MetService app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: MetService
First release : 21 May 2012
App size: 58.81 Mb
MetService NZ Weather Features include:
- Morning, afternoon, evening and overnight icons for 47 forecast areas, set by our meteorologists, to help you plan your day
- Automatically see the forecast and observations that are most relevant to you, by enabling location services or choosing your suburb, town or city
- Customise your weather dashboard and the order of forecast modules
- 48 hour forecast graphs
- Interactive national temperature map
- Severe Weather Warnings and Watches for your location
- MetService TV updates for your region
- Real-time, zoomable Rain Radar for your area, with quick link
- 3 day, zoomable Rain Forecast maps
- Live Traffic Cameras for urban locations
- Widget available
Full terms and conditions regarding the purchase and use of MetService mobile applications are available here: www.metservice.com/about/application-terms
Latest reviews of MetService app for iPhone and iPad
Functional and more convenient than using the web site. The images that correspond to the weather are all squished, which is most noticeable when showing the picture of the kid enjoying the rain.
This app accompanies a long-overdue refresh of the MetService web site, and packs a lot of useful weather information into a quite tidy and functional application, including detailed forecasts, including hourly predictions for local areas. The app has quickly become my go-to application for forecast data for NZ. Overall, I cant yet award 5 stars because there are a couple of things which bug me… the favourites list appears to be uneditable (at least in the current release), the app frequently forgets the city Im most interested in (Christchurch) and defaults to data for Wellington, and the app offers no onscreen assistance to show how to use it… some types of data are too-well hidden. So overall, solid, worth the modest price, but Ill also still be using alongside "Weather NZ" -- which is invaluable for its extra features including tide forecasts and snow and surf reports.
Not a bad start, but still leaves much to be desired. The app is buggy and crashes each and every time I try to view the hourly data. As it stands, the mobile version of the MetService web site is far better, and presents information much clearer. You can create your own app to take you to the site by visiting www.MetService.co.nz on your mobile phone, click OK, when asked if youd like to view a mobile version of the website, then select your Town. When your town or location appears, use the Share button at the bottom of the Safari app and select Add to Home Screen. Viola, you have your own app. It has a better layout and design too than the real app that you must purchase. Not worth the money in my estimation until they fix the bugs and the overly busy design of the app.
I downloaded this for a NZ visit. It is painfully slow and cumbersome due in part to the limited and slow mobile internet service in NZ. Images and radars take ages to load. Its much easier and faster to get the weather info elsewhere. 2 stars.