Ourcast isn’t just a weather app, it’s a social weather app.
Amazingly enough, the social features offered here aren’t just throwaway junk
capitalizing on the ‘checking-in’ phenomenon that has taken over our social
lives. And Ourcast will surely only get better as more people adopt it.
The main screen displays the current weather, temperature
and the current rainfall measure with a more detailed rainfall count every ten
minutes below. Okay, so far it’s definitely a weather app! But users can check-in
with a status and an icon displaying the type of weather they are currently
experiencing. And there are more than enough icons such as ‘good gardening
weather’ than you’ll ever need to use.
Check-ins can be shared via Facebook or Twitter but they this
is not mandatory; an option most check-in apps don’t allow. Users can make a
check-in that is only visible to others users of the app so anyone following
you on Twitter doesn’t get a boring, useless (to them) weather update. But if
it is something you want all your friends and followers to see, then you are
more than welcome.
Check-ins can be
shared via Facebook or Twitter but they this is not mandatory; an option most
check-in apps don’t allow
The map view, icons from other users check-ins displayed as
well as the radar so over time, as more people use Ourcast, it would become
particularly useful to the see the weather local to your areas especially if
you’re headed out to an event or some sort of outing.
As weather apps go, this is very good but the social aspects
take this outside the box, making it just that little bit more interesting and
fun. It doesn’t need millions of users to be a good app, but with more and more
people using Ourcast, it will only make it that much more useful.
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Info
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Rating
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9/10
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Compatible with
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iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
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Requires
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iOS4.0 or later
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Price:
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free
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Category
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Weather
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Updated:
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Apr 17, 2012
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Version:
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1.5.0
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Size:
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9.8 MB
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Seller:
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Ourcast, Inc.
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