The iOS 14 update brings much needed customization options for iPhone users. With the latest iOS firmware, consumers can finally place resizable and informative widgets on their iPhone home screen. You can also go ahead and hack your way to change app icons. Few users prefer widgets and put the most important ones like Clock, Weather, to-do app, Photos and more on home screen.
Apple has done a good job with first-party widgets on the home screen. They get the job done for the majority out there but leave much to be desired. However, the default widgets make a great example for developers to follow.
As you can imagine, the developer community is way ahead of Apple in practice. They offer different types of widgets with more information and a better view. One such category is Weather apps with iOS 14 widget support.
The default Weather widget is limited to temperature details and hourly forecast for the day only. Third-party apps take the experience even further with more information to browse. We talk about multiple location details, AQI levels, Wind Speeds, Humidity levels, UV Index and more.
This post will talk about the 6 best weather apps that offer a rich iOS 14 widget experience on iPhone home screen. Lets start.
1. ClimaCell Weather Assistant
ClimaCell is one of the best weather apps on the market. The app offers detailed minute-by-minute forecasts, rain and snow alerts, air quality maps and wind speeds.
Speaking of the iOS 14 widget, it’s packed with useful information. The oversized widget shows forecasts such as whether it will rain or snow in the next hour. It also displays AQI levels and indicates whether it is healthy, moderate or dangerous for you.
Multi-location support is my favorite from the feature list. For example, you can set your home and work location directly from the home screen widget and view the current temperature of both locations.
ClimaCell also comes with Google Calendar integration inside. The application is also available on Android.
2. HeyAir
HeyWeather is a useful app that provides stylish widgets on your home screen to check the weather of your desired location. Unlike other weather apps, you have the option to customize the icons, colors and styles to customize the widgets.
You can select up to 10 cities to monitor the weather for your desired location. You can also choose different widget sizes for each location. As for the app, I love the live animations of the cloud and rain inside the app. You can also look at wind speeds, humidity, UV Index, Pressure, Dew Point and approximate Visibility.
I also appreciate the default gradient effect on the widget background. It looks good compared to its competitors.
3. Sundial
SolarWatch is a minimalist and beautiful visualization of weather conditions and the day and night cycle at your current location and thousands of global locations around the world.
The app displays the current weather in the center while the weather for the next 24 hours is displayed around the sun wheel in a very natural and intuitive way.
In addition to the sun wheel, information about sunrise and sunset times, as well as civil, maritime, and astronomical twilight times, is displayed.
Presentation is key when it comes to designing weather widgets. And I must say SolarWatch nails the overall practice.
The app also offers extra features like solar event-based alarms and golden hour indications as part of the paid Subscription.
4. Weather Line
Weather Line offers some of the most detailed weather widgets on the iPhone home screen running iOS 14. The app offers a great temperature graph on the widget that shows the hourly forecast.
You can also check out additional information like what it’s like outside, rain forecast, cloud cover, AQI levels, UV Index, Wind speeds, Sunrise and Sunset timings, Pressure, Humidity and more.
As for customization, you can change the app icon, app theme and even customize the look of the homepage widget.
5. Weather Widget
Weather Widget app is totally focused on providing weather widgets for your iPhone home screen. Open the app and it will present you with some of the best ready-to-use widgets to choose from.
Tap your favorite widget and get ready to customize every detail of the widget. You can change the background color and background image. There is no way to change the font style or the information shown in the widget.
6. Color Widgets
The apps mentioned above offer built-in weather widgets to choose from. Color Widgets allow you to create one from scratch. I love the style and design elements of the built-in weather widgets in Color Widgets. You can add a gradient background, a picture wallpaper, and even choose simple widgets with minimal style.
However, as Color Widgets is a widget generator app, there is no way to display other information. Customization options make sense when you want to add information such as battery details, day, time, and more along with temperature details on the home screen.
View Weather Details from Home Screen
I’m glad Apple is finally getting on the widget train in iOS 14. You can quickly browse basic weather information and forecasts for the remaining day and plan your trip accordingly. Go ahead, try them out and put useful weather widgets on the default iPhone homepage.
Next: Want to create more custom widgets for your iPhone home screen? Read the post below to learn the five best iPhone apps for creating custom widgets.
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