The number of third-party applications that we discover supported by Instagram every day is impressive, the pull of the filter application is such that developers do not stop thinking of new ideas on how to take advantage of sharing all kinds of information through photos. Well, today we offer you InstaWeather, an application with which to share time on Instagram.
InstaWeather is a clear example of how to take advantage of a successful platform like Instagram, to share something as everyday as the weather in your city in an original way.
Instagram uses the photo format to support information, but why limit yourself to sharing photos of idyllic settings when you have the opportunity to use this platform to share all kinds of information, by way of example; use Instagram to share new products from your brand or, as in this specific case, share the weather of your city with your followers.
A very original way to share the time of your city through Instagram.
InstaWeather is a smartphone application available for ios Y Android, which enables you to apply a series of Fur or templates with the weather information of the place where you are and then share those photos on Instagram, even though you also have the opportunity to share on Facebook, Twitter or send by email.
The application is quite simple to use and has up to 9 templates with different styles and information. Some of the basic templates only include the name of the city where you are and the temperature, while other more complete templates also provide information on wind speed and direction, atmospheric pressure, and the state of the sky (sunny, cloudy, partly cloudy etc).
Regarding the photos, the application allows you to select between using the camera or uploading the photos directly from the gallery. Once you have the photo ready, you must select the template you want to apply, InstaWeather enables you to preview the end result before applying the template.
When you have already selected and applied the template that you like the most, then you will be able to share your photo on Instagram. Selecting Instagram as the sharing platform will upload the photo from InstaWeather inside Instagram so now you can apply the filter you want, add the description and tags, and share.
There is also a paid version that for just over €1 includes up to 15 templates for the Android version and 30 templates for the iOS version.
But undoubtedly what has surprised us the most about this application is its web platform. instaweather.me, a world map where the photos that its users have shared from their city are made public. From this platform you can explore all the places on the planet from which you have shared photos of InstaWeather via Instagram, share the photos that you like the most and even access the Instagram profile of the author of the photo.
As you see, InstaWeather is a fairly simple application that has managed to transform the way of sharing time through smartphone technology and social networks. Surely after reading this post you will have new ideas about how to take advantage of Instagram to share all kinds of information.
