# Weathershot - Instaweather

> weather cam with temperature

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id564147490](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id564147490)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id564147490`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** byss mobile
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (1,037 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-15
- **First published:** 2012-10-04
- **Size:** 225 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weathershot-instaweather/id564147490)
- **Website:** [http://weathershot.com](http://weathershot.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://byssmobile.com/priv/priv.html](http://byssmobile.com/priv/priv.html)

## Description

Weathershot - Instaweather lets you turn ordinary photos into weather-aware stories. Overlay current conditions or detailed forecasts on your pictures with over 90 skins, and edit with built-in filters.

Share instantly across iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram and more. Choose temperature units, forecast periods, and customize text to create engaging weather photos. Downloaded by millions across 100 countries.

## Rankings

- #55,457 — Overall
- #56 — weather
- #79 — temperature

## Review summary

Users widely praised WeatherShot for travel use and weather stamping, but broadly condemn the shift to expensive, subscription-only access that locks features users previously bought. Repeated complaints target disruptive promos, reliability issues, and slow support. A subset misses the old one-time purchases and nostalgia, yet overall sentiment is negative due to value-for-money concerns and UX hurdles.

### Pros

- Valuable travel photography tool with weather overlays; long-time users called it a great travel buddy.
- Useful for stamping weather on photos for work or personal use.
- Overlay templates and badges provided visual value before pricing changes.
- Past WeatherShot Pro offered a one-time purchase option that many users appreciated.
- When functioning properly, the app is a wonderful, enjoyable tool.

### Cons

- High subscription pricing and recurring fees (e.g., $40/year or monthly costs) that many users find excessive.
- Locking most features behind a subscription and removing previously purchased functionality (loss of WeatherShot Pro features).
- Intrusive promotional popups and ads that disrupt usage (non-closable promo pages, join/pay screens).
- Reliability issues and bugs (features not working, subscription occasionally stops working, performance problems).
- Slow or unresponsive customer support, with reports of little or no resolution time.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id564147490)