# Aurora Atlas: Northern Lights — Forecast, alerts & spots

> Forecast, alerts & spots (iPhone/iPad app by Max Roness Hovding.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aurora-atlas-northern-lights/id6760355675 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Max Roness Hovding](https://appshunter.io/developer/1884078381)
- Category: Weather, Navigation
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 52 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish and 1 more
- Released: 2026-09-18
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Aurora Atlas?

Find the northern lights tonight: the best spot within your reach, and the best time to be there.

Aurora Atlas turns the aurora forecast, the clouds and the dark into one clear answer. Pick your base and how far you're happy to drive. Everything else is made for you.

WHERE TO GO, AND WHEN
• Tonight's chance from 0 to 100, in plain words
• The best spot within your driving range, with drive time and access notes
• The best hours to be there

ALERTS MADE FOR YOU
Get a notification when a night near you is worth going out for, with the best spot and time. You choose which nights and how often: one alert a night, or updates as the forecast changes. Off until you turn it on.

NEARLY 600 HANDPICKED AURORA SPOTS
Chosen for aurora viewing across 59 destinations: Norway and Svalbard, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Alaska and the Great Lakes, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Anywhere else, get a forecast for the place you choose.

CLOUDS, HOUR BY HOUR
Low, mid and high cloud for every spot, so you see when the sky opens, not just a percentage.

TONIGHT ON YOUR HOME SCREEN
Widgets show tonight's chance, the best spot and the time on your Home Screen and Lock Screen.

MORE FOR AURORA HUNTERS
• The live aurora oval on a map of every aurora area
• Live sky and road cameras where they exist
• The nights ahead and Trip Mode: darkness, moon and typical sky for your dates
• A short AI analysis of the outlook, on request
• Share tonight's forecast or a spot with friends

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account needed. Your exact location stays on your phone.

Weather from MET Norway, space weather from NOAA. Available in English, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Dutch, Japanese and Korean.

## Is Aurora Atlas safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Aurora Atlas.

## Is Aurora Atlas legit?

Aurora Atlas: Northern Lights has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Aurora Atlas is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1 — 2026-10-26

What's new in 2.1
- Aurora alerts: when a night near your base is worth it, a notification tells you where to go (the best spot within your driving range) and when. Choose which nights and how often. Off until you turn it on.
- New destinations in Alaska, the Great Lakes, Canada, Scotland, northern England, Ireland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland: nearly 600 handpicked aurora spots in all.
- Widgets: tonight's chance, best spot and window on your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
- Share Tonight or a spot with a link that opens straight in the app.
- New here? A short guided tour and a How to use guide.
- Now also in Dutch, Japanese and Korean.

### 2.0 — 2026-10-20

Aurora Tromsø is now Aurora Atlas: the same app, now for aurora destinations across Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, with a forecast for anywhere else.

- Your settings carry over. Your language and choices stay as they were.
- Explore viewing spots across northern destinations, with local forecasts and access information.
- Improved aurora scores that use cloud layers hour by hour, darkness, the moon and live geomagnetic activity. Scores can differ from earlier versions.
- A written analysis of the outlook, on request.
- Choose your base manually or use optional on-device location.

### 1.2.2 — 2026-10-15

A clearer outlook for your aurora night:

• Start with smoother, personalized onboarding and choose how you travel and how far you want to explore.
• Explore the live aurora oval, solar wind, and detailed charts for activity, clouds, darkness and the moon.
• Get more balanced viewing scores on quiet nights and earlier recommendations when conditions are nearly as good.
• Discover eight more public viewing destinations, bringing the total to 41.
• Enjoy more stable map markers and improved performance.

Forecasts help you plan. Always check local weather, road and access conditions before travelling.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-29

A new view of the northern lights, plus better checks before you head out:

• Explore the new Aurora view with current activity and hourly outlooks.
• Browse sky cameras and road cameras separately, and open images inside the app.
• Check road-camera locations and optional traffic notices on the map.
• Camera images now load through our shared server cache.
• Improved handling of older forecasts and unavailable camera feeds.

Forecasts and cameras help you plan; always check local road conditions before travelling.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-20

• A fresh design across Tonight, Spots, maps and live cameras.
• Five more viewing spots, bringing the total to 33.
• Nearby spots now use your location when you allow it.
• Clearer guidance when the sky is too bright for aurora viewing.
• Fixed an issue that prevented optional Personal analytics from connecting after you opted in.

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