Bold Weather and CARROT Weather
CARROT Weather is a customizable app with a personality, a choice of forecast providers, and deep Apple Watch and widget support. Bold Weather is built around a larger reading experience in plain sentences.
This comparison was checked on September 19, 2026. Bold Weather is testing on TestFlight for iPhone.
What CARROT Weather offers
The official CARROT Weather listing on the App Store describes five personalities from professional to profanity-laden, forecasts from Foreca with The Weather Channel, AccuWeather, and Apple Weather as options, Lock Screen, Home Screen, and StandBy widgets, Apple Watch complications, live radar, precipitation and lightning alerts, and a super-resolution radar with next-hour forecasts at a higher tier. Premium is listed at $4.99 a month or $19.99 a year, Premium Ultra at $9.99 a month or $39.99 a year, and Premium Mini from $0.99. It requires iOS 15 or later and also runs on iPad, Mac, Apple Vision, and Apple Watch.
Where Bold Weather starts
Bold Weather has one voice, which is plain. The summary sentence says what to expect without jokes or jargon, and the Speak button reads it aloud. Type follows the iPhone text size with no cap. There are no tiers and no ads.
| Consideration | Bold Weather | CARROT Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Main focus here | A larger reading experience | Customization and personality |
| Forecast provider | Apple Weather | Foreca, with other providers as options |
| Apple Watch | Not in the beta | Yes |
| Price | Not announced | Free with subscriptions from $0.99 |
| Availability | TestFlight beta | Released |
Check how much you want to set up
CARROT rewards people who enjoy configuring an app. If you want to choose a provider, build a widget layout, and pick a personality, it covers that today. If you want a forecast that reads well without any setup, read about the Bold Weather beta.
Note CARROT Weather details and prices are from the linked listing as of September 19, 2026. Check them again before publication. No claim is made that CARROT Weather lacks larger text or accessibility features.