Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker vs Pacific Hurricane Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker
This advanced weather app provides comprehensive hurricane tracking and radar data. It features global and local radar views, projected storm paths, hazard warnings, and detailed tropical cyclone information. Explore cloud formations, sea temperatures, and a 3D Earth view for a complete understanding of weather patterns.
- 18 World Radars with GOES-19 Satellite
- Customizable Local Radar (NEXRAD)
- Projected Tropical Storm Paths (5-day)
- Forecast and Hazard Warnings
- Lightning Intensity Radars
- 3D Earth with Live Clouds and Storms
- Sea Surface Temperatures
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*This is the Ad-Free version of Hurricane Track* Hurricane Track 3.0 is the most advanced, modern, and easiest to use Hurricane Tracking and Radar application! Hurricane Track 3.0 features incredible new features such as 18 World Radars featuring the newly launched GOES-19 Satellite, a new customizable dynamic Local Radar using NEXRAD "next-generation radar" technology, Forecast and Hazard warnings, future projected tropical cyclone paths, Lightning Intensity Radars, Sea Temperatures, Cloud Formations that can potentially turn into tropical cyclones, Maps, an interactive 3D Earth, detailed tropical storm information and discussion, and much much more! Hurricane Track 3.0 brings the most advanced hurricane tracking technology to your fingertips! Innovative Features! - 300+ World Radars: 18 Radar Locations around the globe with 17 Radars per Location - Customizable Advanced Local Radar using NEXRAD technology (U.S. only) - Projected Tropical Storm paths: Future tropical storm paths for the next five days - Forecast and Hazards give you detailed forecasts for different periods of the day, and hazards that you should look out for (Tornado Watch, Flood Warning, High Tide, etc.) (U.S. only, Updated hourly) - Innovative Lightning Intensity Radars - Interactive Map with Tropical Cyclones, Live Clouds, and Earthquakes - Sea Surface Temperatures for the past two months - Graphical outlines of cloud formations that can turn into potential Tropical Storms - 3D Earth with Live Clouds, Tropical Storms, and Earthquakes - Tropical Storm and Weather Information, Summaries, Discussions, and Outlooks 8 World Radars for 12 different Locations around the Globe! - Visible - Unenhanced visible imagery that transitions to IR2 overnight - Shortwave - Channel 2 Shortwave Infrared imagery - Shortwave, sometimes considered "night visible" - Water Vapor - IR Channel 3 - Aviation - Aviation color enhancement - Dvorak - Used for tropical classifications with the Dvorak technique - JSL - Used to bring out low level and high level clouds in tropical cyclones - Funktop - Higlights intense areas of precipitation - Rainbow - Rainbow enhancement curve, colorful enhancement
Pacific Hurricane Tracker
Track hurricanes, tropical storms, and depressions in the Atlantic with detailed weather data. View global cloud cover, precipitation, wind, and wave information on an interactive map. Includes real-time data from official sources.
- Hurricane, tropical storm, and depression tracking
- Global cloud cover visualization
- Wave height and precipitation data
- NOAA buoy and ship observations
- Real-time wind data
- GPS location integration
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Pacific Hurricane Tracker is an interactive mapping application for tracking hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions in the Atlantic ocean. All data comes from the NHC, NOAA and NWS. Listed below are the featured layers of this application. -Global Cloud Cover -Hurricane Tracks -NHC Chance of Development -Tropical Storm Tracks -Tropical Depression Tracks -Wave Height Data -3 Hour Precipitation Data -NOAA Buoy and Ship Observation Data -GPS Location -Wave Direction -Global Surface Winds
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pacific Hurricane Tracker at Free against Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker's $2.99. Pacific Hurricane Tracker also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 20%). Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On in-app purchases, 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
Pacific Hurricane Tracker is free to download; Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Pacific Hurricane Tracker every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker | Pacific Hurricane Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #138 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mach Software Design | corey hoggard |
Customer experience
Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker
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In-app purchases
Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker
No in-app purchases
Pacific Hurricane Tracker
No in-app purchases
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