CloudSpotter – See the Sky with New Eyes and Discover the Fantastic World of Clouds

The app does not work in identifying clouds other than what you could find by your own research. Using the iOS, the app did little in interacting with the photos at least in my own experience in trying to research the clouds or identify them.

This app is so old

I heard about this app recently while reading about clouds online and thought I’d give it a try. When I first opened the app, I was really excited, and couldn’t wait to start uploading clouds, but I’ve since noticed there are a few issues, some of them major: Under asperitas clouds, it says that the cloud has not yet been recognized. This isn’t try, however, as asperitas could were officially recognized in 2017. As of the time of writing this review, it is 2024, meaning this information is woefully out of date. I listed my location as the United States when I regestered, but all the “nearby” clouds are located in Iceland. I’m not entirely sure why this happened, and there’s no real personal profile I can go onto in order to fix/edit anything. Perhaps most frustratingly, I uploaded some cloud photographs several days ago, and they have yet to be confirmed by the team of experts the app tells me it has. Also concerningly, none of the clouds on the recently spotted page have changed since I uploaded mine. Is this app even being monitored anymore?

I took my photo. I did’t have an account. So I figured I’d better create one. There is NO PLACE to create an account, only a place to log in. That is ridiculous! So I guess I’ll just have to delete the app.

I’m a pilot who struggled with meteorology when studying for my exams. This app really helped me understand weather to the point where it became a hobby! After learning all the cloud types I felt on sync with the atmosphere and it’s workings as an art. Now I just can’t take my eyes off the sky. If you haven’t read The Cloudspotter’s Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney, I also recommend.

When uploading a cloud photo that is incorrectly identified, it would be nice to know what cloud it actually is. This would help with learning and proper identification. I realize the verification of clouds is likely done by volunteers so this may not be possible. Also, which clouds are considered ‘rain clouds’ for achieving the Silver Lining badge of a rain cloud and a rainbow in the same day. Would it be any cloud that produces rain light, heavy or otherwise? Thank you :) ⛅️🌦⛈☁️🌨🌩 Finally, how do I delete failed uploads from my cloud collection? Thank you for this fun, educational app! Trish

Several years ago, when I first found this app, I assumed there would be many such apps (ones to identify features and things out in nature), but alas, there really aren’t! I so appreciate this app for existing! It’s been a lot of fun—for me and my family and friends who have known I’m using it—to find these wonderful features in the sky; watching the sky, just enjoying it, has been a love of mine since I was a child. It’s neat that I now have my mother and child finding, say, sun dogs with me! It’s also so great to learn about the cloud and optical rarity types. What I wish: the in-app camera to have more features (apparently zoom has been added—yay!—I haven’t tried it yet) including things like upping contrast, etc, as sometimes it’s hard to show what I’m seeing! I also question some of the stars, like only 4 for spotting a tornado! LOL… okay, maybe it’s not as rare, actually, as ones I’ve gotten five stars for (I guess!), but I think if we manage to catch it, we’d deserve 5 ✨!! Also, if I see a really cool formation which I’ve already gotten points for, I know I can still capture it again, but I’d like to be able to make it my primary picture in my collection if it’s better than the first. I also wonder if the pic is eligible for “cloud of the day” when we submit clouds we’ve already gotten credit for 🤔 Finally, I understand why we need to use the in-app camera, to avoid people cheating (which seems absurd—ppl probably wouldn’t, but it would ruin the app if they did!); HOWEVER, maybe there’s a better solution, with all the metadata that pictures contain, is it not possible for the app to be able to read the metadata and “see” that we didn’t cheat if we did take the pic with a different camera (like if the app was offloaded, or something else occurs, and I need to do so—use my phones camera—I just wish it could tell that this was legit! I have had these things happen—cloud and special optical happenings are so fleeting! I had to use my moms phone to get, for instance, the wonderful sun dogs we saw; I wish very much I could upload these to the app!) I would pay for such features were they possible. ANYWAY, it’s a really cool app, and I just hope they keep working to make the app even better because, well, of course I do! But I’ll continue to enjoy it as much as I can :)

I had to pay to download, but it won’t let you use it without an account. I don’t need experts to review my pictures, or to get points. I just want to cloud spot. Useless.

I was very excited when I first learned about this app, checked it out and downloaded it to find out that you have to take photos in the spot and can’t upload from your library, which I find ridiculous. But what I found more disappointing is their assumption that people would cheat should they allow uploads, ridiculous. This is for fun, people, come on!

I joined The Cloud Appreciation Society. I was given a user name that does not work. For three days I've waited for customer service to help me access the app I paid for.