Comparison

Upstate Storm Chasing WX vs Landfall

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

Head to head
About

Upstate Storm Chasing WX

This weather app provides detailed forecasts, including hourly and 7-day outlooks, precipitation amounts, and road conditions. It also features severe weather alerts, a storm tracking center, and an aurora viewing guide.

Highlights
  • Perfect day meter
  • Road condition meter
  • 7-day forecast
  • Hourly forecast
  • Severe weather notifications
  • Storm center tracking
  • Aurora viewing center
Features
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This app is loaded with awesome features such as the perfect day meter, road condition meter, 7-day forecast, hourly forecast, severe weather notifications, forecasted precipitation amounts, track severe weather in storm center, aurora viewing center and much more!

About

Landfall

This app provides personalized hurricane preparedness plans based on your home's details and the latest National Hurricane Center forecasts. It offers hour-by-hour task deadlines, evacuation guidance, and storm tracking to reduce stress during severe weather events.

Highlights
  • Personalized prep tasks and deadlines
  • Hour-by-hour storm wind countdown
  • Live NHC forecast tracking
  • Home documentation for insurance
  • Evacuation zone and flood zone maps
  • Practice drill mode
  • Available in Spanish
Features
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Built for the U.S. hurricane coast, from Texas to New England. Landfall turns the National Hurricane Center forecast into your family's hour-by-hour plan — and keeps the stress down while a storm bears down. Landfall requires a subscription — every feature below is included. BUILT AROUND YOUR HOME Tell Landfall about your household once — your address, your home's age and construction, pets, medical needs, an EV, a generator — and everything adapts to you: your tasks, your deadlines, your alerts, your evacuation guidance. No generic checklists. COMPLEX DATA, MADE CALM Landfall reads the forecast so you don't have to refresh six websites. The official cone, the spaghetti models, the watches and warnings — distilled into plain language, one clear number for your address, and one next step. So you can act instead of panic. WHEN A STORM THREATENS • Live NHC tracking: forecast cone, track, watches and warnings on the map • A countdown clock to when tropical-storm winds reach YOUR address • Every prep task gets a real deadline, worked backward from wind arrival — fill the bathtub, fuel the cars, move the EV out of the garage • Lock Screen Live Activity keeps the countdown in sight • Fuel, propane, and EV charging finders near you • In Florida: live shelter status, FL511 road closures, and FPL outage counts BEFORE THE SEASON • Run a practice drill: rehearse the entire countdown in June so October is muscle memory • Document your home room-by-room. On-device AI tags every photo and reads serial numbers — then exports a claim-ready PDF for your insurer • Know your evacuation zone (official zone maps in 12 coastal states, FEMA flood zones everywhere), plus king-tide flood days • A preparedness score that shows exactly what to do next EN ESPAÑOL Landfall habla español — toda la aplicación, incluidas las tareas de preparación y las guías. LANDFALL IS A PAID APP One auto-renewing subscription unlocks every feature above — nothing held back, no upsells inside. Choose $19.99/year after a 3-day free trial for new subscribers, or $4.99/week. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://builtonthebeach.com/privacy/landfall/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No accounts. No tracking. Photos and AI processing never leave your device. Landfall supplements — never replaces — official warnings from the NWS, NHC, and local emergency management. Always follow evacuation orders.

Screenshots

Upstate Storm Chasing WX4 screens
Landfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Upstate Storm Chasing WX at 5.0 against Landfall's 3.0. Upstate Storm Chasing WX also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). Landfall's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and ratings volume 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. Landfall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Upstate Storm Chasing WX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Upstate Storm Chasing WX holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Upstate Storm Chasing WX versus Landfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpstate Storm Chasing WXLandfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB16 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSteve Martuscelloyitz frid

Customer experience

Upstate Storm Chasing WX

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Landfall

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Upstate Storm Chasing WX

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Landfall

Subscriptions2
  • Landfall Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Landfall Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Upstate Storm Chasing WX free?
Upstate Storm Chasing WX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Landfall free?
Landfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Upstate Storm Chasing WX or Landfall?
Upstate Storm Chasing WX is rated higher. Upstate Storm Chasing WX averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Landfall averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Upstate Storm Chasing WX or Landfall have ads?
Upstate Storm Chasing WX shows ads; Landfall does not.

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