Storm Chasers vs Tornado Vision
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Storm Chasers
Learn to interpret storm patterns like a professional. This app uses images, videos, and interactive diagrams to teach you about severe weather and tornadoes. It also includes a cloud chart to help you predict approaching storm systems and identify cloud types.
- Interactive storm diagram
- Video links for learning
- Detailed weather descriptions
- Cloud chart for prediction
- Learn Latin cloud names
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Learn how to read a storm like the pros. Filled with images, video links,detailed descriptions, and an interactive storm diagram; this app will teach you how to read the skies and predict the behavior of severe weather and tornadoes. A complete cloud chart will also allow you to predict when distant storm systems are approaching, and allow you to impress your friends with the correct Latin names of the various cloud forms.
Tornado Vision
Visualize severe weather phenomena using augmented reality. This app overlays crucial storm data, including tornado and hail probabilities, directly onto your phone's camera view. It features specialized filters and night mode to detect hidden storms, aiding in safety and observation.
- Augmented reality storm data overlay
- Tornado and hail probability display
- Tornado and severe thunderstorm warning alerts
- Specialized camera filters for rain
- Night mode for hidden tornado detection
- Storm characteristic data (rotation, hail size)
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See severe weather with augmented reality! Tornado Vision can help you see tornadoes hiding in the rain or at night. Simply point your phone at any severe storm and you'll get a heads up display on what is happening inside the storm. Groundbreaking weather technology. - Augmented Reality displays chance of tornado, hail (and size) and wind when looking at any storm within 400 miles. - Augmented Reality displays if you are in tornado or severe thunderstorm warning. - Augmented reality displays any Tornado or Hail reports. - Four specially designed camera filters help bring out tornadoes hiding in the rain. - Night mode automatically captures hidden night tornadoes. - Bring up data on storm characteristics, including rotation, maximum hail size and lightning flash rate. - Bring up environmental data like storm relative helicity, CAPE and bulk wind. Perfect for emergency responders, storm spotters, storm chasers, weather enthusiasts and anyone wanting to keep a better eye on approaching storms. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13FhhPp-3bVxwhQjccGLXBox-HEB9wXH-fjEKfv9aOKg/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1suVpdrUYj4LKoZ5kkVgH1ZmJLe8Si-jAETLkATdc2XE/edit?usp=sharing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tornado Vision at Free against Storm Chasers's $1.99. Tornado Vision also leads on update cadence (every 11 months vs every 53 months) and ratings volume (156 vs 3). Storm Chasers's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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
Tornado Vision is free to download; Storm Chasers costs $1.99 up front. Tornado Vision sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Storm Chasers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Storm Chasers holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tornado Vision has 156 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Storm Chasers's written reviews are positive against 43% of Tornado Vision's.
Storm Chasers ships an update every 53 months, Tornado Vision every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Storm Chasers | Tornado Vision |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 3.1 (156 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 156 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 53 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #138 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 11.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Vance | Collective Innovation, INC |
Customer experience
Storm Chasers
Tornado Vision
Bugs and requests
Storm Chasers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tornado Vision
Reported bugs
3 issues- Black screen on launch
- App doesn't show tornadoes
- App doesn't work in all areas
Requested features
7 requests- Make the app free
- Add a filter for simulated storms
- Allow control of wind speeds and size
- Add short descriptions for each filter
- Provide instructions on how to use filters
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- Make tornado simulation available without real supercells
- Add more free features
In-app purchases
Storm Chasers
No in-app purchases
Tornado Vision
- Tornado Vision Pro$9.991 Month
- Tornado Vision Pro$29.991 Year
Questions
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