Accessibility

Weather Buddy is built to be easy to take in at a glance, and to work just as well with VoiceOver, larger text or less motion.

Larger text

Weather Buddy follows your text size from iOS Settings → Display & Brightness → Text Size (or Accessibility → Display & Text Size → Larger Text). Pictures grow with the text.

At the largest, accessibility sizes, the layout changes so the answer stays on screen:

• The tiles on the Now card become a checklist.
• The big temperature is capped in size and the sky picture is left out.
• The rain strip's words stack above each other.
• The Vibe and activity pickers become lists or menus.
• The Why sheet opens at full height.

VoiceOver

• Each tile says how important it is, then what it is, then when: "Essential: coat", "Worth considering: umbrella, after 3pm", "Optional: sunglasses".
• Tiles are buttons: double-tap to hear why.
• The rain strip is read as one item, with the time span: "From now until sunset at 7:55pm".
• Each hour in Next few hours is read in full: "3pm: 12 degrees, Partly cloudy, 20 percent chance of rain, good for drying".
• Card titles and the decision are headings, so you can move between them with the rotor.
• Small wins are announced.
• Decorative pictures, such as the stars and moon, are skipped.

Voice Control

Buttons use the words you see. Say "Tap Why" to open an explanation, or "Tap Washing's out".

Reduce Motion

With Reduce Motion on (Accessibility → Motion), Weather Buddy turns off all animation, whichever vibe you've chosen: no springs, drifting pictures, twinkling stars or confetti.

Colour and contrast

• Colour is never the only clue. Essential tiles also have a tick, and timed tiles a clock.
• The colours have been checked for contrast.
• Cards stay light in both iOS Light and Dark Mode, so text contrast is the same either way.

A calm design

Weather Buddy was designed with people who find busy weather apps hard work in mind, including people with ADHD:

• One clear decision first, and the details after.
• The same layout every time, so you know where to look.
• Things that matter look bigger; nice-to-haves look quieter.
• Times shown as a picture, not just numbers.
• Short words alongside every picture, so nothing depends on decoding an icon.
• Calm is the default vibe.