LA TACO vs Angeles Intel.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LA TACO
Discover news and information about food, culture, and community in Los Angeles. This platform provides street-level journalism from all corners of L.A. county, catering to those passionate about the city.
- Los Angeles news coverage
- Food and culture information
- Community insights
- Street-level journalism
- Independently owned and operated
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L.A. TACO is a platform for the city of Los Angeles. We are a source of news and information covering food, culture, and community in the metropolitan area. We are independently owned and operated, by L.A. and for L.A. In our mission, we aim to bring raw and street-level journalism from all corners of L.A. county to our loyal readers, supporters, and members, and partners who share our passion for Los Angeles. Terms of service: https://www.lataco.com/terms-of-service/
Angeles Intel.
Stay informed about current events in Angeles National Forest with live incident feeds, radio channel streams, and an aircraft layer. View incidents on a map with wildfire cameras, lightning strikes, and road overlays. Receive customizable push notifications for critical alerts.
- Live incident feed
- Stream command channels
- First responder aircraft data
- Map view with cameras and lightning
- Incident radio recordings and comms plans
- Push notifications for alerts
- Offline map downloads
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Free, ad-free, and subscription-free! Suitable for wildland staff and civilians alike Live incident feed from Angeles National Forest (ANF) dispatch and CHP (California Highway Patrol, bound to the forest), updated every 20 seconds. Stream Forest Net and LA County Fire command channels (V-1 through V-5) live, and turn any channel on or off on a whim. Our new First Responder Aircraft layer brings SoCal aircraft data from our own receiver network right to you! View incidents on a map alongside ALERTCalifornia wildfire cameras (live and timelapse), live NOAA lightning strikes, mile markers on state highways and the major forest roads, and optional USFS trail and road overlays. Tap anywhere on the map to see what's closest to that point — mile marker, lightning, incident, camera View an incident to find the radio recordings tied to it and a communications plan when one was called out over the air. AI-assisted details are always labeled as such, so you can tell what came from dispatch and what came from a machine. Read Fire Weather Forecasts from the National Weather Service, and download the forest as an offline map pack for use beyond cell coverage — all without ads or a subscription. Light/dark mode, color themes, and a dark map style included Get push notifications the moment ANF dispatch tones out, and subscribe only to the types you want — Wildland, Incident, Cancel, or Info — so you're interrupted for what matters to you and nothing else. Opt in to alerts for new lightning strikes within ~10 miles of the forest. Optional quiet hours mute notifications on your days off Browse a continuously growing archive of past radio recordings, each labeled Wildland, Incident, Cancel, or Info so you know what you're about to hear. Most Forest Net recordings include a speech-to-text transcript you can read before you listen. Filter by channel, tone type, or length, and jump back to any moment to catch transmissions you missed Agency personnel can verify with a (.gov) work email for Admin Net (Law Talk) access
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Angeles Intel. at none against LA TACO's 4. Angeles Intel. also leads on ads (none vs shown). LA TACO's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (23 vs 7). On price, update cadence, 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. LA TACO sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Angeles Intel. asks for nothing beyond the download.
LA TACO holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 7 respectively.
LA TACO ships an update monthly, Angeles Intel. fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LA TACO | Angeles Intel. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | L.A. TACO | Mark Mutti |
Customer experience
LA TACO
Angeles Intel.
In-app purchases
LA TACO
- Founder Monthly Membership$9.991 Month
- Premier Monthly Membership$19.991 Month
- Founder Annual Membership$99.991 Year
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- Premier Annual Membership$199.991 Year
Angeles Intel.
No in-app purchases








