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title: "WeatherSmart - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in South Africa | Apple App Store"
description: "WeatherSmart, from the South African Weather Service (SAWS), provides you with severe weather warnings and other handy weather information for your immediate surroundings and other areas.  WeatherSmar"
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# WeatherSmart — South Africa

![WeatherSmart App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/d1/63/df/d163dfbb-2415-0853-73fe-7065a32f11eb/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [AfriGIS Pty](https://apptail.io/developer/afrigis-pty-htjb) (South Africa)
**Category:** Weather
**Rating:** 1.8/5 (60 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** za.co.afrigis.WeatherSmart
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** South Africa
**Version:** 4.3.3 (released 2025-12-18)
**Original Release:** 2015-10-16
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/za/app/app/id1045032640)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/south-africa](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/south-africa)

## WeatherSmart Description
WeatherSmart, from the South African Weather Service (SAWS), provides you with severe weather warnings and other handy weather information for your immediate surroundings and other areas.

WeatherSmart includes the following features and options:
• Severe weather warnings
• Weather conditions and forecast for your current location.
• Search for and add other locations.
• A seven day forecast for all your selected locations.
• Minimum & maximum temperature(s).
• Wind direction(s).
• Weather notices, warnings and alerts.
• Customise settings according to your needs:
- Edit My Locations
- Do Not Disturb Times
- Weather Update Frequency

Disclaimer:
Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. 
This application only supports iOS 8+.

## WeatherSmart Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple116/v4/e7/c0/ee/e7c0eed4-21d2-553b-efdb-5d89fbfdd8a0/mzl.geymemxr.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple116/v4/f9/57/0f/f9570faf-7a59-d2d8-444c-f72c1f621a00/mzl.gvninmsl.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple116/v4/98/86/14/98861476-c3a8-849f-a594-df26cc936395/mzl.wswrmqoj.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple116/v4/6e/28/ce/6e28cec1-803a-d0ec-ca84-208116df8925/mzl.pwnbmdst.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/be/d5/59/bed559ed-3c7c-98f5-161a-c29d4cba9be2/mzl.zugmvzll.png/640x960.png)

## WeatherSmart Rating Breakdown in South Africa
- 5 stars: 9 (15%)
- 4 stars: 1 (2%)
- 3 stars: 2 (3%)
- 2 stars: 6 (10%)
- 1 stars: 42 (70%)

## WeatherSmart Reviews in South Africa

### *---- "Storm data"
This could have been so much better. the storm data has no indication of what time  it is showing the data for, when the data is not updated, it will just show what it has which can be weeks old. A forecast does not mean anything unless it has the period you are forecasting for, not next 30 mins ( could be from 20 days back). One bad or out of date forecast makes the whole app useless, i.e. cant trust if the forecast is currently relevant
-- leonbooyens, 2024-12-31

### *---- "Needs work"
Literally watching the app and standing outside. The app says it’s busy raining and there’s not a single drop falling. For a national weather service this is pathetic.
-- Kooster2, 2024-11-21

### *---- "No details provided on weather warnings"
The app is barely usable and does not at any point display any details regarding weather warnings, which is arguably the only reason to download it.

Fine for daily use in just checking weather, but pretty much any major weather app is far better at that.
-- Ambrotos42, 2024-10-11

### **--- "Serious flaw"
The latest update gives different temps for the following day. Please fix it.
-- PlodSA, 2024-07-17

### *---- "No warning messages"
worse app ever, can’t send warning messages useless.
-- Muntuakalahlwa, 2024-04-07

### *---- "Accurate but horrible"
Weather forecast is accurate if you can get it to work. Never able to search for a new location and the gps location seem to always pick up where you were last week and not where you are this week
-- mightymeerkat, 2023-12-22

### *---- "Used to be good"
This used to be a good app with accurate rain predictors. It seems like they've now given up. It rained like crazy - and nothing from these guys. Do better.
-- D-da, 2023-01-31

### *---- "WeatherSmart"
I thought the previous SAWS app was quite nice, but hopelessly useless in terms if accuracy - but this is just hopelessly useless, full stop! It is completely user-unfriendly and the only feature that may be worth something is the rainfall map at the end - ie. if one can test it properly! Another complete NO NO is the comment that it may still run in the back ground and use battery power, even if you do not have it open!
-- Lahliwe, 2022-05-17

### **--- "Map probleem"
Offline again!!!
-- vermooten, 2021-11-29

### *---- "Good intentions but ultimately useless"
This app wouldn’t even launch on my previous phone - all I got was a white screen. But, since my city’s weather is notoriously difficult to predict by other apps, I thought let’s give this app another try on my new phone. It launched! 

Unfortunately it has a bad user interface design and a list of bugs so long I won’t bore you with the details. I’ll mention the worst one though: After I set up my allocated 5 suburbs, it wouldn’t let me change them. Worse - the most important suburb, where I live and work, was set up using my GPS, but now that suburb is stuck on a faraway one I recently visited and it won’t change back, rendering the app largely unusable to me. 

C’mon guys, you can do better than this. Is no-one even bothering to read the last few years’ feedback here? The money you spent developing this app is a waste if no-one uses your app.
-- Knersus Pterodactyl, 2021-08-30

### **--- "Surprisingly accurate but awful"
Have been struggling to find an app that can accurately predict rain. 
This app has somewhat good data behind it. 
But WOW it is unusable. 
It gives four vague times of day and you have to guess what happens in between.
Needs some serious UI updates. 
Cannot add a location manually- luckily it adds my current location (but the big map is stuck on Pretoria)- so is the weather actually for Pretoria? Is it coincidental that the predictions are correct?
I wish this app gets the development it needs.
-- Jani van den Berg, 2021-02-24

### ***** "Works for me"
I don't know what all the fuss is about, it works well for me
-- Oldbok101, 2021-02-15

### **--- "Ads. Really?"
Ads.
-- Karl Fischer, 2021-01-24

### *---- "Storm map doesn’t update"
The storm map doesn’t update at all anymore which is the part of the app I use the most.
-- 😶123, 2020-10-19

### *---- "Data mismatch"
Data doesn’t match the forecast data on the SAWS website. When clicking on individual forecast days, the detailed fats doesn’t match the day data.
-- omnimercador, 2020-09-24

### *---- "Full of bugs"
This can and should be better. Currently its garbage and needs attention.

- Sometimes the right half of the screen starts flashing and flickering or turns completely grey, sometimes the left half.
- When not allowing access to location data, the first location is always Pretoria, without the option of deleting it or setting some of the other locations as default
 - Scrolling down can get you stuck on the map section with killing the app the only way to leave it
 - Scrolling and zooming on the maps almost impossible
 - Map view is basically useless
 - No radar or satelite or cloud or wind views
 - No charts
 - Detailed forecast for the day limited to 4 timeslots for the current date

This is a “my first app” type of app that seem to be abandonware. I agree with the other reviewers. This company has access to valuable data, it should be better, a lot better.
-- RealityChecks, 2020-02-24

### *---- "Incomplete information"
Very basic, not enough information at all compared to other weather apps... Disappointed! Doesn't even give the hourly weather 👎. Would not suggest this app to anyone until its been improved drastically.
-- NydineM, 2019-12-29

### *---- "Stops working"
I continue to struggle with the app simply stopping to work. On open, just a blank screen, sometimes for days, sometimes forever. When it works, it's great, but then it just stops at some point.
-- werfie1985, 2019-10-16

### *---- "Old. Needs serious update."
It is just not good enough. Poor standard, below mediocre. You are connected to the South African Weather Service, you have all the data at your fingertips and therefore the potential of making something really exceptional. Come on! Use this advantage! Right now it’s old, not user friendly and therefore, with the competition of other weather apps, a failure.
-- JumpingCow85, 2019-09-07

### *---- "Clunky"
Feels and works like a clunky app of yesteryear. The menu is simply a list of your saved locations and it won’t allow me to get rid of Pretoria which was pre installed.
-- bftyg, 2019-04-22

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## WeatherSmart Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | South Africa | Weather | #19 |
| Top Free | Belgium | Weather | #278 |

## WeatherSmart Discovered Keywords
- weathersmart

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## WeatherSmart Available In
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/south-africa)
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/united-states)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/germany)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/netherlands)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/azerbaijan)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/belgium)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/brazil)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/canada)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/switzerland)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/chile)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/china)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/colombia)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/czechia)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/denmark)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/algeria)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/ecuador)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/egypt)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/finland)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/france)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/united-kingdom)
- [Grenada](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/grenada)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/greece)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/hong-kong)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/hungary)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/indonesia)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/ireland)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/israel)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/india)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/italy)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/japan)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/kuwait)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/mexico)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/malaysia)
- [Namibia](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/namibia)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/norway)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/new-zealand)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/peru)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/philippines)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/pakistan)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/poland)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/romania)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/saudi-arabia)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/sweden)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/singapore)
- [Senegal](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/senegal)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/united-arab-emirates)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/taiwan)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/ukraine)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/uzbekistan)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/vietnam)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/thailand)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/argentina)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/austria)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/weathersmart-Luvb/australia)

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