Comparison

MeteoChile vs Earthquake Network

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

Head to head
About

MeteoChile

Features
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MeteoChile es la aplicación oficial de la Dirección Meteorológica de Chile. Consulta información meteorológica oficial de forma simple, rápida y clara. Accede a las condiciones actuales más recientes, incluyendo temperatura, humedad y viento, junto con pronósticos a cinco días elaborados por meteorólogos expertos para las principales ciudades, localidades y pasos fronterizos del país. La app te ayuda a mantenerte informado y preparado con datos confiables para tu día a día. Incluye: * Condiciones actuales actualizadas * Pronósticos a 5 días * Avisos y alertas meteorológicas * Imágenes del satélite GOES-19 * Información para más de 90 ciudades y lugares de Chile * Interfaz simple, limpia y sin publicidad MeteoChile entrega información oficial para apoyar la planificación diaria, los viajes y la prevención ante eventos meteorológicos relevantes en el territorio nacional. Mejoras Mejoramos la estabilidad general de la aplicación y la experiencia de uso. En esta versión: * Mejoras en búsqueda y visualización de ciudades * Ajustes en la pantalla de inicio * Mejoras en mapas y navegación * Correcciones de errores y optimización de rendimiento

About

Earthquake Network

Receive real-time earthquake alerts and early warnings based on your proximity to the epicenter. This app utilizes smartphone accelerometers to detect seismic activity and provides user-reported felt earthquake data from global networks.

Highlights
  • Real-time earthquake alerts
  • Early warnings for distant earthquakes
  • User-reported felt earthquake data
  • Free earthquake data from 21 seismic networks
  • Smartphone-based detection system
Features
Currently charting
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Earthquake Network is the most comprehensive app on earthquakes and for most world countries it is the only earthquake early warning system for receiving real time alerts. Earthquake Network gives you: - Real time alerts if you live close to the epicentre - Alerts seconds in advances if you live far from the epicentre - Real time user reports on felt earthquakes - Free earthquake data from 21 seismic networks including U.S., Puerto Rico, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, China, New Zeland, Japan, Italy, Croatia, Spain and Greece The Earthquake Network research project (https://www.sismo.app) aims at developing a smartphone-based earthquake early warning system able to detect earthquakes in real time and to alert the population in advance. Smartphones are able to detect earthquakes thanks to the accelerometer on-board each device. When an earthquake is detected, users with the application installed are immediatly alerted. Since earthquake waves travel at around 5 km/s it is possible to alert the population not yet reached by the damaging waves of the earthquake. For the scientific details about the project please refer to the scientific paper on Frontiers at https://bit.ly/2C8B5HI Subscriptions: When an earthquake is detected in real time by smartphones near the epicenter, the server sends an alert to all users with the app. Alerting all users can take up to 10 seconds since it is not technically feasible to do so instantly. Now you can join the priority lists of the first 10,000 or 100,000 people alerted in real time. The following subscriptions are available: - Subscription 10k for 1 year - Subscription 10k for 1 month - Subscription 100k for 1 year - Subscription 100k for 1 month • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy: https://www.sismo.app/privacy Terms and conditions: https://www.sismo.app/terms-conditions

Screenshots

MeteoChile4 screens
Earthquake Network4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MeteoChile at Free against Earthquake Network's $1.99. MeteoChile also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Earthquake Network's advantage is chart position (#9 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MeteoChile is free to download; Earthquake Network costs $1.99 up front. Earthquake Network sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. MeteoChile asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
MeteoChile versus Earthquake Network: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeteoChileEarthquake Network
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—4.6 (2.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—34.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—2.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#9 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDirección General de Aeronáutica CivilFutura Innovation SRL

Bugs and requests

MeteoChile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Earthquake Network

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notifications not working on iOS
  • App crashing or not functioning properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to change alert sound
  • Improve user interface and settings
  • Synchronize time with device
  • Add more country/region options

In-app purchases

None

MeteoChile

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Earthquake Network

Subscriptions5
  • Priority 100k for 1 month$0.491 Month
  • Priority 10k for 1 month$0.991 Month
  • Priority 100k for 1 year2 variants$5.991 Year
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  • Priority 10k for 1 year$8.991 Year
  • Priority 10k for 1 year$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • PRO version$2.99
  • PRO version discounted$2.99
  • Priority 100k for lifetime$12.99
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  • Priority 10k for lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is MeteoChile free?
MeteoChile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Earthquake Network free?
Earthquake Network costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do MeteoChile or Earthquake Network have ads?
Neither MeteoChile nor Earthquake Network shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MeteoChile or Earthquake Network?
MeteoChile ships an update every 2 months, and Earthquake Network every 2 months. Most recently, MeteoChile was updated on October 26, 2026 and Earthquake Network on October 26, 2026.

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