Quakes Today vs SMART
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quakes Today
This app provides a quick and easy summary of global earthquake activity from the past 24 hours. Filter and sort quakes by various criteria, view details on an interactive map, and visualize swarms in real-time. A PRO version offers advanced features like time-based animations and custom location teleportation.
- 24-hour global earthquake summary
- Filter and sort by place, magnitude, time, and distance
- Interactive map with event details
- Real-time earthquake swarm visualization
- Timeline feature for at-a-glance snapshots
- Time Machine animation (PRO)
- Customizable location teleportation (PRO)
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QUAKES TODAY gives you a quick, easy to read summary of the last 24 hours of earthquake activity around the globe. You can filter and sort quakes by place, magnitude, event time, location and distance from you. Tap on any quake in the list for details and an interactive map. Visualize earthquake swarms in real time with new cluster mode, and jump from one event to another quickly and easily. The new TIMELINE feature displays a snapshot of earthquakes at a glance. Tap on a peg to scroll down the list to the corresponding event. QUAKES TODAY is the perfect app for those living in quake country, as well as anyone interested in seismology. Was there a quake today? Pull up QUAKES TODAY and have a look. Data is refreshed every five minutes, keeping you up to date around the clock. QUAKES TODAY PRO in-app purchase gives unlimited use of features: + TIME MACHINE displays a time-based animation of all earthquake activity on the map. Adjustable playback speed and rate. + TELEPORTER allows you to customize your location to any point on the globe. You can save your favorite teleport locations to check in on activity near your family and friends.
SMART
This mobile tool helps track mine repairs and citations, access official forms, and look up reference materials. It provides essential information for mine safety and operations.
- Track repairs
- Record citations
- Access official forms
- Look up reference material
- Mine safety information
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S.M.A.R.T: Small Mine Activity Reporting Tool is a mobile app for tracking repairs and citations, looking up reference material, accessing official forms, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SMART at none against Quakes Today's 1. SMART also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Quakes Today's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Quakes Today sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SMART asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Quakes Today against 5.0 for SMART. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quakes Today has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Quakes Today | SMART |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jim Marquardt | University of Arizona |
Customer experience
Quakes Today
SMART
In-app purchases
Quakes Today
- Quakes Today Pro$0.99
SMART
No in-app purchases
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