Comparison

RexWeather vs Landfall

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

Head to head
About

RexWeather

Explore historical tornado data, follow severe weather events, and view current local conditions. Features include 3D flyovers of tornado paths, archived warning replays, and a tornado potential score based on atmospheric conditions.

Highlights
  • Historical tornado explorer
  • Tornado replay and 3D flyover
  • Tornado potential score
  • Official weather alerts
  • Storm Prediction Center outlooks
  • Animated weather backgrounds
Features
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Explore tornado history, follow severe weather, and see your local conditions with RexWeather. Discover historical tornado paths, replay archived warnings, and take a 3D flyover along the track. HISTORICAL TORNADO EXPLORER Explore U.S. tornado records dating back to 1950, with NOAA SPC history and newer NOAA NCEI records. Search U.S. and Canadian cities, browse nearby events, filter by date and intensity, or jump to famous outbreaks. Where available, NOAA Damage Assessment Toolkit surveys reveal damage footprints colored by EF rating. Canadian history includes Environment and Climate Change Canada records from 1980–2009 and available Northern Tornadoes Project records from 2017 onward. Coverage varies, with gaps before 1980 and during 2010–2016. TORNADO REPLAY AND 3D FLYOVER Replay a tornado’s journey in 2D or follow an animated tornado in 3D. Pause, scrub through time, adjust playback speed, and watch the traveled path appear behind it. Playback follows surveyed tracks or estimated survey centerlines when available, with recorded endpoints as a fallback. Intermediate positions are estimated, and maps show present-day imagery. For supported U.S. events, see historical warning polygons and how warnings evolved—including Particularly Dangerous Situation and Tornado Emergency updates. Tap a warning to read its original message or open the specific event on Iowa Mesonet. TORNADO POTENTIAL Understand how favorable local conditions are for tornado development with a 1-to-10 score and a six-hour outlook. Explore plain-language explanations of instability, wind shear, moisture, and other ingredients. U.S. scores combine available HRRR model data, NWS alerts, SPC outlooks, mesoscale discussions, and nearby storm reports. Canadian locations use GEM model inputs where available, with a global fallback and reduced-coverage indicators. Tornado Potential is an informational indicator, not a probability or an official warning. Canadian scores have not been calibrated against Canadian historical events. OFFICIAL WEATHER ALERTS View location-based National Weather Service alerts in the U.S. and Environment and Climate Change Canada alerts in Canada. Read alert details, affected areas, and expiration times, with clear severity colors and readable cards in light and dark mode. SPC CONVECTIVE OUTLOOKS Explore Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 Storm Prediction Center maps, including categorical risk, tornado, wind, and hail outlooks. Check your location’s risk and read the forecaster discussion. SPC products cover the contiguous United States. WEATHER THAT COMES TO LIFE Enjoy animated skies for clear weather, clouds, rain, thunderstorms, snow, fog, and more, with smooth transitions and moon-phase artwork at night. Preview backgrounds in Settings and customize units, appearance, and map style. SIRI, SHORTCUTS, AND APPLE WATCH Ask Siri for the nearest historical tornado, your tornado outlook, or active weather alerts. Build Shortcuts for your Home Screen or a supported iPhone’s Action button. Check weather and Tornado Potential on Apple Watch, with widgets and complications for quick access. Keep previously downloaded tornado records and cached weather available offline. Live weather, alerts, and uncached map or warning content require connectivity. Always follow official weather warnings and local emergency guidance.

About

Landfall

This app provides personalized hurricane preparedness plans based on your home's details and the latest National Hurricane Center forecasts. It offers hour-by-hour task deadlines, evacuation guidance, and storm tracking to reduce stress during severe weather events.

Highlights
  • Personalized prep tasks and deadlines
  • Hour-by-hour storm wind countdown
  • Live NHC forecast tracking
  • Home documentation for insurance
  • Evacuation zone and flood zone maps
  • Practice drill mode
  • Available in Spanish
Features
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Built for the U.S. hurricane coast, from Texas to New England. Landfall turns the National Hurricane Center forecast into your family's hour-by-hour plan — and keeps the stress down while a storm bears down. Landfall requires a subscription — every feature below is included. BUILT AROUND YOUR HOME Tell Landfall about your household once — your address, your home's age and construction, pets, medical needs, an EV, a generator — and everything adapts to you: your tasks, your deadlines, your alerts, your evacuation guidance. No generic checklists. COMPLEX DATA, MADE CALM Landfall reads the forecast so you don't have to refresh six websites. The official cone, the spaghetti models, the watches and warnings — distilled into plain language, one clear number for your address, and one next step. So you can act instead of panic. WHEN A STORM THREATENS • Live NHC tracking: forecast cone, track, watches and warnings on the map • A countdown clock to when tropical-storm winds reach YOUR address • Every prep task gets a real deadline, worked backward from wind arrival — fill the bathtub, fuel the cars, move the EV out of the garage • Lock Screen Live Activity keeps the countdown in sight • Fuel, propane, and EV charging finders near you • In Florida: live shelter status, FL511 road closures, and FPL outage counts BEFORE THE SEASON • Run a practice drill: rehearse the entire countdown in June so October is muscle memory • Document your home room-by-room. On-device AI tags every photo and reads serial numbers — then exports a claim-ready PDF for your insurer • Know your evacuation zone (official zone maps in 12 coastal states, FEMA flood zones everywhere), plus king-tide flood days • A preparedness score that shows exactly what to do next EN ESPAÑOL Landfall habla español — toda la aplicación, incluidas las tareas de preparación y las guías. LANDFALL IS A PAID APP One auto-renewing subscription unlocks every feature above — nothing held back, no upsells inside. Choose $19.99/year after a 3-day free trial for new subscribers, or $4.99/week. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://builtonthebeach.com/privacy/landfall/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No accounts. No tracking. Photos and AI processing never leave your device. Landfall supplements — never replaces — official warnings from the NWS, NHC, and local emergency management. Always follow evacuation orders.

Screenshots

RexWeather4 screens
Landfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RexWeather at 4.6 against Landfall's 3.0. RexWeather also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). Landfall's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Landfall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. RexWeather asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RexWeather holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RexWeather has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RexWeather ships an update every 5 weeks, Landfall every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
RexWeather versus Landfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRexWeatherLandfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB16 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKassim Rasoulianyitz frid

Customer experience

RexWeather

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral18.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

Landfall

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

RexWeather

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Landfall

Subscriptions2
  • Landfall Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Landfall Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is RexWeather free?
RexWeather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Landfall free?
Landfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RexWeather or Landfall?
RexWeather is rated higher. RexWeather averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Landfall averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do RexWeather or Landfall have ads?
Neither RexWeather nor Landfall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RexWeather or Landfall?
RexWeather ships an update every 5 weeks, and Landfall every 6 weeks. Most recently, RexWeather was updated on November 5, 2026 and Landfall on October 31, 2026.

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