Comparison

NVS Tsunami Evacuation vs YourBeacon

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

Head to head
About

NVS Tsunami Evacuation

This app displays tsunami evacuation zones along the Oregon and Washington coast. It allows users to map their home, work, or school to see if they are in a hazard zone and plan evacuation routes. It also shows critical locations like schools and government buildings.

Highlights
  • Tsunami evacuation zone maps
  • Location mapping (home, work, school)
  • GPS and address-based route planning
  • Critical facility locations
  • Tsunami warning bulletins
  • State agency data
Features
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* Oregon and Washington tsunami evacuation zone maps developed by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) and the Washington Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) * NVS Tsunami app developed by the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS) NVS Tsunami provides you an at-a-glance view of where the tsunami hazard zones are along the Oregon and Washington coast, and allows you to map whether your home, work, school, etc. is located in a tsunami evacuation zone or not. To help you develop and plan your own evacuation routes, NVS Tsunami enables you to save your current position or points of interest via GPS or address look-up. As an important tool in preparing for a potentially catastrophic local or distant tsunami event for residents or visitors to the Pacific Northwest coast, NVS Tsunami also displays the locations of places that will be of critical importance prior to, during, and following a tsunami event, including schools, bridges, assembly areas, and various local government buildings. Features: o Up-to-date tsunami information published by Washington and Oregon state agencies and emergency managers, including evacuation zone maps, location of features of interest, and additional tsunami information for the public o Access to the most current tsunami warning bulletins from the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center o Find a location by either address or GPS

About

YourBeacon

Take full control of your home Wi-Fi network. Manage devices, set up parental controls, enhance network security, and easily create guest networks for visitors.

Highlights
  • Parental controls
  • Network security
  • Device management
  • Guest network creation
  • Home network control
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Beacon Home is an easy-to-use application that puts subscribers in control of their home network. Manage your home Wi-Fi network with features such as parental controls, network security, device management and creating guest networks.

Screenshots

NVS Tsunami Evacuation4 screens
YourBeacon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NVS Tsunami Evacuation at 44% against YourBeacon's 0%. YourBeacon's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YourBeacon holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of NVS Tsunami Evacuation's written reviews are positive against 0% of YourBeacon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NVS Tsunami Evacuation versus YourBeacon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNVS Tsunami EvacuationYourBeacon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (19 ratings)4.3 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1931 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNANOOS-IOOSASSOCIATIONBeacon Broadband, Inc.

Customer experience

NVS Tsunami Evacuation

All ratings19 ratings
Positive47.4%
Neutral21.1%
Negative31.6%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral14.8%
Negative40.7%

YourBeacon

All ratings29 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral10.3%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

NVS Tsunami Evacuation

No in-app purchases

None

YourBeacon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NVS Tsunami Evacuation free?
NVS Tsunami Evacuation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is YourBeacon free?
YourBeacon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NVS Tsunami Evacuation or YourBeacon?
YourBeacon is rated higher. NVS Tsunami Evacuation averages 3.5 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while YourBeacon averages 4.3 from 31 ratings.
Do NVS Tsunami Evacuation or YourBeacon have ads?
Neither NVS Tsunami Evacuation nor YourBeacon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NVS Tsunami Evacuation or YourBeacon?
NVS Tsunami Evacuation ships an update every 3 months, and YourBeacon every 3 months. Most recently, NVS Tsunami Evacuation was updated on June 11, 2026 and YourBeacon on September 16, 2026.

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