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Electric Dream Machine LLC · Weather · Free · v27.0.3

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Review-rating drop
1.33

2023-Q4 4.80 → last 90 days 3.47, text reviews

Peak quarter
4.80

2023-Q4, text reviews

Last 90 days
3.47

text reviews

Store rating
4.69

all 9554 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.22

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$126k

#87 top-grossing, Weather

store 4.69 · reviews 4.80 → 3.47 · gap 1.22 store 4.69 reviews 3.47

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 500 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2019-Q2: 2.94★ from 17 reviews 2.94 2019-Q2 2019-Q3: 3.77★ from 35 reviews 2019-Q4: 4.44★ from 16 reviews 2020-Q1: 4.44★ from 25 reviews 2020-Q2: 4.08★ from 25 reviews 2020-Q3: 3.70★ from 20 reviews 2020-Q4: 4.17★ from 18 reviews 2021-Q1: 3.79★ from 19 reviews 2021-Q2: 3.67★ from 15 reviews 2021-Q3: 4.25★ from 8 reviews 2021-Q4: 4.33★ from 3 reviews (small sample) 2022-Q1: 4.20★ from 5 reviews (small sample) 2022-Q2: 3.33★ from 6 reviews (small sample) 2022-Q3: 4.25★ from 8 reviews 2022-Q4: 4.40★ from 10 reviews 2023-Q1: 3.87★ from 23 reviews 2023-Q2: 3.92★ from 12 reviews 2023-Q3: 3.20★ from 10 reviews 2023-Q4: 4.80★ from 10 reviews 4.80 2023-Q4 2024-Q1: 3.38★ from 8 reviews 2024-Q2: 4.14★ from 7 reviews (small sample) 2024-Q3: 3.50★ from 6 reviews (small sample) 2024-Q4: 5.00★ from 6 reviews (small sample) 2025-Q1: 4.30★ from 10 reviews 2025-Q2: 3.80★ from 10 reviews 2025-Q3: 3.94★ from 90 reviews 2025-Q4: 4.25★ from 20 reviews 2026-Q1: 4.32★ from 22 reviews 2026-Q2: 3.87★ from 15 reviews 2026-Q3: 3.31★ from 16 reviews 2026-Q4: 4.20★ from 5 reviews (small sample) 4.20 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2019-Q22.94 17
2019-Q33.77 35
2019-Q44.44 16
2020-Q14.44 25
2020-Q24.08 25
2020-Q33.70 20
2020-Q44.17 18
2021-Q13.79 19
2021-Q23.67 15
2021-Q34.25 8
2021-Q44.33 3
2022-Q14.20 5
2022-Q23.33 6
2022-Q34.25 8
2022-Q44.40 10
2023-Q13.87 23
2023-Q23.92 12
2023-Q33.20 10
2023-Q44.80 10
2024-Q13.38 8
2024-Q24.14 7
2024-Q33.50 6
2024-Q45.00 6
2025-Q14.30 10
2025-Q23.80 10
2025-Q33.94 90
2025-Q44.25 20
2026-Q14.32 22
2026-Q23.87 15
2026-Q33.31 16
2026-Q44.20 5

Recent 1–2 star reviews

Use a Fascist Map

★ · v27.0.3 · Oct 9, 2026

Hello Weather uses a stupid map with renaming of Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. Ended subscription due to their bootlicking.

Greedy

★ · v27.0.3 · Sep 15, 2026

The dev’s are getting greedier and greedier, and now they’ll blame on either Apple or Source Data providers for “fees increase”. Used to be nice app, not worth anymore because of the greed.

Useless

★ · v26.6.7 · Sep 10, 2026

Can’t even use the widget without paying. First thing you see when you open the app is them begging for a subscription

Awful

★ · v26.5.13 · Aug 20, 2026

I don’t know how this app works elsewhere, but it is absolutely useless in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. It’s never once been anything close to accurate. I’ve cancelled my subscription.

Not helpful without subscription

★ · v26.5.13 · Aug 16, 2026

Basically gives you the right now weather without any options to do anything else until you buy the subscription

Subscription required for use

★★ · v26.5.13 · Aug 15, 2026

Cool concept but every single feature is hidden behind the subscription. The base app without subscription uses apple weather, yet has about 5% of the data that apple wether provides. Requires pro to even see wind speed. Makes zero sense.

No accurate

★ · v26.5.13 · Aug 10, 2026

No accurate

It’s great, sometimes

★★ · v26.4.4 · May 25, 2026

It’s a good app. However, sometimes it shows that it is raining when it is not, and no other weather service shows this. Such a pretty little stupid app.

What’s the deal?

★ · v26.4.3 · Apr 26, 2026

Can’t get past first screen “free trial”

Poor layout

★★ · v26.4.3 · Apr 5, 2026

The Daily Medium widget has way too much white space. Why not show days horizontal?! Boggles my mind showing vertical days on a wide widget. Also, allow swiping left/right to multiple favorite locations in big app.

$100 for a weather app

★ · v26.2.24 · Feb 1, 2026

Ridiculous and scammy

Poor update

★ · v26.2.17 · Jan 7, 2026

It used to be great but the recent update took away so many of the features that drove me to pay for it in the first place. I saw a reply to another review from the dev that said to switch back to Classic mode, but it’s missing so much of the helpful data it used to have. Guess I’ll be switching to another app.

No longer have widgets or apple watch widgets unless you pay

★ · v26.2.1 · Nov 5, 2025

No longer have widgets or apple watch widgets unless you pay

Needs location every time i open app

★ · v26.1.0 · Oct 27, 2025

I don’t know why I can’t just put a zip code in and get the weather for that location rather than having to allow my location to be varified every time I look at the app. That option should be available.

Me no likey

★ · v26.1.0 · Oct 21, 2025

I wish the free version at least let you choose a single source of weather info instead of locking to Apple Weather. I’ll stick with Weather Underground instead for my hyper-local conditions! To the delete heap you go.

Inconsistent Forecast

★ · v4.1.5 · Sep 6, 2025

Highs and Lows for the day don’t match up with hourly temp forecast. It’s like the forecast is for 2 different areas. That makes the app useless to me.

Love the privacy, hate the new interface

★★ · v4.1.5 · Aug 30, 2025

I purchased this app because of the privacy policy and the option to choose the forecast sources. I give it two stars for that reason. But the latest update really ruined a simple interface. Everything is a popup window. What makes developers think people want popup windows? I don’t want to open a popup from another popup to see the forecast charts and then have to close two popups to get back to the home screen. The swipe motion was simple and efficient. I could see all the needed data on the home screen and swipe for details. Changing to the “classic” interface did not return the app to its previous format, so that is a poor recommendation also. I have canceled my subscription because I now hate using this app.

User interface and graphics content are outstanding, but data is all wrong so it’s worthless

★ · v4.1.1 · Jul 22, 2025

Interested in wind direction on one page it says west on another northwest in reality is northeast it’s not even close

Unreadable. What Happened?

★ · v4.0.3 · Jul 19, 2025

Font is so large everything wraps and it’s unreadable. Happened after a recent update. 🥹

New design 👎

★★ · v4.1.1 · Jul 17, 2025

Sorely miss old design ... will not be resubscribing and honestly would like a refund! The old version wasn't broke... not sure why the terrible new design :(

Sad to see Hello Weather go

★ · v4.0.3 · Jul 13, 2025

When I first got Hello Weather I was looking for a pay-once app (like in the old times) and it delivered exactly that. Then they added the subscription, making the basic app worst to have something to sell as the pro version. A bit over a week ago I noticed that the widget stopped working altogether and demanded payment for the pro version, and when I opened the app it never finished loading. I reinstalled the app to fix that but sadly the app I loved is gone. The redesign looks good, and developers have to eat… I get it, but you disappointed at least one of your user, greatly.

Bad update

★ · v4.0.3 · Jul 11, 2025

Why take away basic things like widget to premium??? Weather data isnt even accurate. Good luck

Same weather on apple weather

★ · v4.0.1 · Jul 10, 2025

Why would I pay more than I already have for a UI update? That’s what y’all are supposed to do. And it’s less accurate than apple weather. On top of that raising prices while trump is literally making tracking storms harder is diabolical like legit evil company stuff. Trump has removed satellites and employees that keep us safe. This app has no worth.

Apple Watch complication won’t update

★ · v4.0.1 · Jul 9, 2025

The display on the watch face will not display accurately. Tapping the display will display more, and correct info, but the data on the face remains the same.

Don’t remove features from existing apps

★ · v4.0.1 · Jul 9, 2025

I’m never going to pay a subscription for a weather app, because money doesn’t grow on trees. I’d pay a fair lifetime price, but that’s not on offer. And then, if the app is nerfed, with widgets removed after years? It’s an easy uninstall. There are delusions here about the value of Hello Weather. What a shame. I guess I’ll use the free one that Apple makes.

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