StormNotify vs NoAd Radar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StormNotify
Get timely weather alerts from the National Weather Service with a user-friendly interface. View active alerts on a map, share them with others, and customize notifications for severe weather, winter storms, flooding, and more. Offers both free and premium features with a trial period.
- Receive push notifications for weather alerts
- View alert areas on a map
- Share weather alerts via text/email
- Add multiple locations for alerts
- Customize alert types (Plus feature)
- Automatic dark/light mode matching
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Receive official weather alerts issued by the National Weather Service. StormNotify's simple, user-friendly interface displays active weather alerts for your saved locations on the main screen, allowing you to quickly access vital alert information when time matters most. Get alerts for severe weather, winter weather, flooding, tropical weather, marine weather, fire weather, and more. Ad-free and no account required. Free Features • Hyper-local weather alerts: You're only notified when a saved location's precise coordinates are within an alert area • Monitor a location for weather alerts: Receive watches and warnings via push notifications* • Receive critical alerts: Hear a loud alert tone even when your device is silenced for hazards posing an imminent threat to life and/or property • See if you’re in the path of a storm: View the areas under alert in relation to your saved location on a map • Inform those you care about: Share weather alerts via text or email • Easily add locations: Search for points of interest, select locations on a map, or add your current location • Customize alert tones: Choose from System Default, Short Alert, and Long Alert tones • Sync your saved location across your devices via iCloud • Temporarily pause weather alerts for a location when you don’t want to be notified • Automatically matches your device's dark or light mode Plus Features Includes all Free features, plus: • Monitor up to 10 locations for weather alerts: Receive alerts via push notifications* • Customize which alerts you receive: Filter by alert levels (watches, warnings, advisories, etc.) and hazards (severe weather, flooding, etc.) • Customize alert tones: Select a tone for each alert level • Unlock additional alert levels: Receive advisories, statements, and more • Sync your saved locations across your devices via iCloud Try out StormNotify Plus with a 7-day free trial** *Only locations within US states and territories where the National Weather Service operates will receive weather alerts. **After the trial ends, your subscription will automatically renew at the selected plan's price and billing period unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial. Cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://convergentapps.com/legal/stormnotify/terms-v1
NoAd Radar
This weather app provides a clear, ad-free radar map with future precipitation estimates and official weather alerts. It offers home screen widgets for quick access and location-based notifications for your convenience.
- Ad-free radar map
- Future precipitation estimates
- NWS watches, warnings, and advisories
- Home Screen widgets
- Location-based notifications
- Dark, light, and satellite maps
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NoAd Radar puts weather first, with a distinctive dot-style radar map and no advertising or promotional startup screens. Open it and get straight to the radar. Explore recent radar, look ahead with estimated future precipitation, and see National Weather Service watches, warnings, and advisories. Add a Home Screen widget for a quick look at weather near your saved location. • Three hours of recent radar playback • Estimated future precipitation • National Weather Service alert details • Optional location-based weather notifications • Small, medium, and large Home Screen widgets • Dark, light, and satellite maps • Designed for iPhone and iPad Weather coverage is currently limited to the contiguous United States (the lower 48 states and Washington, DC). Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, and other countries are not covered. An internet connection is required. Future precipitation is an estimate, not an official forecast. Widgets refresh on a schedule managed by iOS; updates are not continuous or guaranteed. Notifications use your last location registered by the app, so open NoAd Radar after traveling to update it. NoAd Radar is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by NOAA or the National Weather Service. Weather data and notifications can be delayed or unavailable. Do not rely on this app as your only source of severe-weather warnings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: StormNotify at Free against NoAd Radar's $1.99. NoAd Radar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#76 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
StormNotify is free to download; NoAd Radar costs $1.99 up front. StormNotify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. NoAd Radar asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for StormNotify against 5.0 for NoAd Radar. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
StormNotify ships an update weekly, NoAd Radar every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StormNotify | NoAd Radar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #76 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Convergent Apps LLC | Cicada Group, LLC |
Customer experience
StormNotify
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In-app purchases
StormNotify
- Plus - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Plus - Annual (Save 28%)**7 Days trial$16.991 Year
NoAd Radar
No in-app purchases
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