13WarnMe vs Storm Hunter Wx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
13WarnMe
Get hyper-local weather updates with high-resolution radar and satellite imagery. Receive severe weather alerts and personalized forecasts for your favorite locations, ensuring you're always prepared.
- 250 meter radar
- Future radar
- Satellite cloud imagery
- Current weather updates
- Daily and hourly forecasts
- Favorite locations
- Severe weather alerts
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The WHO-TV Mobile Weather App includes: * Access to station content specifically for our mobile users * 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available * Future radar to see where severe weather is headed * High resolution satellite cloud imagery * Current weather updated multiple times per hour * Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models * Ability to add and save your favorite locations * A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness * Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service * Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather
Storm Hunter Wx
Receive advanced weather radar data with customizable alerts for lightning, hail, and rotation. Track storms with high-resolution radar, future scans, and detailed threat delineations. Monitor multiple locations and access national radar coverage for the entire United States.
- Advanced radar data display
- Safety Net alerting
- User-definable alert thresholds
- High-resolution NWS radars
- Future Scan storm extrapolation
- National radar coverage
- Customizable weather forecasts
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John McLaughlin's Storm Hunter Weather Developed in partnership with former KCCI-TV (Des Moines, IA) meteorologist John McLaughlin to provide a simplified display of advanced radar data and Safety Net alerting to multiple locations with user-definable thresholds. McLaughlin pioneered the use of Doppler radar for severe storm tracking on Iowa television, working with Bob Baron of Baron Weather to develop and install the nation's first High Definition Doppler radar (VHDD) in 1995.Storm Hunter allows you the option to select notification as storms begin to produce lighting, hail, or rotation so you can be alerted even before official warnings are issued. Up to eight locations can be specified so you can make sure your loved ones know when dangerous weather approaches. Storm Hunter includes five high resolution NWS radars covering Iowa. Select from radar intensity and velocity, plus one click threat delineation with the "Baron Button" breaking down storm cells into rain, hail and wind threats. Storm Hunter's Future Scan product extrapolates storm cells from their current radar locations out to one hour including predicted decay or growth. Detailed national radar will cover you across the United States, plus our "U.S. Severe Wind" product shows the areas of greatest wind shear as detected across the network of National Weather Service Doppler Radars. This tool is useful for quickly identifying rotation and damaging wind areas. In addition to custom alerts, you can save multiple location for specific computer generated weather forecasts from the national weather prediction models. Forecast radar and rain/snow accumulations out to 24 hours and radar estimated rain totals are great features in the Storm Hunter app. The Storm Hunter app is linked to the Iowa Storm Chasing Network for live streaming of severe weather events from the Storm Hunter Ford Escape chase vehicle and live radar analysis for significant tornado days. Storm Hunter Weather is sponsored by the McLaughlin Family companies in Iowa, Including New Way Ford, New Way Auto Group, McLaughlin Imprint and Apparel and Hurricane Motorsports. Advertisement links include exclusive discounts on new and used automobiles and apparel for Storm Hunter users. Meteorologist John McLaughlin says "The Storm Hunter app is a way for me to continue to share my passion for weather, even after my 31 year career on Iowa television ended due to a medical condition. Best of all, thanks to my family members financial support, the app is free to download and use. For that I am very grateful."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Storm Hunter Wx at 4.0 against 13WarnMe's 2.9. Storm Hunter Wx also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 26%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 13WarnMe's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Storm Hunter Wx holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 120 and 83 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of 13WarnMe's written reviews are positive against 65% of Storm Hunter Wx's.
13WarnMe ships an update every 3 months, Storm Hunter Wx every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 13WarnMe | Storm Hunter Wx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (120 ratings) | 4.0 (83 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.0% of reviews | 64.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | 83 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 239 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Local TV LLC | McLaughlin Motors LLC |
Customer experience
13WarnMe
Storm Hunter Wx
Bugs and requests
13WarnMe
Reported bugs
23 issues- Radar cycles too fast
- Ads are unclosable
- Ads appear when opening app
- Ads appear on every screen touch
- Ads prevent app use
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- Severe weather warnings overlaid on radar
- Delayed notifications
- App glitches and loading issues
- Radar is delayed or wrong
- Radar is blank or won't animate
- App freezes on first screen after ad
- Video orientation issues in landscape mode
- New radar is inaccurate
- Watch/warning boxes cover radar
- App freezes frequently
- App requires high iOS version
- App opens to blue screen, non-interactive
- Emergency app only Wi-Fi accessible
- Live streaming won't play during warnings
- Network error pop-up
- App not available in current location
- No sound with notifications
- Volume on 'Watch Live' doesn't work
Requested features
11 requests- Remove intrusive ads
- Allow users to opt-out of ads
- Improve radar animation speed
- Fix ad closing issues
- Improve tablet layout
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- Add sound to notifications
- Show future weather patterns
- Fix radar animation/blank screens
- Improve severe weather warning visibility
- Allow customization of options
- Show 1-5 risk of weather outlook
Storm Hunter Wx
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
13WarnMe
No in-app purchases
Storm Hunter Wx
No in-app purchases
Questions
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