Comparison

Surviva vs HurriMap

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

Head to head
About

Surviva

Receive clear, actionable emergency alerts directly on your lock screen. This app translates official warnings for natural disasters into simple steps, offers live map data, and includes safety guides and communication tools.

Highlights
  • Lock screen alerts with Live Activities
  • Interactive map with disaster data
  • Actionable emergency guides
  • Live video sharing
  • SOS and Family Circle features
  • AI safety coach
  • Practice drills in Training Lab
Features
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Surviva is the OS for Human Safety. When a warning hits your area, it tells you in plain words what's happening, where, and what to do first, right on your Lock Screen, before you even open the app. Hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, earthquakes, heat and smoke: one calm app that watches the places you care about and turns official alerts into clear next steps. LIVING ALERT CARDS When the National Weather Service issues an alert for your place, Surviva opens a rich alert card: what is happening, the official alert area on a map, a short checklist of what to do first and, when the forecast includes them, the worst hours and live wind and gusts. More than one alert at once? Swipe through them in one stack. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Follow an active warning on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island with a Live Activity. A distinct alert sound tells you it's Surviva. Set it to Signature, Subtle or Off. THE MAP IS YOUR HOME SCREEN The live map opens first: earthquakes from USGS, wildfire hotspots from NASA satellites, hurricane tracks from the National Hurricane Center, volcano alerts, air quality and disease outbreaks. Tap an alert for the latest clear satellite picture of the area when one exists, labelled with the date it was taken. YOUR PLACES, ANYWHERE Watch home, work and other places, in the US and abroad. Each place shows its warnings, air and sky, and says plainly when a source can't be checked. Outside the US, warnings come from Apple Weather. SKY AND AIR • Forecasts from Apple Weather: the next hour of rain where it's available, the next 24 hours and the next 10 days • Street-level air from nearby sensors, with its trend and the past 24 hours • Window advice: when to close up for smoke, and when it's fine to air out • Space weather and tonight's aurora chances, from live NOAA data PRACTICE IN THE TRAINING LAB Rehearse a tornado, wildfire, earthquake, flood, hurricane, tsunami and more in 3D on your own map. Every drill is clearly marked as training and never sends anything to anyone. GO LIVE Share live video of what's happening where you are. Recordings are checked before anyone else can see them, and you can report a broadcast or block a broadcaster. SOS AND FAMILY CIRCLE One-tap SOS is always free and alerts the trusted contacts you choose. Family Circle lets your household check in with "I'm safe" or "I need help" so you know who is okay. READY BEFORE IT HAPPENS • Step-by-step first-aid and emergency guides for CPR, choking, severe bleeding, fire and earthquakes that work without a signal • A daily safety briefing you can read or listen to • An AI safety coach for your questions (you choose whether to turn on AI features) • A Prepared Score that grows as you get ready, with optional Apple Health support WHERE THE ALERTS COME FROM Surviva reads official public sources, including the National Weather Service, the National Hurricane Center, the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, USGS, NASA, FEMA, CDC, WHO and EPA AirNow, and Apple Weather. Surviva is independent and is not affiliated with any government agency. Always follow instructions from local officials. FREE TO START SOS, Medical ID, local official alerts from the National Weather Service, the daily briefing and the basic skills library are free, with a daily allowance of AI questions. Surviva Plus adds unlimited AI questions, national and worldwide alerts, the Family SOS network for up to 6 people, text and voice emergency notifications, and the 72-hour outlook. SUBSCRIPTIONS & LEGAL Surviva Plus is an optional auto-renewable subscription ($9.49/month or $74.99/year). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://surviva.info/privacy

About

HurriMap

This app provides personalized hurricane decision support by showing storm tracks, wind arrival times, and preparation deadlines for your specific location. It offers detailed storm information, custom alerts, and local resources like shelters and evacuation zones.

Highlights
  • Personalized preparation timelines
  • Wind arrival time contours
  • Storm track and cone of uncertainty
  • Custom watch and warning alerts
  • Satellite imagery
  • Local shelter and evacuation information
Features
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HurriMap: Hurricane and Typhoon Tracker When a storm is coming, every hour matters. HurriMap shows where it could go, when damaging winds could reach you, and when to be finished preparing. It's personal hurricane decision support: the official forecast, turned into a timeline for your own place. KNOW WHEN TO PREPARE • Enter the hours you need to get ready and see your "finish preparations by" time, built from the earliest reasonable arrival of tropical-storm-force winds. • See the earliest reasonable and most likely arrival of 39, 58 and 74 mph winds, drawn as labeled contours on the map. • Check your chances of damaging winds, whether you're in the cone, and how close the center will pass. Dangerous conditions can extend well beyond the cone. FOLLOW EVERY STORM • Hurricanes, tropical storms and developing systems in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and eastern and central Pacific, including Hawaii. • NEW: Typhoons and South Pacific cyclones for Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, with track, wind field, danger area, models, wind chances and arrival times. • Forecast tracks, the cone of uncertainty, storm history, wind fields, and coastal and inland watches and warnings. • Two-day and seven-day formation chances for developing systems. • National Hurricane Center advisories, discussions, key messages and hazards, and Joint Typhoon Warning Center warnings, reflowed for your phone. • Infrared, visible and water vapor satellite imagery. ALERTS YOUR PHONE DOESN'T GET Your phone already receives hurricane, storm surge and tornado warnings through Wireless Emergency Alerts. HurriMap sends the alerts those don't: • Tropical storm warnings for your place, free. • With HurriMap Pro, hurricane, tropical storm, storm surge and typhoon watches: your head start, about 48 hours before the winds. • Private by design: your phone follows its National Weather Service forecast zone, and your location is never sent to our servers. • Every active watch, warning and local hurricane statement for your place, right in the app. FIND LOCAL INFORMATION • Check mapped storm surge risk where coverage is available. • View Florida evacuation zones and reported county evacuation, curfew and re-entry information. • Find nearby open U.S. shelters, with pet policies, accessibility and directions. Confirm availability before traveling. • Check buoy and coastal station reports for wind, pressure and waves. SHARE AND READ YOUR WAY • Share map images sized for posts, stories and video. • In English and Spanish, with NHC's Spanish advisories. EXPLORE MORE WITH HURRIMAP PRO An optional paid subscription adds: • Watch alerts for hurricane, tropical storm, storm surge and typhoon watches at your place. • Spaghetti model tracks, including European and AI models, and ensemble comparisons. • Intensity charts for every model. • Hurricane Hunter flight tracks and reconnaissance observations when available. • Scenario editing: change a storm's path or strength to explore "what if" possibilities. Scenarios are estimates, not forecasts. • An Apple Watch app and watch-face complications. • Drawing tools to mark up and share maps. Forecasts, watches and warnings in the app, tropical storm warning alerts, storm surge information, wind arrival times, NHC advisories and My place are free. Pro subscriptions renew automatically until canceled in your App Store account settings. Download HurriMap and be ready before the wind arrives. HurriMap is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NOAA, NHC, NWS, JTWC, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force or FEMA. Typhoon wind chances and arrival times are HurriMap's estimates from JTWC forecasts. Alerts need internet access and notification permission; delivery isn't guaranteed. Keep Wireless Emergency Alerts enabled, use a weather radio, and follow local officials and evacuation orders. Privacy Policy: https://www.hurrimap.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.hurrimap.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Surviva4 screens
HurriMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HurriMap at every 5 days against Surviva's fortnightly. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Surviva sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.49 per month and HurriMap sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Surviva against 5.0 for HurriMap. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surviva ships an update fortnightly, HurriMap every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Surviva versus HurriMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurvivaHurriMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPhoenix Health LLCUltimate Enterprises

Customer experience

Surviva

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HurriMap

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

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Surviva

Subscriptions2
  • Surviva Plus$9.491 Month
  • Surviva Plus Annual$74.991 Year
One-time6
  • Support Surviva — $1$0.99
  • Support Surviva — $5$4.99
  • Support Surviva — $10$9.99
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  • Support Surviva — $25$24.99
  • Support Surviva — $50$49.99
  • Support Surviva — $100$99.99
1 purchases

HurriMap

Subscriptions1
  • HurriMap Pro Annual3 Days trial$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Surviva free?
Surviva is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HurriMap free?
HurriMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Surviva or HurriMap?
Surviva and HurriMap are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Surviva or HurriMap have ads?
Neither Surviva nor HurriMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Surviva or HurriMap?
Surviva ships an update fortnightly, and HurriMap every 5 days. Most recently, Surviva was updated on November 5, 2026 and HurriMap on October 31, 2026.

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