CloudSpotter – See the Sky with New Eyes and Discover the Fantastic World of Clouds app for iPhone and iPad

4.2 ( 1952 ratings )

Weather Education
Developer: Cloud Appreciation Ltd

2.99 USD

Current version: 1.2.1, last update: 5 years ago
First release : 05 Jun 2013
App size: 115.72 Mb

* * Featured on the Wall Street Journal, BBC, The Guardian, TED, VICE Motherboard • Won Editors Choice Award from PCMagazine * *

* * Looking up will never be the same again! Discover the amazing and unexpected world of clouds with CloudSpotter, your virtual guide to the wonders of the sky. Unlock Stars and Achievements for each new cloud type you spot, and compete with other CloudSpotters around the world! * *

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From the fluffy Cumulus that form on a sunny day, to the rare Noctilucent clouds that shine from the fringes of space, the fleeting beauty and endless variety of clouds have have always fascinated scientists and daydreamers alike.

Fall in love again with this sense of wonder and dreaminess with CloudSpotter, created by Gavin Pretor-Pinney, bestselling author, winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books and founder of The Cloud Appreciation Society.

Introducing 40 uniquely different cloud species and light phenomena with hundreds of spectacular photographs and extensive descriptions, CloudSpotter enables you to easily identify and spot them as you look up the sky every day.

Even better yet, CloudSpotter turns cloudspotting into a unique reality-based game by challenging you to earn Stars, unlock Achievement Badges and compete against other CloudSpotters around the world as you build your cloud collection.

A perfect sky-gazing companion for long walks, cross-country road trips or train rides, and above the clouds from the window seat of a plane, where you might even spot the elusive Glory optical effect; a beautiful halo of rainbow colors around your shadow.

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FEATURES:

• The CLOUD LIBRARY features 40 unique cloud formations and optical effects, from the common Rainbow to the rare and beautiful Asperitas cloud, with hundreds of stunning photos and all of Gavins entertaining explanatory notes from the Cloud Collectors Handbook. Learn what makes each formation special, and how to identify the clouds and light phenomena you spot in the sky.

• You win STARS for each new cloud type you successfully spot. The rarer the cloud, the more Stars you earn! Grow your CLOUD COLLECTION and complete special challenges to earn 20 beautiful, hand-drawn CloudSpotter ACHIEVEMENT BADGES.

• Our team of cloud experts carefully verifies each spotting. That’s right, real people will look at your cloud photos to confirm whether you identified them right!

• Collect all 40 cloud formations and complete your CloudSpotter collection with 115 Stars to clear the legendary TRIUMPH IN THE SKIES Achievement.

• Not sure about the kind of cloud or optical effect you see? The unique CLOUD IDENTIFIER makes figuring out what exactly you are spotting a breeze! Just answer a few questions, and CloudSpotter will tell you what exactly you are most likely looking at.

• Compete against your friends and CloudSpotters around the globe: See how well you fare against the growing worldwide community of cloud lovers on the app’s RANKINGS.

• Browse the CLOUDSTREAM, a live feed of weird and wonderful cloud photographs by other CloudSpotters worldwide. Every day, we select our favorite photo and feature it at the top. If one of your photographs is selected, it will earn you the special "Photo of the Day" Achievement Badge. Not an easy get!

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LOVE FOR CLOUDS AND CLOUDSPOTTER:

"I can strongly recommend the app. Its a fun, educational, and challenging tool to help you identify, understand, and appreciate the wide variety of clouds that float above our world." (Tony Hoffman, PCMagazine – Editor Rating: Excellent)

"It makes you stare into the sky and think about what you are seeing. And as you start to understand what each cloud in the sky is, you start to appreciate them more." (Shaun McGill, Lost in Mobile)

"The best part was seeing photos of clouds snapped by other users!" (Tatiana Baez, VICE Motherboard)

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Read more about CloudSpotter and preview our introduction video "The World of Clouds" on CloudSpotterApp.com.

Pros and cons of CloudSpotter – See the Sky with New Eyes and Discover the Fantastic World of Clouds app for iPhone and iPad

CloudSpotter – See the Sky with New Eyes and Discover the Fantastic World of Clouds app good for

You cant resend clouds that have been rejected as a different cloud!!!! Also, the photo thing stays on the previously taken photo for days! Please fix.

Fun, very informative, easy to use. Plus if you incorrectly name the cloud, they actually email you the correction - fabulous!

Easy to use, very nice library. Its a fun way to learn more about clouds and be able to identify them by submitting pics for confirmation. It would be nice for arbitrators to be able to give identification corrections/feedback, instead of simple rejection. Cant wait for the bug with the "clouds recently spotted near me" to be fixed (shows me pics from Africa - Im in Canada). Wish the app included a way to reach the developer when we have an issue or suggestion.

This is the best Cloudspotter app available! Created by the founder of The Cloud Appreciation Society, this app makes t fun to watch the clouds in the sky, and earn stars and badges as a reward. Its addicting!

I love this app. The weather report last night mentioned a shelf cloud and I was so disappointed I missed it. I saw a fallstreak hole last spring, but couldnt pull off the road in time to snap it. I really like the suggestions in the other reviews. Id love to see a map of where the days sightings are. I also would like to be able to upload pictures taken off the internet--especially needed when traveling abroad. I found some additional sky phenomena on the web which I didnt remember in this app: - monochromatic rainbow - moon bow - fog bow Thanks for a really neat app and I hope you maintain it for a long time. Thanks again!

Had the Cloudspotters Guide by Pretor-Pinney for a while and the Cloud Collectors Handbook as well but just discovered this awesome app after reading about it in the New York Times Magazine. Absolutely love it. Ive always taken pictures of clouds and enjoyed them but this adds a whole new dimension to my enjoyment. Actually have learned way more about cloud typed and weather just by using this app even more so than reading the book. Excellent. Looking forward to a zoom feature which I understand is coming in the next update. Highly recommended.

Some bad moments

Its quite narrow in terms of functions - mainly you spot clouds, take pictures of clouds, the app helps you identify them- and share them to a wall where others have done the same. but it seems that no one is around to approve shots so nothing gets uploaded to the shared space, which is static. So all a bit pointless. Shame.

I downloaded the app to my Itouch. I cant get the camera to work. Please refund my money. Thank you.

You have to enter your name and password EVERY time you launch this app. Only takes camera photos. looks like it culls from your library, but it doesnt. I am a member of their website, but this $3 app isnt even worth a crepuscular ray! And those are a dime a dozen...

Since ios8 app wont work. Crashes everytime. Sent them an email, they did not answer.

App worked once when I got it. Now after it launches, even if I dont touch it, it will quit in about two seconds. All the time. No matter what screen I am on. I tried deleting and then reinstalling and shutting down my iPhone 4s and started up again. Finally works. Phew. Minus one star for that rigamarole. So now that I can enjoy it, I finally have a good cloud identifying app which I always wanted.

wow! love the app! ive always had my head in the clouds, now im learning about those beautiful clouds and busy searching for specific identifiers! bummed i cant upload from my own cloud collection... would really like to zoom in or crop my photos. waiting patiently for upgrades!!!

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