Dark Sky vs Launchy

Dark Sky

Description: Dark Sky is a popular and accurate hyperlocal weather forecasting app and website. It provides minute-by-minute precipitation forecasts for the next hour and hourly forecasts for the next week.

Type: software

Launchy

Description: Launchy is a free open source utility for Windows that allows you to quickly launch applications and files. It provides a fast searchable interface to access anything on your computer with just a few keystrokes.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

Dark Sky Features

• Minute-by-minute precipitation forecasts
• Hourly weather forecasts up to 1 week ahead
• Weather maps showing radar, temperature, precipitation, etc.
• Notifications for imminent rain, snow, etc.
• iOS, Android, and web app versions available

Launchy Features

• Quick launch applications by typing a few characters
• Search local drives and network shares
• Plugin architecture allows extensibility
• Lightweight and fast
• Keyboard driven interface
• Customizable hotkeys and skins
• Indexing for fast searches
• Supports wildcards and regular expressions in searches

Dark Sky

• Not listed

Launchy

• Open Source