Comparison

Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker vs SkewT Aero

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

SkewT Aero

Features
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SkewT Aero helps pilots truly understand the atmosphere and what that means for a planned flight. Explore weather along your route using interactive visualizations built directly from modern forecast guidance. Slide your departure time, inspect hazards, and understand how clouds, winds, icing, turbulence, convection, ceilings, and visibility evolve before you fly. Every view is synchronized by route, time, and altitude. Move anywhere along your route or slide your departure time to see how the forecast changes throughout the flight. SkewT Aero complements tools like ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot by helping pilots explore forecast guidance in greater detail before making weather decisions. Features include interactive route weather visualization, route hazard timelines, vertical atmospheric profiles, forecast soundings (SkewT), route stations, nationwide weather maps, operational NOAA forecast guidance, offline weather and navigation data, hourly forecast updates, Home Screen widgets for a SkewT and for three airports' stations, iPad in either orientation, and iPhone Duo. Forecasts are built from operational NOAA guidance including HRRR, RRFS, GFS, NBM, DAFS, and LAMP. Rather than reducing those models to a text briefing, SkewT Aero lets you interact directly with the atmosphere they predict. Whether you're evaluating today's flight or planning several days ahead, every view stays synchronized so you can quickly understand how weather changes with location, time, and altitude.

Screenshots

Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker4 screens
SkewT Aero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SkewT Aero at Free against Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker's $2.99. SkewT Aero also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#144 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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

SkewT Aero is free to download; Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker costs $2.99 up front. SkewT Aero sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker ships an update every 2 months, SkewT Aero fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker versus SkewT Aero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHurricane Track+ Storm TrackerSkewT Aero
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#144 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMach Software DesignEnlu Aero LLC

Customer experience

Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker

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

SkewT Aero

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

In-app purchases

None

Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SkewT Aero

Subscriptions2
  • SkewT Aero Annual$39.991 Year
  • SkewT Aero14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker free?
Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkewT Aero free?
SkewT Aero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker or SkewT Aero have ads?
Neither Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker nor SkewT Aero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker or SkewT Aero?
Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and SkewT Aero fortnightly. Most recently, Hurricane Track+ Storm Tracker was updated on October 29, 2026 and SkewT Aero on October 29, 2026.

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