#thursdayapps: Good Weather.

Unique Feature Games. This app is designed so that each particular condition unlocks a special mini-game where you get to play with the components of the conditions.

Features Celcius or Fahrenheit • 5-day forecast • Current conditions along with temperature, precipitation chance, cloud coverage percentage, and wind speed • Cities/Location

Pros

• Simple, clean, iconic and aesthetically pleasing representation of the current weather conditions along with temperature, precipitation chance, cloud coverage percentage, and wind speed.
• You can also tap the temperature to bring up the five-day forecast, but the pictorial conditions (icons) are the definite highlight of the app. The designers used information hierarchy wisely.
• Each condition has a different background color. I find this helps with differentiation, and I could almost tell which color denotes which condition.
• Each particular condition unlocks a special mini-game where you get to play with the  components of the conditions. For example, when it’s sunny, you can play a Doodle Jump style endless jumping game with the sun. There are different games for snowing, raining and cloud shooting game. I’m not spoiling the surprise, you should download the app and discover what games there are.
• The app keeps track of your high scores for each mini-game and levels you’ve unlocked so far. Each one features an exquisite visuals and soundtrack, making it a joy to play.
• The app supports multiple cities with accurate and updated statistics.
• Games can be played even if there’s no Internet connection
• 3 preloaded weather conditions from 3 different cities (Oz, Winterfell and Neverland), which mean you have 3 unlocked games from the get go.
• Succinct instructions for games, they are simple enough to figure out what to do.
• For kicks, you can type in any imaginary cities in popular books/movies. I did that. I typed in Narnia and it gives me perpetually sunny. Free cities - overcast. Westeros - didn’t work.

Cons

• There’s no predictions on hourly weather for the day. I was wondering if it’s going to stay, for example Sunny the whole day, or just at that particular moment of the day.

Smile factorGood Weather makes me want to check the weather every day to find a new form of conditions, and unlock a new mini-game. Because of that, I don’t really mind that I’m unclear or unsure if it’s going to stay sunny, overcast, etc for the whole day or just at that particular moment. 

The VerdictThe app displays really simple weather info, it gives what you need for a quick glance, and draws you in with the allure of the games. Each one isn’t much by itself, but together the collection provides plenty of enjoyment. The only extra to add now would be Game Center leaderboards and achievements to tie to the mini-games, and daily conditions.