Weather monitoring company AcuRite is forcing device owners to use a new companion app on May 30, frustrating some longtime customers.
AcuRite, which sells devices such as weather stations, indoor thermometers and rain gauges, began sending emails to customers last month telling them they would soon have to control their devices with the AcuRite Now app for iOS and Android. AcuRite first launched the app in June 2025 to control a new weather station, AcuRite Optimus. However, AcuRite device owners could still use the My AcuRite app, which was launched in 2016.
However, My AcuRite will soon no longer be available, making AcuRite Now the only official app to control AcuRite devices. The website for the My AcuRite the app currently says:
As part of our continued investment to deliver smarter, more connected solutions, the My AcuRite app will be shutting down. To ensure uninterrupted access to your weather data and unlock even more capabilities, all users must transition to AcuRite NOW by May 30, 2026.
According to the website, AcuRite Now “works with thousands of products” at Tuya SmartLife IoT Ecosystemincluding third-party fans, thermostats, light bulbs, outlets, cameras and motorized blinds.
“It seems like a bad joke”
Some AcuRite customers are upset about losing access to My AcuRite because they think AcuRite Now is an inferior app.
Those clients have complained online about not being able to use AcuRite Now to rename multiple temperature sensors, difficulties uploading data to weather sites, and the app only reporting temperatures in whole numbers. An AcuRite support page says AcuRite “hopes” to add the ability to organize sensors on screen and rename multiple sensors to AcuRite Now, as well as a desktop version of the app, “soon.”
A popular feature of My AcuRite was the ability to share data from AcuRite devices with Underground climatea real-time weather service. AcuRite Now also supports this feature, but users must pay a subscription fee that starts at $2 per month. The subscription, called AcuRite now+It also includes more data storage (365 days of history instead of 30).
