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Sonuby is a different kind of weather app, designed for users who often partake in outdoor activities. For example, if you often snowboard, you can have a weather forecast that places snow conditions front and center. Weather needs can be very individualistic, which is why Sonuby allows you to tailor the app to what you care about.
Features
As mentioned earlier, Sonuby has specialized weather reports for varying outdoor activities. It’s built around the concept of use-case based usage, and offers the following reports to help you out:
- Skiers and snowboarders can focus on snow conditions and temperatures
- Surfers can focus on wave heights, periods, and tides
- Skydivers can focus on cloud cover and wind speeds
However, Sonuby also has features for more casual users. It has a “Daily Life” report as well, providing up to a 14 day weather overview, an hour-by-hour live forecast, and detailed maps for temperature, radar, humidity and pressure, cloud cover and precipitation, UV and sunshine hours, weather warnings, wind and gusts, and visibility. You can also customize what information you highlight on your dashboard.
That’s just scratching the surface, but Sonuby has a ton of data. It pulls multiple weather models, providing a wide variety of info.
Coming soon
Sonuby only launched in April 2024, so it’s relatively new. The developer has some plans for future releases this year, including:
- Configurable widgets for your home screen
- Personalized push notifications for your needs
- More reports for kitesurfing, windsurfing, paragliding, hiking, climbing, health, and more
Download Sonuby
Sonuby is available for free on the App Store with a limited feature set. To unlock the full app, you can purchase the Enthusiast subscription, unlocking all forecast and configuration options, all weather maps, dark mode, and it’ll be ad free. The subscription is available for $1.99/month or $14.99/year.
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