Lumyros vs Northern Lights Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lumyros
This app simplifies finding and viewing the Northern Lights. Get notifications when the Aurora is visible and connect with other enthusiasts. It eliminates the need to interpret complex solar data.
- Northern Lights forecast
- Aurora visibility notifications
- Connect with other aurora hunters
- Simplified solar data interpretation
- Location guidance for viewing
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A new easy way on how to see the Northern Lights. You will know when and where to go to see the breathtaking Aurora show. You will get a notification when Aurora is visible not to miss out the show. No need to understand solar data and complicated graphs anymore. Connect with all Aurora hunters.
Northern Lights Tracker
This app provides real-time predictions and forecasts for the aurora borealis using NOAA space weather data. It helps users find the best viewing locations and times, offering smart alerts and interactive maps for an optimal aurora hunting experience.
- Real-time aurora probability
- NOAA-powered KP index
- Interactive global aurora maps
- Best viewing location recommendations
- Space weather data monitoring
- Smart aurora alerts
- Apple Watch integration
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Never miss the northern lights again. Northern Lights Tracker tells you whether tonight is worth going out, when to look and where to go. It turns live NOAA space weather data into one clear aurora chance for your exact location. Tonight at a Glance • Aurora chance for your location, updated live • A clear verdict, from "Go look now" to "Not tonight", with activity, solar wind, moon and cloud factors • Best viewing time and the best 2-hour window • Current Kp index and a 3-day Kp outlook • Search any place and save your favorite spots • Share tonight's forecast with friends Aurora Alerts Get notified when the aurora is likely where you are. Choose a chance alert, a Kp alert, a storm early warning up to 24 hours ahead, or a solar wind (Bz) alert with your own threshold. Chance and solar wind alerts wait until it is dark, and quiet hours keep your nights undisturbed. Storm and solar wind alerts can arrive as time-sensitive notifications, with your choice of sound or vibration. You decide how often the app checks: every 15, 30, 60 or 180 minutes. Lock Screen, Widgets and Apple Watch • Home Screen widgets with chance, Kp, peak time and a 12-hour chart • Lock Screen widgets • Live Activity: follow tonight's chance on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Apple Watch app with your chance and Kp at a glance, plus watch face complications • Ask Siri for tonight's aurora chance without opening the app Space Weather in Detail • Hour-by-hour aurora chance for the next 24 hours • Tonight's Sky: sunset, dark hours, sunrise and moon phase, including polar night and midnight sun • Cloud cover from Apple Weather • Solar wind: Bz, total field, speed and density, with charts for the last 3 hours • 27-day Kp outlook to plan trips weeks ahead Map and Best Places • Live map of the NOAA aurora oval. Long-press anywhere to check the chance there • 15 top aurora destinations ranked by tonight's chance, with distance from you: Tromsø, Svalbard, Rovaniemi, Inari, Sodankylä, Reykjavik, Kiruna, Abisko, Jokkmokk, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Yellowknife, Churchill, Murmansk and Nuuk • Open any spot in Apple Maps or Google Maps for directions Aurora AI Ask in your own words, like "Should I go out tonight?" Aurora AI answers from the live forecast, privately on your device. Requires Apple Intelligence on a supported device. More • Personalized setup: a short quiz tunes your alerts to the way you watch the sky • Forecast history • 11 aurora wallpapers • Works offline with your last forecast • Available in 46 languages Northern Lights Tracker Pro unlocks all alerts, detailed sky and space weather data, and unlimited use of every feature. Privacy: https://sites.google.com/view/aurora-forecast-tracker/main Terms: https://sites.google.com/view/aurora-forecast-tracker-terms/main
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Northern Lights Tracker at 4.6 against Lumyros's 2.0. Northern Lights Tracker also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 22%) and ads (none vs shown). Lumyros's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Lumyros sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Northern Lights Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Northern Lights Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Northern Lights Tracker has 193 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Lumyros's written reviews are positive against 62% of Northern Lights Tracker's.
Lumyros ships an update every 2 months, Northern Lights Tracker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lumyros | Northern Lights Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (193 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 62.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 193 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Svamberg | Mehmet Ali Demir |
Customer experience
Lumyros
Northern Lights Tracker
Bugs and requests
Lumyros
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Northern Lights Tracker
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes out of nowhere
- Phone part of app shows 0%
- Enable Notifications continuously shuts itself OFF
- Data seems outdated and freezes
- App crashes in Norway
Requested features
5 requests- Add widgets
- Correlate probability to times
- Show probability over time (next 24 hours)
- Allow setting threshold for 'good chance' notifications
- Show readings for around the world
In-app purchases
Lumyros
- Single access - Weekly$2.997 Days
- Single access - Weekly$4.991 Month
- Family access - Monthly3 Days trial$5.491 Month
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- Family access - Weekly$5.997 Days
- Single access - Yearly3 Days trial$13.491 Year
- Family access - Monthly$17.991 Month
- Single access - Yearly$24.991 Year
- Family access - Yearly3 Days trial$26.991 Year
- Family access - Yearly$79.991 Year
Northern Lights Tracker
- Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- week$3.997 Days
- month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- year$34.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
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