Weather Pro 1.3.3.0
Among the numerous apps that are created to fit the needs of Windows Phone users, Weather Pro is a utility that aims to provide a set of useful weather details for any region on Earth.
Beautiful backgrounds and attractive graphics
This app has a really nice look and the great wallpapers that appear on the background of each section corresponding to a certain city are accompanied by some carefully drawn icons and other graphical elements.
Navigating around the app's various sections has a smooth feel to it, with some minor lags in loading the information when a location is added for the first time and while swiping fast form one screen to another.
A very disruptive component of this utility are the advertisements, which come in the form of some flashing ad banners and also as full screen ads. The prompts to review and rate the application are also bothersome and pop up from the first run, even before you get the change to actually use the app.
General weather info and 7 day forecast
Weather Pro displays for each selected location the current temperature, wind speed and direction, as well as the humidity details. The forecast includes the high and low values for the day and a general, very short characterization for the aspect of the weather.
To check out the upcoming conditions, you have to scroll downwards a bit and you will come across the prognosis for the entire week, starting with current day.
Live tile updates and weather info sharing
This application uses images taken from Flicker to put on the background of each screen allocated to a certain location and you can have up to 10 such places hosted inside Weather Pro. The information is also shown on the Start screen, where the live tile is constantly updated.
A nice feature of this utility is the ability to share the current weather data for your current location through SMS, email or via social networks.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI9
The graphics and beautiful wallpapers brought by this app are spoiled by the disruptive and pushy advertisements shown inside the interface. |
Function7
There is only a limited amount of weather data provided by this utility, which is also limited in terms of locations it can host inside. |
Security4
Weather Pro requires access to virtually every place on the phone and SD card as well, while having a good reason to access only a few locations. |
Battery7
The amount of energy needed by this tool to function is well above moderate, so the battery usage remains at high levels for most of the time. |
Price6
Apart from the appealing looks, this utility has very little things (if any) to work very well in its favor since there are plenty of similar tools better equipped and with fewer nuisances. |
Compatibility7
This app is designed only for the latest handsets as it needs Windows Phone 8.1 to run and a minimum screen resolution of 480 by 800 pixels. |
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 1.3.3.0
- reviewed version:
- 1.3.3.0
- developer:
- AmanMalikov
- category:
- WEATHER
- os version req.:
- 8.1
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- No
- hits:
- 462