Hail Recon vs TrueFax
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hail Recon
This app provides detailed hail maps with radar accuracy, allowing users to pinpoint hail size and location. It also features tools for marking canvassed areas, noting damage, and receiving push notifications for hail alerts. Integrates with a subscription for historical storm data.
- Forensic level hail maps
- Location indicator
- Hail Finder
- On-the-ground hail reports
- Address markers for note-taking
- Push notification hail alerts
- Integration with subscription
Read full descriptionHide full description
Hail Recon is the mobile hail reconnaissance companion app for your Interactive Hail Maps subscription. Features include: Forensic Level Hail Maps - Radar accurate hail swaths allow you to pinpoint where the hail fell in ten highly accurate levels, ranging from ½” to over 3” hail in ¼” increments. - Location indicator lets you see exactly where you are in relationship to the hail swath. - Hail Finder allows you to find hail storms based on map location - just zoom to any specific location and tap “Find Hail in Current Map”. - On-the-ground hail reports confirms hail size and intensity with storm spotter measured hail hitting the ground. - View road map, satellite, and hybrid view by tapping the button at the bottom right corner of the map, then select one of the three map modes: Standard; Satellite; and Hybrid. Address Markers - Hail Recon makes it easy to take notes while you are in the field. - View where you’ve already canvassed, and where you’ve not yet been. - Drop a marker at your current location, or press the map for a second and it will drop there. - Indicate damage severity, hail size, wind damage and comments. - Drop a marker at a prospecting location and tap to get driving directions. - Find any address - tap the button at the bottom-right corner of the map screen to enter an address to find, and Hail Recon will drop a marker at that address on the map. - Generate, view, and email a comprehensive hail impact report based on any of your address markers. - Review your address markers on the app or on the full screen maps. - Your address markers are private to your account and cannot be seen by anyone else. Push Notification Hail Alerts - Alerts play different sounds for small, medium, and large hail reports. - Each account may have any number of devices subscribed to your hail alerts - just sign in on the device once, and you’re set! - Pause your alerts anytime with just a tap! - Integrates with your Interactive Hail Maps subscription for access to all historical storm dates (over four years) Keywords: hail, hail map, hail reports, storm reports
TrueFax
This app provides detailed reports on potential storm damage to homes, similar to how vehicle history reports work. It accesses a nationwide database to identify the frequency and severity of weather events that could have impacted a property.
- Storm damage reports for homes
- Nationwide storm database
- Hail, high winds, and lightning data
- Damage frequency and severity
- Property damage history
Read full descriptionHide full description
A TrueFax report shows possible damage to a house just like a CARFAX report shows possible damage to a vehicle. Using our nationwide database regarding hail, high winds and lightning; TrueFax lists the frequency and severity of storms that may have caused property damage.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TrueFax at 5.0 against Hail Recon's 3.1. TrueFax also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Hail Recon's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 57 months) and ratings volume (97 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TrueFax holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hail Recon has 97 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hail Recon ships an update every 3 months, TrueFax every 57 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hail Recon | TrueFax |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (97 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 97 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 57 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #146 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Interactive Hail Maps, LLC | Home Data Experts, LLC |
Customer experience
Hail Recon
TrueFax
Bugs and requests
Hail Recon
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes frequently
- Cannot mark houses correctly when canvassing
- Login issues (password not accepted, stuck in loop)
- No sign-up option available
- App requires sign-in but no sign-up link
Show 5 moreShow fewer
- Confusing registration process
- Email for password reset not received
- Data not updated frequently (e.g., hail maps from years ago)
- App not marking houses correctly
- Slow report generation times
Requested features
8 requests- Improve app polish and user experience
- Fix bugs and glitches
- Provide a clear sign-up option
- Make notifications customizable
- Update data more frequently
Show 3 moreShow fewer
- Offer more affordable pricing plans
- Improve password reset functionality
- Address privacy concerns regarding data collection
TrueFax
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hail Recon
No in-app purchases
TrueFax
No in-app purchases







