MacLife - USA (2019-09)

Time travel: Lets you peruse

historical weather data from

your location, and predict

forecasts for the future.

Secret locations: Prod your

way around a world map to

unlock dozens of interesting

locations lurking in plain sight.

AR: This mode frees the

sinister AI to float above

your desk like a nightmarish

Jony Ive creation.

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Image rights: Grailr

You might be

familiar with the

central conceit of

Carrot Weather.

It has the usual trappings of

a weather app: symbols,

outlooks, rainfall predictions,

and warnings. But it’s delivered

with a side order of snark from

an AI pitched somewhere

between weather forecaster,

HAL 9000, and Skynet.

As ever, the app looks great

and packs in lots of information

— all while regularly calling

you a “meatbag”. But with

Carrot Weather

Tasty forecasts with lots of stick

$4.99 From Grailr LLC, meetcarrot.com/weather

Made for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch Needs iOS 11 or later

recent updates, the app’s

received a major boost

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least, if you’re willing to pay.

For example, you no longer

need an Apple Watch or Mac

to be told if it’s going to pour

down. Now, a “tier 3”

subscriber ($24.99 per year)

can have alerts sent directly

to their iPhone — assuming

they’re in the USA, UK, or

southern Canada. US users

at that tier also receive

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strikes and storm cells.

More widely available, at

“tier 2” ($11.99 annually), is

the means to tune alerts to

data points based on your

lifestyle. Using custom

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conditions rise above or fall

below a certain threshold. For

example, a warning to stay

Like Dark Sky, Carrot helps you avoid

a soaking — but also adds a snarking.

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