TornadoSpy vs Earthquakes Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TornadoSpy
Instantly report and view tornado sightings worldwide with real-time radar snapshots. This app provides valuable lead time for users to escape storms, featuring user-submitted and official reports filtered for accuracy.
- Track tornado movement worldwide
- Report nearby tornadoes
- Radar snapshot of sightings
- Official National Weather Service reports
- Share and view tornado photos
- Filter sightings by spotter ratings
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TornadoSpy with AccuSpy™ technology gives you the power to report and view official and user spotted tornadoes instantly which includes a radar snapshot of the sighting. On 5/10/10, a TornadoSpy user spotted the Oklahoma City tornado 20 MINUTES before the NOAA report, which gave other TornadoSpy users valuable lead time to escape the storm. This is a frequent occurrence since user reports are submitted and viewable immediately. - Featured on the front page of USAToday on 5/31/11. - Over 150,000 confirmed alerts sent out - Over 40,000 TornadoSpy spotters in addition to professional spotters from the national weather service. Sightings are filtered through state-of-the art AccuSpy™ technology to prevent false alerts and only send you the most accurate sightings. Features: - Track tornado movement worldwide on the built-in map - Report nearby tornadoes with a simple touch - Includes radar snapshot of sightings - Includes official reports from National Weather Service storm spotters - Share and view tornado photos in seconds - Filter sightings by spotter ratings - View previous tornadoes - Write storm report notes - Users can rate sightings submitted by other users - Landscape or portrait orientations - AccuSpy™ state-of-the art storm spotting Download now, and become a part of the fastest and largest worldwide storm spotting network. Demo video can be seen at justintimeapps.com/ts.html Check out these other apps from justintimeapps: HailSpy TornadoSpy+ TornadoSpy+HD (For the iPad) CoordCalc For every tornado outbreak this year in the US, there have been corresponding reports in TornadoSpy. You can verify this by using the history feature in the app. There is also NOT a subscription fee, and the app currently has a large enough user base such that it has provided alerts up to 30 minutes before the standard NOAA sightings are issued. Also, the Missouri tornado mentioned in the comments was published (picture and all) well before the NOAA sighting. Add alerts@justintimeapps.com to your address book to assure that you receive alerts.
Earthquakes Pro
Get real-time earthquake information from over 23 global sources. Receive customizable push notifications for significant quakes and search historical data. Share detailed earthquake information and maps easily.
- 23+ global earthquake data sources
- Real-time push notifications
- Customizable alert settings
- Filter earthquakes by magnitude, region, depth
- Historical earthquake search
- GMap integration
- Shareable earthquake details and maps
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Earthquake! is a quake application that based on multiple data sources. With this app, you can get the latest earthquake info immediately from all over the world. Also, you can search the earthquakes occurred in the past. Main Features: - 23 Earthquake data sources, Covers the frequent occurrence of the earthquake area in the world. * [USGS] U.S.Geological Survey * [EMSC] EU Mediterranean Earthquake Centre * [CEIC] China Earthquake Center * [GFZ] Ger Potsdam Earthquake Center * [CWB] Taiwan Central Weather Bureau * [JMA] Japan Meteorological Agency * [INGV] Italy Geophysics Institute * [BGS] British Geological Survey * [CHI] Chile Earthquake Center * [TUR] Turkish Disaster and Emergency center * [IRSC] Iranian Seismological Center * [CAN] Natural Resources Canada * [AUS] Geoscience Australia * [NZL] New Zealand Earthquake Commission * [PHIVOLCS] Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology * [ROU] Romanian National Institute for Earth Physics * [OVSICORI] Costa Rica, the National University * [BMKG] Indonesia The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics * [IGEPN] Instituto Geofísico - Ecuador * [IGN] Spain Instituto Geográfico Nacional * [IMO] Icelandic Met OfficeSSN México Servicio Sismológico Nacional * [SSN] México Servicio Sismológico Nacional * [INDIA] India National Center for Seismology * [BMKG] Indonesia The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics - Real-time push notification of earthquake over 4.0 magnitude. - Customize your notifications by magnitude,"receive time" and distance threshold , easy to use. - Filter earthquakes by magnitude/region/depth. - Perfect real-time algorithm to achieve all of the data source unified display (non-duplication of data), data source select "ALL". - Support detail information display. - Full GMap integration. - Provide a uniform view shows the same earthquake of different sources. - Provide historical data with earthquake in 300 km range. - the Global (Worldwide) Search, Support magnitude, time interval and depth, with flexible sort. - Sharing detailed screenshots of maps and vital details to anyone by Facebook/Twitter/E-Mail... - Support Epicentral distance (GPS positioning or custom) - Mass historical data. - Support for personal collection. - "Pull to load more data" in the List Tab. - View details on source site. - Applications built-in web browser support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Earthquakes Pro at none against TornadoSpy's 2. Earthquakes Pro also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). TornadoSpy's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 43%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
TornadoSpy costs $1.99 and Earthquakes Pro $1.99 up front. TornadoSpy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Earthquakes Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for TornadoSpy against 3.8 for Earthquakes Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of TornadoSpy's written reviews are positive against 43% of Earthquakes Pro's.
TornadoSpy ships an update every 2 months, Earthquakes Pro every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | TornadoSpy | Earthquakes Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) | 3.8 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #96 — better | #165 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Time | 俊靖 骆 |
Customer experience
TornadoSpy
Earthquakes Pro
In-app purchases
TornadoSpy
- Fast Animated Radar (US)$0.99
- Extreme Weather Radio$0.99
Earthquakes Pro
No in-app purchases
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