The API page on ClimaCell's website says that there is a forever free plan. There are some limits, but I think it sounds good to build an app or a widget.
Seems the "free" level is for developers. Other sites got really unhappy when using developer keys for the API was recommended for CIQ apps.
And the free level is limited to 1000 calls a day. That might sound like a lot but if an app gets 2000 downloads, that means a user might only get data once every 2 days. That and not having users claim to be developers gets you into the "paid" range. Expecting donations to pay for it is risky at best
Then, there's a question about accuracy. At a free level, some sites limit how often you get an update to once every hour or two. And then there's a question of the number of reporting stations. If the closest one is 50 miles away, even if the data updates really often, it could still be off.
With Garmin opening up access to it's weather data in CIQ 3.2, I have a feeling devs will start using that vs adding what's needed to get weather from a 3rd party site.
Requires a Climacell key (to be entered via Garmin Connect).
For CIQ developers it seems to be more interesting, because of request can be specified in deep details to avoid reaching memory limits of device (specific time range and fields can be requested / limited). I think it's interesting to have more than one view on it.
I can agree with you about the 'number of calls' bit. But I read that ClimaCell uses a tech called the internet of things, which means it can gather data from almost any device connected to the internet. Wouldn't that mean it has several reporting stations everywhere?
I highly doubt it. The only service I've seen that's wide spread (I have maybe 15 stations within a mile - including mine) is Weather Underground but IOT does not imply that any of those 15 are available with ClimaCell, and I know they aren't with Open Weather Maps.
The drawback of WU is to access it, you must have a weather station that supplies data to WU, but there are a whole lot of those.
