Spotter Location vs TempestOne Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spotter Location
This app enables storm spotters and chasers to track their field location and upload coordinates to the Spotter Network API. It also allows for direct submission of Severe Storm Reports.
- Location tracking for storm spotters
- Integrates with Spotter Network API
- Upload location coordinates
- Submit Severe Storm Reports
- Field use for chasers
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Spotter Location allows storm spotters and storm chasers out in the field to track their location. Spotter Location integrates with the Spotter Network API. This integration allows location coordinates to be uploaded to Spotter Network, and for storm spotters or storm chasers to submit Severe Storm Reports directly from the Spotter Location.
TempestOne Weather
Monitor real-time weather data from your TempestOne Weather Station. Get detailed insights into temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, and more, along with lightning detection and 10-day forecasts. Ideal for organizations seeking efficiency and safety improvements.
- Real-time weather data monitoring
- Lightning detection and alerts
- 10-day weather forecasts
- Historical weather data graphs
- Hardware configuration
- Supports multiple station locations
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Companion app to the TempestOne Weather Station. Install a TempestOne Weather Station and immediately uncover efficiencies and cost savings, while increasing safety within your organization. Our revolutionary solid-state design requires minimal maintenance and installs in less than 5 minutes. From within the app, view real-time and guaranteed-better forecast data for each TempestOne station location. The TempestOne Weather application will walk you through a quick hardware configuration process, including connecting to your organization’s WiFi network. Whether your organization owns 1 or 100 TempestOne stations, the process is simple and efficient. Once your TempestOne Station is configured, data from one or more Tempest Weather Stations are available to your organization’s decision-makers. Data available in the TempestOne Weather app includes: Temp, humidity, dew point, feels like, heat index Barometric pressure, sea-level pressure, trends Lightning detection and alerts up to 40 km Wind, UV, solar irradiance Rain rate, accumulation, rain onset alerts 10-day forecast Historical weather data graphs TempestOne has a full suite of additional services available to meet the needs of all your organization’s team members. A professional web application along with a powerful API solution is available for internal decision tools or customer-facing applications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TempestOne Weather at Free against Spotter Location's $1.99. TempestOne Weather also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and device support (4 vs 2). Spotter Location's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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
TempestOne Weather is free to download; Spotter Location costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spotter Location holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Spotter Location's written reviews are positive against 100% of TempestOne Weather's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Spotter Location ships an update every 2 months, TempestOne Weather every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Spotter Location | TempestOne Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.3 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #191 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Randal Jennings | WeatherFlow |
Customer experience
Spotter Location
TempestOne Weather
In-app purchases
Spotter Location
No in-app purchases
TempestOne Weather
No in-app purchases
Questions
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