# MyShake Earthquake Alerts — user reviews > 212 indexed App Store user reviews of MyShake Earthquake Alerts by University of California, Berkeley, rated 3.30/5 from 1,913 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/myshake-earthquake-alerts/id1467058529/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/myshake-earthquake-alerts/id1467058529.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 828 · 4★ 168 · 3★ 181 · 2★ 206 · 1★ 530 ## What do users think of MyShake Earthquake Alerts? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Early earthquake warning - 👍 Useful for earthquake preparedness - 🚨 Alerts before shaking starts - 🗺️ Detailed earthquake information - 🤖 Automated reporting of felt earthquakes **Cons** - 🐛 Unreliable notifications - 🔔 Excessive or unnecessary alerts - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🗺️ Difficult to filter by location - 🤖 Inability to report felt earthquakes **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezing or crashing when reporting earthquakes - Inconsistent or outdated earthquake data - Location services not working as expected **Most requested features** - Customizable alert settings by location - Louder and more distinct alert sounds - Support for iPad and tablet devices - Ability to view historical earthquake data - Integration with other emergency systems ## Newest reviews (13 of 212) ### 2/5 — No alerta *2026-08-14, version 3.1.36* Hoy tembló en san Leandro 3.8 y yo tengo configurada el app para alertas desde temblores de 2.5 grados en adelante y la app no emitió ninguna alerta. ### 2/5 — No Alert: 8/13/2026 *2026-08-13, version 3.1.36* I was 3 miles from recent earthquake this morning but MyShake never sent an alert. ### 2/5 — Works too well *2026-06-26, version 3.1.36* Too many false positives. Alerts over magnitude 5.5 quakes 100 miles away that I don’t even feel. Practically gives me a heart attack several times a year over moderate quakes so far away I can’t feel them. I guess false positives are better than real dangerous quakes that are missed. That said, I wish they could perfect the model so it only alerts if a quake is actually dangerous in the area my device is at. I do not need warnings for moderate sized quakes so far away that they are not felt here. ### 4/5 — Spot On *2026-06-24, version 3.1.36* I just exp the 2nd time this app notified me about an earthquake. Last time I got a Notification just seconds before the earthquake! This time, I received one about a minute after. I have both MyShake and QuakeFeed. MyShake is dependable, and QuakeFeed is for information. I’m very satisfied with MyShake app! ### 2/5 — Buggy & untrustworthy *2026-06-24, version 3.1.36* App frequently crashes at startup. Also disturbingly sends urgent “drop & cover” alerts for events far away, like M6 Mendocino temblor to Santa Clara County residents. Untrustworthy ### 2/5 — App does not track the phone. Sometimes way off. *2026-04-14, version 3.1.36* I went on a Caribbean cruise and in the middle of the night we were awakened in the middle of the night by an alert for a moderate quake in California that wasn’t even felt at our home, we checked. Another middle of the night alert at home was completely false, terrifying me for no reason. Please add device tracking for better accuracy. ### 4/5 — The app is great! *2026-04-12, version 3.1.36* This app is very good, it alerted me about 12 seconds before shaking over here in El Centro in February of 2025. Overall, great app for alerts but there is a suggestion I want to make, there should be an option that lets you adjust the option at what minimum magnitude you get alerts from. And another optimization, is that you should be able to change the alert sound to a custom sound. ### 2/5 — Had to delete due to bugs *2026-04-02, version 3.1.36* Had to delete this app after being woken up at 1:41 in the morning with the warning. On iOS 26.4 this won’t let you change the intensity, current location, or distance for events. In the few times it does work it has saved me maybe a second or two at most, but it seems the app is more alarming than the earthquake itself. ### 2/5 — Not dependable *2026-02-08, version 3.1.36* I live in Oakland and want this app so I get the alerts. I haven’t been receiving even the notification half the time. If your looking for safety this won’t help much ### 2/5 — Too many nuisance alerts *2026-01-21, version 3.1.36* This app wakes me up in the middle of the night for nothing. It fires an alert for anything above 4.5, and most of the time I don’t even feel anything. There is no way to configure a minimum threshold for triggering alerts and it’s too sensitive so I have to delete this app. It’s a shame because I like the idea. I would use it if I could increase the threshold. ### 2/5 — meh *2026-01-20, version 3.1.36* alerted me to an earthquake after shaking had begun. hard to navigate the minimal features. i’ll just use the usgs website and get regular emergency alerts ### 1/5 — What???? *2026-01-16, version 3.1.36* I get alerts re: earthquakes on the other side of of the world but rarely get alerts about the quakes closest to me. Did get the alert at 3 AM one morning that was a “false” alert but never a reason for the false alert. Doesn’t seem to help so might delete. ### 1/5 — Almost useless *2025-12-29, version 3.1.34* Slow. Unclear interface. The old website was more accurate and responsive. This is not good. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does not alert anymore *2026-08-12, version 3.1.36* This all used to be my go to, but now it doesn’t even alert me literally until I open the app. I’m right on a fault line and really rely on something to notify me moments before for the safety of my family. I don’t know what’s changed, but I have an IPhone 16 with the most updated software and I’ve noticed it’s stopped being useful once I upgraded my phone. I’ve had to download other apps in replacement of MyShake. ### 1/5 — No da alertas *2026-06-27, version 3.1.36* No aviso Es más no detecta la actividad ni en la lista. ### 1/5 — DO NOT DOWNLOAD *2026-06-18, version 3.1.36* I made the mistake of downloading this app & it got stuck open on my Home Screen forcing me to do a hard shutdown of my phone just so I could delete it. I am now concerned that it will still be active in the background after reading the horror stories in other reviews. ### 1/5 — Stopped working this year *2026-06-06, version 3.1.36* Not sure why, for years this app has worked perfectly but since iOS 26 I never get earthquake notifications anymore? I gave it the appropriate permission and nada. ### 1/5 — Waste of space *2026-04-27, version 3.1.36* Literally, had an earthquake less than a 2 miles away & this app recorded nothing. Not a surprise. Just time to delete this app. ### 1/5 — Never works *2026-04-02, version 3.1.36* My wife’s goes off, mine doesn’t. We’ve sat down with both our phones and verified our settings in the app and elsewhere are the same. I never get notifications. ### 1/5 — Heart attacks for no reason *2026-04-02, version 3.1.36* I live in earthquake country and I do not recommend this app unless you're a surgeon, dentist or perform some other such task. It sends heart-attack alerts, either moments before, during or after an earthquake depending how close you are to the epicenter, and on how well it's working at that time. It delivers alerts that will wake you up in the middle of the night, for minor earthquakes that are not worthy of an alert to someone not close enough to be affected. It also has sent a false alert for an earthquake far away that didn't actually occur. If the developers can tweak it so it is more finely tuned perhaps it will be of use to the public but at this time it only causes loss of sleep and stress therefore I am deleting the app. ### 1/5 — Ffs *2026-04-02, version 3.1.36* This is the FOURTH time in the past couple of years that this thing has blared in my ear warning me to drop and cover IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, and then….nothing. No shaking, sometimes the earthquake is over 300 miles away, sometimes closer but nothing worth waking someone up for, just useless. And then I’m up for the next 2-3 hours because of the adrenaline of it. I’m over this! ### 1/5 — Never accurate *2026-02-14, version 3.1.36* Even when the TV says, we’re having an earthquake or we had one an hour ago it doesn’t show it. Chose them all kinds of strange places days ago, but not locally. ### 1/5 — Can’t Turn Off *2026-01-20, version 3.1.36* I keep getting a very loud alert of an earthquake that happened yesterday. I’ve turned off gov’t alerts, I’ve deleted the app, I turned my cell phone off completely but I’m still getting very loud alerts. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Helped me *2026-08-23, version 3.1.36* This app works. It warned me multiple times when an earthquake was about to happen in California. ### 5/5 — I like this app, but I have a VERY important suggestion PLEASE READ *2026-04-12, version 3.1.36* I really like the fact that this app can notify users before an earthquake, which is very useful for earthquake prone areas like California. Although, I would like you to at least consider the following suggestion. I think you should have 2 alert variants. 1 is for the magnitude 4.5 to 6.5 and let out an alert that is the same volume as the current one, but it sounds a little less urgent. The other would be for magnitude 6.6+ and would be the same volume but sound very alarming to signal to users to watch out. ### 5/5 — Worked well *2026-04-02, version 3.1.36* Earthquake happened gave clear warning ### 5/5 — Works! *2026-04-02, version 3.1.36* Alerted us 6mins before the actual earthquake. ### 5/5 — AMAZING LIFESAVING APP (sometimes) *2026-01-21, version 3.1.36* This app is incredible. I’ve had 2 warnings both being 4.5 and above game me a good 10-15 seconds before the shaking started and can be very good for earthquakes that are 6.0 and above giving you time to tell your family get out side out under a table. Like I said, amazing app ### 5/5 — Works to alert you about earthquakes *2026-01-21, version 3.1.36* This is the only Earthquake App on my phone that warned me and gave me an alert to ‘Duck and Cover’ before the earthquake hit last night at 12:30AM. (There was only a 5 second warning, but since the earthquake was 10 miles away, perhaps that’s all the time that was allowed. Quakes move at the speed of sound while alerts are over radio waves—speed of light.) The App definitely woke me up, but better safe and groggy than dead… ### 5/5 — It works! *2026-01-20, version 3.1.36* Today was the first time I got an alert before I felt movement. I know it depends on your proximity to the epicenter but I was very impressed with the several second head start. Thank you for making this app free to help keep people safe. ### 5/5 — this app is rocking my world *2025-12-24, version 3.1.34* I love MyShake ### 5/5 — Best *2025-12-14, version 3.1.34* I used this app a lot there are lots of earth quakes in ca and it just told me fasted than google I love this app ### 5/5 — Very important *2025-12-04, version 3.1.34* I appreciate such an important app and the notifications seem to be getting earlier and give me more warning every time. And the alarm does a good job helping me lock into safety mode --- *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 2026-08-31.*