I use Apple’s Weather app, and I also use the Met Office (the UK meteorological service) app. The latter can be more accurate for some data, and presenting weather warnings better. I used to use Dark Sky, and the Met Office app; I used Carrot Weather for a while, but I don’t need to pay a subscription now that Apple’s Weather app is almost good enough.
I was a Dark Sky user, and preferred their interface to the Apple Weather app. When Weather stopped working for a week or so last year, I tried Carrot and realized that not only could I turn off the snark, I could configure it to imitate the old Dark Sky interface.
I have found, though, that the available sources in these apps - AccuWeather, Foreca, NOAA, and Apple - rarely if ever agree on local forecasts or even current conditions.
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Dark Sky was amost the perfect rain forecaster. If it said it wss going to rain in our neighborhood, it rained.
We live in the Pheonix area where we are currently in monsoon season, coupled with Hilary the Hurricane. Apple’s version of Dark Sky has been forecasting “rain starting soon,” several times a day, every day for past week. It’s rained exactly once!
I’ve learned to ignore the app and only check it for stats…how much it rained one time.
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I used to use the BBC Weather app on my iPhone, but these days I have WTForecast instead, which will at least make me laugh while telling me the bad news.
For me, as a Canadian, the best app is WeatherCAN from Environment Canada. I do keep Weather on my phone, but only for comparisons to Environment Canada and the Weather Network. When driving longer distances I will sometimes turn on the alerts for the other apps.
If I really want to know what is going on with the weather none of the iPhone apps give me enough information. When it looks like something really ugly might be happening I go to the Environment Canada weather.gc.ca page to look at their radar.
Living in Calgary with our downslope winds over the Rockies where on a winter day it can be minus 20 C in the morning and plus 20 C in the afternoon, ya kinda get used to checking the weather regularly.
I used to use the Weatherundergound app as I’ve always checked their website on my Mac (still do) but with the latest version of iOS, Apple’s Weather has become my first choice weather app on the iPhone. I still check the Weatherunderground app occasionally.
I use Weather for a quick look, but Wunderground for more depth. I still miss Dark Sky.
I always used Dark Sky. Since it was discontinued, I use Carrot Weather. It can be configured to look almost exactly like Dark Sky and it lets you choose different weather sources. I often change the source based on whichever seems most accurate based on the current conditions.
AccuWeather…
Pro: immediate future hyper-localized forecast “The rain outside your door will end in 13 minutes”
Con: AccuWeather’s CEO has pushed to prevent public access to National Weather Service data, under the guise of “the government shouldn’t compete with commercial companies”.
Maybe I should take another look at Apple’s Weather…
I’ve used Carrot for several years. I used to use Weather Underground, but some change happened. I can’t remember what it was, but it sent me off looking for a different app. I tried Carrot, and as soon as I figured out how to turn off the silly “personality” thing, it seemed to serve me well enough.
My wife and I are big fans of Weather Mate. Plusses include the radar projection for the near future, which we have found reliable; a useful Watch complication; and the link to the NWS Area Forecast Discussion. The latter is a lot like reading Howard Oakely on Macs - I don’t understand 100% but it is useful, especially for getting a feeling for the sources of uncertainty in the forecast.
I use Weather Underground
I used the paid version of Dark Sky for years and found it usually the most accurate. I liked how you could send in corrections to the weather at your specific location if different than their description. After Apple purchased Dark Sky 2-3 years ago, they must not have used its resources. The Apple weather continues to be quite inaccurate for my part of the world, whether going by zip code or Location Services.
Weather Underground has been the most accurate when we lived in an area that supported several WU owners/enthusiasts. I would pay up to $10 for an iOS weather app that actually delivered accurate weather for the current time and location–even without the forecasting, as long as they included the regional satellite view.
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We use The Weather Channel and RadarScope (fantastic combining weather stations all over the world) we used in Scotland last month.
WeatherBug user here. Usually pretty accurate, and simple to use.
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I use weatherstrip.app for two reasons: first because it is based on Foreca, which is the most reliable source in Italy, I guess. Second, because has the perfect UI for me: compact, clear, intuitive, complete.
Carrot for general use, a plethora of others for specifics.
I’m a bit of a weather nut, so I have several different apps that I use including Carrot, AccuWeather, Yahoo Weather, and Wunderground, as well as my own weather station here at home.
The Apple Weather app has really improved, and it has become my GoTo for all but Radar - for that I prefer the MyRadar App. https://myradar.com
I use CARROT exclusively. Every day on my watch and my phone. I could grumble a little about the Mac version, but that’s a different survey 
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