Comparison

Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker vs SatelliteWx

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

SatelliteWx

Access live GOES satellite imagery, radar, lightning data, and severe weather overlays. The free version offers comprehensive data, while the Pro subscription unlocks higher resolution, advanced analysis tools, and extended archives for detailed weather tracking.

Highlights
  • Live GOES satellite imagery
  • Mosaic radar and lightning detection
  • Severe weather overlays
  • Advanced analysis tools (Pro)
  • Extended data archives (Pro)
  • Customizable favorites and regions
Features
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Satellite Weather puts live GOES-19 (East) and GOES-18 (West) imagery, plus Himawari-9, Meteosat-12 and Meteosat-9 covering Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and the Indian Ocean, together with mosaic radar, lightning detection, and severe-weather overlays in one fast, ad-free app. Free gives you all of the data. Pro gives you the resolution, the advanced tools, more favorites, and a longer archive. FREE • All 16 ABI channels plus every RGB product, GeoColor included • Every weather overlay — MRMS radar with hail size and rotation tracks, GLM lightning (flash, density, minimum flash area), NWS warnings, watches and mesoscale discussions, SPC outlooks, ProbSevere and storm reports, RAP variables across pressure levels, RTMA surface analysis, METAR observations, aviation, active fires, and tropical • Live GOES CONUS view and the full-disk hemisphere view • Full-disk views from Himawari-9 (Asia / Pacific), Meteosat-12 (Europe / Africa) and Meteosat-9 (Indian Ocean) • Mesoscale 2 — one-minute imagery wherever the sector is pointed • Animation loops up to 20 frames, and a 6-hour archive • Drawing, sharing, and the measure tool • Physical map boundaries — states, counties, roads, cities, rivers, lat/lon grid • One saved favorite — sign in with a free account to sync favorites and custom regions across devices and satellitewx.com • Convenient layering system to add all of the above on top of your satellite imagery • No ads PRO ($1.99/mo or $19.99/year — 2 week free trial) • Full-resolution local views — regional, sub-regional, state and metro. Every view is rendered at the same pixel count as CONUS but covers far less ground, so a state view carries roughly five times the detail of that same area seen in the free CONUS view. Zooming into CONUS magnifies one fixed image; Pro renders that area fresh. • Full-disk north and south crops, plus the ocean views • Regional views on the international satellites — Japan, Korea, Australia, Southeast Asia, Europe, the UK, the Mediterranean, Africa, India, the Middle East and more • Mesoscale 1 — the second one-minute sector • Soundings, skew-T, and cross-section analysis tools • Pixel inspector for exact brightness temperatures • Time series tool for storm trends • Dual and quad (tablet) pane setup to view more data at once • Animation loops up to 100 frames • The full 48-hour archive — replay an entire event from the start • Up to 25 favorites (saved views), synced across your devices • No ads, ever PRIVACY & TERMS • Your location stays on your device — used only to center the map. We never see it. • No ads. No third-party tracking. No advertising SDKs. • Meteosat imagery contains modified EUMETSAT data. • Privacy Policy: https://satellitewx.com/privacy.html • Terms of Use (EULA): https://satellitewx.com/terms.html Built by weather enthusiasts. Questions, bug reports, feature ideas: support@satellitewx.com

Screenshots

Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker4 screens
SatelliteWx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SatelliteWx at Free against Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker's $2.99. SatelliteWx also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#126 vs unranked). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SatelliteWx is free to download; Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker costs $2.99 up front. SatelliteWx sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker ships an update every 2 months, SatelliteWx every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker versus SatelliteWx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHurricane Track+ Storm TrackerSatelliteWx
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#126 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMach Software DesignSatellite Weather LLC

Customer experience

Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

SatelliteWx

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SatelliteWx

Subscriptions2
  • Satellite Weather Pro (monthly)14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Satellite Weather Pro Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker free?
Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SatelliteWx free?
SatelliteWx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker or SatelliteWx have ads?
Neither Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker nor SatelliteWx shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker or SatelliteWx?
Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and SatelliteWx every 4 days. Most recently, Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker was updated on November 6, 2026 and SatelliteWx on November 10, 2026.

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