Petrichor

Long before apps and satellites, people read the weather in the sky itself — a red dawn, a ring around the moon, swallows skimming low over a field. Petrichor gathers that old wisdom into a pocket almanac and pairs it with a place to record what you see with your own eyes. Browse dozens of traditional weather sayings, each retold in plain words with an honest note on whether there's real meteorology behind it or it's simply charming folklore, sorted by whether they speak of clouds, wind, the moon, animals or the turning seasons.

The other half of the app is your sky journal. Step outside, glance up, and log the moment: pick the sky state from a set of hand-drawn options, note how the air feels, set the wind on a little compass rose and judge its strength, add a line about what you noticed, and tag any of the old signs you spotted overhead. Entries gather into a timeline and a calendar that quietly fills in as the days pass, so a season of glances becomes a record you can look back on.

Over time that record starts to speak. A patterns page draws simple charts from your own logs — how often each kind of sky turns up, which way your winds tend to blow on a drawn rose, which months you watched most, and which sayings you keep noticing come true. It never forecasts and never pretends to; it just reflects what you yourself wrote, and a clear note reminds you this is for curiosity and journaling, not for planning around. A short "sky signs" guide rounds things out with gentle, plain-language things to look for — a shifting wind, a thickening cloud, a halo round the sun.

Choose your labels, pick a dawn or rain backdrop, set an accent, and keep the whole almanac on your device with no account and no ads. Whether you're a gardener, a walker, a sailor at heart, or just someone who loves watching the sky change, Petrichor turns weather-watching into a small, satisfying daily habit.