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Press kit

Everything here is free to use in coverage of Telop. For anything else, or an interview, write to [email protected].

Facts

Name
Telop (テロップ)
What it is
An iPhone app that rebuilds a 1984 Japanese late-night TV weather forecast, card by card, with tonight’s real weather, and in many cities local teams’ scores and the trains
Platform
iPhone, iOS 18 or later
Price
Free, with no ads and no purchases in the app
Languages
Japanese, English or both in turn
Units
℃ or ℉: the phone’s Temperature Unit if one is set, otherwise the city’s own (℉ in the U.S.); can be changed in Settings
Cities
Seventeen: Kansai, Boulder, Chicago, Croton-on-Hudson, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Tel Aviv, Tonasket, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington, D.C.
Scores
Baseball from around the majors, the local club first with its line score, and final scores for nearby football, basketball and hockey clubs where the city has them; each sport can be turned off
Trains
Service and planned closures in Toronto (TTC), New York (MTA), London (TfL), Chicago (CTA), San Francisco (BART), Seattle (Sound Transit) and Boulder (RTD, Denver), and the New York City subway (MTA) on the Croton-on-Hudson reel
Widgets
Now, Program, Forecast, Baseball and Warnings for the Home Screen, Forecast also for the Lock Screen; each in Japanese or English, with or without the VHS effects. A control for Control Center, the Lock Screen or the Action button opens the forecast. Settings shows how to add them.
Availability
Coming soon to the App Store
Developer
Gravy Consulting Inc., Toronto, Canada
Contact
[email protected]

Descriptions

English

Telop is a free iPhone app that rebuilds a 1984 Japanese late-night TV weather forecast, card by card, with tonight’s and tomorrow’s weather for the nearest of seventeen cities, from Kansai to London. In many of them it also carries local teams’ scores and how the trains are running, and its widgets put the cards on the Home Screen. Its maps, plates and type are drawn the way 1984 broadcast equipment drew them, then run through a modeled broadcast signal and a VHS tape, so it looks taped off the air. No account, no ads, no tracking. Coming soon to the App Store from Gravy Consulting Inc., Toronto.

日本語

「テロップ」は、1984年の深夜テレビの天気予報の画面を一枚ずつ描き起こし、関西と海外16都市の、今夜とあすの最新の予報を映すiPhoneアプリです。都市によっては地元チームの試合結果や電車の運行情報も映り、ウィジェットでホーム画面にも置けます。地図も、文字の下に敷く「座布団」も、文字の形も、当時の放送機材で出せた表現にならって描き、電波の乱れやVHSテープのにじみを重ねて、ビデオに録画したような質感に仕上げています。無料・アカウント登録不要・広告なし・トラッキングなし。App Storeで近日配信予定。開発はGravy Consulting Inc.（カナダ・トロント）。

Screenshots and video

Real captures of the app, untouched apart from a crop of the tape’s black edge. The scores card replays the real results of one September night, 2026-09-25. Credit them “Telop” or “Gravy Consulting Inc.”

Logo and icon

Use the files as they are. Pick the one made for your background, leave clear space on every side of at least half the letter height, and don’t recolor, stretch or rearrange it. Never split テロップ across lines.