Asteroid Alerts vs CNN Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asteroid Alerts
Discover upcoming asteroid flybys, meteor showers, and celestial events visible tonight. Get detailed information on near-Earth asteroids, including impact risks, and learn about the cosmos with illustrated guides. Receive timely alerts for significant astronomical occurrences.
- Near-Earth asteroid tracking
- Meteor shower and fireball alerts
- Tonight's sky viewing guide
- 60-day celestial event calendar
- Illustrated astronomical guides
- Customizable event notifications
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Know what's passing Earth, and what to step outside for tonight. Asteroid Alerts follows every near-Earth asteroid, fireball and meteor shower that matters, and puts the one thing worth knowing on a single screen. TODAY The featured event: an asteroid on NASA's impact-risk list, a close flyby, a shower at its peak. TONIGHT Everything in your sky tonight, each with its own viewing window: the Moon, the planets, active meteor showers, comets bright enough to find, close pairings of the Moon and planets, and aurora when a forecast reaches your latitude. Times and directions are computed for your time zone's main city, or for where you are if you share an approximate location, with where to look. CALENDAR The next sixty days of flybys, meteor showers, eclipses, comets, aurora and mission milestones, day by day, with filters for each. ASTEROID PAGES Every asteroid passing nearby with its size and close approach distance, NASA's impact odds, and what an impact of that size would actually mean. LEARN Illustrated guides, from asteroids and comets to meteors, aurora, the Moon and planets, and the missions visiting them. ALERTS WHEN IT MATTERS Get notified when an asteroid is added to NASA's impact-risk list, when a rare close flyby is coming, when a major fireball lights up the sky, and when a mission reaches a milestone. Know about tonight's sky for meteor shower peaks, eclipses, strong aurora and bright comets. FREE. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS.
CNN Weather
Get real-time weather updates and expert storm coverage from meteorologists. This app offers interactive radar, home screen widgets, and forecasts for multiple saved locations, helping you plan and stay informed.
- Expert storm coverage
- Interactive radar
- Home screen widgets
- Multiple saved locations
- Hourly, daily, and weekly forecasts
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Know more. Plan better. Live easier. CNN Weather combines expert meteorologists, live coverage, and precise radar so you always know what's coming next. New this season: home screen widgets keep your forecast in view, and saved locations let you track weather anywhere that matters to you. Inside the app: Expert-led storm coverage Real insights from real meteorologists. Interactive radar Simplified visuals for a complex sky. Home screen widgets Your forecast, without the extra tap. Multiple saved locations Keep an eye on everywhere you care about. Hourly, daily, and weekly forecasts The details that matter, right on time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: CNN Weather at 2.2K against Asteroid Alerts's 2. CNN Weather also leads on chart position (#15 vs unranked). Asteroid Alerts's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
CNN Weather holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CNN Weather has 2.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Asteroid Alerts ships an update every 3 weeks, CNN Weather fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Asteroid Alerts | CNN Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (2.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 61.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #15 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 12+ |
| Developer | Francesca DeMeo | CNN Interactive Group, Inc. |
Customer experience
Asteroid Alerts
CNN Weather
In-app purchases
Asteroid Alerts
No in-app purchases
CNN Weather
No in-app purchases
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