Wildfire Info vs Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wildfire Info
Stay informed about global wildfire and prescribed burn activity. Access real-time data from various sources including satellite imagery, official incident reports, and news feeds. Includes hyper-local weather forecasts for the USA, Canada, and Australia.
- Global wildfire and prescribed burn maps
- MODIS/VIIRS thermal hotspot data
- Inciweb & CAL FIRE incident links
- Hyper-local weather forecasts (USA, Canada, Australia)
- Wildfire news aggregation
- Satellite smoke plume animations
- Map measurement tool
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Disclaimer: This unofficial app does not represent any government agency and is not affiliated with any government agency. The sources of the data are the publicly accessible sources listed below. Browse current wildfire and prescribed burn activity throughout all of the world. Active Wildfire Perimeter data from NIFC WFIGS. Tagged by state, search by name, and filter by acres burned. WFIGS stands for the Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) Group. NIFC stands for the National Interagency Fire Center. NIFC WFIGS Source URLs: https://www.nifc.gov/ with data hosted at https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/nifc::wfigs-current-interagency-fire-perimeters/about NASA MODIS and VIIRS satellite instruments data: Thermal hotspot maps by region show wildfire activity in the past 48 hours. See hotspot info including fire radiance power, brightness temperature, and confidence. NASA MODIS/VIIRS Source URL: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/active_fire/ . MODIS stands for Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. VIIRS stands for Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite. InciWeb & CAL FIRE active fire maps: hot-link to the corresponding official incident webpage. Inciweb Source URL: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/ , CAL FIRE Source URL: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents CHP (California Highway Patrol): Incidents in the past 3 hours related to fires are filtered out separately, all traffic incidents are included viewable by last 1 or 3 hours.CHP Source URL: https://cad.chp.ca.gov/Traffic.aspx Lookup current hyper-local weather conditions, including temperature, wind and gust conditions, and local forecasts anywhere in the USA, Canada, or Australia using map quick lookup or, for USA, search: Detailed NWS Forecast, Hourly Forecast, Grid Data Forecast, and Summary Forecast. Data is from the NWS, NOAA, Government of Canada, and Government of Australia. NWS/NOAA Source URL: https://forecast.weather.gov/, Government of Canada Weather Source URL: https://weather.gc.ca/, Government of Australia Weather Source URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/ Wildfire Situation Reports section with mirrored PDFs from NIFC. NIFC Source URL: https://www.nifc.gov NESDIS GOES 16/17 Satellite Animations show wildfire smoke plumes, drought conditions, etc. from the satellite's perspective. NESDIS GOES Source URL: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov. NESDIS stands for National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. GOES stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. A Recent Wildfire News section: find news from 1,700+ cited sources quickly on a map or in a table view tagged by state alphabetically. Set up your own custom state feed with the state toggles. Quickly lookup news source homepages near specific fires. Map Measurement Tool added to the Map Tools Side Menu. Measure distance and area. Premium users: View 250m resolution true color images from NASA GIBS (Global Imagery Browse Service). Images are available back to Jan. 1 2007. Worldwide coverage. Premium Users: Lookup a driving route to any fire or hotspot with Google or Apple Maps directions Universal Links. Save your preferred Directions Provider in the App Settings. There is a section for wildfire-related US government Twitter accounts viewable by map by approximate location or sorted into national and state sources in a table view. Twitter Source URLs: https://twitter.com User-Submitted Fire Map feature: map-based wildfire-related chatter. Photos are allowed. Posts and replies are anonymous; no account needed. Information is posted as soon as it becomes available from WFIGS, NIFC, NASA, InciWeb, CAL FIRE, CHP, NESDIS, NOAA, NWS, Government of Canada, and Government of Australia. This app is not affiliated with any government agency. Terms of Use: https://davidgrossapps.com/terms/tos-wildfire-info.html Privacy Policy: https://davidgrossapps.com/privacy-policy.html
Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map
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Know how close the fire is — and whether the wind is bringing it your way. Wildfire Tracker shows the fires burning around you, how far away each one is, how big it has grown and how much of it is contained. No account, no ads, no sign-up wall between you and the map. KEY FEATURES: • Active fires near you — pulled from the same interagency incident feed the fire services and the news use, with each fire's name, size, containment and cause. • Distance that means something — see how far the nearest active fire is burning, and whether you are downwind of it. Wind direction is the question people actually ask, and almost nothing else answers it. • Smoke and air quality — US AQI and PM2.5 for your location, hour by hour, with plain guidance at every band. Smoke reaches far more people than flame ever does. • Fire weather outlook — humidity, wind and gusts drive fire behaviour. See when conditions turn critical over the next days, not just what is burning today. • Alerts you can trust — set a radius from your location or any place you save, and get notified when an active fire is reported inside it. Contained fires and prescribed burns are labelled, not alarmed about. • Wildfire safety, explained — leave early, what belongs in a go-bag, why embers rather than flames burn most houses, and what a Red Flag Warning actually means. WHO IS IT FOR: People who live where fire season is a fact of life, anyone downwind of the smoke, homeowners in the wildland-urban interface, ranchers and smallholders, parents watching the air, and anyone who has evacuated and still needs to watch the house they left. HOW IT WORKS: Saved places let you watch home, the ranch or a relative's address even when you are somewhere else. Fire data comes from the US interagency reporting system, with NASA's global wildfire feed outside the United States. Weather, smoke and air quality come from Open-Meteo, and official Red Flag Warnings come from the National Weather Service. Wildfire Tracker is for personal safety awareness and never replaces an official evacuation order. Fire reporting lags reality, small fires can go unreported for hours, and conditions change faster than any feed. If an agency tells you to leave, leave. Support: hello@britetodo.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://britetodo.com/legal/PrivacyPolicyBrite.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map at none against Wildfire Info's 1. Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). Wildfire Info's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Wildfire Info sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per year. Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wildfire Info ships an update fortnightly, Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wildfire Info | Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 38.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Gross | Brite Technologies |
In-app purchases
Wildfire Info
- Wildfire Info Premium$0.991 Year
Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map
No in-app purchases
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