I had been using the phenomenal Breezy Weather for quite a while. It has built in integration with my launcher, provides a variety of configurations, and looks great. Here’s why I switched to Overmorrow.

Overmorrow is on another level in terms of design. It uses well selected photos sourced from the copyleft Unsplash as the background, which indicate different weather conditions and times of day (and possibly other factors, like location, although I haven’t tested it that extensively or examined the codebase). The background is responsive as you scroll the app, which is a nice touch.

The minimalist icons used for weather and time of day make it easy to read at a glance at any size. To be honest, I was not a fan at first. They are almost too minimal for me. As I’ve grown accustomed to seeing them, it is clear the attention to detail that has been invested in each one. Unlike Breezy Weather, the icon pack can’t be changed.

Breezy is a more mature app, so it makes sense that it has a few more customizations and integrations available. Breezy offers over a dozen widgets, while Overmorrow offers just 5. The widgets available with Overmorrow cover all the basics, although I found one or two idiosyncrasies. The hourly mode could benefit from more configurability, and a weekly preview widget is missing entirely. For me that’s not really a necessity, but might be a dealbreaker for others.

Opening the app, it feels very much like a complete solution. The information offered is detailed and displayed extremely thoughtfully. There are obvious settings like units and weather sources, but also full control of what and in which order information is displayed. Put what’s important to you at the top, and less important stuff lower down (or leave it off completely).

Everything is snappy and intuitive. Colors can be customized or set based on your wallpaper, or the current weather conditions. The transitions between screens and updates are cleverly and subtly animated. The entire experience is crisp, smooth, and modern.

My favorite feature is the radar view, which is just as snappy and intuitive as the rest of the app. Press play to see the recent radar animated, or tap to see it in full screen view and look around. It can be super helpful in looking out for incoming weather, or visualizing how quickly a shower will blow over. And it’s something conspicuously missing from some other apps.

Overall, the beautiful design, frictionless UI, and features make this one a winner for me.

Source code

IzzyOnDroid

Play Store

  • weariedfae@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

    This functions and looks like a very well designed weather app but it just doesn’t have the widget I’m looking for. Good recommendation though, I’ll keep it installed to see if they update widgets.

  • houjou@jlai.luEnglish
    3·
    3 hours ago

    I just installed it and I like it very much. I always thought Breezy weather was lacking a way to quickly search for a different location.

  • Spaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    16 hours ago

    ❓ Why make Overmorrow?

    I am 16 and i have been programing since the age of 7. I started small (Scratch and NetsBlox) went to Python… and then to Flutter. This is my first ever project that can actually be downloaded by anyone. So I hope you like it!

    I have always wanted to make a weather app. At first the concept was just to make an app that is free and ad free, but after diving into the whole thing i realized that i wouldn’t be the first to do that. So instead here is my take on the weather app ui (but i did kep it free and ad free too). I tried to go for a minimalist and organized interface…

    That was a year ago. Since then i have discovered material-You and have redesigned the app twice to try to follow the design guidelines, because I think it looks awesome.

    Nice

  • waddle_dee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    16 hours ago

    Thanks for the review! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for in a weather app! Cheers!

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    19 hours ago

    Nice! Looking forward to seeing how it develops

    I also find it nice and snappy. Two small things I noticed:

    • It could benefit from some onboarding steps (ex. Setting the location, not having Tennessee saved as a favourite)
    • Some visuals aren’t that helpful since they use a different scale on each day (ex. Daily temperature)
    • uhmbah@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      17 hours ago

      I use fdroid. I downloaded the apk from Izzyondroid and side loaded it.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      7·
      18 hours ago

      I found it in the F-Droid app, although it looks like at the moment it’s just in the IzzyOnDroid repo. I’m not up to speed on the ideological differences between the repos, but I know many apps are available on both and IzzyOnDroid is often a little quicker to add apps. It just showed up there this month, so who knows?

      • guillem@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        15 hours ago

        I had kinda heard about the IzzyOnDroid name but had no idea what it was or what’s the difference between it and the default repos, so I guess I need to dig a bit. Thanks for the info.

  • cornshark@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    15 hours ago

    No widget with a weekly forecast?

    Also the hourly widget seems not to load for me when set to current location. Just says 0 degrees at N/A location. This is after setting Current Location in the widget settings.