Comparison

Pacific Hurricane Tracker vs Landfall

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pacific Hurricane Tracker

Track hurricanes, tropical storms, and depressions in the Atlantic with detailed weather data. View global cloud cover, precipitation, wind, and wave information on an interactive map. Includes real-time data from official sources.

Highlights
  • Hurricane, tropical storm, and depression tracking
  • Global cloud cover visualization
  • Wave height and precipitation data
  • NOAA buoy and ship observations
  • Real-time wind data
  • GPS location integration
Features
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Pacific Hurricane Tracker is an 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

About

Landfall

This app provides personalized hurricane preparedness plans based on your home's details and the latest National Hurricane Center forecasts. It offers hour-by-hour task deadlines, evacuation guidance, and storm tracking to reduce stress during severe weather events.

Highlights
  • Personalized prep tasks and deadlines
  • Hour-by-hour storm wind countdown
  • Live NHC forecast tracking
  • Home documentation for insurance
  • Evacuation zone and flood zone maps
  • Practice drill mode
  • Available in Spanish
Features
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Built for the U.S. hurricane coast, from Texas to New England. Landfall turns the National Hurricane Center forecast into your family's hour-by-hour plan — and keeps the stress down while a storm bears down. Landfall requires a subscription — every feature below is included. BUILT AROUND YOUR HOME Tell Landfall about your household once — your address, your home's age and construction, pets, medical needs, an EV, a generator — and everything adapts to you: your tasks, your deadlines, your alerts, your evacuation guidance. No generic checklists. COMPLEX DATA, MADE CALM Landfall reads the forecast so you don't have to refresh six websites. The official cone, the spaghetti models, the watches and warnings — distilled into plain language, one clear number for your address, and one next step. So you can act instead of panic. WHEN A STORM THREATENS • Live NHC tracking: forecast cone, track, watches and warnings on the map • A countdown clock to when tropical-storm winds reach YOUR address • Every prep task gets a real deadline, worked backward from wind arrival — fill the bathtub, fuel the cars, move the EV out of the garage • Lock Screen Live Activity keeps the countdown in sight • Fuel, propane, and EV charging finders near you • In Florida: live shelter status, FL511 road closures, and FPL outage counts BEFORE THE SEASON • Run a practice drill: rehearse the entire countdown in June so October is muscle memory • Document your home room-by-room. On-device AI tags every photo and reads serial numbers — then exports a claim-ready PDF for your insurer • Know your evacuation zone (official zone maps in 12 coastal states, FEMA flood zones everywhere), plus king-tide flood days • A preparedness score that shows exactly what to do next EN ESPAÑOL Landfall habla español — toda la aplicación, incluidas las tareas de preparación y las guías. LANDFALL IS A PAID APP One auto-renewing subscription unlocks every feature above — nothing held back, no upsells inside. Choose $19.99/year after a 3-day free trial for new subscribers, or $4.99/week. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://builtonthebeach.com/privacy/landfall/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No accounts. No tracking. Photos and AI processing never leave your device. Landfall supplements — never replaces — official warnings from the NWS, NHC, and local emergency management. Always follow evacuation orders.

Screenshots

Pacific Hurricane Tracker4 screens
Landfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pacific Hurricane Tracker at none against Landfall's 2. Pacific Hurricane Tracker also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Landfall's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months). On price, rating and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Landfall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Pacific Hurricane Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Pacific Hurricane Tracker against 3.0 for Landfall. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pacific Hurricane Tracker ships an update every 9 months, Landfall every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pacific Hurricane Tracker versus Landfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPacific Hurricane TrackerLandfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB16 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developercorey hoggardyitz frid

Customer experience

Pacific Hurricane Tracker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Landfall

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pacific Hurricane Tracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Landfall

Subscriptions2
  • Landfall Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Landfall Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Pacific Hurricane Tracker free?
Pacific Hurricane Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Landfall free?
Landfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pacific Hurricane Tracker or Landfall?
Pacific Hurricane Tracker and Landfall are both rated 3.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Pacific Hurricane Tracker or Landfall have ads?
Pacific Hurricane Tracker shows ads; Landfall does not.
Which is updated more often, Pacific Hurricane Tracker or Landfall?
Pacific Hurricane Tracker ships an update every 9 months, and Landfall every 6 weeks. Most recently, Pacific Hurricane Tracker was updated on October 22, 2026 and Landfall on October 10, 2026.

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