The evolution of Dark Sky technology: Powered by Apple's cutting-edge WeatherKit
About Dark Sky Tech & Custom Notify
Dark Sky Tech & Custom Notify is a weather app developed by Hyperlocal Weather App.
Download Statistics
Dark Sky Tech & Custom Notify has been downloaded 480 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2.3 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 weather apps.
User Ratings
Dark Sky Tech & Custom Notify is rated 4.04 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 7.5 thousand ratings.
App Information
Dark Sky Tech & Custom Notify is FREE to download. The APK download size is 12.53 MB. The latest version available is Altocumulus. The last update was on June 8, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2020.
Description
Hyperlocal Weather is the acme weather app for people who don't want "maybe" forecasts. It's for people who want proof. That's why Hyperlocal gives you multiple forecast providers in one app—so you can compare, switch, and trust the source that performs best for your location. This is acme weather at its finest: not one engine, but two elite ones working side by side. Two elite forecast engines. Apple took the legendary Dark Sky technology and pushed it to its peak, creating WeatherKit—a modern, high-performance forecasting platform built on Apple's infrastructure. We've paired it with another powerhouse: Foreca, a provider known for world top-ranked forecast accuracy (Top 3). Together, these two extraordinarily consistent sources let you cross-check forecasts and get the most reliable result—without guessing. This is what acme weather means: compare the best, choose the best, and plan with confidence. Your personal acme weather app setup: Apple WeatherKit + Foreca, side by side.
What you get with this hyperlocal weather app:
✅ Custom Notifications: Your tailor-made weather custom notifications. Build your own in Hyperlocal Weather: rain, wind, frost, UV & more. You pick the threshold, you pick the hours. The difference? They can fire on real readings from nearby weather stations 🛰️ — not just forecasts. Tailor-made, right down to the station. ✅ Minute-by-Minute Rain Predictions Know exactly when rain will start and stop, down to the minute—at your exact location. Perfect for commuting, walking the dog, sports, school runs, and travel. ✅ Multi-Provider Forecasting (WeatherKit + Foreca) Not all forecasts are created equal—and your location deserves the best match. That's why Hyperlocal offers multiple weather data sources in one place: WeatherKit: Apple-powered, Dark Sky heritage, fast and reliable. Foreca: globally top-ranked accuracy, premium-grade consistency. Switch providers anytime and compare results side by side to find the most trustworthy forecast for your area. More sources. More confidence. ✅ Hurricane & Severe Storm & Lightning Tracking When it matters most, you need more than a warning—you need a full picture. Hyperlocal's interactive map gives you detailed hurricane tracking and forecasting, including:
Projected storm path and intensity timeline Wind radius zones (tropical storm, hurricane force) Live movement updates as the storm evolves Forecast cone visualization so you know exactly what's in the danger zone Whether a hurricane is forming offshore or approaching fast, you'll have everything you need to monitor, prepare, and stay safe—right on the map.
✅ Live Weather Station Observations See what's actually happening right now—not just what a model predicts. Hyperlocal pulls real-time data from the nearest meteorological stations to your location, so you can observe current conditions directly from official ground-level sources:
✅ Ultra-Detailed Hourly Live Graphs See the shape of the weather:
temperature & feels-like trends wind & gust windows humidity & precipitation changes upcoming shifts you can actually plan around
✅ Live Interactive Map: Radar + Radar Forecast + Hurricane Tracker + Lightning Tracker Track storms and hurricanes in real time—and see what's coming next with radar forecast. Zoom, pan, and follow precipitation movement and storm paths with high clarity. ✅ Advanced Map Layers Go beyond radar with additional layers like: Hurricane, Lightening, Satellite Clouds, Wind, Air Quality, Pollen (limited regions), UV Index, Sea Level Pressure, Sea Temperature A full weather lab in your pocket. ✅ Widgets + Clean, Fast Design Customizable widgets and a modern interface built for speed, clarity, and day/night readability.
If you loved Dark Sky… You'll love Hyperlocal. It carries the precision mindset forward—then upgrades it with multiple provider choices, live station data, and deep visuals. It's the acme weather app Dark Sky fans have been waiting for.
Recent changes: 🔔 NEW: Custom Notifications Build your own weather alerts — pick any parameter (temperature, rain, wind, pressure, UV & more), set a threshold, and choose when to be notified.
☀️ NEW: Today's Outlook & This Week — plain-language summaries that tell you what the day and the next 10 days actually feel like.
• Air Quality forecast. • Climate Normal · We compare today's forecast to the historical average for this exact day. • Hurricane tracking layer included to the map with details.
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Comments on Dark Sky Tech & Custom Notify for Android
★★★★★Yuri Tarasinsky (IT)· Mar 24, 2026
Just bought the new more expensive subscription, because I like this app so much... A couple of minor things could be improved though: 1. Warnings for Weather Kit as provider behave like a link to external webpage, why?! If Foreca is chosen, the same warnings could be opened inside the app itself, no need to check them in the browser by link instead! Could it be the case with Weather Kit as well please?! 2. Both Weather kit and Foreca provide more detailed weather description than app
★★★★★KB inFlorida· Mar 21, 2026
The weather forecast is always tricky. This app does an excellent job with precision location temp, rain, wind and fog. It is my go-to app.
★★★★★Rick Meier· Mar 12, 2026
This is absolutely my favorite weather app. I'm enough of a weather geek that I want to know the dew point, not just the relative humidity and, living in the South, I want to know what the dew point's going to be tomorrow also. The hourly weather gives you all this data, not just in an hourly format but in a graphical format. The free version has ads, but they're really very unintrusive, and it's only fair for a product this good. Highly recommend.
★★★★☆Charles Hassinger· May 11, 2026
Excellent app. I find it to be precise with the times & extremely accurate. I only wish there was another way to pay for the premium other than Google Pay.
★★★★★Leorad Brinkerhoff· Mar 2, 2026
Been using for years since Apple bought out the original Dark Sky group and this app is the best alternative out there. Accurate and meaningful data and warnings. Never had an issue and uses almost no battery
★☆☆☆☆Bernie Piazza· May 27, 2026
Unfortunately this app went from my "go-to" weather app to "yuck, don't waste my time". Intrusive and obnoxious ads galore, made Radar history and forecast in Maps a premium cost feature, etc. buh bye
★☆☆☆☆Paul A C· Mar 9, 2026
Weather on this app used to be bang on, Nothing weather is actually better. No idea what it uses, but it's been more accurate recently. Right now it is 100% raining, hyper says 0% chance, nothing weather says raining. Unreliable, definitely not worth paying for.
★☆☆☆☆Rachael Rettinger· Apr 19, 2026
I liked having this in addition to Google's default weather app - the rain/stop start times were rarely accurate, but were usually in a 15 m window, and that was nice. But now there's a ton of ads, and you can't view the future radar without premium. I might not have minded if there has been a pop-up or warning at some point to say that previously free features would now be behind a paywall, but given that there was no notice, and I can still view future radar others places, time to uninstall.
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