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Lightning Tracker & Radar Map

Lightning Tracker & Radar Map

Thunder & Storm Alerts, NOAA

120 ratings
6 reviews
#132 in top-grossing Weather
🔧 Utilities
☀️ Weather
Free
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Details

Released
May 5, 2026
Updated
November 4, 2026

Features

Background Location Access

Developer

Nikolai Iakubovskii
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About

This app displays live lightning strikes and storm zones on a map, powered by satellite data. It helps you understand storm activity, track movement, and receive alerts for saved locations to ensure outdoor safety.

✓Live lightning map
✓Storm zone tracking
✓Saved place alerts
✓24-hour history (Premium)
✓30-30 safety timer
✓NOAA satellite data
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What's New in Lightning Tracker & Radar Map

1.0.75

November 4, 2026

Live lightning no longer vanishes from the map when your phone's clock is wrong. Smaller fixes and improvements.

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Lightning Tracker Premium

Real-time storm alerts, 7-day forecast, saved locations

$29.991 Year
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Charts

Top Grossing

📉 132-5

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This app dropped -5 positions in Weather chart.

Last updated on November 5, 2026.

Top Free

📉 151-6

Weather

This app dropped -6 positions in Weather chart.

Last updated on November 5, 2026.

User reviews

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Heads up

This program has been helpful with warnings allowing me time to take my radios off line to prevent lighting damage. No burned circuits this summer. Very grateful for that.
GGunahasii

Response from developer

Thank you for sharing this. I'm glad the storm warnings have been useful for your radio setup, and I appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. Nikolai Creator of Lightning Tracker

Ham Station Operator - Good App

Monitoring lightening is crucial at a radio station, appears to work well on an old iOS 15 ipad used for weather monitoring.
Will likely go premium after a few weeks checking for bugs.
BBleikr

Response from developer

Bleikr, an iOS 15 iPad on weather duty at a radio station is not the setup I tested on, so "appears to work well" is good news I did not have. The map reads NOAA GOES satellite data, and per-strike alerts are what Premium adds. If anything misbehaves on that iPad, support@lightningtracker.app reaches me directly. Nikolai Creator of Lightning Tracker

Stable code but still unrefined

Currently (September 2026) version 1.0.34 still has a fairly crude interface. For example; in settings I am unable to locate the adjustment for display-time persistence on the map. It appears to just use an unknown default time period called “latest” which the developer chose for us. The apparent alternative to “latest” is “past 24h” which does not display any strikes when this option is selected. What it does; it seems to do without crashing which is better than many programs do when they are new and as yet unrefined. This program has good potential to evolve into a go-to program; however it has not yet reached this level.
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NNN0M

Response from developer

Thank you for the detailed and fair review. Version 1.0.35 now labels "Latest" as "Last 30 min", adds a 15, 30 or 60-minute strike display setting, and keeps the map visible when Past 24h is unavailable. You were right that these controls were unclear, and I will keep refining the interface. Nikolai Creator of Lightning Tracker

Didn’t do what I needed. Hard to see where the historic strikes were.

Really hard to see the lightning strikes. the icon doesn’t stand out. It’s shows you ‘2 in the last x hours’. Tapping that does nothing to focus the screen on where they were.

I know there was one really close to my house at 11:30am today. No sign of it on the map.
TTechManDan

Response from developer

Thanks for the detail. You saw a real strike and expected to find it on the map, that is a fair expectation. Two things work against it. I read NOAA's GOES-19 GLM satellite, which resolves lightning at roughly 8 to 14 km, so strikes close together collapse into one cluster and a weak flash near the edge of detection may not appear at all. You are also right that the icons do not stand out enough, and tapping the historical count to jump straight to those strikes would be genuinely useful. That part is on me to build. If you send your app version from Settings > About and roughly how far you were zoomed in, I can check that exact window. Stay safe. Nikolai Creator of Lightning Tracker

Nice and free

Helps me decided to golf or not when storms are rolling in fast off the mountains towards Denver
SSamtheo90

Response from developer

Samtheo90, golf or no golf is the most practical use of a lightning map I have heard. When a storm rolls off the mountains, the approaching-storm alert is the free part built for exactly that decision, and the clubhouse beats the fairway every time. Nikolai Creator of Lightning Tracker

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FAQ

What is Lightning Tracker & Radar Map?

Lightning Tracker & Radar Map is a weather app that shows live lightning strikes and storm zones on a map. It uses satellite data to help you understand storm activity and track its movement.

Does Lightning Tracker & Radar Map have ads?

No, the app is ad-free. The premium version offers an ad-free experience, and the free version does not contain advertisements.

What are the subscription options for Lightning Tracker & Radar Map?

Lightning Tracker & Radar Map offers several premium subscription plans, including weekly options at $5.99 and $7.99, a monthly plan for $9.99, and an annual plan for $19.99.

How accurate is the storm data in Lightning Tracker & Radar Map?

The app is powered by NOAA GOES GLM and EUMETSAT MTG-I1 LI satellite data, providing real-time information on lightning flashes and storm zones. Coverage varies by region.

Can I get alerts for specific locations with Lightning Tracker & Radar Map?

Yes, you can set alert radii around saved places. Free users can monitor one saved place with basic data, while Premium users get push alerts, wider radii, and more saved places.

What is the 30-30 safety timer in Lightning Tracker & Radar Map?

The 30-30 safety timer is a built-in tool that helps users follow the 30-minute lightning safety rule after nearby activity. It provides a simple outdoor-safety checkpoint.

What devices is Lightning Tracker & Radar Map available on?

Lightning Tracker & Radar Map is available for iPhone and iPod devices. It is rated for ages 4 and up.

How often is Lightning Tracker & Radar Map updated?

The app was last updated on November 4, 2026, with version 1.0.75. This indicates a relatively frequent update schedule to maintain data accuracy and app performance.