Comparison

iDamage vs TrueFax

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iDamage

Receive real-time push notifications for severe weather events, including detailed damage reports from trained spotters and emergency responders. Customize alerts by location and weather type, and view storm data on an interactive map. Includes wildfire reports and detailed weather outlooks.

Highlights
  • Push notifications for storm events
  • Configurable location and weather filters
  • Map view with color-coded storm pins
  • List view of storm events
  • Integration with Maps app for directions
  • Convective weather outlooks and discussions
  • Wildfire thermal anomaly and report maps
Currently charting
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iDamage pushes thunderstorm damage reports originating from trained spotters, emergency responders, and members of the public to your iPhone or iPad. If you chase tornados, hail, or high winds for a living, or volunteer to assist your community during severe weather events, or just want to improve your situational awareness on days when storms might pop up, iDamage is the app for you. Here are its features: - Push notification of storm events, oftentimes including very specific damage reports. Coverage area includes the entire Contiguous (Lower 48) United States. - User-configurable filters allow you to receive notifications for the entire Contiguous US, an entire state, a local area, and/or for specific types of severe weather (tornado, hail, high wind). Use the auto-location feature of your mobile device to set a filter if you are traveling and not sure of your general location. - Filter push notifications by hail size - Optional alternate push alert sound for hail events - Map of storm events with color coded pins. Timeframes are 3-hr, full day, or archival (back to 29 Feb 2004). Touch any pin for access to details. WiFi-only iPad users, data from your last view is cached for off-line use. - Filter Map View by event type and hail size - List of storm events in table form. Touch any cell in the table for a single pin street or hybrid map view. - Link to the "Maps" app on your home screen so you can get directions to the approximate location of severe weather events. - Storm reports may be e-mailed in an external email app. - 24 hour (with CONUS radar animation + watch boxes), 2-day, 3-day, and 4-8 day convective (thunderstorm) outlook with probability maps and technical discussion. - Mesoscale discussions with maps - Convective weather watches with maps. - Local hazardous weather products (including watches and warnings), selectable by touching a location on a map or via auto-location. - Local animated radar with warning boxes *** NOTE: Watches and warnings are NOT pushed. iDamage only pushes reports of thunderstorm (convective) events. Tropical and extratropical systems may not generate reports. - 9 pm - 9 am silence switch in Settings view. Push notifications will visually display, but alert tones are silenced. - iDamage has wildfire capability! Get a map of satellite thermal anomaly detections plus public wildfire reports. All weather data presented by iDamage is from the National Weather Service and not subject to copyright protection. homedatasheet.com, Inc. is not affiliated with the National Weather Service.

About

TrueFax

This app provides detailed reports on potential storm damage to homes, similar to how vehicle history reports work. It accesses a nationwide database to identify the frequency and severity of weather events that could have impacted a property.

Highlights
  • Storm damage reports for homes
  • Nationwide storm database
  • Hail, high winds, and lightning data
  • Damage frequency and severity
  • Property damage history
Features
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A TrueFax report shows possible damage to a house just like a CARFAX report shows possible damage to a vehicle. Using our nationwide database regarding hail, high winds and lightning; TrueFax lists the frequency and severity of storms that may have caused property damage.

Screenshots

iDamage4 screens
TrueFax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TrueFax at Free against iDamage's $2.99. TrueFax also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). iDamage's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 57 months) and ratings volume (37 vs 2). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TrueFax is free to download; iDamage costs $2.99 up front. iDamage sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. TrueFax asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TrueFax holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iDamage has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDamage ships an update every 4 months, TrueFax every 57 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
iDamage versus TrueFax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDamageTrueFax
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (37 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 57 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#57 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhomedatasheet.com, Inc.Home Data Experts, LLC

Customer experience

iDamage

All ratings31 ratings
Positive54.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative38.7%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative25.4%

TrueFax

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

iDamage

One-time5
  • 2022 Location-based eventsFree
  • 2023 Location-based eventsFree
  • 2025 Location-based eventsFree
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  • 2024 Location-based eventsFree
  • 2026 Location-based events$1.99
None

TrueFax

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDamage free?
iDamage costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is TrueFax free?
TrueFax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iDamage or TrueFax?
TrueFax is rated higher. iDamage averages 3.4 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while TrueFax averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do iDamage or TrueFax have ads?
Neither iDamage nor TrueFax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDamage or TrueFax?
iDamage ships an update every 4 months, and TrueFax every 57 months. Most recently, iDamage was updated on October 29, 2026 and TrueFax on October 25, 2026.

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