Remember Dark Sky? The Creators Are Back With New Acme Weather App

Last updated: 2026/02/24 at 9:08 AM

News Room Published 24 February 2026

Dark Sky was one of the most popular weather apps on mobile until it was shut down in 2022 after Apple acquired it and incorporated its key features into its own service. If you miss Dark Sky, you may like Acme Weather.

The app’s original creators left Apple to launch Acme Weather, which has a similar ethos to Dark Sky’s hyperlocal predictions but adds more features that embrace the uncertainty of weather forecasting.

A blog post from one of the app’s creators, Adam Grossman, says, “You can’t plan your day if you don’t know how much you can trust the forecast, or know what other possibilities might arise. Rather than pretending we will always be right, Acme Weather embraces the idea that our forecast will sometimes be wrong.”

Acme Weather will give you alternative weather forecasts alongside its main prediction to show a range of possible outcomes. The developers say that over time, you’ll begin to understand how, when outcomes are similar, you can have greater confidence in the forecast.

A forecast on Acme Weather showing Alternate Predictions (Credit: Acme Weather)

The app also offers community reporting, allowing those around you to share real-time weather events such as pockets of rain or an incoming storm. You can select a weather condition manually for each report, or use an emoji to describe the feeling near you.

Acme Weather also offers detailed notifications, including severe weather alerts, nearby lightning, rain warnings, and whether a rainbow might be visible near you. You can also set up daily summaries to plan your day ahead.

In terms of privacy, Acme Weather promises it won’t store location history, won’t sell your data, and will only collect what is necessary to run the service. The brand’s privacy policy confirms that it collects information such as your device’s specifications and what you do on the app.

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Acme Weather is available immediately on iPhone through the Apple App Store, but you’ll need to pay a $25-a-year subscription. There’s a two-week free trial to try it out, and it’ll renew automatically.

Grossman confirms the team plans to release an Android version in the future, but they’re also asking for help from Android developers, suggesting it may be a while before the feature is available through Google Play.