Comparison

Northern Lights Tracker vs AuroraCall

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

Head to head
About

Northern Lights Tracker

This app provides real-time predictions and forecasts for the aurora borealis using NOAA space weather data. It helps users find the best viewing locations and times, offering smart alerts and interactive maps for an optimal aurora hunting experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time aurora probability
  • NOAA-powered KP index
  • Interactive global aurora maps
  • Best viewing location recommendations
  • Space weather data monitoring
  • Smart aurora alerts
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Never miss the northern lights again. Northern Lights Tracker tells you whether tonight is worth going out, when to look and where to go. It turns live NOAA space weather data into one clear aurora chance for your exact location. Tonight at a Glance • Aurora chance for your location, updated live • A clear verdict, from "Go look now" to "Not tonight", with activity, solar wind, moon and cloud factors • Best viewing time and the best 2-hour window • Current Kp index and a 3-day Kp outlook • Search any place and save your favorite spots • Share tonight's forecast with friends Aurora Alerts Get notified when the aurora is likely where you are. Choose a chance alert, a Kp alert, a storm early warning up to 24 hours ahead, or a solar wind (Bz) alert with your own threshold. Chance and solar wind alerts wait until it is dark, and quiet hours keep your nights undisturbed. Storm and solar wind alerts can arrive as time-sensitive notifications, with your choice of sound or vibration. You decide how often the app checks: every 15, 30, 60 or 180 minutes. Lock Screen, Widgets and Apple Watch • Home Screen widgets with chance, Kp, peak time and a 12-hour chart • Lock Screen widgets • Live Activity: follow tonight's chance on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Apple Watch app with your chance and Kp at a glance, plus watch face complications • Ask Siri for tonight's aurora chance without opening the app Space Weather in Detail • Hour-by-hour aurora chance for the next 24 hours • Tonight's Sky: sunset, dark hours, sunrise and moon phase, including polar night and midnight sun • Cloud cover from Apple Weather • Solar wind: Bz, total field, speed and density, with charts for the last 3 hours • 27-day Kp outlook to plan trips weeks ahead Map and Best Places • Live map of the NOAA aurora oval. Long-press anywhere to check the chance there • 15 top aurora destinations ranked by tonight's chance, with distance from you: Tromsø, Svalbard, Rovaniemi, Inari, Sodankylä, Reykjavik, Kiruna, Abisko, Jokkmokk, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Yellowknife, Churchill, Murmansk and Nuuk • Open any spot in Apple Maps or Google Maps for directions Aurora AI Ask in your own words, like "Should I go out tonight?" Aurora AI answers from the live forecast, privately on your device. Requires Apple Intelligence on a supported device. More • Personalized setup: a short quiz tunes your alerts to the way you watch the sky • Forecast history • 11 aurora wallpapers • Works offline with your last forecast • Available in 46 languages Northern Lights Tracker Pro unlocks all alerts, detailed sky and space weather data, and unlimited use of every feature. Privacy: https://sites.google.com/view/aurora-forecast-tracker/main Terms: https://sites.google.com/view/aurora-forecast-tracker-terms/main

About

AuroraCall

Features
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Will tonight be worth going outside? AuroraCall answers with one word — and wakes you up when it is. No Kp charts to decode, no jargon. One screen tells you tonight's verdict for your exact location: NO, MAYBE, YES or STRONG YES — with the best time window and which direction to look. ONE SCORE, FIVE REAL FACTORS Every night we compute a 0-100 visibility score from the things that actually decide whether you see an aurora: • NOAA's Ovation aurora oval — the physical model of where the aurora is right now • The geomagnetic forecast for your darkness hours • Cloud cover at your location, hour by hour • Moonlight washing out faint displays • Real astronomical darkness — computed on your device THE WAKE-UP CALL IS THE PRODUCT • Our servers re-score your sky every 15 minutes, all night. • You get woken only above your chosen threshold — alerts stay rare, so they stay trusted. • Within-the-hour warning: we watch live solar wind from the DSCOVR spacecraft; when it turns strongly favorable during your darkness, you get a heads-up minutes ahead — the same signal professionals watch. • G3+ storm watches: know 1-2 days early when aurora may reach far south of normal. MADE FOR FIRST-TIMERS • A 60-second guide: dark adaptation, escaping streetlights, and why your phone camera sees auroras your eyes can't at low latitude. • Solar maximum is now — the best ~18 months in two decades. Southern Hemisphere fully supported: AuroraCall points you south and tracks the aurora australis too. BETWEEN STORMS A countdown of the next real sky events — Perseids, Geminids, solstices — so the app earns its place year-round. AURORA PRO Everything above is free — the nightly verdict, the wake-up alerts, the storm watches and the beginner's guide. Pro adds one thing: the 3-night outlook, so you can see which night is worth the drive before you commit to it. Auto-renewing subscription, clearly priced, cancel anytime. Subscription: auto-renews unless canceled ≥24h before the period ends; payment charged to your Apple ID at confirmation; manage/cancel in App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://auroracall.com/privacy

Screenshots

Northern Lights Tracker4 screens
AuroraCall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Northern Lights Tracker at none against AuroraCall's shown. Northern Lights Tracker also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Northern Lights Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and AuroraCall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Northern Lights Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, AuroraCall monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Northern Lights Tracker versus AuroraCall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNorthern Lights TrackerAuroraCall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (192 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings192 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMehmet Ali DemirTony AI

Bugs and requests

Northern Lights Tracker

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes out of nowhere
  • Phone part of app shows 0%
  • Enable Notifications continuously shuts itself OFF
  • Data seems outdated and freezes
  • App crashes in Norway

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add widgets
  • Correlate probability to times
  • Show probability over time (next 24 hours)
  • Allow setting threshold for 'good chance' notifications
  • Show readings for around the world

AuroraCall

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Northern Lights Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • week$3.997 Days
  • month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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  • year$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$49.99
2 purchases

AuroraCall

Subscriptions2
  • AuroraCall Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • AuroraCall Plus Annual$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Northern Lights Tracker free?
Northern Lights Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AuroraCall free?
AuroraCall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Northern Lights Tracker or AuroraCall have ads?
AuroraCall shows ads; Northern Lights Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Northern Lights Tracker or AuroraCall?
Northern Lights Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and AuroraCall monthly. Most recently, Northern Lights Tracker was updated on November 8, 2026 and AuroraCall on October 31, 2026.

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