FOX 13: Tampa SkyTower Weather App Reviews

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Error message. When sometimes I go into the app it says network error and I have to delete it to get it back to working again Network error Please check and see your connections and airplane mode is off

From RJK. We are now getting a notification to update their program, we have updated and the notification does not go away and is an absolute nuisance. There is no way on the program to provide feedback and there hasn’t been for a very, very long time, they’re not interested in users “feedback”!!

Ok app. I’ve watched channel 13 news for over 50 years. This app is so frustrating because it does not always match what they say on the newscast. It seems whoever is supposed to update it is always behind. I have missed many fishing trips because it shows 70% chance of rain and then not a drop falls.

Used to be a good app. 6GB usage in two weeks??. This used to be a good app but between the extreme lightning notification spam and now this being my #1 data usage app even though the app isn’t in the foreground, I think it’s time to find something better. Over 6 gigabytes in just two weeks. That’s insane. Is it farming ads in the background?

Why change?. I switched to this App when Channel 8 changed their app and it was just not user friendly at all. Now you guys have changed yours and not for the better. Sorry 13 but I will have to find a new weather app. 😥😥😥

Unreliable. I am standing next to my friend who has my radar and he is showing the storm going through Tampa. This app was showing nothing. Whoever is running this couldn’t predict what they’re going to have for breakfast tomorrow.

OK, but. The app is good. However, if there are any watches or warnings, they cover that over the radar and you can’t see the radar. If somebody’s actually depending on this, this could be a life-threatening situation because they want to hide it and not give you away to remove the overlays

Radar not accurate. This app used to be very accurate with the forecast. I can no longer depend on it. It seems like guess work now. I will be looking forward to rain storms and then they disappear. I’m taking 30 minutes not days. Crazy app.

Why the change...not good. Loved it. Why can I not get the radar, cloud cover, storms, lightning, water temp etc really don’t like the changes. I’ll stick with it for a few days while I search for another app or you change it back to the last format

Bad update.. I do not like the new radar colors or the fact it’s not as accurate as before. The notifications I get for rain come way after it’s started. Plus, I still get an ad in the middle of the radar when I open the app. 😢

Upgrade failure. This app used to be pretty decent before the “enhancements” now it is absolutely dreadful. Nothing really changed with the daily and hourly forecast portion but the radar has now become useless and as soon as I submit this review I am deleting it. There are far better weather apps available.

What happened?. I have loved your app for a long time. However, currently it only shows half of each screen whether it's the stats, the map, or the forecast. Sometimes it only comes up in vertical mode and will not change to horizontal if I turn my iPad as it used to. It has become worthless and frustrating. What gives?

Great app. Don’t know what’s going on, but the app is really garbage right now and I deleted it. I have been a happy customer with this thing for at least eight years right now it’s been removed. The problem is the radar doesn’t load fast enough I have blazing 600 mag download from Spectrum right here in Tampa Bay and the radar loads real choppy that little thing that goes across to load the prior 15 minutes prior five minutes it scoots across now and it must take at least 60 seconds to load the map I don’t have 60 seconds to look at my phone for anything getting too old for that.

Updates keep changing the view. Not sure which release screwed up the app, but I can no longer get the radar view to work. Guess it’s time to find another radar app that works.

Not reliable at all. This has got to be the worst weather app ever created. Two hours ago it said there was a 5% chance of rain. Now it says a 70% chance as clearly rain is falling outside. This is not unusual. For years these inaccuracies occur. You have a better chance of walking outside and looking to the skies to make a forecast. After probably 6 yrs of using this app and dealing with this over and over I’m done… Deleted

Nice app. Soaked by future radar.. This is a nice app that is fair in its operation. In particular, it has not hit me with video ads, and I can opt out of personalized ads. In return, I still get a good app for current weather conditions, plus I can watch Fox 13 News without needing a separate app. Alerts seem to work, but there was one info alert that went away after I set Location Services to something other than Always. The Always setting will track you quite a bit; iOS 13 nagged be quite a bit about that. I got soaked by a future radar that was way off the mark. Real Fox 13 (the TV station) never screwed up this badly. I wish there was more SkyTower in the SkyTower app, even if that means my house is in the radar’s blind spot again. Counterpoint: There is video of the most recent real Fox 13 weather forecast, in case I need a reliable fallback. There seems to be no dedicated place to ask for support for this app. Not much to report, but I do wish the map for the Pinpoint feature had the same options as the main map used by the radar; maybe use the settings used by the radar map. So the score is this: 5 stars for the app itself, 1-1/2 stars deducted for decent but still suspect predictions for my area, 1/2 star deducted for no good place to report the minor issues that I do find.

Way Off!. Earlier today the app said it was sunny and 67; more like cloudy and 63. I don’t understand how this wonderful news station can’t get the weather even close to correct. I love here and can’t count on the FOX 13 App to plan my time. Ugh!

Not raining at my location in the app but it’s pouring in real life!!. Come on guys there have been tons of reviews for the same complaint. This app was flawless about a year ago, best weather app in the area. Please adjust or fix this issue!!!

October 2017 update is not desirable. Not pleased that you have to set your location access to Always rather than just when using app in order to get radar at your current location. I don’t want any app accessing my location always and it made it a little less convenient to use this app. Before this update, this app was my regular radar viewing app. Very good radar and the other options (forecast and video) are excellent.

Needs Sorting Options. The app would be more useful if I could sort by date. It would also be better if I had the option to sort with or without topics.

No longer accurate!. It seems with the most current versions the app is no longer reliable or accurate. In fact you can have alerts for rain in your location and have blue sky at the same time. Time for updated technology that works. Or another app!

Not like it used to be.. This app used to accurately verbally give me the weather and lightning warnings. For some reason now, even though I have my location set correctly, I’m no longer getting accurate warnings. I get lightning warnings when there’s no lightning anywhere and no warnings when the lightning is on top of my location. Same with rain. Very disappointed, this was my favorite weather app.

Great app! As a contractor this is invaluable. Update- Alert overlays are ruining. I’ve had this app for a number of years (maybe since 2017), and this has always been the most accurate compared to other available apps. As a contractor, I need to know if I can keep working or pull the equipment inside, tarp roofs, or shut it down for the day. Time is money and false alarms from poor quality apps can add up. This app has been spot on. I can trust it down to around 1/4 mile which is amazingly accurate. Ive watched many threatening rain bands drift on by that other apps would have sent me running for cover. I’ve recommended this app to many contractor friends since and they all come back telling me how impressed they are. So I’m not sure how people are writing so many 1 star reviews. Updated review. Well they did some app updates. The radar detail is still on point but now they drown the opening page with alert overlays that you can’t see the map. You can undo these overlays but there’s no way of saving. So every time you log in, the overlays all come back.

Alerts settings can't be changed. Even when the alerts setting is changed to "pling," it still keeps announcing it. Not good when that wakes you up in the middle of the night. The changes to the settings just don't take.

11 miles away. Why do I need to know if there’s lightning 11 miles away? This app previously let me know if lightning was like 5 miles away or less which is reasonable, but now I get lightning alerts 11 miles away which creates many unnecessary alerts. Please change the distance back to 5.

Limited control. Please allow user to control which layers they want and not revert to too many “alerts” as default

Not liking the changes. I’ve noticed two updates over the past month. One was an interface change and now the radar change. The radar seems to hang at the last place I was at when I closed the app. If I go back in say 15 minutes later, it’s at the same image until I put it into motion. Also this radar isn’t as detailed as the previous app.

Junk software. I put it in the junk category due to the inaccurate weather radar, it’s the on reason I downloaded it. When heavy rain is hitting my roof and the radar shows clear, something is not right. I downloaded weather channel and accuweather and looked at all three all but fox13 shows the storms. So after the third day of this I deleted fox13 and kept the weather channel, even though it’s slower even when on high speed internet. I see they’re are alot of 1 stars here so i guess I should of checked first.

New app. Do not like the pop up ads hindering the radar. Also why do I get a blank screen for hourly and daily and it says to check my WiFi and airplane mode when both are set properly? Guess I will just go to the built in phone weather app☹️

Poor quality. Every time I try to use the radar on this app I have to go completely out and click on it again , radar is always glitchy and extremely slow . If I want to see it work correctly I have to close app completely and restart every-time my phone goes to sleep or the radar just blinks , it’s been this way since the last couple of app updates and has been there even after uninstalling and reinstalling it

Fox 13 Tampa Weather App. I’d like to give this app all stars, however after this last update IDK 🤷🏼‍♀️ what has happened to the weather app I have Always 🩵 & depended on⁉️ Now when I open the radar part, ( IF IT EVEN WORKS ⁉️) it will only go for a few seconds & then FREEZES ‼️ It is NOT Accurate on Anything & I’m constantly wondering 💭 if a 5th grader is predicting the “10 day forecast ?” Please… I am not trying to be mean… I miss my FLORIDA (Almost Always) Accurate Weather Forecast App‼️‼️ PLEASE, PLEASE FIX IT Sad 😞 in Central Florida

Recent update. You can no longer see the humidity or the dew point. The photo behind the forecast make it impossible to see them. Please fix it

Used to be the best until new version. Used to love this app, hate the new version, not user friendly anymore, big AD right in middle instead of radar. No longer useful deleted, will find another weather app, sure is plenty out there

Alert overlays have completely ruined this app. This used to be the best weather app out there. Whenever the update came that included all the default alert overlays being on, this absolutely ruined this once great app. Sure, you can turn them off every time you open the app, but it does not save these changes. This is very user unfriendly and very incredibly annoying. Fixing this will greatly improve the reviews of this app and the star ratings along with. Until this is fixed, I am uninstalling.

Like the alerts but barely works. I liked the app when I first got it. Good to be informed with the local weather but lately it’s been insufferable. No data loading, try reinstalling, did not work. Had to delete.

App crashes when trying to add new location. After installing iOS 15, I cannot add any new locations. The existing locations work fine, but every time I search and find a new location, the app immediately closes as soon as I tap it. It always worked fine before, and hopefully an update to the app will fix this problem.

Best Weather App for Tampabay hands down!. I’ve tried every weather app around but this one gives me everything I need to know. Keep up the great work!

Can’t read the data because of background. With the new update you can’t read the dew point and other data on the night background. Also the forecast , especially the hourly one is so inaccurate. Seems they change it every 10 minutes to match the current conditions. That’s not forecasting, just observing. I can do that just standing outside

SkyTower App Review. I enjoy using the app. It gives me up to date info. That is especially important when your offshore in my boat, and I’m free diving or scuba diving. The app will let me know if bad weather is on it’s way. Which is a must around here especially during the summer. I have fished and dived these waters all my life except for the 12 years I spent in the U.S. Army as a Ranger gh

Bad update. Used to love this app. The only 1 I used for weather info. Then you made the update and now want to force me to have location services on all the time, not just when using the app. Don’t think so. You don’t need assess to my locations all the time or to deplete my battery. See ya. Finding another app

Map Alerts. Unable to turn off alerts on map. All alerts are active and when I turn them off, as soon as I reopen the app another time the alerts are back on. Very distracting.

Inaccurate. It’s very very inaccurate. It knows if it’s raining - but that’s about it. Doesn’t know when it’ll stop. “Rain Ends” or “Thunderstorm Ends” always changes, hour after hour. Can’t predict the rain as well as TV so don’t rely on it.

Notifications. We have the notifications set for “Pling”, but they keep coming through as “Announce”. Have set, reset, delete, reinstall, etc. etc. Still does not work.

Can’t plan a day with his trash app. Rain chances constantly change. 90% chance of rain at my location today when I checked the app yesterday. 70% when I checked this morning. Now down to 20%. Total garbage. It’s good for a live look at radar and that’s about it.

No radar or tropics need. This used to be the only weather app I used. Not anymore, there’s hardly anything useful at all now. This year you decided to ditch the tropics updates you had during hurricane season in previous years and now the radar doesn’t even display anything other than lines for the past month. Not sure if it’s the update to iOS 16 or something else but fix it and bring back the tropics news!!

Updates. The app is really good especially during hurricane season but it needs to be updated more often since from time to time the radar won’t work.

Lightning notices not great. I generally like this app but recently the SkyTower lightning notices are from as far away as 10 miles! Previously they were around 6 miles or less. I don’t care what’s 10 miles away. Fix this!

Last update is awful. Deleted this app as it no longer allows you the ability to “set” your location and leave it. You have to allow it to follow you. No thanks

Awesome app!!!. I absolutely love this awesome app, it works great. It even accurately worked while I was in Breckenridge,Colorado. Kept me updated on all the weather, lightning, heavy rain and air quality for Denver, and Colorado Springs. And I love that it’s Paul Delegado’s voice that keeps me informed.

Weather alerts issue. I like your app, but when I go to the radar map, all the alerts are activated and I can’t pick the ones that I want. I select the ones that I want and the next time I come back to the radar view, all the alerts are activated again. This happens every time I try to highlight the alerts that I want and not the ones that I don’t want, or need. I really hope that you will fix this issue, because I’m tired of getting information, that I don’t want or need. Please fix this and thank you for your help.

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It's easy to use and it works. Finally a local radar app that works. So far no issues.

Horrible app. The future weather on this app is horrible and if I could I would give this app 0 stars it does not even deserve one star. DO NOT get this app

Snow????. Why is a large portion of the screen covered by snow and mixed? I haves lived here 30 years and have never seen either. Take these off and it will be better.

Not good. Don't like it it doesn't have the live radar and even when I go to there site the live radar is sometimes out not good fox 13 tampa

Best weather App around!. I love this app so far for several reasons, very easy to navigate, accurate to the minute, no problems, and some very cool features for example the compass:) being out on the water makes it very important to see what's coming, especially with the crazy lighting here in Fla! The " help" section is comprehensive, all you need to know to get the most from the app. Great job!

Could be a bit more intuitive.. Could be more intuitive. Getting to radar map take me some time. It shouldn't have.

Worst app. Thais is the worst weather app EVER. Paul smells really bad too.

Tone deaf. If you are providing feedback, your responses are poor to say the least. Go back to the previous edition!

New Revision App is Terrible. It keeps saying turn off airplane mode and connect to Wi-Fi. I have good connection and have Verizon as carrier. The app worked great before. Only can get radar to appear. Not good.

What’s with all the boxes?. With all the different colored boxes all over the place, it’s very difficult to see the radar.

Late alerts. Alerts like lightning in your area and heavy precipitation come after the event has already occurred

no hurricane. before the update i would have given this app 5 stars. but now there is no link to fox 13 hurricane. we are in florida, we need hurricane information. i have wrote numerous requests for this link, no response. save your time and find an app that cares about hurricanes in florida

Total waste. Countless of times I’m in a middle of a down pour and map shows no rain. Not even a trickle. Like right now.

Needs work. It’s ok while it works. But lately it’s not been working

Perfect Weather App. Paul Dellegatto is the best. The App is perfect.

Not bad. It was really great at first but it started getting really laggy!

Not Accurate. It’ll be pouring at my house but their radar doesn’t even show rain over us.

Finally an app that works!. Love the graphics and the ability to see when storms will pop up and where.

Satellite view. My satellite view is black it is no longer Blue what has happened it is good on my iPad but not the iPhone

My New Main Weather App. For years & years I used Storm Team 8's weather app. It used to be the same format as yours. Then recently, they changed their format to a horrible, unusable piece of cow poop format. Thank God you guys have their old format. YOU are now my number one weather app. If you ever change your current format to Storm Team 8's new format, I will dump you as quickly as I dumped them. Thank you for having this app format!

SkyTower. The worst weather app I’ve ever had. Been raining for an hour and then I get a notification. Happens every time. DELETE!

So so. Slow to display radar image.

iPhone app. Great app shows all the info you need and great for keeping up with local weather. It would be convenient if there was a setting to allow the current conditions to be shown on the status bar/screen for iPhone. Yut

Needs work. It works but it needs some optimization. Its way too cluttered and very little imagination put into it, graphically speaking.

Poor execution of a good concept. Used 1 time & deleted. Nothing impressive. Needs accurate GPS placement and up-to-date, real-time advisories before I'd consider trying it again. Can't beat BeWeather 2.

Best weather app!. I can see exactly what time the rain will be at my house (or current location), not just the city I am in. Love it!

Ok update. I like the new layout but why ditch the map on the home screen? Now it's just wasted space

Best Radar App. It shows which direction storms are moving. In my line of work, that's exactly what I need to know.

Terrible radar. Can you go back to the old radar, or give an option to use the radar? This update it terrible!!!!

Nag, nag, nag.. Delegato tells you every 5 minutes what I can look out my window and see. It’s been raining all week, and this app just keeps telling me it’s going to rain.

Awesome. Great weather app that finally works! Would be nice if the current weather stats showed the dewpoint though.

Skytower Fox 13. I have called into Tampa and reported this app! After the lightning strike is over then it’s announced on the app! The same with heavy rain and strong winds! This app needs to be fixed or taken down!

Argggh.. Since the last update the radar cuts right at the county line , and can’t get my area now.