Comparison

TornadoSpy+ vs Tornado Tracker Weather Radar

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

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About

TornadoSpy+

Stay informed about severe weather with real-time tornado and hail alerts. Report and view sightings instantly, access animated radar maps, and receive push notifications. Become part of a global storm spotting network for enhanced safety.

Highlights
  • Real-time tornado and hail alerts
  • User and official sighting reports
  • Animated U.S. radar maps
  • Push, email, and text notifications
  • Overlayed radar and sighting maps
  • Tornado forecast maps
  • Share and view storm photos
Features
Currently charting
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Lightning strikes the earth around 100 times per second. Are you sure that the tornado sirens in your area will be in working order when the time comes? Stay safe with TornadoSpy+ featuring AccuSpy™ technology that gives you the power to report and view official and user spotted tornadoes or hail instantly. It contains U.S. animated radar maps, push alerts, overlayed maps, warnings, tornado forecast maps, and radar snapshots of tornado sighting areas. - Featured in the Joplin Globe on 5/20/12 - Featured on the front page of USAToday on 5/31/11 - Featured in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on 6/16/11 - Over 150,000 confirmed alerts sent out - Over 130,000 TornadoSpy spotters in addition to professional spotters from the national weather service. On 5/10/10, a user spotted the Oklahoma City tornado 20 MINUTES before the NOAA report, which gave other users valuable lead time to escape the storm. This is a frequent occurrence since user reports are submitted and viewable immediately. 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/hailstorm movement worldwide on the built-in map - Report nearby tornadoes/hail with a simple touch - View HD radar, tornadoes, and hail overlayed on interactive maps simultaneously - Includes official tornado reports as well as tornado warnings from National Weather Service storm spotters - Real Time Push alerts - Email and text alerts - Share and view tornado/hail photos in seconds - Filter sightings by spotter ratings - View previous tornadoes/hail sightings - Write storm report notes - Users can rate sightings submitted by other users - Verify sighting reports with radar snapshots near report areas. - Radar loops - Tornado forecasts - Warning maps - AccuSpy™ state-of-the art storm spotting In-app Purchases - US National Weather Radio - Animated Radar using FAST technology (TornadoSpy Exclusive) - TornadoSpy One which is an optional, auto-renewable yearly subscription for roughly $0.99 a year and includes faster search times, ad removal and animated radar. The subscription can be cancelled at any time. Terms of Service: http://www.justintimeapps.com/policies.html Download now, and become a part of the fastest and largest worldwide storm spotting network. Demo video can be seen at justintimeapps.com/ss.html

About

Tornado Tracker Weather Radar

Track severe weather events with real-time radar and storm signatures. Get detailed reports on tornadoes, hail, and wind, plus lightning strikes and hurricane data. Stay informed with NWS alerts and NOAA reports.

Highlights
  • Live Doppler radar updates
  • Tornado vortex signatures
  • Hail storm signatures
  • Damaging wind signatures
  • Storm reports
  • Lightning strike data
  • Hurricane tracking
Features
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Tornado Tracker Weather Radar was developed by Severe WX Warn and contains features such as storm signatures(tornado vortex signatures, hail storm signatures and damaging wind signatures.) The app also includes storms reports for tornadoes, damaging winds and severe hail. Along with this the app also includes lightning strike data, active hurricanes and tropical cyclones, global surface winds, cloud cover and NWS watches, warnings and advisories. All data feeds are direct from NOAA, NWS and the SPC. -High Resolution Live Level III Doppler Radar that updates automatically every 5 minutes. -Storm Tracks for Tornado Vortex Signatures, Hail and Severe Wind. -Doppler Radar Signatures for Tornadoes, Hail and Wind. -Hail signatures display max and min. size. -Hurricane and Tropics Tracking Information. -Live Lightning Data. -Current GPS Location. -Address Search for other locations. -NWS Watches, Warnings and Advisories. -SPC Outlooks -Cloud Cover Data -NOAA Storm Reports (24 hr. & Weekly)

Screenshots

TornadoSpy+4 screens
Tornado Tracker Weather Radar3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tornado Tracker Weather Radar at Free against TornadoSpy+'s $2.99. Tornado Tracker Weather Radar also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). TornadoSpy+'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (42% vs 24%). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Tornado Tracker Weather Radar is free to download; TornadoSpy+ costs $2.99 up front. TornadoSpy+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Tornado Tracker Weather Radar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.9 for TornadoSpy+ against 2.9 for Tornado Tracker Weather Radar. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 77 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of TornadoSpy+'s written reviews are positive against 24% of Tornado Tracker Weather Radar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TornadoSpy+ ships an update every 6 weeks, Tornado Tracker Weather Radar every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
TornadoSpy+ versus Tornado Tracker Weather Radar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTornadoSpy+Tornado Tracker Weather Radar
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (66 ratings) — better2.9 (77 ratings)
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews — better23.8% of reviews
Number of ratings6677 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#80 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin Timecorey hoggard

Customer experience

TornadoSpy+

All ratings65 ratings
Positive41.5%
Neutral6.2%
Negative52.3%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral10.7%
Negative47.6%

Tornado Tracker Weather Radar

All ratings77 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative48.1%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral2.4%
Negative73.8%

User reviews

TornadoSpy+

From 66 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Used to be amazing
  • 👍 Great for storm spotters
  • 👍 User/spotter sightings
  • 👍 Timely alerts (historically)
  • 👍 Invaluable safety tool

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Not working recently
  • 🐛 Data lag/untimely
  • 🐛 No tornado alerts
  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Unreliable performance

Tornado Tracker Weather Radar

From 77 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good for tracking storms
  • 👍 Informative about tornado locations
  • 👍 Beautiful design
  • 👍 Works as advertised
  • 👍 Great free radar app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and slow to load
  • 🐛 Radar pictures moving
  • 🐛 Map is blank
  • 🐛 Does not show warnings
  • 🐛 Goes to domain registration site

Bugs and requests

TornadoSpy+

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes upon opening
  • App crashes when clicking notifications
  • Radar locks up
  • Creates fake sightings
  • Alert area not saving
Show 10 more
  • Tornado and hail forecast shows white screen
  • No radar displayed
  • App not opening after update
  • Keyboard hides save button on iOS
  • App not working correctly (notifications for storms not in area)
  • Alert area not set up
  • App crashes when trying to put in photos
  • Data lag in timeliness
  • App stopped functioning correctly
  • Support & help link no longer works

Requested features

9 requests
  • Fix tornado/severe thunderstorm map (white screen)
  • Add tornado category information
  • Improve iPad scaling
  • Add 2-hour radar motion view
  • Ability to adjust overlay layers
Show 4 more
  • Identify NEW tornado updates better
  • Include current radar/lightning
  • Make app available for all phones (not just Apple)
  • Fix keyboard blocking save button on iOS

Tornado Tracker Weather Radar

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • White screen on launch
  • Goes to domain registration site
  • Shows solar power website
  • Does not show a map
  • Weather radar pictures moving
Show 15 more
  • Can move storms with finger
  • Map takes 15 seconds to load
  • App is glitchy
  • Radar does not show watches and warnings
  • Cannot open the app
  • Latest update causes app to fail
  • No weather warnings / weather status show up
  • Map is blank
  • Layer draw order bug
  • Tornado icon not drawing correctly
  • Zooming causes radar to move
  • Weather radar moves around when zooming
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Slow to update
  • No level 3 data

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ad-free option
  • Add warnings for Canada
  • Make storms blink
  • Add timestamp to downloaded map

In-app purchases

3 purchases

TornadoSpy+

Subscriptions1
  • TornadoSpy One1 Month trial$0.991 Year
One-time2
  • Extreme Weather Radio$0.99
  • Fast Animated Radar (US)$0.99
None

Tornado Tracker Weather Radar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TornadoSpy+ free?
TornadoSpy+ costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Tornado Tracker Weather Radar free?
Tornado Tracker Weather Radar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TornadoSpy+ or Tornado Tracker Weather Radar?
TornadoSpy+ is rated higher. TornadoSpy+ averages 2.9 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while Tornado Tracker Weather Radar averages 2.9 from 77 ratings.
Do TornadoSpy+ or Tornado Tracker Weather Radar have ads?
Neither TornadoSpy+ nor Tornado Tracker Weather Radar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TornadoSpy+ or Tornado Tracker Weather Radar?
TornadoSpy+ ships an update every 6 weeks, and Tornado Tracker Weather Radar every 6 months. Most recently, TornadoSpy+ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Tornado Tracker Weather Radar on November 5, 2026.

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