Carrot Weather gets a new design and a bigger change to subscriptions

Carrot Weather – the fun and antagonistic weather app from developer Brian Mueller – just received its latest version 5.0 update, which brings a whole new design (and much more customizable), removes the original price in favor of more levels. subscription, and, of course, adds new dialogue and Easter eggs for the app’s malicious AI character.

It’s been a few years since Mueller released Carrot Weather 4.0, and the new update brings a new coat of paint to the weather app, with more detailed data broken down into individual maps for things like moon phases, wind speed, precipitation, etc. .

Image by Brian Mueller

Users can also fully customize the layout of these UI cards based on the information that is important to them, and they can easily switch between different custom layouts. (For example, a diligent skier might want to create a layout that focuses on snow forecast and wind speed.) Everything has been visually updated to be more in line with modern UI standards. iOS so that the whole application integrates more perfectly with the others. your applications.

The new app is also now free, instead of charging $ 4.99 up front. Like the old paid version, however, there are still optional subscription services that can be layered for more functionality. A Premium subscription ($ 4.99 per month or $ 19.99 per year) adds additional features such as selection of weather sources, notifications, widgets and Apple Watch complications. Premium Ultra ($ 9.99 per month or $ 39.99 per year) adds notifications for rain and storms, more widgets, and better data source switching. And a Premium Family subscription ($ 14.99 per month or $ 59.99 per year) is the same as Premium Ultra, but can be shared through Apple’s Family Sharing with up to five other people.

Image by Brian Mueller

If you’ve ever owned Carrot, however, you’ll be able to keep all the paid features you already had forever, even if they’ve been moved to one of the more expensive tiers. Likewise, existing subscribers to old Premium Club subscriptions will be able to continue to pay these lower monthly or annual prices.

The free version of Carrot Weather includes ads – but for now, they’re either for entirely bogus products or for other unrelated apps. (Mueller says he doesn’t get paid for these either, but sees them as a way to “give back to the awesome community of independent developers.”) That said, he notes that he could end up selling advertisements in the future.

Carrot Weather 5.0 is now available for download on the App Store.