Comparison

Aurora Alert Realtime vs SnapFlood

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

Head to head
About

Aurora Alert Realtime

Receive real-time alerts for visible Northern Lights with high-quality, automatically updated imagery. Access daily forecasts, detailed knowledge, and stunning photos to enhance your aurora viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time aurora alerts
  • High-quality sky imagery
  • Automated image updates
  • Daily aurora and weather forecasts
  • 1, 3, and 27-day aurora forecasts
  • Northern Lights knowledge base
Features
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Aurora Alert Realtime is a fast and reliable Aurora Alert system. You will get alert when Northern Lights are visible. Own professional-level cameras and lenses ensure high-quality images which are processed with a highly developed algorithm. The images are updated automatically once a minute. You can see the entire sky both with the human eye and with night vision. Open up a whole new world of watching the night sky. A unique alert system gives a new alarm when the Northern Lights intensify. This way you always have the opportunity to see the best Northern Lights. Daily updated, illustrative Northern Light and Weather forecasts. Northern Lights forecast: 1-day, 3-day and 27-day forecasts. Weather forecast for several days. Northern Lights related knowledge and stunning Northern Lights photos.

About

SnapFlood

Features
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SnapFlood is a citizen science app that enables people to quickly capture and upload photos and videos of urban floods. The app helps document when and where floods occur, along with their severity, by building a real-time archive of flood-related images and videos. This growing database can support scientific research, engineering solutions, and policy decisions, while also helping municipalities respond more effectively during extreme weather events. The app has been developed by the RAFT (Rainfall-runoff Analysis and Forecasting Tools) group at IIT Hyderabad. The idea originated in 2019 during a project funded by the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology (DST-SPLICE, Climate Change Programme), National Network Programme on Urban Climate (NUC), under the National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change (NMSKCC). Earlier efforts were also supported by the Government of India's AI CoE for Sustainable Cities project. With SnapFlood, anyone can "Snap the Flood" safely and contribute to building a valuable flood archive for science, engineering, and policy.

Screenshots

Aurora Alert Realtime4 screens
SnapFlood4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SnapFlood at none against Aurora Alert Realtime's 5. Aurora Alert Realtime's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Aurora Alert Realtime sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. SnapFlood asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aurora Alert Realtime ships an update every 2 months, SnapFlood every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Aurora Alert Realtime versus SnapFlood: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAurora Alert RealtimeSnapFlood
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKooditehdas OySatish Regonda

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Aurora Alert Realtime

One-time5
  • 1 day subscription$5.99
  • 2 days subscription$9.99
  • 3 days subscription$13.99
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  • 4 days subscription$17.99
  • 5 days subscription$21.99
None

SnapFlood

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aurora Alert Realtime free?
Aurora Alert Realtime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SnapFlood free?
SnapFlood is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aurora Alert Realtime or SnapFlood have ads?
Neither Aurora Alert Realtime nor SnapFlood shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aurora Alert Realtime or SnapFlood?
Aurora Alert Realtime ships an update every 2 months, and SnapFlood every 5 months. Most recently, Aurora Alert Realtime was updated on October 30, 2026 and SnapFlood on October 30, 2026.

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