CloudSpotter

Cloud Appreciation Society

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About this app

Discover the amazing world of clouds with your pocket guide to the wonders of the sky and have your spottings verified as you build your own collection of clouds.

Learn how to spot 58 different cloud formations and optical effects, from the common ones like Cumulus clouds and rainbows to rare ones like the fleeting fluctus cloud or the hard to spot circumzenithal arc. Learn what makes each formation special with expert text from the Cloud Appreciation Society and stunning reference photographs by our app users around the world.

Build up your Collection of spottings and gain CloudSpotter Stars as you do so. Our innovative tools will help you decide what type of clouds or optical effects you’ve spotted. You will hear back from the rest of the community whether they think you got your spotting right. You can see New Spottings by other users around the world and say (with our help) if you think they got theirs right. Becoming an expert cloudspotter has never been easier – or more fun!

And if you’re a subscribing member of the Cloud Appreciation Society you’ll be able to access our Cloud-a-Days each morning. These feature curated photographs by our members, explanations of the clouds featured, inspiring sky quotations, and even examples of clouds depicted in art.

Looking up will never be the same again!

Ratings and reviews

Love the idea of this app and it works great when you have solid cell service. However, when I tried to use it with limited service, it said it would upload my spotting later but this didn't happen. I can't find a queue of "unposted" spottings and what's even more frustrating is that I can upload a photo for AI ID, but once I select a type, I can't upload my previous photo from my gallery. I think this app has a lot of potential but this is a frustrating limitation.

Really love this app, it's relying on community rather than AI to tell you what clouds are there ! as mentioned here, it's sad that sometimes the sky feeds lags with the photo not corresponding to the name of the cloud, making it more difficult for the youngest of us. Also, also mentioned here, i would love to be able to suggest a cloud type for others. Moreover, please put a "double verification" before we delete a spotting, or its gone forever..

I love this app. It can be a little laggy at times but I love that other users and expert descriptions help with cloud ID as opposed to AI. I also love seeing everyone's clouds from around the world. When uploading a photo I find that the crop tool is hidden though, which took some time to get used to!

What’s new

This is a quick bug-fix update. We have resolved an issue that was causing a problem for some subscribing members when viewing the Cloud-a-Day images. Also, we’ve improved the flow for resetting the email for your CloudSpotter account.