Sferic Mobile vs Kestrel LiNK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sferic Mobile
Access a global network of hyper-local weather stations and lightning detection. Customize alerts by location and view them visually for context. Requires a license from Earth Networks.
- Hyper-local weather data
- Global lightning detection
- Customizable location alerts
- Visual alert context
- Professional-grade weather stations
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Sferic Mobile provides on-the-go access to Earth Networks’ proprietary network of more than 12,000 professional-grade hyper-local weather stations and long-range world-wide lightning detection capabilities. Customize notifications by location and see alerts visually for context. Use of the application requires a license to Sferic Mobile from Earth Networks.
Kestrel LiNK
This application allows users to monitor, download, and share environmental data collected by Kestrel Instruments meters and data loggers. It provides a seamless way to send your weather information to the cloud for further analysis and accessibility.
- Monitor environmental data
- Download data
- Share data
- Send data to the cloud
- Connect with Kestrel Instruments devices
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Monitor, download, share or send your weather data to the cloud from your Kestrel Instruments environment meter or data logger.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sferic Mobile at 3.9 against Kestrel LiNK's 2.9. Sferic Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Kestrel LiNK's advantage is review sentiment (27% vs 0%) and ratings volume (31 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sferic Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Sferic Mobile's written reviews are positive against 27% of Kestrel LiNK's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sferic Mobile ships an update every 4 months, Kestrel LiNK every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sferic Mobile | Kestrel LiNK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better | 2.9 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 27.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Earth Networks | Nielsen-Kellerman Co. |
Customer experience
Sferic Mobile
Kestrel LiNK
In-app purchases
Sferic Mobile
No in-app purchases
Kestrel LiNK
No in-app purchases
Questions
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