Project Tornado vs RexWeather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project Tornado
Learn about tornadoes with safety tips and detailed information on their formation. This app provides educational content to help you understand severe weather events.
- Tornado safety tips
- Tornado anatomy explained
- Educational content
- Severe weather information
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We offer safety tips, the anatomy of a tornado and much more to educate you on tornadoes.
RexWeather
Access real-time weather conditions and explore a comprehensive historical database of tornadoes from 1950 to the present. Visualize tornado paths on interactive maps with detailed information on each event, including EF scale ratings and casualty data.
- Real-time weather conditions
- Comprehensive tornado history (1950-present)
- Interactive tornado path maps
- Detailed event information
- Smart radius technology
- Native iOS design
- Accessibility features
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RexWeather is the most complete tornado and severe weather app on iOS. Whether you are chasing records, researching history, or watching the sky right now, everything you need is in one place. HISTORICAL TORNADO DATABASE 75 years of verified NOAA tornado records from 1950 to the present day, including current-year data from NOAA NCEI updated monthly. Search near any location with a customizable radius. Filter by date range and EF rating. Jump to famous outbreaks like the 2011 Super Outbreak with one tap. Tornado detail maps show real NOAA surveyed damage path polygons with per-segment EF intensity coloring when available, so you see exactly where each rating began and ended on the ground. TORNADO POTENTIAL SCORE A real-time 1-to-10 score showing how favorable atmospheric conditions are for tornado development at your location. It draws from active NWS warnings, NOAA SPC tornado probability outlooks, and GFS model data including CAPE, wind shear, 0-6km bulk shear, Lifted Index, and Convective Inhibition. Every factor is explained in plain language. When instability and shear are both elevated, the app warns you the atmosphere is loaded even before storms fire. LIVE NWS SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS Active National Weather Service alerts for your exact location appear on the home screen the moment they are issued. Purple for Particularly Dangerous Situation tornado warnings. Red for active tornado warnings. Amber for watches. Tap to read the full NWS text. SPC CONVECTIVE OUTLOOKS Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 NOAA Storm Prediction Center outlook maps with categorical risk, tornado probability, wind, and hail layers. See your exact location risk and read the SPC forecaster discussion. WEATHER AND MORE Check weather and tornado risk for any city in the world, not just where you are. The app works fully offline with cached weather and tornado data when you need it. Customize your units, map style, and appearance. Canadian locations are fully supported with regional tornado potential scoring built in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: RexWeather at none against Project Tornado's shown. RexWeather also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Project Tornado's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Project Tornado holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Project Tornado's written reviews are positive against 86% of RexWeather's.
Project Tornado ships an update every 3 months, RexWeather every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project Tornado | RexWeather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gray Television Group, Inc. | Kassim Rasoulian |
Customer experience
Project Tornado
RexWeather
In-app purchases
Project Tornado
No in-app purchases
RexWeather
No in-app purchases
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