Instinct Environmental vs Lightning Tracker & Radar Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instinct Environmental
Access live sensor data and configure units directly from your mobile device. This application requires login credentials for the Instinct platform.
- Live sensor data updates
- Configure units in the field
- Instinct credential login
- Mobile access to data
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Log in with your Instinct credentials to get live updates on sensor data and configure units in the field.
Lightning Tracker & Radar Map
This app provides real-time lightning strike data and storm tracking on a map. It helps users understand approaching storms, set alerts for saved locations, and follow safety guidelines.
- Live lightning strike map
- Storm zone tracking
- Radar overlay (Premium)
- Push alerts for saved places
- 30-30 safety timer
- Forecast context (Premium)
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Lightning Tracker & Radar Map helps you understand storm activity before it reaches you. See live lightning, storm zones, alerts, saved places and forecast context in one focused weather safety app. Powered by NOAA GOES GLM and EUMETSAT MTG-I1 LI satellite data, Lightning Tracker shows recent lightning flashes on a fast map, clusters active strikes into storm zones, and helps you judge whether a storm is building, approaching or moving away. Coverage includes the Americas, Atlantic, Europe and Africa; features depend on supported coverage and data availability. USE IT BEFORE YOU GO OUT Check storms before golf, boating, hiking, school sports, outdoor work, road trips, camping, events and family time outside. Open the map, check the nearest activity, review the storm zone and decide whether to wait, move or seek shelter. LIVE LIGHTNING MAP Fresh strikes appear on the map with age and distance context. Zoom from a regional view down to the places that matter and keep watching as cells develop. STORM ZONES AND TRACKS Lightning clusters are grouped into storm zones so the map is easier to read. Track movement, intensity and projected paths instead of trying to interpret scattered strikes one by one. HISTORY AND FORECAST Premium unlocks 24-hour lightning history, a lightning heatmap and storm forecast context from NOAA SPC where available. ALERTS FOR SAVED PLACES Set an alert radius around the places you care about. Free users can monitor one saved place with basic storm data; Premium adds push alerts, wider radius, more saved places, advanced storm data and an ad-free experience. 30-30 SAFETY TIMER Use the built-in timer to follow the 30-minute lightning safety rule after nearby activity. It gives you a simple outdoor-safety checkpoint when the sky is changing fast. Lightning Tracker is built for one practical question: how close is the storm, where is it moving and is it time to get inside? Terms: https://lightningtracker.app/terms Privacy: https://lightningtracker.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Instinct Environmental at 100% against Lightning Tracker & Radar Map's 50%. Instinct Environmental also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Lightning Tracker & Radar Map's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (116 vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Lightning Tracker & Radar Map sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Instinct Environmental asks for nothing beyond the download.
Instinct Environmental holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightning Tracker & Radar Map has 116 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Instinct Environmental's written reviews are positive against 50% of Lightning Tracker & Radar Map's.
Instinct Environmental ships an update every 2 months, Lightning Tracker & Radar Map every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Instinct Environmental | Lightning Tracker & Radar Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (116 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 116 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #136 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Instinct Environmental Company | Nikolai Iakubovskii |
Customer experience
Instinct Environmental
Lightning Tracker & Radar Map
In-app purchases
Instinct Environmental
No in-app purchases
Lightning Tracker & Radar Map
- Lightning Tracker Premium$5.997 Days
- Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
- Lightning Tracker Premium$19.991 Year
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- Lightning Tracker Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lightning Tracker Premium3 Days trial$44.991 Year
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