Storm Shield vs Hail Drive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Storm Shield
Receive precise, location-based severe weather alerts for tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and more. Get voice and push notifications, view radar maps, and access forecasts. Optional premium features offer advanced radar imagery and lightning alerts.
- Location-based severe weather alerts
- Voice and push notifications
- Hi-Def radar map
- Today screen widget
- Apple Watch alerts
- Current conditions and forecasts
- Save additional locations
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Named by Time.com's @Techland as one of the best weather apps for your iPhone and Apple Watch. Severe weather alerts for your exact location. Storm Shield gives you storm-based alerts for tornado, hurricane, flood, thunderstorm, winter storms and other life-threatening weather events via voice and push notification. Storm-based alerts help reduce false alarms by alerting you to severe weather based on your exact location within a county. County-based alerts can result in false alarms, warning you when your location in the county is not within the threatened area. What people are saying: • Storm Shield "alerted our family of the Broken Arrow, OK tornado, faster than the TV and tornado sirens." - Robyn • "I was in Oklahoma City during the tornado... we were right in its path. Your app literally was a life saver." - dcalk12 Benefits: • Get voice alerts just like a NOAA weather radio via push notification anywhere in the United States. • With Apple Watch, get a tap on your wrist when alerts are issued for your locations. • Add Storm Shield's widget to your Today screen to get quick access to active alerts for the first location in your app. • Touch Storm Shield's app icon on your 3D-Touch enabled iPhone for widget access. • Hi-Def radar map is your home screen so you can quickly see what's going on at your locations. • Fully supports Dark Mode in iOS 13. • Long-tap on the map to get current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts. • Save additional locations to ensure family members stay safe. View NOAA severe weather alerts on the map to see where dangerous weather is happening: • Tap alerts to view info • Flood watches & warnings • Tornadoes & Thunderstorms • Hurricane & Tropical Storm forecast tracks • Winter storms • Marine & Coastal alerts • Radar & Clouds • Wind Speed • Snow Fall • Water Temperatures • Road Weather • Premium Weather (purchase required) • Lightning Alerts and notifications (purchase required) Enhance your app with auto-renewing monthly subscriptions: • Buy 'Premium Weather' to unlock these features and see predicted imagery for these map layers: 1) Future Radar 2) Future Clouds 3) Future Clouds & Radar together 4) Future Surface Temperature Land 5) Future Surface Temperature Water 6) Future Surface Temperature Land & Water together 7) Future Wind Speeds Map 8) Storm Tracks: See how fast storms are moving & where they're headed. • Buy 'Lightning' to unlock these 2 features: 1) Lightning strike push notifications up to 10 miles away. 2) See lightning on the map within 100 miles of a selected location. Note: • Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. • Privacy Policy: https://www.stormshieldapp.com/privacy_stormshield_wxs.html • Terms of Use: https://www.stormshieldapp.com/terms_stormshield_wxs.html • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Storm Shield is made possible by The E.W. Scripps Company & KNXV Phoenix, WCPO Cincinnati, WEWS Cleveland, WXYZ Detroit, WMAR Baltimore, WFTS Tampa, WPTV West Palm, KSHB Kansas City, KJRH Tulsa, RTV6 Indianapolis, KMGH Denver, KGTV San Diego, KERO Bakersfield, WKBW Buffalo, WTVF Nashville, KMTV Omaha, WSYM Lansing, WFTX Ft. Myers, WTMJ Milwaukee, WGBA Green Bay, KIVI Boise, KTNV Las Vegas, KGUN Tucson, WTXL Tallahassee, KXXV Waco, KRIS Corpus Christi. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Hail Drive
Access interactive storm maps, property storm history, and generate address reports. Receive native storm alerts for hail, wind, and tornadoes. Includes Knock Mode for managing property visits and follow-ups.
- Interactive storm map
- Property storm history
- Address report generation
- Native storm alerts
- Knock Mode for property visits
- Personal and company workspaces
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Take Hail Drive into the field to review storm activity, check properties faster, generate address reports, and stay on top of hail and wind alerts. Take Hail Drive into the field to review storm activity, search properties, generate address reports, and stay on top of hail and wind alerts. Hail Drive is the mobile app for Hail Drive customers. Sign in with your existing account to access interactive storm maps, storm-date history, address-level storm context, alerts, and field workflow tools from your phone. Features may vary by plan, workspace role, and account configuration. Use Hail Drive to review radar-derived hail swaths, recent storm reports, and hail, wind, tornado, and related storm context across supported storm days. Supported accounts can search addresses, review property-level storm history, and generate shareable PDF address reports. Hail Drive also supports native storm alerts so your device can receive hail, wind, tornado, and related storm notifications as new activity is processed. Hail Drive includes Knock Mode in the in-app map experience. Knock Mode lets users save properties from the map, log visit outcomes, schedule follow-ups, review daily activity, and work in personal or company workspaces. Eligible company accounts may also have access to teammate management, templates, photos, signatures, and supported third-party workflow integrations. Hail Drive is for existing accounts. Account setup and subscription management are handled through the Hail Drive website. Features • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email using an existing Hail Drive account • Interactive storm map with hail and wind views • Storm-date browsing for current and historical supported storm days • Radar-derived hail swaths with recent storm report context • Wind, tornado, and storm context overlays • Optional location access to center the map and improve nearby workflows • Address search and property-level storm context • Shareable PDF address reports • Native hail, wind, tornado, and storm alerts • In-app access to support, privacy policy, terms, and account deletion • Knock Mode: save properties, log outcomes, manage follow-ups, and review daily activity • Personal and company workspaces with role-based access for eligible accounts
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hail Drive at 100% against Storm Shield's 38%. Hail Drive also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). Storm Shield's advantage is ratings volume (114K vs 1) and chart position (#17 vs unranked). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Storm Shield sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Hail Drive asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hail Drive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Storm Shield has 114K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Storm Shield's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hail Drive's.
| Parameter | Storm Shield | Hail Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (114K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 114K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #17 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mosaic S.r.l. | Denys Pentsak |
Customer experience
Storm Shield
Hail Drive
Bugs and requests
Storm Shield
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent alert delivery
- Radar map not always showing correct location
- Subscription features not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to read alert details in notifications
- Option to silence alerts during certain times
- More customization for alert types and locations
- Horizontal radar view with manual scrolling
- Integration with smart home devices for alerts
Hail Drive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Storm Shield
- Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
- Weekly with Free Trial7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Premium Weather$10.991 Month
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- Lightning Strikes$10.991 Month
- 30-Day Limited Offer Upgrade1 Month trial$11.491 Month
- Yearly with Free Trial7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
Hail Drive
No in-app purchases









