Wildfire Map Tracker vs FireNear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wildfire Map Tracker
This app provides an interactive map to monitor active wildfires in the US, alongside global volcanic activity and hurricane storms. It's designed for educational purposes, offering real-time and historical data visualization.
- Wildfire monitoring (US)
- Volcanic activity tracking
- Hurricane storm alerts
- Interactive global map
- Historical data visualization
- Educational purposes
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Wildfire Map: Real-time monitoring of fires, smoke, AQI, and weather conditions in North America and Europe. The Wildfire Map helps you monitor wildfire activity in real time across North America and Europe using satellite data from hotspots. Visualize active fires on an interactive map, check nearby smoke risk, the Air Quality Index (AQI), wind, humidity, temperature, and other weather conditions that favor fire spread—all from one easy-to-use app. Use the Wildfire Map to explore hotspots, monitor selected fire areas, and review environmental conditions that can affect smoke and fire behavior. You can save important locations for easier monitoring. The Wildfire Map is designed for wildfire awareness, fire tracking, smoke monitoring, air quality updates, and weather hazard information. The Wildfire Map provides informative data on wildfires, smoke, weather and air quality, and does not replace official emergency alerts or evacuation recommendations... Terms os Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scannercalorieios2024.web.app/
FireNear
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Some places matter to you but are too far away to check every day. Your parents' house, a weekend farm, a cabin, a campsite. FireNear watches them for you. It reads NASA satellite observations (FIRMS VIIRS 375m) and alerts you when a heat source is detected within the radius of a place you registered. ■ How it works 1. Add a place to watch. Drop a pin on the map or enter coordinates directly. 2. Set the alert radius, anywhere from 5 km to 100 km. 3. When a heat source is detected inside that radius, you get a notification telling you the direction and distance. ■ Features · Watch up to 10 places · Per-place alert radius (5-100 km) · Pick locations on a map, with nearby hotspots shown as you browse · Distance, bearing, confidence and observation time for every hotspot · Open any hotspot location in your map app · English and Korean, with dark mode · Works anywhere in the world ■ Important: please read What this app reports is a heat source detected by satellite. It is NOT confirmed to be a wildfire. Steel mills, power plants, agricultural burning and solar reflection can all register as heat sources. · This app is not an official emergency alert from any government or fire authority. · Satellites pass overhead only a few times a day, so detection can lag hours behind an actual fire. · Heavy cloud cover can prevent detection entirely. · For any real emergency decision, including evacuation, follow your local fire service and official alerts. Treat this as a reason to go check on a place, not as a precise early warning system. ■ Privacy The coordinates you enter are stored only on your device. Nothing is sent to or collected by a server. No account, no sign-in. Location permission is used only when you tap "Use current location" - the app never asks just because you opened it. ■ Data sources NASA FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System) VIIRS 375m near real-time observations (NOAA-20) Maps: OpenStreetMap contributors Contact: as.enoosoft@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FireNear at none against Wildfire Map Tracker's 4. On price, ads, 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. Wildfire Map Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. FireNear asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Wildfire Map Tracker | FireNear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luz Ochoa | HYUNWOO LEE |
In-app purchases
Wildfire Map Tracker
- Weekly Premium Subscription$2.997 Days
- Monthly Premium Subscription$9.991 Month
- Annual Premium Subscription$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium Subscription$49.99
FireNear
No in-app purchases
Questions
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