’re not perfect). One can now select UK Met Office data on Windy, maybe the new default met app!?!?
2026-01-18
A (bad) redesign, not an update
This update is very disappointing and I’m finding it is much less usable than the previous version.
Far from being an update this has completely changed the UI, and not for the better. The focus is on lots of details for one location, day, hour. Whereas it was much more useful to see a summary of a location, and others, and drill down into details if desired.
Agree with many of the points in other recent reviews, esp. around the locations functionality.
And why an update has to lose all your current locations is beyond me in this day and age, as preserving users settings should be mandatory.
Suggest you pull this new version, and republish the previous one, whilst you consider all the recent feedback and rectify them before publishing it again.
2026-01-18
Latest Update is a huge downgrade
Poor legibility: New symbols hard to distinguish against changing colour background. Black on white was much easier. I wear reading glasses but could decode the old version without. Jumping/arbitrary colour changes and uninformative animations distract from key info.
Far too much redundancy: repeated info, arbitrary colour change above 30% precipitation, background colour change if the day is less cloudy, bizarre ‘today is x degrees warmer than yesterday’ section with the same info in graphical, numerical and text versions - the graph also has no fixed baseline.
Too much low-importance info on front page, with no way to reorganise: with no seafaring ambitions or hayfever I don’t want to scroll past visibility and pollen info to find sunset times. All this makes the app harder to read and navigate.
Missing info/ functionality: Wind gust info now only summarised for whole day (info I use a lot), no long term forecast info. No clear way to save current, recent or favourite locations. No way to save personal settings other than privacy preferences.
2026-01-18
Design change is far worse than before
The recent design change makes it harder to view information quickly. It feels like space is wasted and information that could fit on the screen without scrolling instead requires extra effort to view. It’s also seems to be impossible to view the weather for a location that hasn’t been added (or isn’t the current location), but perhaps it’s merely difficult.
When you load the new version for the first time, it asks if you want to share location data with something like 500 partners, which seems excessive.
These changes are bad enough that I’m unlikely to continue using the app, even though the weather data tends to be reliable.
2026-01-18
Update issues (again)
This has been my goto weather app for several years - after all, why use anyone other than the UK Met Office when in the UK? However, whenever the app gets refreshed it always seems to introduce problems. The latest (August 2020) routinely has my location showing NO DATA on the main screen. Touch to see the full forecast and the data appears. Go back and the summary still shows NO DATA. If I store other locations some might show data.
And the 2026 update has definitely been one that seems to value graphics over usability. You can no longer open it to see a quick overview of your local weather (and, in my case, a couple saved locations). Half the screen is a graphic of what I might see out of the window (useless) and I’ve got to scroll and to get anything useful. I’ll agree there’s probably now more information on the Home Screen. Another star off my rating…
2026-01-17
The new update is awful
The overall weather forecast is generally very accurate and I’ve used met office app for the last 10+ years. Sadly the latest update and complete restyle of the layout has made it overall complicated and actually quite difficult to read. It’s not as easy to get a clear and simple snapshot for the week in one simple view. When you scroll through the hourly forecast it’s also not as clear and if you scroll too fast you end up on the next day so the entire screen changes colour to match the outlook for that day, one second your screen is blue the next it’s dark grey, then light grey etc etc. it’s unnecessarily over complicated and flaffy. It’s a weather app, it doesn’t need to be complicated! I’ll be switching to an alternative weather app for the foreseeable.
2026-01-17
Disappointed in new update
I know lots of us don’t like change and changes which seem to me make it more difficult to navigate the app is definitely one of those! I always prefer the met office app for my weather checking opposed to the others which don’t give as much detail and which also bombard with adverts 🫣. However the update which took place this week makes it more onerous to check your various saved locations instead of being on the main interface. You now have to navigate to another screen and select one you cannot now see them all at a glance. No idea why this was considered an improvement or what it adds to the app I have no clue, and when I spotted another update today I thought 🥳 it’s been fixed but nope 👎 still have to go through another screen to check the other locations. The reason I have multiple locations is because I follow my family around the country and the world
2026-01-17
App update has significantly worsened app
The latest update has made the app much less user friendly than previously. This is (was?) my go-to app to check weather, and I now find it a lot slower to use.
The feature I use most is the weather map, which is no longer accessed via a button, but requires a scroll down to access on the home screen. Not only is it less simple to access, it now cycles in 15 minute intervals over the next 5 days - this makes seeing rainfall predictions a chore, and the smaller intervals seem unnecessary when we all know that this is unlikely be 100% accurate for, say, 2 days ahead in the UK! Could this please be reverted to longer intervals for the days ahead, as before?
TBH the older version of the app worked absolutely fine, and this just seems like an unnecessary update.
2026-01-17
“Prettier” but badly flawed new version
No-one likes change but this new version has gone backwards. The rain radar maps _were_ my go-to several times a day. They’re now unusable: the time control doesn’t spin, so you can’t easily control the five days of maps. It takes 30 seconds of laborious micro scrolls to get through. Want to go back three days?… another 15 seconds of exhausting scrolls.
Small but also sad and regressive: the location used to default to the neighbourhood of the city I live in. Now it’s a neighbourhood half a mile away and I can’t even find mine in the search. This is a city with dramatically different elevations where these granular locations used to make a big difference to the forecast.
I used to use the met office app because it was accurate and usable - dated ui notwithstanding. Now its (uninspired, BBC-borrowed) UI is slightly prettier but the real value of the app has been lost.
2026-01-16
A solid and reliable weather weather app turned into feeble eye candy
What an enormously disappointing new version. The designers have made it resemble most other weather app by removing the distraction of having a meaningful weather forecast. Now there is a largely useless rain radar and the app insists on locking its location to a spot several miles away from me. Although this can be changed to the actual location and saved it then just reverts to the incorrect one. The huge and pointless sky graphic seems to show a representation of what the weather happened to be at midnight and apparently doesn’t change when the weather does. It also prevents the inclusion of actual information without much scrolling past the wasted empty space at the top of the screen. Maybe it would be a good idea if somebody that understands what information is required had checked this disaster before it was released. I have used this app for years but now have to try to find something that works properly to replace this mess.
2026-01-16
Yep. they’ve done it.
I genuinely find it fascinating that companies take a clean, simple app that is well rated and seemingly have those meetings at work where they basically say ‘instead of some nice minor tweaks, let’s change it all and trash what makes it good’. Simplicity in this day and age is everything. Having to hunt for information is crackers. You can tell by other reviews people can’t find information they used to see at a glance but it is there - semi hidden. I get it, for most it’s free so complaining feels like a true first world problem and they can do what they like. But blimey. The latest one star reviews tell you everything. Kudos to the person making the decisions. I just don’t know how you get such bad ones through the workplace. For me not quite as bad as the Sonos redesign but an almost ‘hold my beer’ moment.
2026-01-15
There’s No Problem? Let’s Create One Then
The MET Office app was the one of the best weather apps and my go to for detailed information for serious endeavours while still providing information relevant for day to day stuff. However, they have decided to completely revamp the app and not for the better
The new interface for the app is horrible. There is too much going on and the wind, humidity and temperature information was all previously in one location. It is now all over the place and you have to go in and out of multiple different sections to find the same information. You cannot easily flick between different locations like you could. Planning and executing mountainous expeditions was easy as you could flip through different mountain forecasts and valley (towns/villages) and easily check on route.
With this new layout it will no longer be able to provide the same ease of access. The new layout has too much going on with the app background changing colour with different weather. It is also a dynamic background so it moves making it difficult to foucs on finding the relevant information.
It feels like they were told “we need to be cutting edge” and get down with the youth. However all they’ve done is create a confusing mess
DO NOT INSTALL THIS NEW UPDATE!!! STICK TO OLD ONE FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN!!!
2026-01-15
Why have you ruined what was previously a good weather App?
Well the much hyped new App has arrived, and what a total disappointment it is.
I don’t usually write reviews but…
As someone with some visual issues, the colours used in the new App make it harder to see clearly, and make navigation difficult as the contrast just doesn’t work for me.
Previously the format and information available was clear and easily accessible, and in my opinion far superior to other weather Apps out there. Now it looks and feels similar to many other weather Apps, but for the most part the others are easier to use. The whole thing feels as though it has been dumbed down, and some information previously available is either not present or harder to find. Can only hope the accuracy of what is being provided ok - assuming I can learn to cope with how this looks.
However I’m that unimpressed with it, that I will be trying some alternatives, and if the information on the others is similar or not much different, and the contrast and colours used better, I will be jumping ship to another Weather Apps’ provider in the near future.
The old App wasn’t broken, I have no idea what possessed your developers to think it needed fixing/updating - it didn’t.
2026-01-12
The new update is terrible
I have always used and trusted the Met Office app and website and it’s always been easy to use. However, since this latest update the whole user experience is terrible. It’s very clunky, you cannot quickly view multiple different areas like before, you’re scrolling and scrolling through very large icons that are unnecessarily big.
The whole redesign is simply horrible to use and feels like it’s been designed by/for a 2 year old.
Also, if you have bought the “remove the ads” option, this does not apply to this version so you have lovely adverts popping up all over the place!
I can understand you would like to update the feel of it to keep up with others but this change has brought too many changes that don’t make any sense. You cannot even view a full days forecast without scrolling unlike before. It’s a backwards step and unfortunately I will have to find another app to use in the future.
2025-12-06
Very good
We live in a place which has less rain than a mile north or south, climate average rainfall maps confirm this. Area forecasts are usually wrong for our estate. The app Rainfall maps are invaluable for seeing if the rain will make it to us. Scrolling through the last 6 hours of actual radar measurements lets me see if rain is heading towards us and if it is petering out. Forecast rainfall map lets me see if the rain will stay the other side of the valley on the south or the low hill on the north. Or if it is going to pass by on either side when rain is going north.
But I have my doubts about the accuracy of the rain radar as it can record us as having had rain when the drive has stayed bone dry, also one square east of Blyth is repeatedly going red indicating very heavy rain while it’s neighboring squares remain blue. Can wind turbines interfere with the radar or cause heavier rain?
2024-04-06
Incredible but…
I work outdoors and find the met office app to be extremely accurate (except when weather systems are unstable and all forecasts are inaccurate, but in my 10+ years using the met office for forecasts, I’ve found this to be really rare; about once every 4 years). I’ve also used this app in different locations across the UK and use specific locations regularly and that definitely provides greater level of accuracy than forecasts for wider areas.
The only thing I would love to see added is some sort of add on to see tide times and also more detailed wind conditions along the coast. As I work in woodlands, I use the wind speeds part of the app more than precipitation and find it invaluable for risk assessments (and again very accurate). I know there are other apps that do this but I’d just love tide times and coastal wind conditions to be a part of this app. I being mean putting 4 stars for this reason because it’s a really great app that I use nearly every day and rely heavily on but it would be awesome to have this additions though!
2024-01-21
Better than default
In my experience this app provides more accurate forecasts than the default app. However, the app design is not fantastic. You cannot simply open it and see all information about local weather – you must instead open up your current location to do that. Similarly the widget is not particularly useful, and is not configurable at all. I would like to see windspeed on the widget and there is no option to have this.
Also,I get frequent weather warnings for things like "It might be a bit windy" or "It might be a bit cold". These are called yellow weather warnings, and they desensitise you to the more important amber (and presumably red) weather warnings. You can't choose a sensible warning level. All or nothing.
I'm on the lookout for a better app that uses met office data.
2024-01-02
Trustworthy Weather Forecast
From the MET office app we get a trusted weather forecast. There are many weather apps available. But I have found that from the Met Office I get a more correct idea of what to expect. We can’t expect perfection as the weather fronts are affected by many hidden variables. Even with modern technology and AI it is not at all possible to be 100% correct 100% of the time. But The Met Office is nearer than any other app I’ve tested for a while. Honestly now I only use the Met Office app and have trusted it when travelling through Europe, Australia and North America. I have found it as accurate as local weather agencies,even though it says it’s only for the United Kingdom accurate.
2023-12-07
Not accurate
This should be a great app and has some great information. However if you can eventually get the app to load, having had to close all your other apps and made several attempts to open it till it eventually loads the data, it’s inaccurate. When it comes to rain, you are better off looking out the window. You can be stood in pouring rain and the app says 5% chance of rain. The temperature is always out by at least +/-2 which makes a huge difference if its zero degrees and you have outdoor animals/livestock. Is it gonna be 2 degrees or -2. You are better off looking at the feels like to get a better idea. What baffles me is that other apps are more accurate. I mean, this is the Met Office….
A good point is I find the wind accurate. i also like the sunrise and sumset as well so I know what to do with the horses and when. On occasion it can be bang on correct, but not regularly enough to trust it, Overall the app struggles to load and its a general forecast which struggles to predict rain and temp.
2023-08-18
tries too hard
The problem with the weather forecast is that it is inaccurate. It tries to separate areas which are too close together and updates frequently. A prediction of >5% rain is contradicted by a heavy downpour, and similarly a forecast of heavy rain is simply dry. The forecast can change many times during the day making earlier ‘forecasts’ irrelevant. One might as well just look out of the window.
Better would be slightly more generalised comment, which is shown on the presented weather forecasts. The probability percentages are absurd. In the locality, the probability of rain is 0 or 1. This is significant of changing the level of analysis. Scattered showers might refer to London as a whole, say, but not Honor Oak Park - a tiny area. And 10% probability is reminiscent of Groundhog Day - if you live this day 10 times, on one of them it will rain.
So, earlier this morning the weather forecast said >5% rain at 8:00. Then it said 60% rain, but it hasn’t rained. It is grey, it looks threatening, so I shall take an umbrella. Buuuut, I watered the garden yesterday evening because I cannot rely on the forecast.
2023-08-05
EXCELLENT APP! Well Done!
Brilliant APP! Fair Play!
Easy to Navigate and Use. Pleased to see routine at top of Screen giving the Option to: Split,Slide and Something Else, but also the Facility to “CLOSE” the App! When I first installed the App, that Option Was Not There! But for me it is extremely useful, as I usually only Want or Wish to normally have only ONE APP OPEN AT ANY-TIME TO WORK ON or INVESTIGATE. I personally Hate Clutter. Does Not Impress me At All! Best wishes and Thanks for an Excellent, Educational, Extremely Enlightening, Clear & Concise , Useful Application. I am fortunate to sail often, so find the alternative information regarding Weather at Sea extremely useful! Even the Cosmic side of things! I have Recommended and Advised Many Others to Use it as First Choice for Weather! It is Far Superior! Good Luck All. Sue Clarke (ex: Qualified M.C.S.E.)
2022-11-23
Met Office App
Very informative App, clear and concise. I use this App several times a day. Reliable to use. As the weather in my area (River Mersey) changes so quickly, I have to keep checking. If you are an outdoor person worth downloading this free App. Mike the Bike winter 2021
I wrote the above comments as you will notice Winter 2021. I can honestly say a year later, they still apply. With one of the driest and hottest summers I have known since 1976 I needed to be informed of the temperatures to make some outdoor decisions.
The weather changes so rapidly and it is good to see that the App is updated frequently. A late forecast the day before travel can be updated and by the time of departure has changed. Thankfully, it is now a routine just to keep checking.
Our climate in the UK appears to be altering so the App gives me that clear and precise detail of where I am travelling to.
I wouldn’t leave home without checking the weather and glad the Met Office think the same way and provide the data I need.
Thank you
Mike the Bike
2022-11-15
Good but synoptic chat needs to be better
UPDATE Nov 22
The new animated synoptic chart map is excellent. Thank you Met Office. The coverage is across much of the northern Atlantic and the animation controls are very good.
Overall this map is getting better and better. My main gripe is with the synoptic chart in the map options. It shows too small a picture of what is happening with too little data. This really needs to expand into the west Atlantic and North Sea to get a decent picture of what weather is approaching. Anyone interested In looking at this element of the app. wants to see more than you make available. Why not make the full met office synoptic charts available?
2022-04-17
It is a forecast and not a guarantee
I live on the border of East Anglia & Lincolnshire, and I’ve used the app most days for a few years. It’s quite accurate. It usually rains when the app says it’s likely too and the wind direction and speed are usually about right (important to know when your central heating boiler is fuelled by anthracite). The satellite view of the rain forecast gives a visual image of what’s likely to occur locally and nationally. I like that.
The temperature forecasts are the least accurate feature, but The Met Office forecast the weather, no one on Earth can yet guarantee it. It’s good to be able see temperature in degrees F as well as C. For us gardeners, it’s a useful frost indicator, but it’s only a guide!
I’ve never taken any notice of the pollen forecast, not being a hay fever sufferer, so can’t comment on that.
I don’t often watch the national video forecast, as its is too generalised to be of much use locally.
The app gives me much of the same information for the region of Germany where a relative lives. I wasn’t expecting that! It’s nice to know what their weather is like, compared to ours.
Overall this is a super app. There’s loads of pretty accurate weather info. The narrow ad banner at the bottom of the page isn’t too intrusive. It’s a small price to pay for so much information.
2021-08-12
Needs improvements
It is Great in parts. However I often find that there are three different forecasts on display at the same moment. So I have to use my own interpretation of last 6 hours to give accurate short term forecast. No cloud cover or pressure options on maps. You can not see when the video forecast was updated. It can be out of date, well behind the “Last 6 Hours” an even “next 24 hours" I find that I have to use my own interpretation of last 6 hours to give accurate short term forecast. ” Previous versions had more’ Layers’ that you could select from. In particular I miss ‘Cloud & rain’ You also used to show when each section was last updated At the top you waste screen space by duplicates of wind forecasts. Overall you could do better!
2021-07-22
Very good overall, but one limitation.
I rate this app because the forecast seems pretty reliable on the whole – certainly short-term. The video weather forecast is useful for getting a broader picture than the local one, and it’s kept up to date.
My one complaint is the symbols used to summarise the weather for the day. There needs to be more options, as there can be a string of cloud symbols for the week, which is very disheartening to see, but sometimes when you open up the forecast for one of those days, you see a lot of symbols for sunny intervals during the day. I saw one day where there were sunny intervals symbols from 1pm to 9pm, which made for a very nice day in reality, but if you looked at the symbols for the day, it was just cloud, presumably because the hours of cloud, including the less relevant hours during the night, mathematically outnumbered the sunny interval ones. So there needs to be something that reflects the overall picture of the day better in that instance – perhaps a cloud with sun rays coming from it, but without the sun showing clearly as it does for sunny intervals.
2021-06-30
Alright
I like and use all the infornation this makes available. This is very good. Although i like to watch the video forecast and do regularly, it is difficult to listen to because they dont talk objectively, they make some weather negative and some positive and they use very emotive language when deecribing the forecast. No wonder the english are miserable, they are perpetually disappointed because they are conditioned to constantly hope for the type of weather they rarely get. Just say it factually and leave your opinions out of the forecast. Apart from that, this is an excellent app and the weather warnings are useful.
2021-02-02
New privacy policy = deleted app
It is a pity that MET Office has just joined the other developers in having me delete their apps and delete site bookmarks.
Apps are designed to make money of course, but that should be by app payments up-front, and not by mining our information for sales revenue purposes.
I was sorry to see that since these new privacy statements so many developers have done what MET has done, just put a link to their own website for us, thereby forcing us to search for this information in word search style... within their epic War & Peace length small print.
All that tells me is that I won’t like the information or they wouldn’t try so hard to make us work hard to find it.
So yes, of course I will then set aside time to read it. If I get bored I just give up – and delete the app.
Many other developers have declared, their policies, opting for the ‘warts and all’ style, and I have more respect for those who do that – and they are more likely for me to read and see if I can live them nn or aske for more information if i want it.
All of these new disclosure statements has shown me not to trust any app or site – even my local borough council’s app has gone as they were selling information, such as why I’m getting gardening ads… I pay for the garden recycling for my gardener to use as I’m housebound and have no interest in gardens at all. I’d rather pave it all and have done with it.
2021-01-14
Pretty good
I’ve been using this app for years on different platforms since the first available version and I’m quite pleased with it. I’ve paid for many of them, but having switched back to iPhone in the last couple of weeks I’ve not paid for this one yet. Personally I would like a few extra options. I know it’s specialist, but firstly I would love to have the mountain forecasts included. I currently download this dataset via my own pc app to print forecasts. As an outdoor instructor, I need this information and would love it on my phone rather than resorting to a desktop machine. Secondly, an indication as to the amount of rain that is forecast in mm per hour would be more useful for me than a grey cloud with 1 or 2 raindrops. Thirdly, add a layer to maps to show wind directions ( see windy app ) for what I mean. I don’t need fancy animations, static arrows are fine. Having said all that it’s still my “go to” weather app, so keep up the good work.
2020-12-30
Still Sick of Warnings that don’t exist
Every yellow warning I have had opens the app which says we are updating our servers or servers can’t find that alert or alert never ever exists. But the app shows a yellow alert when none are said to exist from alert and yet I can open the yellow alert and read the alert that doesn’t exist or not on our servers turning off the alerts as none have ever existed or can be found or your servers but the app has them.
This review below was months ago below and still not fixed.
Keep getting repeated weather warnings, press on it to open app and it says it’s not available, yet app that was opened by it, shows a yellow band saying yellow warning, press on it in app, and it tells me the yellow warning I first pressed on that didn’t exist when it opened the app but app showed me the yellow threat of rain or wind and I get the report.
Pointless push weather warning notifications that don’t exist. And don’t work so turning them off, pointless.
2020-11-15
Pressure charts
Forecast is very good and easy to locate but not so easy to find the pressure chart. I have always tried to interpret the pressure chart before looking at the forecast to get a better feel for how it is developing. This is no longer possible and there is no measure of how confident the Met Office are in their forecast which places the user totally in the hands of the forecast. Maybe that is fine for majority of users but those of us who sail need to take responsibility for our decisions and absence of the source charts does not assist our own judgments.
Otherwise excellent but for those of us brought up on diets of Michael Fish / Suzanne Charlton etc etc are deprived of the source data they always used to stand in front of.
2020-11-15
Awesome
I’ve had quite a few apps for Weather as I go on the moors walking and I also have a boat ..... this app gives up to the minute info and sends alerts if the weather changes for the bad ..... it’s simple and easy to use the alerts are very accurate and I’ll be honest .... sometimes I’ve been out and app has told me it will rain at 2pm I look up and there’s no clouds about 1pm ..... but as the next hour moves on .... rain clouds gather ..... this app is so accurate...... I’m ex army and I wish I had this app 20 years ago it’s brilliant .....I’m only saying what I’ve said because it’s true.... brilliant accurate app 5 stars to the persons who made it ......Mark
2020-11-06
Very useful app - just needs to have a compact mode
Nice app, though the picture which we always used to look forward to has disappeared on the latest version.
One definite change for the worse however is that it’s getting bigger and bigger on the front screen. It used to be easy to look at the weather in a few places at once (I travel a lot) and it’s grown so big that you can’t do that now. We could really do with a compact display mode which just reduces the white space, removes unnecessary things like the line which says ‘View Full Forecast’ and so lets us see more on the screen. It would make the app so much better, and must be dead easy to do.
2020-08-16
Not working properly - Aug 20
This app now has a 4-hour gap between the current time and upcoming weather! Not really much use. We are currently experiencing a severe thunderstorm and yet the app says only a 70% chance. More like 100% guaranteed!
This used to be a very reliable app, but since the updates on 12th Aug it now constantly shows ‘No Data’ against places and time slots. It’s random as to which locations and what time slots but constantly occurring. Whole days can be marked out like this. Sometimes it recovers after restarting the app, and sometimes it doesn’t. It can take several minutes on other occasions.
The new design may be something to do with this, but it tends to indicate a lack of rigour during testing - so often the Achilles Heel of software development - and given the importance of the Net Office weather data in the current conditions in the UK, that is a failing of project management.
As others have also reported, the detail shown in the App bears little or no resemblance to reality. As an example, today it says that there might be a thunderstorm with a 60% chance. It’s actually monsoon rain and a major storm, 45 minutes before the possibility and the App shows light rain. The granularity needs to increase as does the live data update frequency.
2020-08-16
Useful weather info
A well presented weather app that gives a good overview for the following hours on its front page. Just what you need to decide what to do for that day. If you want more details, then you can find it yourself.
I previously used Accuweather until they ‘upgraded’ their app, it now gives so much info for each hour, to see what the weather is likely to be doing during the day takes ages. So much for an ‘upgrade’. It’s info overload. By the time you’d got to the end of the day, you’d probably forgotten what it’s going to do in the next hour or so.
The overview, and then more detailed info on request method, is far better.
2020-03-05
Excellent and easy to use
The Metrological Office weather app is one of the easiest apps to fantastic and very easy to use site provides very useful information in advance valuable information, much of which is vital. The weather warnings given for the U.K. area you select will indicate on the warning map if you are central to the warning area or on the edge. As weather cannot be 100% precision it will always include your area if you’re close to the area most likely to be affected. This can only ever be a good thing as you can be prepared. I check the weather app daily each morning, and again when the Metrological Office send out a text advising of either a warning been issued or updated
2019-11-19
New version is a step back...
I really liked the Met Office weather app as I do think it’s the most accurate of those I’ve come across. However I think the latest version isn’t as good - the option to ‘save’ your current location has apparently disappeared so locations that aren’t searchable (anywhere except sizeable towns and cities) can’t be kept on the home page any more. My parents’ home town is in Ireland and cannot be found through the search, it would be helpful to see the weather forecast for their location when I’m not there too.
I’d also really like if I could choose Beaufort scale approximations for the wind speed units as they’re the ones most people seem to understand. It would also make sense to show Beaufort scale as the met office uses it already in the shipping forecast it issues via Radio 4.
2019-06-21
Bang on every time
Gets me out of trouble all the time it’s almost perfection with its accuracy I replace windscreens I’m a mobile tech so the weather dictates what I can do with this app I can find little windows in the rain to carry out the replacement so I can keep on earning and paying the bills and finally when this app forecasts rain all day it’s a good excuse to have a cheeky day off wish I’d had this kind of tech back in the early days I’d have been looking at early retirement in the next few years what with all the wasted hours lost jobs and the huge cost of rectifying issues that arise with getting caught out by the weather when carrying out replacements including water damage to the electrical system and onboard software and even more harmful to the evermore popular hybrid or plug in cars which infact raises the risk of harm to the tech carrying out the replacement 👌
2019-01-18
Limited
I think the map systems you have are great but what i want from this app isn't provided in enough detail. There are many apps that do exactly what the MET is doing with their app. If you want to improve offer a longer forecast on the local selection as well as a fortnightly mapping forecast, sea weather forecast options that suggest tide, wind, wave height.
We want agricultural forecast that concentrated on humidity, precipitation and also perhaps a flooding, freezing, storm, pollen and scorching forecast map options that highlights risks to crops and livestock with an alert notification that alarms hour/days before weather incidents. Predict these in terms of risk % as well as units like ml/F/C/ppm and perhaps new scales of risk to garden and crop vegetation.
I think you are capable of this, its just whether you are motivated to adding this value to your customers and realise the complexity of your average Jo who today understands and seeks more information than is offered. We need national and local specific maps that feed from your local weather stations.
2018-08-26
Don't update - Latest update a step backwards - more testing needed!
Latest update pretty good. But annoying that the application asked me for a review while the keyboard was up effectively jamming it.
Just as I was thinking that the app was getting really good, all the content has been rearranged! A great deal of scrolling is now needed to get at some info and at the same time the interface seems jerky and less responsive.
Update: having used the new version I notice the the wind doesn't scroll properly for the last day in the forecast. This kind of issue should easily be found in testing. Consequently I have scored it 2 instead of 3 following the poor new release.
Wish I could revert to the old version ....
2017-11-28
Still needs improvement
Since first review I’ve been using the phone version of the desktop site. Similar in appearance to the app, but sorts the issues I’ve got with the app ie when moving time forward, ALL the columns move together. Sort this for the app and it would so much better.
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The layout which has rain/wind/temperature and detailed wind separate is very un user friendly. Move the time forward on the rain/temperatures and the detailed wind doesn't move with it, so you end up with 2 lines of info out of sync.
Has been improved since the initial makeover but still long way off being finished. As a cyclist this was always my go to app as it had all the details together. Now it is a mess. Sorry!!
2017-09-13
Accurate but Weirdly Designed
They finally let you jump directly to the forecast for a particular day of the week! Hooray! The app has been getting better over time and much of my initial problems (below) have been addressed.
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When I load a weather app, I expect a home screen which shows me what the weather will be doing in the next 24 hours or next week, but instead this app favours the next few hours at multiple locations. Also, knowing when sunrise and sunset are is incredibly important for photography, and a common, easily accessible feature on other weather apps. It's great that you can customise the home screen, but in reality most people don't need a national forecast, just a local one. The forecasts themselves are much more accurate than Dark Sky, which has become unreliable recently, but their user interface is SO much better!