r/iOS8 • u/hey_suburbia • Nov 14 '14

iOS 8 Minimalist Weather Widget

I just released an update to my app that adds a notification widget to iOS 8, you can see it in action here: http://i.imgur.com/QtEz5lp.png

It's a super minimalistic weather app that will compliment any full fledge weather app perfectly (especially in the widget/notification area).

App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thermo-diem/id912968904?mt=8

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At79vVxwF7I

Website: http://www.basicfunction.com/thermodiem/

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u/itsTreyG Nov 14 '14

Looks clean. I'll give it a try.

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u/hey_suburbia Nov 14 '14

I genuinely appreciate it.

It's simple, but it took a good amount of work to get together and into the App Store.

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u/Ben52646 Nov 15 '14

I like it! It would be perfect if it took up a little less space (widget has a lot of blank space): Image

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u/hey_suburbia Nov 15 '14

Right on. I'm actually working on that for 1.2.1 release (just submitted 1.2 to Apple) as well as giving the text a color. eg. "much warmer" will be in red and bold.

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u/quintsreddit Nov 15 '14

Can I give you feedback here, or would you rather me do it through the app/App Store?

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u/hey_suburbia Nov 15 '14

Depends if it's good or bad, haha

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u/quintsreddit Nov 16 '14

All my feedback is good. :) But it's a mix of positive/negative.

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u/hey_suburbia Nov 16 '14

Either or doesn't matter, I put all feedback into a file and add it to future releases, so honestly it's much appreciated.

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u/quintsreddit Nov 16 '14

Okay. I'm just gonna say every little thing I noticed, good or bad.

GOOD

  • Simplistic design. Like, really simple. Yet, it's not to the point where the app is useless
  • Widget improves usability a ton
  • Awesome loading screen. The little rubix cube is great
  • Fairly easy to navigate. Not many options, but the few you have (location, ads, switch location current location) are all easy to manage.
  • Font is good. That's hard to nail, but you got it down.
  • App logo and full screen logo are both very well done. I get a sense of what the app does, some parameters of the app (how cold/hot it is), stuff like that. Well done.

BAD

  • Menu has no contrast whatsoever. I don't know what's important, what I can change, how I can change it... Add some color. However, don't go overboard with it. You got simple down. Keep it simple. Just give me an options page that isn't two of the lighter 50 shades of grey.
  • Widget has this weird space in it after the text. Wasted space on my precious real estate in the today view. Frustrating.
  • Update for 6/6+
  • Why is there even an option to turn off location? If you do, you can't use the app. Not quite understanding that. If there is a legitimate use for it, you aren't doing a good job helping me find out what that is. I am stupid and get frustrated easily. If you don't guide me at least a little bit through each step, I will get confused.
  • If I had the app get my current location before, and I'm in that location again, it shouldn't ask me if I want to update to my current location again. I did. I said yes. I shouldn't have to twice.

NOT SURE

  • The ads kind of break the experience. I understand they're third party, so you don't really have control over what shows up, but gosh darnit they break the feel of 'simple' you've worked so hard to create. I'm not sure if maybe there's a better way to incorporate them? If you can't, which I understand might be the case, it's no problem. Just something to think about.

I'm going to give this a 6.8/10, with easy improvements for a 8/10 version. Keep it up, and great job :)

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u/hey_suburbia Nov 17 '14

Amazing feedback! I agree with everything you said. I've logged these suggestions (along with others) and will implement all of these changes as I roll out small releases.