# Live Lightning — user reviews

> 101 indexed App Store user reviews of Live Lightning by Bertrand Kerautret, rated 2.90/5 from 10 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-lightning/id541468577/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-lightning/id541468577.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3

## What do users think of Live Lightning?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Works perfectly fine
- 👍 Accurate and up-to-date data
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 No ads
- 👍 Useful for hikers
- 👍 Great tool
- 👍 Reliable and simple
- 👍 Brilliant app
- 👍 Very helpful
- 👍 Super appli

**Cons**

- 🐛 App not working
- 🐛 Connection errors
- 🐛 Alerts not working
- 🐛 Inaccurate detection
- 🐛 Crashes on open
- 🐛 Widget missing
- 🐛 Poor translation
- 🐛 Data seems outdated
- 🐛 Not working in North America
- 🐛 Location issues

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Connection loss errors
- Widget disappeared after iOS 18 update
- Alerts not functioning for years
- App doesn't detect lightning even when close
- No notifications received if app is not active
- No notifications or nearby strikes during a storm
- App doesn't launch
- App not connecting to server
- Previous strikes don't always draw on map
- App crashes after receiving data
- App crashes when editing settings
- App crashes on zoom/orientation change
- Map locked without unlock option
- App shows incorrect location (e.g., Africa, Atlantic)
- App shows very old or static data (e.g., 6 strikes)
- App broken on iOS 7
- No map showing, only strikes
- Badge is annoying, flash signs too large
- Distance radius difficult to adjust

**Most requested features**

- Update app for iOS 18 widget
- Implement working alerts/notifications
- Fix connection issues
- Improve accuracy of lightning detection
- Convert times to local time
- Add contact option for developers
- Improve German translation
- Allow zooming and orientation changes without crashing
- Add a color scale for detection time
- Notification on icon based on distance filter

## Newest reviews (12 of 101)

### 3/5 — Widget IOS18 manquant

*2024-09-20*

Bonne appli, pour le widget en temps réel montrant la distance de l’éclair le plus proche. Cependant, depuis la mise à jour iOS 18, il a disparu. Y aura-t-il une mise à jour de l’appli ? Alertes ne fonctionnent pas depuis des années aussi.

### 2/5 — No good

*2022-09-07*

Deleted app. Doesn’t detect lightning even when close by

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feed back. Are you sure that you well selected your location areas ? The strikes were well detected from our servers…

### 3/5 — Manque l’alerte

*2022-06-22*

Je ne met que 3 étoiles sur les 5 car c’est vraiment vraiment dommage d’avoir une option d’alerte mais de ne pas en recevoir si l’application n’est pas active . Vivement une mise à jours pour recevoir de réel notification car l’application est bien , nous voyons bien les orages et impacts

### 4/5 — Bonne application

*2022-05-15*

Très bonne application mais impossible de faire fonctionner les alertes..
Si les dev vous un mail pour vous contacter ce serait top !

### 2/5 — Better apps out there

*2021-08-02*

It’s an okay app but better versions out there now.  Big that the previous strikes don’t always draw on the map until you zoom in or out so looks like nothing in an area.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback, you are right, a new version is coming with an improved display that avoid that. Almost done but need a few time to finalize ;)

### 4/5 — Petit soucis

*2020-04-12*

Bonjour/bonsoir j’ai un petit pb avec l’appli je ne reçois aucune alerte

**Developer response:** Bonjour, merci pour votre retour. Pour que les alertes fonctionnent il fait que l application soit bien en arrière plan. J espère pouvoir faire une vraie notification push a l avenir !

### 4/5 — Time to local time

*2019-09-24*

Great app, very useful. 

One improvement would be to convert the times to local time. You have the time and time zone of the strikes, and the device knows its own time zone...

### 4/5 — Des orages approchent et l’application ne fonctionne plus ?

*2018-07-04*

Bien dommage et assez répétitif quand on en a besoin. 
Pourtant très bonne application !!

**Developer response:** La ville du serveur a subie une interruption de courant impossible d agir (pourtant en dehors des orages)...
N’hésitez pas à interagir (livelightningdev@gmail.com)

### 2/5 — Used to be great

*2018-07-03*

Used to work, but latest update shows no lightning activity at all, which is obviously false.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feed back can you send me your a caption ? (livelightningdev@gmail.com) Note that the server was off yesterday 4 July due to electricity cut.

### 2/5 — BUG

*2018-05-31*

Super apply sauf que depuis quelques jours, plus rien. Plante juste après la réception des données.

**Developer response:** Merci pour le retour. Effectivement des bugs ont été corrigés et la version 1.8 est dispo. Merci pour mettre a jour la note ;)

### 2/5 — Idee gut, Umsetzung stark ausbaufähig

*2017-07-20*

Die deutsche Sprachbelegung ist echt mies und bedarf einer konkreten Überarbeitung -hier scheint wohl ein japanischer Austauschstudent mit einem veralteten Langenscheidt dran gesessen zu haben...

### 4/5 — Alert not working

*2016-09-20*

Real time information and able to track storms and lighting however one minor problem the alert doesn't work

**Developer response:** Thanks for you positive comments.
I am working in the improvement of the alert system.
version 1.8 is coming ;)
.B

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Funktioniert nicht mehr

*2026-05-14*

Es kommt immer Fehlermeldung Verbindungsverlust.
Offenbar funktioniert die app nicht mehr bzw. der dahinterliegende Server .

### 1/5 — Ne fonctionne pas

*2022-05-22*

En plein orage à mon domicile absolument aucunes notifications ni aucuns impact de foudre à proximité .
Cette application ne fonctionne pas c’est du Pipo .

### 1/5 — worked for a bit

*2021-07-16*

now will not launch.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback.Which macOS version did you have ?

### 1/5 — Ungenau

*2020-08-16*

Sitze gerade im Gewitter, 2 Km entfernt schlägt ein Megablitz ein. Die App hat ihn nicht erkannt. App soeben gelöscht ...

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feed back. It can be due to the display process that is going’s to be improved  in next coming version and in relation to a large number of impacts globally.

### 1/5 — Not connecting to server

*2019-12-18*

Was working ok but now it says it can’t connect however my WiFi and isp are all working properly so need a fix

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback. Our local network was temporarily  busy yesterday it should be fixed in the following days🤞 for me France that work again. Let me know if you have any issue.

### 1/5 — Was fine till recently

*2018-07-20*

Suddenly this app no longer produces results, until recently worked fine - now it can be flashing and banging on your front door step and this doesn’t show it! Shame used to be good

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback, the 1.8.2 fix the problem!

### 1/5 — Crashes on open

*2018-06-14*

Tried everything, even reinstalling, but sadly this app is dead now.

**Developer response:** You can try the new version which fix this bug ;)!

### 1/5 — Not so good

*2017-08-06*

In the middle of a severe thunderstorm and the app shows nothing.

**Developer response:** The server was blocking but the pb is now resolved..

### 1/5 — Not good for me.

*2016-08-06*

Just heard lightning 15 minutes ago, downloaded this, and it doesn't seem to show it, even though the source data blitzortung does show the strikes. Perhaps it's just bad for North America. Also it crashed 3 times and had to re-download data again each time where within 30 seconds of doing so it would crash again.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the comment. 
I fix the bug in the upcoming version 1.8 and this crash should be resolved ;)
Hope that you could update the notation for new version ;)
Best, 
B.

### 1/5 — Null

*2016-06-23*

Funktioniert nicht richtig

**Developer response:** Please see new update 
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## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Zuverlässig und einfach

*2022-02-23*

Macht genau, was es soll - zeigt Blitze zeitnah und präzise an. Nicht überladen, funktioniert einfach.

### 5/5 — Great Tool

*2021-09-24*

Terrific app for my needs, works great on both my iPad and my Android phone.  Seems accurate and and provides up-to-date data to keep my folks safe.

### 5/5 — Works

*2020-02-09*

This app works perfectly fine and seems to be very accurate. Also very easy to use.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your positive feedback and happy that the app works fine in Australia !

### 5/5 — Extrêmement pratique

*2018-08-12*

Pas de pub, pas de perte de temps à regarder des choses inutiles donc!

Parfait pour les randonneurs coincés sous un orage qui ont besoin de se rassurer ou parfait aussi pour les randonneurs qui veulent être sûrs que c’est raisonnable de partir.

Application bien utile! 👍🏻

### 5/5 — Appli hs

*2018-08-07*

Hélas cette appli ne fonctionne plus ! Les cinq étoiles s'envolent

Super. Pb résolu !

**Developer response:** Désolé le serveur a eu des pb mais le pb est résolu notamment sur les dernières mises à jour.

### 5/5 — Doesn’t work anymore

*2018-07-20*

Not sure what happened but not working anymore.

Now up and running again , thanks for the fix.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback. The problem is fixed and submitted for review (to fix the pb before the update change your iPhone display date format (in the settings) with a 24h mode instead 12h mode).

### 5/5 — Very helpful

*2018-07-20*

I have had problems with this app not working on my iPhone.
I contacted the host, and they managed to figure out why it didn't work. I changed my settings, and now it works again.
Would just like to thank the host for their help and now I can prepare myself for lightening and thunder. Brilliant app and brilliant service.

**Developer response:** The server yesterday was cut off (electrical problem of the host now resolved) but could you try again?  (livelightningdev@gmail.com)

### 5/5 — Sans pub et à jour

*2018-06-24*

Pas de publicité, mis à jour et historique que l on peut sauvegarder! En plus le système d alerte fonctionne sans pb et ne consomme pas beaucoup de batterie! Le widget est aussi très pratique!

### 5/5 — Brilliant lightning 🌩 app

*2018-04-04*

Fantastic lightning app works perfectly I am really impressed up and working within seconds of opening app very easy to set up and manage.

This is brilliant 😀🌩🌩

**Developer response:** Thanks and a new version fix some bug with alerts issue ;)!

### 5/5 — Nice

*2017-06-24*

SUPER ! L'appli idéal pour localiser précisément la foudre

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