# Alertable — Canada Alerts & Notifications

> Canadian emergency and community alert notification app. (iPhone/iPad app by Public Emergency Alerting Services Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alertable/id1277488940 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Public Emergency Alerting Services Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1432317536)
- Category: Weather, News
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 173 App Store ratings · 83 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 49 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France)
- Released: 2017-09-05
- Data updated: 2026-09-02
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alertable/id1277488940/reviews.md

## What is Alertable?

Alertable emergency alerts and mass notifications keep you informed of emergencies and daily incidents in your community, workplace and school.

Use Alertable for locations in Canada to stay aware and plan ahead. Check in advance for community events, closures, restrictions, hazards, danger and more. Know before you go. Keep yourself and others informed and up to date with Alertable.

Notifications are fast, reliable and easy to see and hear. Personalize notifications by type and severity. Choose notifications for many locations including home, work, school, cottage, family and friends locations and more. Change your locations and other personalized options in Settings, after the fact.

Key features:

• Canada wide public safety alerts (from Canada’s Alert Ready emergency alert system)
• severe weather alerts (from Environment and Climate Change Canada)
• fast and reliable, highly optimized alert notifications
• easy to setup and use
• customizable, choose the types of critical, advisory and information alerts you wish to receive
• targeted, alerts for only locations you are interested in
• follow me, alerts for where you are at
• maps, helpful for seeing the geographical area the alert is for
• sharable, alerts can be shared on social media, email and text message
• informative, emergency descriptions, impact areas and actions to take to remain safe
• local, community notifications for closures, outages, restrictions, disruptions, re-openings,
Interruptions and more
• workplace, get alerts from your organization
• accessible, full use by people with different abilities
• multilingual, translate alerts into your device’s language setting

## Key features

- Canada-wide public safety alerts
- Severe weather alerts
- Customizable notifications
- Location-based alerts
- Sharable alerts
- Local community notifications
- Workplace alerts

## What do users think of Alertable?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast and accurate delivery
- 🔒 Keeps employees and students safe
- 👍 Appreciates updates
- 🚨 Many urgent notifications
- 💡 Helpful for planning travel
- 🔊 Audible tornado warning
- 👍 Very user friendly
- ✅ Alerts for community issues
- 👍 Important information provided
- 💯 Accurate and reliable
- 👍 Useful for travelling
- 👍 Excellent communication tool
- ✅ Timely alerts when needed
- 👍 Relied upon by family
- 👍 Issues warnings for hazards
- 💡 Peace of mind from alerts
- ✅ Notices of closures and opportunities
- 👍 Keeps informed and up to date
- 👍 Awareness of local and provincial events
- 👍 Aware of important weather events
- 👍 Alerts for transportation
- 🚀 Punctual alerts
- 🚨 Critical alerts received
- 💯 Very accurate
- 👍 Alerts for missing children/heat
- 👍 Keeps updated
- 👍 Satisfactory service
- 💯 Best for emergency messages
- 👍 Great detail on selected areas
- 🔒 Feeling secure with warnings
- 👍 Properly informed about challenges
- 👍 Double coverage for multiple locations
- 👍 Informed about area conditions
- 👍 Alerts lifted information
- 👍 Must have for the 'Wet Coast'
- 👍 Very informative
- 👍 Easy to use and reliable
- 👍 Fills need for US travel to Canada
- 👍 Critical alerts system

**Cons**

- 😩 Exhausting alert prompts
- 🤥 Fake news, frequent false alarms
- 🚫 Only supports Canada
- 👎 Terrible UI on iOS
- 👎 Inferior iOS version
- 👎 Neighbourhood selection is useless
- 👎 Too many pointless alert types
- 👎 Missing critical alerts
- 👎 Inadequate public warning system
- 👎 Alerts should work without mobile data
- 👎 Cannot silence specific alert types
- 🐛 App not working after update
- 🐛 No alerts sent out
- 🐛 Misleading and late alerts
-  inconsistent information
- 😩 Too many alerts
- 🐛 Old alerts cannot be deleted
- 🔥 Confusion with evacuation alert wording
- 😞 Poor Shuswap updates
- 😞 Unreliable emergency alerts
- 😞 Evacuation alerts too late
- 😞 Garbage app
- 😴 Alerts too early
- 🗑️ History not deletable
- 🔋 High battery drain
- 🐛 Alerts not informative enough
- 😩 Too many alerts in a row
- 😴 Early morning notifications
- 🔋 Huge drain on battery
- 🐌 Very slow to load
- 🐛 Not getting audio alerts
- 🐛 Cannot select region by panning
- 🐛 Alerts don't display properly
- 🗑️ Useless in BC and most of Canada
- 😠 No cities in California
- 😠 Does not include my city
- 🔒 Weak privacy policy

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App not working after update
- No alerts sent out
- Misleading and late alerts
- Old alerts cannot be deleted
- Confusion with evacuation alert wording
- Poor Shuswap updates
- Unreliable emergency alerts
- Evacuation alerts too late
- Garbage app
- History not deletable
- High battery drain
- Alerts not informative enough
- Too many alerts in a row
- Early morning notifications
- Huge drain on battery
- Very slow to load
- Not getting audio alerts
- Cannot select region by panning
- Alerts don't display properly
- Useless in BC and most of Canada
- No cities in California
- Does not include my city
- Weak privacy policy

**Most requested features**

- Disable prompts asking to keep receiving alerts
- Add dark mode
- Allow selection of entire city by panning map
- Remove pointless alert types
- Ability to silence specific alert types
- Option to ignore specific alert types
- Improve location accuracy for alerts
- Add wildfire alerts
- Differentiate evacuation alert levels visually
- Allow deletion of old alerts
- Provide more informative alerts
- Include cities in California
- Include more cities
- Strengthen privacy policy for location tracking

## Recent user reviews (10 of 83)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alertable/id1277488940/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Wonderful App!

*2026-08-15*

This app gives me warnings about incoming thunderstorms and other extreme weather events, and often this happens without any other warnings. I greatly appreciate it. The warnings are timely and accurate.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review and rating!

### 1/5 — Inconsistent

*2026-08-09*

Your site is not consistent with other reporting sites. An example all other air quality reports identify an orange alert you have yellow

### 5/5 — Great resource

*2026-08-02*

I am happy with this app as it gives me alerts and real time time accurate updates. Highly recommend this

### 5/5 — Helpful

*2026-07-06*

Received a few notices so far and all were helpful. I hope I never get the one letting us know the big one has hit our B.C. coast, but it’s comforting to know I’ll be informed straight away and manage to seek higher ground here on Bowen island Snug Cove. It just might save our lives.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review and rating!

### 5/5 — Wonderful App!

*2026-07-01*

This app gives me warnings about incoming thunderstorms and other extreme weather events, and often this happens without any other warnings. I greatly appreciate it. The warnings are timely and accurate.

### 5/5 — Staying in the loop

*2026-06-16*

It’s nice to be informed about what’s is going on and areas to stay away from. This app could save lives. I think it’s important.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review and rating!

### 5/5 — Fast response. Thanks

*2026-05-06*

Great info. Delivery is fast and accurate.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review and rating!

### 5/5 — Safety

*2026-04-11*

I love this app…
As a Western employee,
It’s a great way to keep employees and students safe.
We need to know if there is any dangerous situations where we spend so much time.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review and rating!

### 5/5 — flooding

*2025-12-15, version 1.46*

appreciate the updates

### 5/5 — Must Have App

*2025-11-17*

Many urgent notifications regarding traffic, weather, others!

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review and rating!

## Frequently asked questions about Alertable

### What does Alertable do?

Alertable provides emergency alerts and mass notifications for incidents in your community, workplace, and school across Canada. It helps you stay informed about emergencies, severe weather, community events, closures, restrictions, and hazards.

### What are the key features of Alertable?

Key features include Canada-wide public safety alerts, severe weather alerts, fast and reliable notifications, customizable alert types and severity, location-specific alerts, and maps to view alert areas. It also offers local community notifications and workplace alerts.

### Is Alertable free to use?

Yes, Alertable is a free application. There are no costs associated with downloading or using its core features for receiving alerts and notifications.

### What devices is Alertable compatible with?

The description does not explicitly state device compatibility. However, as a mobile application, it is designed to run on smartphones and tablets that support its operating system.

### How can I personalize my notifications?

You can personalize notifications by type and severity. You can also choose to receive alerts for multiple locations, including home, work, school, and locations of family and friends. These settings can be adjusted in the app's Settings menu.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.49 — 2026-08-20

• Minor updates and fixes for an improved experience

### 1.48 — 2026-06-12

• Minor updates and fixes for an improved experience

### 1.47 — 2026-01-12

• Minor updates and fixes for an improved experience

### 1.46 — 2025-06-20

• Minor updates and fixes for an improved experience

### 1.45 — 2025-05-02

• Minor updates and fixes for an improved experience

## Apps similar to Alertable

| App | Rating | Price | Category |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [WeatherCAN](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/weathercan/id1334221563) | 4.0 (4) | Free | Weather |
| [QuakeFeed Earthquake Alerts](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/quakefeed-earthquake-alerts/id403037266) | 4.8 (99,552) | Free | Weather |
| [The Weather Network](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-weather-network/id473299958) | 4.7 (12,140) | Free | Weather |
| [The Wildfire Tracker: Fire Map](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-wildfire-tracker-fire-map/id6448724524) | 4.5 (154) | Free | Weather |
| [Instant Weather](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/instant-weather/id1495672013) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Weather |
| [Alberta Emergency Alert](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alberta-emergency-alert/id887604348) | 4.9 (61) | Free | Weather |

## More apps by Public Emergency Alerting Services Inc

- [Nova Scotia Emergency Alert](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nova-scotia-emergency-alert/id6747510995)

All apps by Public Emergency Alerting Services Inc: https://appshunter.io/developer/1432317536

## Related topics

[covid alert](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/covid-alert) · [nova scotia emergency alert](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/nova-scotia-emergency-alert) · [bgis alerts](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/bgis-alerts) · [ageroute](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/ageroute) · [alberta emergency alert](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/alberta-emergency-alert) · [finbiz services](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/finbiz-services) · [prefecture alerts](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/prefecture-alerts) · [alert media app](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/alert-media-app)

---

*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-02.*