UAV Forecast app is dead - Unless you want to pay!

[Yaros]

An app that me, and probably many of you were using for a long time - UAV Forecast, today updated and stopped showing local weather info unless you upgrade to a subscription. The developer slowly pushed his way to this, removing features from the free version for quite some time now, but today he just killed it!

I am already developing an alternative, which will be free to use

 

[msinger]

I am already developing an alternative, which will be free to use

Where do you plan on getting free worldwide data from?

 

[Yaros]

Where do you plan on getting free worldwide data from?

It will be ad-supported.
I will probably end up using OpenWeather or WeatherKit

 

[msinger]

And are you just trying to create another weather app (lots of them exist today)? Or are you attempting to reproduce the additional things that UAV Forecast offers (like satellite count, KPI, wind at elevation, etc.)?

 

[MARK (LI)]

I have not seen any change in the last few months.....it changed from free to subscription quite a while ago now....but it is not much..I opted for the 24 hour forecast for $6.99 a year....you can get the 7 day plan for 25.99 annually or the 15 day plan for 49.99 a year

 

[Capt KO]

I was only able to get the paid version on ios, not my android phone. Says incorrect PayPal password, same one worked on ios. Forget credit card, they ask for a password there too. New UAV Forecast is broken. It recently reversed wind direction 180* on my free app, had to change wind settings (From now To) fixed it. Big difference East & West

 

[Yaros]

Or are you attempting to reproduce the additional things that UAV Forecast offers (like satellite count, KPI, wind at elevation, etc.)?

Reproduce the UAV Forecast look & feel

 

[jlFdeCastro]

Ola, hay aquí en España, una nueva aplicación realizada por Rafa Ocon, os dejo enlace

VUELA Drones APP

VUELA Drones APP

www.vueladrones.app

Saludos, y por favor agradeceré y/o comentar dicha aplicación.
Gracias

 

[Yaros]

Ola, hay aquí en España, una nueva aplicación realizada por Rafa Ocon, os dejo enlace

Buenas, conozco esta app, pero no tiene funcionalidad de UAV Forecast.
Para ver spots de vuelo yo uso DJI Findspot.

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English:
Hello, I am aware that this app exists, but it doesn't provide the funcionality of UAV Forecast.
For checking flight spots I use DJI Findspot intsead.

 

[MARK (LI)]

I was only able to get the paid version on ios, not my android phone. Says incorrect PayPal password, same one worked on ios. Forget credit card, they ask for a password there too. New UAV Forecast is broken. It recently reversed wind direction 180* on my free app, had to change wind settings (From now To) fixed it. Big difference East & West

Mine gets charged to my Itunes account

 

[msinger]

Reproduce the UAV Forecast look & feel

Good luck with your project! If it's successful, it's going to get expensive pretty quickly as high quality weather data, Apple dev subscription, your time, etc. are not free. I suspect that's what the maker of UAV Forecast eventually figured out.

 

[jlFdeCastro]

Yaros, sorry, but it does have that function. The one that tells you whether you can fly or not based on meteorological data.
Regards

 

[Yaros]

Good luck with your project! If it's successful, it's going to get expensive pretty quickly as high quality weather data, Apple dev subscription, your time, etc. are not free. I suspect that's what the maker of UAV Forecast eventually figured out.

I already have Apple Developer for my other projects. The API costs can be expensive, but I think I'll implement "paste your own API key" thing that some open source apps have.

 

[MARK (LI)]

Hey @Yaros ...I hope it works and you are successful with it....best of luck

 

[Snowhack]

I had no idea this happened. I also have no idea how many times I opened the app to get a quick glance at the Kp and "Good to Fly" status in full sun in the field most times. The whole time I was referencing a "Preview" screen with false data!!!??? I'm glad I didn't have any mishaps. F them. The only reason I caught it was checking today's Kp as my Ham radio resources are showing a major solar storm. I just wanted to see if the data between the two was close. Uninstalled as soon as I realized. I have enough paid subs for crying out loud.

 

[Yaros]

I'm glad I didn't have any mishaps.

KP doesn't affect that much, really. You're not going to have a mishap unless GPS signal is very much blocked, which is unlikely with so many satellites in the sky.

 

[msinger]

KP doesn't affect that much, really

Many people like to monitor the Kp index when flying drones, but it's important to note that it doesn't significantly impact drone performance. While it might be interesting to track, there's no practical reason to rely on it for your flights.

 

[mavictk]

I have an Apple Watch Series 6 and was playing with the weather app and discovered that is have good wind information by the hour. I am not sure I need other apps now.

 

[AMann]

Windy is a good app for local weather.

 

[TonyPHX]

I don't mind paying for the UAV Forecast app. It is not a unreasonable cost and they developer deserves some $ for their time and contribution.