Pocketgrib App Reviews

While other apps may be more graphic and engaging, I like the simplicity of PocketGrib. Nothing tricky...just the data I need.

PocketGrib uses the GFS model (US source). Nothing fancy, quick to load, easy to interpret.

I use it for boating but it is useful for anyone that understands Grib files and wants to check the NOAA models.

This is an easy to use app that provides detailed, accurate information. We're currently sailing Fiji, and Pocket Grib is a valuable tool.

I use this app every day. No glitches; just solid performance.

Great app. Update gives it a much better look. Thanks!

This is one of the key apps that I use for sailing. Excellent app, reliable, easy to use.

I like the simplicity and download speed. Worth it

helpful tool for planning several day sailing trips. reasonably good on information.easy to use.

I have used your regular Grip application for a few years now and find it very helpful. Of you could find a way to add a route onto the files that would help in planning a long passage. We are in Fiji now and planning a voyage to Hawaii and the ability to place a route or your files would be a great benefit. Thanks John

As a sailor I find this to be a very good tool.

My husband and I use Pocket Grib on both iPhone and iPad. It helped us enormously just yesterday with the timing of wind changes associated with a gale force cold front, enabling us to navigate to a safe harbor in time. We use it all the time. Easy to use, don't set sail without it!

Love the wind speed and direction forecast.

My go-to app for wind and weather. Worth every cent.

Excellent app. Easy to use. Information is accurate and reliable

The app crashes each time I try to download new products. Please update! I didn't pay $5 to have an app that doesn't work.

Works very well and reliably provides data.

I am looking at it now and it shows 5-10 at the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. It's blowing 25-30 and has been all after noon.

I'm not sure what has happened to this app, but grib files are no longer available for download using the map. An error message indicates that the server is no longer available. The email address is not current. All attempts to contact the app owner have been aborted. NOT A DEPENDABLE APP!!!

Simple and fantastic. Mark an area on a chart. Download. Couldn't be easier. Standard GRIB format. Move cursor to a spot and gives more detailed data. Data refresh fast.

Couldn't be more pleased with this app. I needed grib weather files in the Bahamas and this app (along with BTC cell phone data cards) did the trick. Usually I find small annoyances in most app I buy but this app seems to have thought of every thing.

we use Pocket GRIB for immediate, short & long term conditions of regattas (sailing races), navigation, hurricane information, wave height, wind speeds & also for general all around weather information. we also use PocketGrib as an indispensable tool when coaching & teaching sailors - 5 stars! side note: even though this app might look like it is not for everybody, PocketGrib makes it easy to use. it uses your requested meteorologic data via gridded binaries (GRIB) & displays this data in various forms, wind speed, wave height, rain, temperature...via maps, charts... take the time to play around with Pocket GRIB, learn it & you'll never go back to wimpy general use weather apps. :)

I use this app mainly for wind prediction (I am a sailer) and have found it be accurate and very easy to use.

We left Florida for the Bahamas Jan 2013 for our first out of the country winter cruise. The Bahama Telephone company (Batelco) offers spotty service around the islands. Using Pocketgrib for quick weather updates when we had a signal became very important to us. We found Pocketgrib to be essential. S/V Mardi Gras

I had a little trouble learning the app, but now it is a great source of weather info. We live on our sailboat and use this app daily to decide where to anchor next, or if we need to move. Only upgrade I can recommend is compressing data for Iridium use.

Great App. We use it frequently aboard Two By Sea down here in the Caribbean.

As a, regrettably, landlocked former blue water sailor; I became reliant on GRIB files and learned how to interpret them. Now I tire of the conflicting forecasts from local media and the myriad of wearer apps available. Seeing the data and formulating my own forecast gives me a better view into the weather window, but also reminds me that everything is open for interpretation. This app gives me exactly what I need to come to my own conclusions as well as provide quick guidance built-in. I also like using it to teach my 8 year-old son about the weather and how to look at projected data and how to interpret what he sees. Keep it up!

I say again "I'm a meteorologist due to PocketGrib"

My wife and I are currently sailing our boat on the Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America. Whenever we have Wi-Fi available we download the gribs for the area we are in and use them to compare to some of the forecasts we get from other sources. Helps us plan our voyages. This is a great app and needs to be in your quiver of weather apps!

This does a wonderful job of displaying the weather forecast hour by hour. While it is designed for sailors with low bandwidth high cost communications it also works those of of with cheap hi bandwidth networks on land.

Been using this for several years and have found it invaluable.

This app is a good one!

We have used pocket grub daily for route and timing planning. Only disappointment so far has been the lack of updated data for checking last minute before early morning departures . Otherwise easy to use, smooth animation and clear graphics.

I can't imagine sailing without this program. It works so intuitively I don't even think about using it, I just do & get to concentrate on the weather, not the program. GRIBs are amazing and this program allows me to be able to harness their power! Update 20 Feb 16 - We have been using PocketGrib as live aboard cruisers for almost 2 years now. My wife now has it on her iPhone, & I have it on my iPads & iPhone. We use it nearly every day, and can not imagine Cruising from Boston Harbor to Great Exuma Island without it! Our Lagoon 420's mast is over 65', so we can not use the ICW & must go offshore, where we sail for up to 7 days without sight of land. My only PocketGrib complaint is that I wish it would work with my GlobalStar 9000 Satellite Phone WiFi router, or even Iridium Go (although I don't yet have that). Then we could get the latest GRIBs into our PocketGrib when we are over 20 nm offshore & out of cell phone range. Since we are usually well beyond 20 nm offshore for most of our offshore cruise, getting the latest GRIBs into our PocketGrib would be very valuable to us as GRIBs become less accurate with age.

This app is exactly what we've been looking for. You can download directly from NOAA so no cumbersome downloading to email and then saving and opening. We've been looking for a weather app with the surface isobar prog charts and this app has it. It's easy to use and highly intuitive. Easily accessible onscreen buttons for every bit of info you want. Fast downloads even over slow WiFi. Worth every penny of the $5.99

Worth the money!!

Ther is no wave info for US areas. I got this for $6 for the wave data... Would lile to get a refund. ... And the app also crashes...bad bad bad

Spend a little time learning the features and this app will become your first choice for passage planning. You will find that you can minimize the download file size by selecting the area you are interested in, the parameters you want to see, and the number of days that are of interest.

We have used this in conjunction with NOAA weather and it has been pretty accurate when checked with current conditions. I would caution as it is only good out about 36-48 hours.

I download the latest file almost every time i go sailing.

Quite good and easy to use. Keep this app handy.

This little app is actually better than the PC versions of GRIB. I love it and use it daily.

I've used this app for almost 3 years now and rely on it so much I feel guilty I've never provided a review. I use this mainly for boating in the Upper Chesapeake. Power boating, not sail boating. In the upper bay both wind direction and wind speed play a role in how rough the water will be and I can use this app to show me when the tucking into a certain section of the bay or scooting into the Susquehanna River will find more protected waters at a given time.

This is really good. My only problem is that so far I can't seem to figure out how to get wave info

At last! An App for Kiteboarders that allows accurate advanced planning for those perfect riding days. Thank You! Perfect in execution and simplicity. 5-stars! I have already paid for the App in saved fuel.

The most user friendly way to view grib files. Extremely usefull for passage making.

I have been using the app off and on for about 4 months for planning and during cruises and deliveries. I am pleased with the ease of use and have not found significant discrepancies in the forecasting ( which I do find in NOAA forecasts and other sources ). I give 4 stars because there is always room for improvement. Captain George Master NC ASA and RPBA Instructor

Fantastic

About the best long range weather forecast I’ve ever used I would say 90 percent accurate Forty plus years on the North Atlantic