Comparison

Kumorb vs Active Aurora

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

Head to head
About

Kumorb

Features
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Kumorb is a new weather app centered around graphs. ■ Intuitive Graph Display View 24 hours of weather changes at a glance with graphs. Understand weather patterns intuitively without reading through numbers. ■ Comprehensive Weather Data • Temperature and feels-like temperature • Precipitation probability and amount • Cloud cover • Atmospheric pressure • Humidity • Wind speed and direction Customize which items to display. Show only the information you need. ■ Tap for Details Tap the graph to view detailed data for that time. Quickly check the weather for any time period you're interested in. ■ Multiple Locations Add frequently visited places in addition to your current location. Swipe to switch between locations. ■ Simple Settings • Temperature unit (°C / °F) • Time format (12-hour / 24-hour / System default)

About

Active Aurora

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Never miss the aurora again. Active Aurora is a free aurora forecast and alert app for the northern lights (aurora borealis) and the southern lights (aurora australis), with live tracking for over 167,000 locations worldwide. Set your location once and Active Aurora watches the sky for you. When aurora activity rises near you, you get an instant push or email alert, so you can stop refreshing and head outside at the right moment. AURORA ALERTS THAT MATTER • Instant alerts when aurora activity climbs at your location • Choose your level, from Minor to Severe • Extra alerts for solar wind shocks, substorms and IMF (Bz) surges • Push notifications, email, or both, with your choice of alert sound LIVE AURORA FORECAST • A live activity dial showing current aurora conditions at a glance • 1-hour and 3-hour aurora forecasts tailored to your location • 3-day Kp index forecast with the best viewing times highlighted • Live aurora map with the auroral oval and real-time sighting reports SKY WATCH: LET YOUR PHONE KEEP WATCH No more setting an alarm every hour to check the sky. Point your phone at the night sky, turn on Sky Watch and go to sleep. It watches all night and sounds an alarm the moment it spots aurora. What the camera sees is never stored or uploaded. SPACE WEATHER DATA FOR AURORA CHASERS • Solar wind speed, density and Bz / IMF • Kp index and geomagnetic storm levels (G1 to G5) • Substorm strength from ground magnetometers • Hemispheric power, GOES data and detailed charts WHY ACTIVE AURORA Most aurora apps just repeat the global Kp index. Active Aurora combines satellite solar wind data with ground magnetometers across three continents to give a local reading for where you actually are. That works whether you're chasing the northern lights in Iceland, Norway, Finland, Canada, Alaska or Scotland, or the southern lights in New Zealand, Tasmania and southern Australia. Free to use, with no account needed to get started.

Screenshots

Kumorb4 screens
Active Aurora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Active Aurora at 15.0 against Kumorb's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Kumorb versus Active Aurora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKumorbActive Aurora
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuto KumazakiMatthew Davison

In-app purchases

None

Kumorb

No in-app purchases

None

Active Aurora

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kumorb free?
Kumorb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Active Aurora free?
Active Aurora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kumorb or Active Aurora have ads?
Neither Kumorb nor Active Aurora shows ads.

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