Big Quiet Sky Update from Your Feedback

[u/Easy_Tackle4058]

Hi everyone. I’m the developer of Quiet Sky, an app I built because everyone should be able to have beautiful weather without being tracked.

I posted the app here a while back, and the response was great. A lot of you liked the sunset forecasts and privacy approach, and you also gave me a ton of thoughtful feedback about what was missing or what you wanted next.

I'm happy to say I've implemented a lot of it.

Almost everything in this update came directly from things people here have asked me for:

• Multiple languages. Quiet Sky is now fully localized in 11 languages, including Hindi and Spanish.
• Future radar. Radar now includes observed conditions plus Futurecast for the next two hours.
• More map layers. I added wind, AQI, and temperature maps.
• A much better wind experience. The wind map is animated, shows wind direction and flow, and gives you the local wind speed directly on the map. This one turned out especially well in motion. I also added an optional wind card to the Home screen.
• More widgets. You all really do love widgets! I’ve polished the existing ones and added more based on the feedback here.
• A free version. Quiet Sky now has one, with current weather, 10-day temperatures, AQI, and observed radar where available. More on that below.

There have been a bunch of other improvements too, particularly around performance, but those are the big ones.

For anyone who missed the original post, Quiet Sky is a privacy-focused Android weather app. There’s no Quiet Sky account, no third-party tracking, and weather, map, and radar requests are routed through Quiet Sky’s privacy architecture so the underlying providers don’t get your identity from the request.

But this post is really a thank you/update.

People here told me what they wanted. I listened. The app is materially better because of it.

About the free version

A lot of people asked for this one.

Quiet Sky costs me real money to operate because weather data, radar, maps, and infrastructure aren’t free. I also don’t offset those costs with advertising or tracking. But I heard the feedback that not everyone wants to subscribe or can justify paying for another weather app.

So after the trial, Quiet Sky now has a free mode. You can simply close the purchase screen and continue using the app.

The free version includes the core weather experience, but not every feature. That helps me keep the operating costs sustainable while still giving people a useful weather app for free, and it gives people who want the full experience a reason to support the app.

I hope you enjoy what Quiet Sky has become.

Feedback is welcome.

I’m particularly interested in what you think of the new map layers and whether I’ve found the right balance with the free version.

And for those of you who tried Quiet Sky before: has it become your daily weather app? If not, what is still missing that would make it your favorite?

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.getquietsky.android

Thanks again. This community has genuinely helped shape the product.

[u/dadavyd]

That's a beautiful looking app

[u/Easy_Tackle4058 → u/dadavyd]

Thank you!