Aurora Alerts Northern Lights vs Laundry Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aurora Alerts Northern Lights
This app monitors real-time auroral activity and sends alerts when the Northern Lights may be visible. It provides short-term and long-term forecasts, weather conditions, and solar wind data to help you plan your viewing experience.
- Real-time auroral activity monitoring
- Push alerts for potential aurora visibility
- Short-term (1 hour) and long-term (3 days, 27 days) forecasts
- Weather conditions and moon illumination data
- Probability of seeing Northern Lights by location
- Solar wind data from NASA satellites
- Customizable alerts based on Kp index and solar wind
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Aurora Alerts is an app designed to monitor real-time auroral activity and push alert to let you know if there may be aurora borealis (northern lights) visible tonight. Whenever you are home or away, Aurora Alerts will notify you if the possibility of seeing the northern lights exists. Main features: - short-term aurora forecast for next hour with weather conditions and moon Illumination - long-term aurora forecast for the next 3 days with weather conditions - long-term northern lights forecast for the next 27 days - show probability to see Northern Lights based on your or custom location - current auroral activity (based on observed and predicted Kp Indices from U.S. Air Force Weather Agency) - weather forecast to check visibility conditions before planning to see northern lights - solar wind data directly from the NASA satellite (wind speed, Bz, Bt and density) - unlike many other apps, it uses the local time instead of UTC Alerts: - when northern lights may be visible at current or custom location at the horizon or overhead - Kp index reaches chosen value - solar wind data reach chosen values - you can filter out alerts based on time of the day Boost your chances of viewing the northern lights! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aurora-alerts.com/privacy-policy/
Laundry Timer
This weather app estimates outdoor drying times for laundry based on local conditions. It helps plan the best times and days to hang clothes, considering temperature, humidity, and wind. Receive notifications when laundry is estimated to be dry and warnings about adverse weather.
- Drying time estimates based on weather
- Multiple timers for different fabric types
- 3-day drying rate forecast (upgradable to 7)
- Future drying time predictions
- Drying completion notifications
- Adverse weather warnings
- Drying progress charts
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Laundry Timer is a weather app and timer dedicated drying your washing outside. It estimates how long your laundry will take to dry based on local weather conditions and helps you plan which are the best times / days to hang out your washing. It takes into account temperature, solar energy, humidity, wind speed and cloud cover. Save energy and reduce wear and tear on your clothes by drying them outside more often! Features include: - Multiple timers to reflect the drying rates of different fabric types (from light fabrics such as bed sheets to heavy fabrics such as towels). - Three day drying rate forecast (upgradable to 7 days) showing changes in the estimated drying rate throughout each day. - Future drying time estimates: check how long your washing will take to dry for future times / days - Notifications when your laundry is estimated to be dry. - Warnings about adverse conditions such as rain or high gusts of wind. - Charts showing how dry your laundry items are estimated to be at a given time. - Settings to calibrate the timers to better suit our own laundry items. Laundry Timer can be useful all year round: Autumn / Winter: Laundry Timer can be particularly useful in cooler conditions when it can be hard to judge how long it will take for your laundry to dry. - Use the app help you find the best days to plan a wash, and find out how early you need to put your clothes out for them to be dry by the end of the day. - Laundry can still dry on cold days, given the right humidity and wind speed. But even if your laundry is unlikely to be fully dry by the end of the day, you can use the app to estimate whether it will be almost dry. This way you can reduce drying costs by partially drying your laundry outside, before putting it in the dryer to finish the job. To do this tap the relevant fabric type to view the chart. From here you can look up time you want to bring your laundry in, to see how dry it is estimated to be at that time. Spring / Summer: On warm sunny days you don’t always need much help in determining whether or not your laundry will dry. However Laundry timer can be useful in other ways: - If you’re putting out your laundry out later in the day it’s not always obvious your clothes will be dry in time. Use laundry timer to determine if there is enough time to put a late wash on. To do this, tap the timer icon in the current day in the Forecast tab, then drag the slider to the appropriate time (based on how long your wash cycle is). You can then see the estimated drying times at that time. - It’s best not to leave bright or dark coloured fabrics out in direct sunlight for too long to avoid them fading. Use laundry timer to remind you when your clothes are likely to be dry so they don't need to be out longer than necessary. You can also turn fabrics inside out to keep colours vibrant. - If you have multiple loads of washing to get through and limited drying space, you can use Laundry Timer to help judge when to put a new load of washing on. That way you can time it so the previous load is dry by the time the next load is ready to hang out. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/laundrytimer/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Laundry Timer at 92% against Aurora Alerts Northern Lights's 44%. Laundry Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Aurora Alerts Northern Lights's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (215 vs 20). On price, update cadence, 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. Aurora Alerts Northern Lights sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Laundry Timer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Laundry Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aurora Alerts Northern Lights has 215 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Aurora Alerts Northern Lights's written reviews are positive against 92% of Laundry Timer's.
Aurora Alerts Northern Lights ships an update every 3 weeks, Laundry Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aurora Alerts Northern Lights | Laundry Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (215 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.1% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 215 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #106 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Letovaltsev Maxim | Edward Hesketh |
Customer experience
Aurora Alerts Northern Lights
Laundry Timer
Bugs and requests
Aurora Alerts Northern Lights
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Restore purchases not working
- Alerts not triggering correctly
- Long-term forecast not loading
Requested features
4 requests- Improved tutorial/documentation
- Ability to manually set location
- Sortable saved locations list
- Explanation of data metrics
Laundry Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Aurora Alerts Northern Lights
- Aurora forecast for 1 month$0.99
- Kp index alert for 1 month$0.99
- Solar Wind parameters alert service for 1 month$0.99
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- All alert services for 1 month$1.99
- Aurora forecast for 6 months$2.99
- Kp index alert for 6 month$2.99
- Solar Wind parameters alert service for 6 months$2.99
- 27 days aurora forecast unlock$2.99
- All alert services for 6 months$4.99
- Aurora forecast lifetime alert$29.99
Laundry Timer
- Laundry Timer Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Year
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