Weather Tracker vs StormNet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weather Tracker
This app tracks weather forecasts specifically for your planned events, showing how predictions evolve over time. It offers detailed charts and historical snapshots to help you plan outdoor activities, trips, or storm preparations more effectively.
- Event-based weather tracking
- Forecast history snapshots
- Detailed weather charts
- Snapshot timeline comparison
- Climate outlook view
- Forecast vs observed actuals
- Shareable event summary
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Most weather apps track locations. Farsight tracks events. Add a place and a time window, then follow how the forecast changes as your event gets closer. Whether you are planning a trip, ski day, outdoor game, beach weekend, or storm prep, Farsight helps you see trend direction, not just the latest forecast. Key features: •Event-based weather tracking (time + place) •Forecast history snapshots to see how predictions move over time •Detailed charts for temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and storm risk •Snapshot timeline to compare forecast runs side by side •Climate outlook view for far-future events, with automatic transition to hourly forecasts when available •Forecast vs observed actuals for better after-event review •Shareable event summary image •Metric and imperial units •Location search, map pin adjustment, and current-location support Farsight Pro unlocks: •Unlimited tracked locations •Background monitoring for one selected hourly-forecast event •Significant-change notifications (temperature, wind, rain, snow, storm risk) •Full snapshot history (no free-tier cap) •Virtual Forecaster summaries with voice playback (using Apple Intelligence when available) Plan smarter with weather that is tied to your actual plans, not just a city list. Privacy Policy: https://catspaw-systems.com/PrivacyPolicies/FarsightPrivacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
StormNet
This app provides highly accurate severe weather forecasts using advanced radar and real-time data analysis. It predicts risks for lightning, hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes up to 14 days in advance.
- NEXRAD Super-Res Radar
- 14-day severe weather forecasts
- Lightning, hail, wind, tornado risk prediction
- Real-time data analysis
- Radar overlays (reflectivity, velocity)
- National Weather Service warnings
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StormNet is optimized to provide the most accurate severe weather forecast with NEXRAD, Super-Res Radar. StormNet is completely free, with no ads. Trained on decades of severe weather events, StormNet analyzes high-resolution radar, satellites, ground-based sensors, and weather forecast models in real-time to find complex patterns that lead to severe weather. The model updates every 2 minutes to provide 14-day forecasts for lightning, hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornadoes. Super-Res Radar is the highest-resolution NEXRAD radar data available from 159 stations across the continental United States. Each radar station updates every 3-4 minutes and measures the intensity of precipitation based on how much energy the radar signal receives back from objects in the atmosphere. Combined, StormNet + Super-Res Radar provides a first-of-its-kind, multiple-component severe weather forecast system for the United States. StormNet Map Overlays • Radar: The highest-resolution radar available for the United States from each radar station. • Radar + Risk: NEXRAD radar, alongside StormNet risk probabilities, for the next 4 hours. • Risk Forecast: The StormNet risk probabilities from real-time to 14 days into the future. StormNet Risk Forecasts • Lightning • Hail • Damaging Winds • Tornado Super-Res (NEXRAD) Radar • Radar Reflectivity • Radar Velocity • Spectrum Width National Weather Service Warnings • Tornado • Severe Thunderstorm • Snow Squall • Flash Flood StormNet vs. National Weather Service The National Weather Service, the Storm Prediction Center, and other government agencies are the official sources for watches, warnings, and severe weather information. StormNet should serve as a trusted and automated guide for severe weather risk, but StormNet should not be treated as an official source. StormNet vs. Traditional Weather Models Existing weather forecast models are incredible feats of engineering and predict the ingredients for severe weather, but they are not designed to excel at severe weather forecasting and are not real-time tools. StormNet was trained and optimized to provide severe weather forecasts. StormNet vs. Other Weather Apps Existing weather apps and companies usually pass along official government watches and warnings, and often communicate if lightning or hail is already close by. While these are valuable features, we are not aware of another weather app or company that matches StormNet’s ability to provide real-time updates for lightning, hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornado risk. Powered by OpenSnow In 2011, OpenSnow began predicting snowfall for skiers and snowboarders. OpenSnow has since become a global leader in mountain weather forecasts and expanded to provide forecasts for every type of outdoor activity. Since lightning is a risk to outdoor activities, especially on longer mountain-based adventures, OpenSnow created a weather forecast system that would provide both lightning forecasts to support real-time decisions and multi-day outlooks to support trip planning. Meteorologist Andrew Brady built StormNet to predict the risk of severe weather. OpenSnow acquired his technology in 2024 to help people stay safe and enjoy the outdoors. — Terms & Conditions — StormNet is free and available in the United States. We'll never track you, sell ads, or collect data. We only ask for your location to show the most accurate radar and severe weather forecast. Full terms and conditions can be found here: https://support.opensnow.com/legal/terms | https://support.opensnow.com/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StormNet at none against Weather Tracker's 3. StormNet also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Weather Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). 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. Weather Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. StormNet asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Weather Tracker against 4.9 for StormNet. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StormNet has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Weather Tracker's written reviews are positive against 82% of StormNet's.
Weather Tracker ships an update every 5 days, StormNet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weather Tracker | StormNet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catspaw Systems LLC | Cloudnine Weather, Inc. |
Customer experience
Weather Tracker
StormNet
In-app purchases
Weather Tracker
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Farsight Annual Subscription$9.991 Year
- Buy Pro for Life$24.99
StormNet
No in-app purchases









