Atlantic Hurricane Tracker vs NOAA Forecast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Atlantic Hurricane Tracker
Track hurricanes, tropical storms, and depressions in the Atlantic with an interactive map. Access detailed data layers including cloud cover, wave height, and wind speeds. All information is sourced from official meteorological agencies.
- Interactive hurricane tracking map
- Global cloud cover layer
- Hurricane and tropical storm tracks
- NHC chance of development
- Wave height and direction data
- NOAA buoy and ship observations
- GPS location integration
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Atlantic Hurricane Tracker is am interactive mapping application for tracking hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions in the Atlantic ocean. All data comes from the NHC, NOAA and NWS. Listed below are the featured layers of this application. -Global Cloud Cover -Hurricane Tracks -NHC Chance of Development -Tropical Storm Tracks -Tropical Depression Tracks -Wave Height Data -3 Hour Precipitation Data -NOAA Buoy and Ship Observation Data -GPS Location -Wave Direction -Global Surface Winds
NOAA Forecast
Visualize detailed weather forecasts from NOAA's Global Forecast System. Explore a scrollable and zoomable grid of forecast maps, with options for different forecast types and global regions.
- NOAA GFS weather map display
- Scrollable and zoomable grid interface
- Multiple forecast types (21 options)
- Forecasts displayed in 12-hour intervals
- Global region selection
- Raw GFS model data visualization
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The NOAA Forecast app collects and displays weather maps produced by NOAA's Global Forecast System (GFS). The maps are displayed in a scrollable and zoomable grid. The vertical axis of the grid is forecast time. Four different forecasts are displayed at 12 hour time intervals. The horizontal axis of the grid is different types of forecasts - five different types of maps can be selected from among 21 possible map types. The maps are available for thirteen different regions of the globe. These maps are the raw maps produced by the GFS computer model. The maps and the data contained in the maps are processed and interpreted by other weather services to produce the maps seen in the newspaper and on TV.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NOAA Forecast at 3.7 against Atlantic Hurricane Tracker's 2.9. NOAA Forecast also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Atlantic Hurricane Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NOAA Forecast holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Atlantic Hurricane Tracker has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Atlantic Hurricane Tracker ships an update every 7 months, NOAA Forecast every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Atlantic Hurricane Tracker | NOAA Forecast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (16 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | corey hoggard | Geoffrey Domm |
Customer experience
Atlantic Hurricane Tracker
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In-app purchases
Atlantic Hurricane Tracker
No in-app purchases
NOAA Forecast
No in-app purchases
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