Vaavud Wind Meter

★★★★★ Brilliant! This is a great app for a compact easy to use anemometer. I have the Leaner and find it very reliable and consistent when taking readings. The wind direction is a useful bonus, not a feature on some anemometers. The Leaner itself is robust and easy to store. I like the social aspects of the app, like sharing readings and seeing other people's readings. The history is really useful too - I keep logs for UAV flying, and it's easy to call up readings after a day's flying. Great anemometer and great app!

★★★★★ I was surprised by how quickly and easily it worked on my Samsung S10. I found the meter itself on clearance for less than $10 at West Marine. There's a post on Sail flow that they are hosting the app, but since Vanned is technically out of business, it would be nice if the meter worked with other apps.

★★☆☆☆ The wind meter NOT WORKING unless your Android phone has built-in magnetic sensors which should have been mentioned by Valved on the wind meter packaging. It will not work with any of my new Android phones and my old Moto Defy which does have magnetic sensors would work BUT the latest app will not work with older Android versions. If only I found the reviews for the app before I purchased the wind meter I could have saved my money and bough a proper self-contained digital wind meter from ebay for a fraction of the price.

★★☆☆☆ Support is shallow, wind direction is a gimmick. App wind direction modestly accurate, despite their claim that all you need to do is calibrate your phones compass via Google Maps update. Wind direction based on the assumption that your phone is always pointing north, Valved claims the app does not require a connection, but won't launch without all the following. Your phones Status and identity, read, modify, or delete the contents of your usb storage. View network connections, pair with blue tooth devices. I can understand the app requires the ability to change your audio settings because it plugs into the audio jack, but why full access to all media files. Why all the above-mentioned, and why full network access. Without all these permissions the app will not launch. I really wanted to use my brand-new cool looking wind toy, I am so tempted to let you guys have full access to my network connections, files and images. It's not like your in my neighborhood or know me right, what harm could come of some people in Eastern Europe having all that access and info. Funny thing for an app that does not require a connection. Save yourself the trouble of returning.