HailSpot vs Sioux Falls Live StormTRACKER
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HailSpot
Capture real-time photos and videos of hail storms. Your submitted reports can help establish damage for roof repairs, and if used, you get paid. Quickly manage your property portfolio and keep sales representatives informed for inspections and emergency repairs.
- Real-time hail storm photo/video capture
- Submit hail reports for potential payment
- Manage property portfolios
- Track clients and potential clients
- Inform sales reps for inspections
- Facilitate emergency roof repairs
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Take real-time pictures/videos of hail storms. If your submitted hail report is used to establish damage and get the roof repaired, then you get paid! Quickly get your property portfolio (clients & potentials client) into the NextHail database. Keep Sales & Account Reps informed and ready to perform an inspection, and possibly make emergency repairs.
Sioux Falls Live StormTRACKER
Get hyper-local weather updates with high-resolution radar and future tracking. Stay informed with current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, and severe weather alerts for your saved locations.
- 250 meter high-resolution radar
- Future radar tracking
- High-resolution satellite imagery
- Current weather updates
- Daily and hourly forecasts
- Saved locations
- GPS location awareness
- Severe weather alerts
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The Sioux Falls Live StormTRACKER Mobile Weather App includes: • Access to station content specifically for our mobile users • 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available • Future radar to see where severe weather is headed • High resolution satellite cloud imagery • Current weather updated multiple times per hour • Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models • Ability to add and save your favorite locations • A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness • Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service • Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HailSpot at 5.0 against Sioux Falls Live StormTRACKER's 4.6. HailSpot also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). Sioux Falls Live StormTRACKER's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 3). 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.
HailSpot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sioux Falls Live StormTRACKER has 41 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HailSpot ships an update every 3 weeks, Sioux Falls Live StormTRACKER every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HailSpot | Sioux Falls Live StormTRACKER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TeancumVentures | Forum Communications Company |
Customer experience
HailSpot
Sioux Falls Live StormTRACKER
In-app purchases
HailSpot
No in-app purchases
Sioux Falls Live StormTRACKER
No in-app purchases
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