Comparison

Active Wildfire Tracker Map vs Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map

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

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About

Active Wildfire Tracker Map

This app provides an interactive map of current active wildfires across the US. Data is updated hourly and includes GPS functionality for location tracking.

Highlights
  • Interactive wildfire map
  • Current US wildfire tracking
  • Hourly data updates
  • GPS capabilities
Features
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Active Wildfire Tracker Map is an interactive mapping application that tracks the current active wildfires in the US. The data is updated hourly and offer GPS capabilities.

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Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map

Features
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Know how close the fire is — and whether the wind is bringing it your way. Wildfire Tracker shows the fires burning around you, how far away each one is, how big it has grown and how much of it is contained. No account, no ads, no sign-up wall between you and the map. KEY FEATURES: • Active fires near you — pulled from the same interagency incident feed the fire services and the news use, with each fire's name, size, containment and cause. • Distance that means something — see how far the nearest active fire is burning, and whether you are downwind of it. Wind direction is the question people actually ask, and almost nothing else answers it. • Smoke and air quality — US AQI and PM2.5 for your location, hour by hour, with plain guidance at every band. Smoke reaches far more people than flame ever does. • Fire weather outlook — humidity, wind and gusts drive fire behaviour. See when conditions turn critical over the next days, not just what is burning today. • Alerts you can trust — set a radius from your location or any place you save, and get notified when an active fire is reported inside it. Contained fires and prescribed burns are labelled, not alarmed about. • Wildfire safety, explained — leave early, what belongs in a go-bag, why embers rather than flames burn most houses, and what a Red Flag Warning actually means. WHO IS IT FOR: People who live where fire season is a fact of life, anyone downwind of the smoke, homeowners in the wildland-urban interface, ranchers and smallholders, parents watching the air, and anyone who has evacuated and still needs to watch the house they left. HOW IT WORKS: Saved places let you watch home, the ranch or a relative's address even when you are somewhere else. Fire data comes from the US interagency reporting system, with NASA's global wildfire feed outside the United States. Weather, smoke and air quality come from Open-Meteo, and official Red Flag Warnings come from the National Weather Service. Wildfire Tracker is for personal safety awareness and never replaces an official evacuation order. Fire reporting lags reality, small fires can go unreported for hours, and conditions change faster than any feed. If an agency tells you to leave, leave. Support: hello@britetodo.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://britetodo.com/legal/PrivacyPolicyBrite.pdf

Screenshots

Active Wildfire Tracker Map2 screens
Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map at none against Active Wildfire Tracker Map's shown. Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). Active Wildfire Tracker Map's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Active Wildfire Tracker Map ships an update fortnightly, Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Active Wildfire Tracker Map versus Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActive Wildfire Tracker MapWildfire Tracker & Alert Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developercorey hoggardBrite Technologies

In-app purchases

None

Active Wildfire Tracker Map

No in-app purchases

None

Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Active Wildfire Tracker Map free?
Active Wildfire Tracker Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map free?
Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Active Wildfire Tracker Map or Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map have ads?
Active Wildfire Tracker Map shows ads; Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map does not.
Which is updated more often, Active Wildfire Tracker Map or Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map?
Active Wildfire Tracker Map ships an update fortnightly, and Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map every 2 days. Most recently, Active Wildfire Tracker Map was updated on September 21, 2026 and Wildfire Tracker & Alert Map on September 10, 2026.

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