My Lightning Tracker & Alerts vs Lightning Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
Monitor global lightning strikes in near real-time with live maps and notifications. Track thunderstorms, view historical strike data, and share strike information with friends. Includes weather radar for upcoming conditions.
- Global lightning strike detection
- Real-time thunderstorm monitoring
- Lightning strike notifications
- Historical strike data
- Weather radar integration
- Strike sharing with friends
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My Lightning Tracker is the best app for monitoring lightning strikes all around the world in close to real-time. With a sleek modern design, you can watch thunderstorms as they occur. You can also receive notifications whenever strikes are detected in your area. - Detects and displays lightning strikes all around the world! - See a history of hotspots where lightning strikes occur most often! - View more detailed information about where the thunderstorm is occurring on a map. - Receive a lightning alarm when a storm is nearby so that you can monitor it live. - Share a strike with your friends so that they can see where the thunder & lightning is occurring too! - Monitor the weather radar to track what could be coming. - Full support for the latest iPhone and iPad models. If you want the most efficient way of keeping up lightning strikes and thunderstorms, then My Lightning Tracker is the right lightning network for you. This version is ad-supported and is similar to apps such as Blitzortung, Clime, Spark and Live Lightning.
Lightning Tracker
Monitor real-time lightning strikes on a live map, with detailed information on time and distance. Receive background notifications for nearby activity and customize your monitoring radius. View current weather conditions alongside lightning data.
- Real-time lightning strike map
- Strike details (time, distance)
- Background monitoring & notifications
- Customizable monitoring radius (1-50 miles)
- View current weather conditions
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Track and monitor lightning strikes in realtime nearby to your location, with Lightning Tracker Live. Lightning strikes are presented on a map view, where you can tap on each marked lightning strike for more details, including: • Time of strike • Distance from your current location Lightning strikes will appear on the map view in realtime & will expire after 15 minutes, keeping you up to date with only the latest lightning activity all the time. The app will also work when in the background, periodically checking for any lightning strikes & notifying you if any do occur. As a default setting, the app will check/monitor at a radius of 25 miles within your location for lightning activity. This can be customized in the app settings from anywhere between 1 & 50 miles. Your chosen radius value will be saved for future use. Other features include an option to view your current weather conditions. We hope that you find this app useful. Please reach out to us via email support if you have any feedback or questions. Subscription: Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. If your subscription is subject to any promotional discount, the discount will expire upon the end of the current period and you'll be charged the standard rate upon renewal. Go to your iTunes Account under subscriptions to manage your membership and to turn auto-renew off. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Privacy Policy: https://goingmerry.xyz/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://goingmerry.xyz/terms-conditions/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Lightning Tracker & Alerts at 75% against Lightning Tracker's 8%. My Lightning Tracker & Alerts also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Lightning Tracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. My Lightning Tracker & Alerts asks for nothing beyond the download.
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Lightning Tracker & Alerts has 67K ratings behind it against 178, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of My Lightning Tracker & Alerts's written reviews are positive against 8% of Lightning Tracker's.
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts ships an update every 5 days, Lightning Tracker every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Lightning Tracker & Alerts | Lightning Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (67K ratings) — better | 4.4 (178 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67K — better | 178 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #33 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JRustonApps B.V. | Going Merry LLC |
Customer experience
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
Lightning Tracker
Bugs and requests
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezing or crashing issues
- Inconsistent performance after updates
- Location tracking not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add wind direction and speed to radar
- Provide historical lightning strike data
- Implement Apple Watch support
- Allow setting multiple saved locations
- Add option to only notify on closer strikes
Lightning Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
No in-app purchases
Lightning Tracker
- Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
- Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
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- Premium Yearly$6.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
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