# Wildfire - Fire Map Info — user reviews > 72 indexed App Store user reviews of Wildfire by LW Brands, LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 1,724 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wildfire-fire-map-info/id1418851042/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wildfire-fire-map-info/id1418851042.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,238 · 4★ 230 · 3★ 94 · 2★ 42 · 1★ 120 ## What do users think of Wildfire? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Useful for tracking wildfires - 🚀 Provides good regional overview - 💡 Helpful for staying informed during fire season - 🚀 Detailed fire information and forecasts **Cons** - 🐛 Lacks real-time fire data and updates - 🗺️ Limited map details and functionality - 📍 Unable to identify specific fire locations - 🇨🇦 Excludes Canadian fire data **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes and freezes frequently - Maps and data fail to load properly - Inaccurate or outdated fire information **Most requested features** - Add alerts and evacuation zone mapping - Improve map interface and navigation - Provide more detailed fire name and location information - Expand coverage to include Canadian fires ## Newest reviews (12 of 72) ### 3/5 — Lots of potential *2026-04-26, version 1.4* I’m in SE GA with a large wildfire about 10 miles away from me right now. At the moment it seems to be moving away. I like your map, but have a couple questions: 1. What’s the difference between the orange and yellow dots? There is no legend. 2. Can you incorporate wind direction and speed? It would be great to have a visualization of both in relation to the location of the wildfires. Thanks for providing your app. ### 2/5 — US “only” *2024-05-14, version 1.3* Until last summer (2023), this was the only fire-reporting app I had or needed. But in the aftermath of the wildfires in ON & QC and their severe downwind effects in the Eastern US, this app is now effectively sidelined because of the lack of coverage of Canada. I’ll be using another that does have this coverage, which tells me that the data are readily available and that the dev just needs to incorporate them. I hope that will happen, at which point I would gladly change my review to 5*s. I have two of the dev’s other apps — Snow Report and River Levels — which are great. I expect this would be as well with inclusion of Canada. 🇨🇦 ### 3/5 — Abandoned? *2023-08-28* I hope this is not going to be another abandoned app. I'm not saying that this specific developer has abandoned his/her/their apps, but other developers have been abandoning theirs and I feel that I’m just wasting my time and money on them. It makes me sick to my stomach, and this is the only reason I hesitate to get any more apps than I need. August 2023 Wildfires app. ### 4/5 — Useful for overall weather & trends *2021-07-19, version 1.1.19* Good technically based analysis - had to get definitions for a few weather abbreviations. I expected to see a few active NorCal fires showing on map, but did not. Maybe they’re no longer burning? Or maybe I need to learn to use this app. ### 4/5 — Map *2020-12-08, version 1.1.14* Hello, I enjoy the map it is a cool map. The first map that you go to, I wish that you could see the fires, or what is that?Dunno what it is. The Inciweb Fires, there should be an area on the side after your touch it and you do not go to the website. ### 1/5 — Not accurate *2020-09-28, version 1.1.14* Looking for info on a large fire west of Santa Rosa in California in Oakmont where flames forced evacuation of friends, this web site showed no such fire. It’s been active for several hours. Useless! ### 3/5 — World wide *2020-09-22, version 1.1.14* Would like to see a more global perspective. ### 3/5 — Can be useful *2020-09-18, version 1.1.13* A useful resource. A bit for the professional who understands the terminology used because there’s no glossary. ### 2/5 — Very inaccurate *2020-09-09, version 1.1.9* I live in California. There are literally thousands of wildfires here. The app is showing me that they are all in the same place. Inaccurate and unhelpful. ### 1/5 — Not accurate. *2020-09-08, version 1.1.9* There’s a fire raging where my daughter lives in southern Oregon - and one south of her. Neither are on this map ### 1/5 — Frustrating *2020-09-03, version 1.1.9* Where on this app does it say they charge for it? Please return my money ### 1/5 — Not reliable *2020-08-29, version 1.1.9* I used to rely on this app, but right now there is still a major fire in Santa Cruz mountains that badly pollutes the air all over Bay Area but the app doesn’t show it. Neither it shows the fire at Point Reyes, that’s been on for days and only 5% contained. When I compare Cal Fire website data to the Wildfires app I see huge gaps. I don’t think I’ll continue to use Wildfires app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ever Heard of the Palisades Fire?? *2025-01-11, version 1.3* Title pretty much says it all. I just paid .99 for an app that is supposed to show wildfires and it doesn’t show the largest one currently burning the you-know-what out of SoCal. The fact that I can see it when I look to my southwest is helpful, but I’d love to know if my recently evacuated house is among the 27k acres it has burned. Yes, I know that there are reasons the app might not show various fires blah blah blah, but this is inexcusable. ### 1/5 — Fire app *2024-07-04, version 1.3* Worthless for this ### 1/5 — Terrible for Canadian users *2023-06-10, version 1.1.20* Doesn’t show any Canadian fire data. I want my money back! ### 1/5 — The app doesn’t work *2022-08-20* Look like a scam ### 1/5 — Where is the information? *2022-05-22, version 1.1.20* I tapped on every possible setting and layer (of which there are few to none) to set it up, and the fires currently burning are not even showing… the settings gears just links me to other apps this company offers. The informational maps cannot be drilled down into - they literally look like placeholders with nominal graphics. I cannot understand why the developer believes that their app is functional because appears to be a skeleton with nothing fleshing it out in a live interactive manner. Please don’t tell me I need to update the version, as I just downloaded it an hour ago. Utter facepalm. Deleting. You got my dollar. ### 1/5 — Just not doing it *2021-08-31, version 1.1.19* For me. This app was a bust. I needed updates on a local fire and it lagged well behind info from open sites on the web. I went elsewhere to get updates. Might be good for some but for me? Just didn’t work. Sorry folks. ### 1/5 — Lacks incident feeds *2021-08-22, version 1.1.19* I live in California, app always starts in Australia. We had nearby fire that was not identified. Would not rely on this app as my “go to”. Developer was kind enough to point out that I was running an older version. Update version took care of the problem and added nice features. The ability to move to incident feeds is especially nice. ThNk you ### 1/5 — Not worth it… *2021-07-12, version 1.1.16* Bad app. Data is confusing and I think these reviews are false. I don’t rate apps unless they are really bad…this is one of those. ### 1/5 — Canadian Data not in it *2021-07-02, version 1.1.16* Why is this sold in Canada without access to the Canadian data? They have it on the desktop version, it exists, and yet the app only gives the contiguous US. ### 1/5 — App does nothing *2020-10-04, version 1.1.14* I paid for and downloaded the app, and it shows zero wildfires—which clearly isn’t true. Waste of time and money! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — You’re keeping us informed on the Point fire and we are grateful. *2024-06-17, version 1.3* Thanks for continual update on point fire and all othrts ### 5/5 — App not updating *2023-08-08, version 1.3* Clicking on the inciweb tab makes the whole app shut down. Fire data does not appear to be updating. I’ve contacted the developer with no responses correcting the issues. I have noticed that all of the feedback is from a year or more ago. Edit 8/8/23: thanks for the correction. The app is working fine now, and the link to Inciweb is seamless and works nicely. ### 5/5 — Smoke view *2020-10-16, version 1.1.14* Good satellite view of where the smoke is. ### 5/5 — A must for fire prone areas of the country. *2020-09-25, version 1.1.14* I’ve been glued to the Bobcat fire updates on the app for a week. Watching the glow get brighter and my area get smokier. This a great app. The details of where the fire was moving were informative. I didn’t have to wait for updates on TV. I highly recommend the app. ### 5/5 — App is awesome again! *2020-09-17, version 1.1.13* The last update fixed everything.....Thank You! ### 5/5 — Wow *2020-09-14, version 1.1.11* Fabulous to get so many options to view the world in layers of wind&moisture&heat ### 5/5 — It’s what Cal Fire recommends so that’s good enough for me *2020-09-05, version 1.1.9* When talking to a Cal Fire fighter who stopped to check on a fires progress because it was 2 canyons away from our house we were being evacuated,. We wanted the quickest update info onwhere the fire was, how much contained it was we were told to check here. Don’t be caught without it during fire season. ### 5/5 — Easy to use! *2020-08-28, version 1.1.9* This is a great app for keeping track of the wild fires! ### 5/5 — Don’t get it *2020-08-23, version 1.1.8* It doesn’t even show where there is a fire WHAT A RIP OFF ### 5/5 — Incredibly helpful app! *2020-08-21, version 1.1.8* We are currently surrounded by wild fires and this app gives you all the updated map information and fire information to include evacuations. The app acquires its information and includes links to national agency’s on wild fires. --- *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 2026-09-12.*