thEarthquake Tracker vs Quakes Today
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
thEarthquake Tracker
Stay informed about global seismic activity with real-time earthquake updates. Receive instant notifications when tremors occur, ensuring you're always aware of potential hazards.
- Real-time earthquake data
- Global coverage
- Instant notifications
- Awareness of seismic events
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Be aware of earthquakes as they happen across the world! This app shows earthquakes in real-time, and sends you a notification when they occur.
Quakes Today
This app provides a quick and easy summary of global earthquake activity from the past 24 hours. Filter and sort quakes by various criteria, view details on an interactive map, and visualize swarms in real-time. A PRO version offers advanced features like time-based animations and custom location teleportation.
- 24-hour global earthquake summary
- Filter and sort by place, magnitude, time, and distance
- Interactive map with event details
- Real-time earthquake swarm visualization
- Timeline feature for at-a-glance snapshots
- Time Machine animation (PRO)
- Customizable location teleportation (PRO)
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QUAKES TODAY gives you a quick, easy to read summary of the last 24 hours of earthquake activity around the globe. You can filter and sort quakes by place, magnitude, event time, location and distance from you. Tap on any quake in the list for details and an interactive map. Visualize earthquake swarms in real time with new cluster mode, and jump from one event to another quickly and easily. The new TIMELINE feature displays a snapshot of earthquakes at a glance. Tap on a peg to scroll down the list to the corresponding event. QUAKES TODAY is the perfect app for those living in quake country, as well as anyone interested in seismology. Was there a quake today? Pull up QUAKES TODAY and have a look. Data is refreshed every five minutes, keeping you up to date around the clock. QUAKES TODAY PRO in-app purchase gives unlimited use of features: + TIME MACHINE displays a time-based animation of all earthquake activity on the map. Adjustable playback speed and rate. + TELEPORTER allows you to customize your location to any point on the globe. You can save your favorite teleport locations to check in on activity near your family and friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Quakes Today at 5.0 against thEarthquake Tracker's 3.0. Quakes Today also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). thEarthquake Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. thEarthquake Tracker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Quakes Today sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Quakes Today holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.
thEarthquake Tracker ships an update every 3 months, Quakes Today every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | thEarthquake Tracker | Quakes Today |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ThirdHalf.com, LLC | Jim Marquardt |
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In-app purchases
thEarthquake Tracker
- thEarthQuake Remove Advertising$0.99
- thEarthquake Tip Jar$0.99
Quakes Today
- Quakes Today Pro$0.99
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