# StormCast — Live lightning & rain radar

> Live lightning & rain radar (iPhone/iPad app by Simone Baldi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stormcast/id6793990069 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Simone Baldi](https://appshunter.io/developer/6793990491)
- Category: Weather
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 29 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-08-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-07

## What is StormCast?

Rain on the way? See where it’s moving.

With StormCast, follow rain and lightning on the map and get alerts for the places you choose: home, work or your weekend destination. Check the radar alongside hourly forecasts to see how the weather could change.

FOLLOW RAIN AND LIGHTNING
• Rain radar with two hours of history and a movement forecast up to two hours ahead
• Live lightning, with distance from your location
• Storm cells with movement direction and speed
• Satellite, temperature, wind and wave maps

ALERTS FOR YOUR PLACES
• Nearby lightning alerts with a customisable radius
• Incoming rain alerts with updates as it approaches
• Approaching storms with an estimated arrival time
• Italian Civil Protection weather alerts for your places in Italy
• Quiet hours configurable for each place

CHECK THE DAYS AHEAD
• Hourly and daily forecasts up to 14 days ahead
• Forecast reliability index
• Air quality, UV, pressure, visibility and marine data
• Sunrise, sunset, daylight hours and moon phases
• Recent nearby earthquakes, using INGV and USGS data

START WITH YOUR FIRST PLACE
Search for a location, explore the map and turn on monitoring. Allow notifications on your device to receive alerts.

FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PREMIUM
StormCast is free to download. Radar, lightning and forecasts are available with ads and a daily usage limit shown in the app. Push alerts remain active after your viewing time runs out.

StormCast Premium removes ads and the time limit. It includes Display mode, which turns a tablet into a weather station, beyond the initial trial period.

Premium is an annual subscription. The current price is shown in the app before purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled in your store account settings. Restore purchases using the same store account.

Available in English, Italian, French, German and Spanish.

Forecasts and alerts are estimates based on available data. They do not guarantee the timing or location of severe weather and do not replace official guidance or other personal safety measures.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy: https://www.stormcastlab.com/privacy.html


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.5 — 2026-09-14

• Technical improvements and fixes

### 1.0.4 — 2026-09-08

• The 14-day list now shows dates too — no more ambiguous days
• Data refreshes by itself while the app is open, so "Today" is always the right day
• New prompt to monitor the place you're viewing and get its alerts
• Cleaner map and various fixes

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-24

What's new in 1.0.2:

• Rain incoming: new minute-by-minute chart for the next 2 hours — see when rain starts and stops
• Snow: expected accumulation, freezing level and snow depth when snow is forecast
• Pollen: levels for grass, birch, olive, ragweed and more
• Clearer weather alerts: exact day, validity and bulletin time
• Official alerts now also abroad, from national weather services
• Refreshed map: collapsible layers panel and thumb-friendly zoom
• Smarter rain notifications: no alerts when it's already raining
• Fixed an issue that could hide weather layers on the map

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-16

• Forecasts extended to 14 days
• Official weather alerts (Italian Civil Protection): in-app banner and notifications for your places
• Recent earthquakes near you (INGV and USGS data)
• Sun & Moon: sunrise, sunset, daylight hours and moon phases
• Smarter rain alerts: we warn you again as rain gets closer (15, 10, 5 minutes)
• Incoming storm notification with direction and estimated arrival
• Forecast reliability index
• Bug fixes and improvements

### 1.0 — 2026-08-13

No release notes.

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## More apps by Simone Baldi

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All apps by Simone Baldi: https://appshunter.io/developer/6793990491

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