![]() ![]() Forecast for tomorrow: BOM: 16-25 rain 90. It's a cost based tiering system that limits the access to data in the lower subscriptions. Just wondering wether () it’s a problem for my local weather here in Canberra or others as well. ![]() This is also the reason you can't change your weather source often in Legacy and Premium but basically have no limits in Premium Ultra. If you pay more for Ultra, those limits are mostly removed and you will see the correct data, sooner. So, when you look at your Carrot iPhone app once or twice a day with Premium Legacy, chances are high that the correct data isn't yet reflected in the app because the Legacy (and also tier 2) subscriptions have higher cache latencies. This is in line with my experience of some Premium Legacy data refreshing only every 10-12 hours and reflects the FAQ that cache limits are only removed in the Premium Ultra tier. ![]() Not a problem when you're only checking the weather once or twice a day with my iPhone app, but the complications automatically update over 50 times per day every single day of the year. … if you're an Apple Watch user looking for background updates for your watch face complications, each refresh of my weather data costs a small amount of money. It's the same reason the Apple Watch background refresh was never available in Premium Legacy. So Carrot's servers load data in intervals, it's not a live feed.Īnd then, the difference will be even bigger for the lower subscription tiers because more frequent data refreshes are expensive. Why doesn't the forecast shown in CARROT exactly match the one on the data source's website?Įven though the data is coming from the same source, data sets will rarely match up exactly between CARROT and the source's website because they are loaded at different times… Looking at this old support page, the source to app difference is mentioned: But based on those, it's a straightforward thing really, based on cost. I can only point out the previous comments made by the dev and entries in the FAQ. I'd try contacting via email if you want a direct answer. Regarding the “removal of some app limits and caches“, the dev also answered a question here a few years ago that this means more frequent data updates. Tier 3 includes all the features of Tier 1 and Tier 2, plus rain, lightning strike, and storm cell notifications** as well as removal of some app limits and caches. Looking at an archived version of the FAQ, this was previously mentioned there when plans were still called Tier 1–3. Premium Ultra (previously tier 3) now updates close to the source data apps/websites (within 30 minutes). There, the delay was smaller but still unusable for me (3-7 hours). After noticing it, I switched to Premium (previously tier 2). I also used legacy (previously tier 1) at first, which doesn't exist anymore. The dev mentioned once that only the Ultra (previously level 3) tier removes those cache limits. I switched to Premium Ultra, which removes those limitations. Carrot was always some hours in the past. I tested this by making screenshots and comparing the historical data. With Premium, I often noticed the same, i.e., there was a delay of 3-7 hours, compared to the website data. Also additionally once the dark sky api is discontinued would apple weather be used as the default free option or do you plan on using another weather provider (I've seen other apps like overdrop using weatherbit or OpenWeatherMap).In my experience, this depends on your subscription level. So I guess my question is with Dark sky being theoretically double the cost of apple weather per api call I'm curious why Apple weather isn't the default for free teir and dark sky premium sub. Calculating the api cost for apple weather is a bit more tricky since they seem to bill for a batch of calls per month but 1 million weather kit calls is $50. Hi guys just wanted to ask is there a particular reason the Dark sky api is the default free option while Apple Weather is locked to premium?ĭark sky seems to have a api call cost of 0.0001$ per api call aka 1 million calls = $100. TLDR: Why is dark sky being used as default free option when apple weather seems to cost half as much per api call?
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