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CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar App Store reviews: what users complain about

We ran AppGripe on 500 of the most recent public App Store reviews of CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar (Weather, by Grailr LLC) from 5 storefronts, dated 2023-03-02 to 2026-10-18. Average rating in this sample: 3.92★. 139 reviews contained a complaint.

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Complaint categories

A review can count in several categories. Severity is the AI's estimate of how bad the problem is for the user.

Top issues, ranked by reviews × severity

1. Improve content quality: 66 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.1/3.
   “This app consistently and frequently tells me it is currently raining when there is not a drop on the ground. It also tells me there will be rain the forecast and is constantly incorrect. I can’t use this app anymore for weather predictions.” (1★, v6.8.0, US)
2. Justify or adjust the price: 62 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.1/3.
   “I really wanted to like CARROT Weather. I’ve been using it since August, hoping it would live up to the reputation of being a better alternative to Dark Sky. Unfortunately, my experience has been the opposite. The biggest problem is the hyper-local precipitat…” (2★, v6.9.1, US)
3. Ease paywall pressure: 42 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.1/3.
   “You’ve paid for the app, but every single time you open it to check the weather, you are harassed by an “upgrade to premium” full screen dialog that needs to be dismissed. No option to dismiss forever, because that would make less money. This app was good, bu…” (1★, v6.0.3, GB)
4. Soften the redesign backlash: 20 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.1/3.
   “New layout is pure excrement. Meteoblue is free and 100% more accurate. I won’t be subscribing but I will be saving space on my handset as this is now getting deleted.” (1★, v6.0.3, GB)
5. Fix notifications: 17 complaining reviews, avg severity 1.9/3.
   “Love this app but I don’t think it’s taking the environment Canada weather alerts properly. I have reached out over email to the team but never got a reply. I get notifications for weather alerts that are sometimes 200km away. I don’t have this issue in accuwe…” (2★, v6.3.3, CA)

How to read this

Apple's public feed only shows recent reviews, so this is a snapshot of the last weeks or months, not the app's full history. Popular apps attract complaints in proportion to their size; the useful part is which issues repeat. Generated 19 October 2026. We have no relationship with Grailr LLC.