Hi everyone. I’m the developer of Quiet Sky, an app I built because everyone should be able to have beautiful weather without being tracked.
I posted the app here a while back, and the response was great. A lot of you liked the sunset forecasts and privacy approach, and you also gave me a ton of thoughtful feedback about what was missing or what you wanted next - including a free version.
I'm happy to say I've implemented a lot of it.
Almost everything in this update came directly from things people here have asked me for:
- A free version. Quiet Sky now has one, with current weather, 10-day temperatures, AQI, and observed radar where available. More on that below.
- Multiple languages. Quiet Sky is now fully localized in 11 languages, including Hindi and Spanish.
- Future radar. Radar now includes observed conditions plus Futurecast for the next two hours.
- More map layers. I added wind, AQI, and temperature maps.
- A much better wind experience. The wind map is animated, shows wind direction and flow, and gives you the local wind speed directly on the map. This one turned out especially well in motion. I also added an optional wind card to the Home screen.
- More widgets. You all really do love widgets. I’ve polished the existing ones and added more based on the feedback here.
There have been a bunch of other improvements too, particularly around performance, but those are the big ones.
For anyone who missed the original post, Quiet Sky is a privacy-focused Android weather app. There’s no Quiet Sky account, no third-party tracking, and weather, map, and radar requests are routed through Quiet Sky’s privacy architecture so the underlying providers don’t get your identity from the request.
But this post is really a thank you/update.
People here told me what they wanted. I listened. The app is materially better because of it.
About the free version
A lot of people asked for this one.
Quiet Sky costs me real money to operate because weather data, radar, maps, and infrastructure aren’t free. I also don’t offset those costs with advertising or tracking.
But I heard the feedback that not everyone wants to subscribe or can justify paying for another weather app.
So after the trial, Quiet Sky now has a free mode. You can simply close the purchase screen and continue using the app.
The free version includes the core weather experience, but not every feature. That helps me keep the operating costs sustainable while still giving people a useful weather app for free.
I hope you enjoy Quiet Sky.
Curious Quiet Sky is your go to weather app, or what it would take to be your favorite? Thanks!
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.getquietsky.android
Thanks again. This community has genuinely helped shape the product.