Echoes Weather vs StormSITREP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echoes Weather
Track storms with professional-grade radar and satellite imagery. Get detailed forecasts, real-time alerts, and community weather reports. Premium features include historical data, lightning strikes, and advanced weather models.
- NEXRAD radar and GOES-19 satellite imagery
- 75+ radar products
- Hourly and daily forecasts
- Severe weather alerts
- Community weather reports
- 12 weather models (Premium)
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Track storms in real time with NEXRAD radar and GOES-19 satellite imagery. RADAR COVERAGE • 75+ radar products from 160+ NEXRAD sites including Level 2 and Level 3 reflectivity, velocity, dual-pol, precipitation type, and more • National radar mosaic (MRMS): 21 products including precipitation type (rain/snow/ice), rotation, hail size and probability, echo tops, VIL, shear, and rainfall accumulation • Future radar: the MRMS loop continues 1 hour ahead with HRRR forecast frames every 15 minutes • VR Shear: rotational velocity and shear between two velocity gates FORECASTS • Hourly forecasts 36 hours out: temperature, conditions, wind, and precipitation • 10-day forecasts with high/low temps, precipitation accumulation, and wind • NWS Area Forecast Discussions from your local forecast office REAL-TIME WEATHER DATA • NWS severe weather alerts with polygon overlays and push notifications you customize per location • Storm Prediction Center (SPC) convective and fire weather outlooks • Flood outlooks: WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook (Days 1-5) and NWS Significant River Flood Outlook • Live hurricane tracking: official NHC forecast cone, track, and position with Saffir-Simpson intensity and coastal watch and warning lines • NHC Tropical Weather Outlook: formation areas with 2-day and 7-day odds, disturbances and invests, and the outlook discussion • NHC bulletins: Public Advisory (TCP) and Forecast Discussion (TCD) • Real-time storm spotter positions from Spotter Network • Observations from thousands of weather stations • EPA AirNow air quality (AQI) with per-pollutant detail (PM2.5, ozone, PM10, NO2, SO2) and health guidance • Location search and saved favorites COMMUNITY WEATHER REPORTS • Submit observations and see reports from other users on the map ECHOES PREMIUM: $2.99/mo or $24.99/yr • LIVE Sweep: watch the radar paint the storm arc by arc as the antenna turns, on any Level 2 product and tilt • Historical radar data from 1991 to present • Dual Products: compare two radar products side by side on one synced map • Storm Relative Velocity: velocity with the storm's motion removed, so rotation stands out • Azimuthal Shear: rotation on each Level 2 velocity tilt • Storm Cross-Section: a vertical slice through any storm • Melting layer: see where the radar beam crosses melting snow (the bright band) on Level 3 tilts • 3D Storm Volume: orbit a full 3D render of the radar volume, with echo tops, hail cores, a temperature axis, and wind barbs • Storm Attributes: cells, forecast tracks, MESO and TVS rotation, hail size, lightning, people in path, and a VAD wind profile from the selected radar • ProbSevere: each storm cell's chance of severe weather • Tropical Guidance: multi-model spaghetti, forecast and past wind extents, and NHC wind speed probability, plus the 1851-to-present hurricane archive • Storm surge: NHC surge watches and warnings, peak surge heights, and flood depth at each advisory • Real-time lightning strikes • 37 GOES-19 and GOES-18 satellite products: visible, infrared, water vapor, fire, smoke, dust, and more • 11 weather models with contours, wind barbs, and pressure tracking: HRRR, NBM, RAP, RRFS, GFS, GEFS, AIGFS, AIGEFS, HGEFS, IFS, and AIFS • RTMA surface analysis: station plots and temp, dewpoint, and gust contours over radar • NWPS river gauges with flood-category coloring and hydrographs of observed and forecast stage • Air Quality Forecast: EPA AQI outlook up to 6 days out with Action Day alerts and the forecaster's discussion • Skew-T soundings with SARS supercell and hail analogs (forecast and observed) • Forecast plots: meteogram time series for any model variable • 28,000+ weather stations with 48-hour historical charts • Alert filtering with 12 categories and quick filters • Extended 52-frame animations • Future radar up to 18 hours ahead • Premium map styles • 7-day free trial on annual plan Terms of Use: https://echoeswx.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://echoeswx.com/privacy
StormSITREP
Get real-time storm information, severe weather alerts, and detailed radar analysis. This app helps you track developing storms, understand their structure, and stay prepared for changing weather conditions.
- Real-time storm information
- Severe weather updates
- Radar analysis
- Cloud identification
- Storm structure analysis
- Meteorology education
- Live location tracking
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StormSITREP Real-time storm information, severe weather updates, radar analysis, and situation reports when it matters most. Tracking developing storms, breaking weather threats, and significant changes across the region — keeping you informed, prepared, and ahead of the storm. Weather changes fast. Stay informed. Stay prepared. Cloud Identification Storm Structure Meteorology Education and Glossary Live Location Tracking and Storm Cell Interception Detailed Storm and Environmental Information and Development Storm Cell Score Rating and Tracking
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StormSITREP at none against Echoes Weather's 2. Echoes Weather's advantage is ratings volume (63 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Echoes Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. StormSITREP asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Echoes Weather against 5.0 for StormSITREP. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echoes Weather has 63 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Echoes Weather | StormSITREP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (63 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Echoes Weather LLC | JUSTIN MICHAEL BACON |
Customer experience
Echoes Weather
StormSITREP
In-app purchases
Echoes Weather
- Echoes Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Echoes Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
StormSITREP
No in-app purchases









