Former Dark Sky Team Launches Innovative New Weather App: Acme Weather

Daily Technology

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24/02/2026

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The same people who built the once popular Dark Sky app return with a new program called Acme Weather. They released it after Apple shut Dark Sky down in 2023 and they want users to see how forecasts are built and to take part in updating them.

Key points

The team that coded Dark Sky also coded Acme Weather
The program shows multiple forecast models side by side rather than one fixed outlook
People who use the program send short live weather reports that appear on the map
The package holds custom alerts, radar, base maps plus a set of playful extras
iOS users already have access - an Android release will follow

Beyond one forecast

Adam Grossman plus the Acme staff stress that no outlook is perfect. The program lists a handful of separate models for each location so that users see the spread of possible conditions. This layout lets people judge how much trust to place in the outlook and adjust plans.

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The interface keeps the minute-by-minute, street level style that Dark Sky fans liked but the side-by-side models push the program past what most weather software offers.

Live reports from the local area

Acme Weather invites each user to post a quick note about the sky overhead. A small icon - raindrop, snowflake or emoji - drops onto the local map and every viewer sees the mark within moments. Grossman says those notes let the model adjust faster to sudden shifts but also pull users into active roles.

Standard tools plus test extras

Besides radar and layered maps for temperature, wind and moisture, the program keeps the custom alerts for rain, lightning as well as official warnings that Dark Sky users knew. A new corner called Acme Labs tests fun options like rainbow alerts and sunset alarms for skies that promise bright colors. The staff wants the data to stay practical and to add a measure of delight.

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Privacy-first paid plan

The program runs free for fourteen days then asks for twenty five dollars for each year. The fee removes any need to sell location or behavior records to advertisers, a step the authors present as an answer to privacy worries that surround no cost apps. Acme Weather is on the iOS App Store today or will reach Android shortly, adding a new option to the weather software field.

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