Carrot Weather – the fun antagonistic weather app from developer Brian Mueller – has just received its latest version 5.0 update, which features a completely new (and much more customizable) design, removes the starting price in favor of more subscription levels and, of course, it adds a new dialogue and Easter eggs for the app’s malevolent AI character.
It’s been a few years since Mueller launched Carrot Weather 4.0 and the new update brings a new coat of paint to the weather app, with more detailed data that is broken down into individual cards for things like moon phases, wind speed, precipitation and more.
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Users can also fully customize the layout of these interface cards based on the information that is important to them and can easily switch between different custom layouts. (For example, a frequent skier may want to build a layout that focuses on snowfall and wind speed predictions.) Everything has been visually updated to be more in line with modern iOS UI standards so that the entire app is up to date. fits perfectly with the rest of your applications.
The new app is now also free, instead of charging $ 4.99 in cash. As with the old paid version, however, there are still optional subscription services that can be added for more functionality. A Premium subscription ($ 4.99 per month or $ 19.99 per year) adds additional features, such as selecting weather sources, notifications, widgets and complications from Apple Watch. Premium Ultra ($ 9.99 per month or $ 39.99 per year) adds rain and storm notifications, more widgets and better data source switching. And a Premium Family subscription ($ 14.99 per month or $ 59.99 per year) is the same as Premium Ultra, but can be shared through Apple Family Sharing with up to five other people.
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If you have already owned Carrot, however, you will be able to keep all of the paid features you have owned forever, even if they have been moved to one of the more expensive levels. Likewise, existing subscribers to former Premium Club memberships may continue to pay the lowest monthly or annual prices.
The free version of Carrot Weather includes ads – but for now, they are for totally fake products or for other standalone apps. (Mueller says he is not being paid for them either, but sees them as a way to “give back to the incredible community of indie developers”.) That said, he notes that he may end up selling ads in the future.
Carrot Weather 5.0 is available for download now on the App Store.