Weather360 vs Lightning Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weather360
Experience weather like never before with real-time animations of the sky, clouds, and precipitation. Get detailed forecasts, minute-by-minute rain tracking, and customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. The app's theme dynamically adapts to current conditions, offering a truly immersive weather visualization.
- Real-time sky and weather animations
- Minute-by-minute precipitation tracking
- Configurable home and lock screen widgets
- Deep-dive detail views for weather metrics
- Daily weather briefing reports
- Weather-adaptive app theme
- Full Apple ecosystem integration
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Weather that feels alive. Weather360 turns the forecast into a living sky over your city, then tells you what it means in plain words: when rain starts and stops, what to wear, and the best hour to head out. A SKY YOU CAN READ • Real animated skies: sun, clouds, rain, snow, fog and thunderstorms, drawn for your place and time of day. • Press play to watch the next 24 hours unfold, from sunrise to moonrise, with a short written outlook for each part of the day. • Clear, friendly summaries like "Rain easing after 3 PM, grab a light jacket," written on your device. RAIN, TO THE MINUTE • See exactly when rain starts, how hard it falls and when it stops, minute by minute for the next hour. • Live radar with storm motion and your spot pinned on the map. • Wind in colour: speed-coloured streaks over a living map, with gusts at your location. ALERTS THAT MATTER • Official severe weather alerts, such as flood, wind and storm warnings, the moment they're issued, with what to do in plain language. • Rain heads-ups before it starts and when it's about to stop (Premium). • Rain in your Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen with Live Activities (Premium). PLAN YOUR DAY • Activities: runs, rides, dog walks, hikes, gardening, stargazing and more, with every hour scored so you can pick the best time. • Morning and evening reports: your day in four moments, heads-ups and what to bring, in a story you can read in ten seconds. EVERY DETAIL, BEAUTIFULLY • Hour-by-hour and day-by-day charts for temperature, feels-like, rain, wind, humidity, UV, clouds, visibility and pressure. • Air quality, UV and pollen, with advice that helps. • Moon phases with a calendar you can drag through, plus moonrise and moonset. • Tides for your nearest coast, with the best beach time (Premium). MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN • iPhone, with a Dynamic Island that shows the rain as it comes. • iPad, with the live sky on one page and every detail on the other, plus a side rail for quick navigation, keyboard shortcuts and trackpad support. • Mac, and widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account needed and no tracking. Your location is only used to get your weather and send your alerts. WEATHER360 PREMIUM Go further with Premium: • Rain alerts before it starts and when it stops • Live Activities in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen • The extended 10-day forecast • 12-hour radar across the US and full-day wind playback • Every activity, any time • Tides, pollen forecasts and premium widgets Premium is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, with a free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or at the end of the free trial. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Family Sharing is supported. Terms of Use: https://weather360-8zl.pages.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://weather360-8zl.pages.dev/privacy Weather data is provided by Apple Weather and other sources listed in the app. Weather360 is not an emergency service: in dangerous weather, always follow official instructions from your local authorities.
Lightning Tracker
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KNOW BEFORE IT STRIKES BOLT tracks live lightning activity around your location and turns raw strike data into a clear answer to one question: is a storm coming toward you, and how close is it? BOLT is a subscription app. Every feature described below is part of BOLT Premium and requires a paid, auto-renewing subscription. There is no free version and no free trial. LIVE STRIKE MAP See real lightning activity plotted on a live map centered on you. Track distance and direction so you always know exactly where the danger is. RISK INSTRUMENT PANEL A precision-instrument risk gauge reads current conditions and a forecast timeline built on live thunderstorm data, giving you an at-a-glance read on how dangerous the next few hours look. MOVEMENT TRACKING BOLT compares multiple strike observations over time to detect whether activity is approaching, retreating, or holding steady, so you are not just seeing a snapshot, you are seeing a trend. PROXIMITY ALERTS Set custom alert distances for nearby lightning, approaching storms, high risk conditions, and severe activity. Quiet hours, haptics, and sound options let you tune alerts to how you actually want to be warned. SAVED LOCATIONS Monitor more than just where you are. Save home, work, a golf course, marina, campsite, or school, and get lightning alerts and risk information for every place you care about. STRIKE HISTORY Review strike activity over the last 1, 6, or 24 hours with a clear chart of nearby strikes over time, so you can see how a storm actually developed. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add the Nearest Lightning widget to your Home Screen for the latest cached strike distance, recency, and risk state without opening the app. DESIGNED LIKE AN INSTRUMENT BOLT uses a dark, precision-instrument design inspired by automotive gauges, aviation radar, and titanium hardware, built to be read quickly and clearly in changing light. PRIVACY-RESPECTING BY DESIGN Location access is used only to calculate strike distance and bearing. BOLT does not request continuous high-accuracy tracking, and the app can be used with a manually selected location instead of your current one. BOLT PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION BOLT Premium is a paid, auto-renewing subscription offered as a weekly or a yearly plan. The exact price for your region is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. Whether you are heading out on the water, onto a golf course, into the mountains, or just want to know if it is safe to be outside, BOLT gives you a clear, immediate answer. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lightning-landing.avilletardpiano.workers.dev/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Weather360 at every 9 days against Lightning Tracker's every 2 months. Weather360 also leads on chart position (#34 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 1). Lightning Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Weather360 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Lightning Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Weather360 ships an update every 9 days, Lightning Tracker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weather360 | Lightning Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #34 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOHAMMADS A MANSURI | Augustin Villetard |
In-app purchases
Weather360
- Weather360+ Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Weather360+ Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Lightning Tracker
- Premium Weekly$9.997 Days
- Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
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