Northern Lights Forecast vs Aurora Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Northern Lights Forecast
This app provides real-time alerts and forecasts for the Northern Lights. It uses your location to notify you when the aurora is visible and offers live webcam feeds and a detailed aurora map for optimal viewing. Plan your aurora trips with multi-day forecasts.
- Real-time aurora alerts
- Customizable notification settings
- Live Northern Lights webcams
- Aurora map with viewing locations
- KP index forecast (3-day and 27-day)
- Sort webcams by distance and aurora pixels
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Northern Lights Forecast - a powerful app for catching Aurora! It will determine your location and, based on magnetic latitude, set the necessary notification settings. And as a result, in an efficient way, you will get alerts exactly at the right moment, when northern lights filled the sky! Alerts and Push Notifications: Receive real-time alerts when the aurora is visible at your location or Kp index reaches chosen value. You can customize alert level. Live Northern Lights Webcams: Watch live Aurora webcams from around the world. This is a great tool to see if the northern lights are visible near you. In the app, you can sort these webcams by distance from you or "aurora pixels", this is unique feature that detects the northern lights on webcams! Live Aurora Map: See where the best viewing of the northern lights now on the live aurora map. KP Index Forecast: Forecasts for next 3 days and next 27 days helps you to plan your aurora trip. Good luck in hunting Northern Lights and never miss it again!
Aurora Tracker
Discover the magic of the Northern Lights with real-time forecasts and an interactive map. Plan your aurora-watching adventures with this intuitive and powerful tool.
- Real-time aurora forecasts
- Interactive map
- Aurora viewing planning
- Intuitive design
- Accurate predictions
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Experience the magic of the Northern Lights with our intuitive app! Uncover the aurora's secrets with accurate real-time forecasts displayed on an interactive map. Sleek design meets powerful functionality, making it a breeze to explore and plan your aurora-watching adventures!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Aurora Tracker at Free against Northern Lights Forecast's $4.99. Aurora Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). Northern Lights Forecast's advantage is chart position (#109 vs unranked) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Aurora Tracker is free to download; Northern Lights Forecast costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Aurora Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Northern Lights Forecast has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Northern Lights Forecast | Aurora Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.5 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #109 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Letovaltsev Maxim | Arseniy Churanov |
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Northern Lights Forecast
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In-app purchases
Northern Lights Forecast
No in-app purchases
Aurora Tracker
No in-app purchases
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