OpenSnow: Forecast Anywhere Negative Reviews

OpenSnow: Forecast Anywhere App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

OpenSnow: Forecast Anywhere app received 14 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using OpenSnow: Forecast Anywhere? Can you share your negative thoughts about opensnow: forecast anywhere?

OpenSnow: Forecast Anywhere for Negative User Reviews

✓ US onlySays it covers Europe, but when I try to register I need a US ZIP Code. When I checked some European resorts the data was woefully out of date and inaccurate. Useless.MarkLBMVersion: 2.4.2

✓ Not very usefulLimited forecasts, assumes you live in the US and you have to go into settings to make the units and formatting work. This should be part of a setup wizard I hate US built apps with no awareness that there’s a world outside that bubble. Season passes are missing mountains (Hutt isn’t on mountain collective for example). The UI looks ok. But without paying for a subscription it doesn’t really deliver anything that google won’t give you for free..Veridian5Version: 3.5.9

✓ Australian and New Zealand ski resorts are missingApp not of any use to me without this unfortunately.VeugelenwVersion: 3.3.2

✓ $5 maybe not moreThe continued money grab by this app is disheartening, especially when it’s no where near worth the price. You can get the exact same information for free elsewhere so their asking you to pay for their narrative, which really doesn’t tell you anything different than any other free sites. It used to be fun app to look at but you could never take it to seriously as the forecasts aren’t any more accurate than Weather Underground. They continue to take things away from the free version, like a slow trickle until theres nothing left. It’s they way they’ve gone about it that’s a complete slap in the face. If they were providing bomb proof info or things you can’t find elsewhere, ok, but they’re not. $5, $10 ok, I’d entertain it. You can get the same 1 to 5 day snow forecasts from the individual mountain web pages. Thanks OpenSnow for taking something that used to be your labor of love and turning it into a money grab..BugOut04Version: 4.0.3

✓ Used to to a good app…not anymore :(Update April 27, 2022 and they’ve quit on the season again. Stopped reporting while resorts are open for another month!!! I work in CO mountains and live in Denver. I drive all winter and ride almost every powder day. This used to be a great weather service, now they are more concerned with making money than accurate reporting. They also stopped reporting while the season was still going. Just gave up and went on vacation! I used to be a paying member, but no more because of the the downgrade in accuracy and effort, not finishing out the season and the obvious priority to overhype early season weather to pump ski area vacation numbers. They sell their service to ski areas, so we get weather reporting in Oct, Nov, Dec which is all very positive hoping to get people to plan ski vacations, esp around Christmas. They then bail on the ski season reporting when there’s no more corporate need. Gross..WreckdemVersion: 4.0.3

✓ Was great, new UI is terribleThis was my favorite app for comparing conditions at resorts to see where I should plan may weekend. But recently they overhauled the interface and it makes it MUCH more difficult to compare snowfall, weather, etc. You used to be able to see this in one easy view, but now you have to slide through individual cards for each mountain, and each card has minimal information (two days of forecast vs five in the old UI, why was this change considered a good idea) The UI is also inconsistent with the metrics you get in the free tier - in some places you can see 5 days of weather, and in other areas only 2 (further than that is blocked for free users in both cases). I’m fine with freemium, devs need to make money, but make it consistent. Bring back the single overview of five day snow forecasts of all of your favorites and it’ll drastically improve my opinion of this new version..Prowe214Version: 3.0.4

✓ Too much paid for content (EDITED TO 1 Star)Original review below. This is absolutely absurd, I wrote my original review and gave this app 3 stars still because there were a few features that I could still use without paying, and then mere DAYS later they took away they rest of the features for free mode. At this point the app needs to be a paid app or have a huge disclaimer saying that you can’t see any reports without paying a subscription. I’m disappointed that they aren’t willing to do anything for us people that have had the app for years. I love this app, but I’m disappointed in the direction it’s going. I’ve had this app since the beginning and used to enjoy all the features because they were all offered without any cost, and now I can barely see a snow forecast without having a subscription being shoved down my throat… ridiculous..SGC ftwVersion: 4.0.0

✓ Good app but one problemOverall, I really like the app. It provides good, up to date information on the current conditions at ski spots and accurate weather forecasts, even pretty far in advance. However, for me the favoriting system works terribly. In this app, you can favorite certain mountains as well as certain weather reports by area. I mainly ski in Vermont, so I favorited all the major Vermont mountains and the weather report for the northeast. However, every time I open the app it seems that it has deleted my favorites and replaced them with seemingly random mountains and reports. For example, today when I opened the app, the favorited reports where for Colorado and Utah, and the favorited mountains were Telluride, Snowbird, Copper, and a few other. The first few times it was no big deal, but at this point it’s getting really annoying..GBNYCVersion: 2.4.9

✓ In App upgrade gives you nothing moreI tried this app for the first time this season, but was immediately a little frustrated only getting 3 days forecast. I decided to upgrade, figuring the only thing it could expand was the length of forecast, but not only does it not do that, I’ve been unable to find anything at all that I get for my $18. Total rip off.RichbradVersion: 3.0.5

✓ Awkward to set upIt's really cool that there are hundreds of different areas listed alphabetically but usually I'm interested in resorts in a general region (e.g. Colorado, Vermont, etc.). There is no way to get a sense of what's going on in a general part of the country or world. Hey I get it that conditions may differ for Vail and Beaver Creek but not that much. If I'm looking for a place to go (East, Rockies, California, BC) it would be convenient to narrow it down to that region rather than having to scroll through a long alphabetical list. Just sayin. Update: looks like the newer version will address my concerns. Thanks for the prompt response. This should make the app much better. Accordingly would provisionally upgrade my rating to 5 star..Tkdmac TkdmacVersion: 2.4.9

✓ Still not currentThe app still doesn’t have updated mountain real information I.e % of runs open and more issues.....KunjadusunVersion: 2.4.5

✓ Inconsistent, not worth priceI’ve used this app religiously the last 4-5 years and this app has managed to go downhill from the start. First and foremost the most consistent and detailed forecaster on this site is Evan Thayer. They frequently have one forecaster for large areas (Bob Ambrose AB/MT) and in turn lose out massively on consistency of forecasts, in addition to quality. Open Snow introduced a semi paywall 2 years ago which has led to its demise. First, they capped the quantity of forecasts you could read at 7 per week. This was announced pre-season and I was disappointed; yet understanding as they had brought on Evan and his forecasts are awesome! Several weeks later (I believe) they were lowering the quantity of forecasts you could read to 5 (which I think was further reduced to just 4) on the basis that their customers were reducing consumption of forecasts to stay under their premium pay wall. Now, I wake up today to find that Open Snow has decided to eliminate access to all forecasts other than a 3 sentence “summary” which they’ve instructed their forecasters to leave void of any useful information. This company has certainly fallen in line with the rest of the snow sports industry to gauge their supporters for as much $$$ as they can. Right on OS!.ARadDad4Version: 4.0.0

✓ MehForecasts are almost always wrong, forecasters sleep in until 9-10 apparently so the written forecast is virtually useless for anyone seeking first tracks. Too much reliance on models, too many models showing too many options and little to no human input to clarify the forecast. Some of the tools are handy ideas but are rarely accurate. The cloud cover/wind forecast is nice feature but surely isn’t reliable at all. Debated renewing after the first year but definitely not renewing after this year. If I thought the people behind this app were more die hard powder fiends I feel like it would show, instead it seems like major unpleasant work to everyone who forecasts for open snow in Colorado. Can’t see myself getting the app again until there are some more reliable people involved behind the scenes..Tellitlikeitis1337Version: 4.0.3

✓ Not accurate at all for my areaThere’s a lot to love in this app, but I only want it for the snow report. It’s been drastically off this year for my home mountain of Purgatory. Reporting two to three times more than we end up getting, but also even more “in the last 24 hours” than we get or our mountain even reports (I’m lucky enough to live right across the road, so I know exactly how much snow we get.) I was a subscriber, but didn’t renew for the reasons above. Then when my subscription ran out I couldn’t even see the next 5 days, so this app has been deleted from my phone. Best of luck to the developer and glad to hear it works well for others..ClicknathanVersion: 5.1.5

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