# Kinwarn: Tornado Alert Tracker — Storm Alerts for Aging Parents

> Storm Alerts for Aging Parents (iPhone/iPad app by KY ANH VU.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kinwarn-tornado-alert-tracker/id6823564250 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [KY ANH VU](https://appshunter.io/developer/6822601288)
- Category: Weather, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 17 MB
- Languages: American English, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-10-20
- Data updated: 2026-11-10
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kinwarn-tornado-alert-tracker/id6823564250/reviews.md

## What is Kinwarn?

Your parents live far away. Kinwarn warns you when a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning covers their home or yours. Kinwarn Pro calls them, and if they don't pick up, it calls you. They don't need an app.

THE EXACT ADDRESS, NOT THE WHOLE COUNTY
Kinwarn checks each saved address against the National Weather Service warning's storm polygon. If a tornado warning stops a mile short of your parents' house, their place shows No warnings. If it covers their house, you know right away, with the minutes until the storm arrives.

WHAT YOUR PHONE’S EMERGENCY ALERTS MISS
Wireless Emergency Alerts reach phones inside the warned area, so your phone stays quiet when a tornado warning covers your parents’ house two states away. And many warnings never set one off: from 2022 to 2025, over 2 in 3 flash flood warnings and about 98 in 100 severe thunderstorm warnings came without one. Kinwarn alerts you to these warnings for every home you add.

FREE: ALERTS FOR 2 PLACES
• Notifications for your home and one more place: tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and high wind warnings and tornado watches; hurricane, storm surge, extreme wind, tsunami and evacuation orders; winter storm, blizzard, ice storm, flood, extreme heat and cold (quiet overnight, or turn them off)
• A heads-up when a tornado warning is close and moving toward your home
• A School or Work place that alerts only during the hours you set
• A clear warning screen: take shelter, minutes until the storm arrives, what to do, and the full warning exactly as the NWS issued it
• "Got it" stops repeat alerts for a warning unless it gets worse
• "I'm safe — tell family" in one tap
• Shows when alerts were last updated, and if warning data is delayed
• Radar with warning boxes, storm cells and their paths, rotation, rain or snow, and satellite
• Hurricanes: the forecast cone and when storm winds could reach each address
• Storm, flash flood, winter storm and heat risk for the next 3 days in plain words
• Storm history for each address or any US county: every tornado since 1950, floods, hail, wind, winter storms and heat
• On iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, with widgets, an Apple Watch app, and CarPlay on iOS 26

KINWARN PRO: LOOK OUT FOR YOUR PARENTS FROM ANYWHERE
• Up to 10 places
• Calls to up to 3 U.S. family numbers, plus yours, for tornado warnings, destructive thunderstorms, serious flash flood warnings, extreme wind, tsunamis, evacuation orders, fire and hazmat warnings, and hurricane and storm surge warnings
• Family are called right away. When your mom or dad presses 1, you see "Mom got it". If they miss two calls, Kinwarn calls you and anyone you added nearby
• Open your parents' calls with a few seconds of your voice
• You get the alert first. Your own phone rings a minute later only if you haven't tapped Got it
• Hurricanes: we alert you first and call family 30 minutes later, between 8 AM and 9 PM.
• Extreme heat and cold: the same by day, at most one call a week per place
• Each person agrees on a short call by pressing 1 before we ever call them for an alert, and can press 9 on any call to stop
• Email for the same warnings except heat and cold, with the full NWS text
• Lightning alerts within 10 miles
• A severe storm risk reminder the evening before
• Up to 30 call alerts a month. After that, notifications and email continue

Kinwarn Pro is $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $5.99 a month. One Home, calls for one home: $19.99 a year, 7 days free. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings.

Kinwarn adds to official alerts. It does not replace Wireless Emergency Alerts, NOAA Weather Radio or local evacuation orders, so keep Emergency Alerts on. Weather data comes from the National Weather Service and NOAA. Kinwarn is not a government app.

Privacy Policy: https://kinwarn.com/privacy
Terms of Use: https://kinwarn.com/terms

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kinwarn One Home | $19.99 | per year |
| Kinwarn Pro Monthly | $5.99 | per month |
| Kinwarn Pro Yearly | $39.99 | per year |


## Is Kinwarn safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Kinwarn.

## Is Kinwarn legit?

Kinwarn: Tornado Alert Tracker appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Kinwarn is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kinwarn-tornado-alert-tracker/id6823564250/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Innovative

*2026-11-08*

What a great idea! I just downloaded it a bit ago, but it appears to operate smoothly and work well.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.10 — 2026-11-10

New in this version:
• Up to 3 family numbers, plus your own: your number no longer takes a family spot. (Pro and One Home)
• When a warning ends, family members Kinwarn called about it can get a text saying it has ended, if they chose texts.
• Report a problem has a new choice: I have an idea.

### 1.9 — 2026-11-09

New in this version:
• Someone nearby: if your parents miss two calls, Kinwarn can also call a neighbor or relative close by, who can try phoning them. (Pro and One Home)
• Your voice: open your parents' warning calls with a few seconds of your own voice. (Pro and One Home)
• More calls: fire and hazmat warnings, and extreme heat and cold by day. (Pro and One Home)
• Flood warnings now send alerts too.
• Warning ended: call your parents in one tap from the notification.
• Now on iPad, and made for iPhone Duo.
• A clearer welcome screen.

### 1.7 — 2026-11-05

Radar is sharper when you zoom in: near a radar site, rain now shows in finer detail.

### 1.6 — 2026-11-04

A small update with minor improvements.

### 1.5 — 2026-11-02

Kinwarn is now on Apple Watch. See your places and the warnings that cover them, and tap a warning for the minutes until the storm arrives and what to do. Add Kinwarn to your watch face to see warnings at a glance.

Widgets now update as soon as a warning arrives, even if you closed the app.

Adding a home phone (landline)? Kinwarn now shows the number we call from, so you can tell Mom, and makes a note for her fridge.

## More apps by KY ANH VU

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All apps by KY ANH VU: https://appshunter.io/developer/6822601288

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