Comparison

Recon Weather vs Tchoup

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

Head to head
About

Recon Weather

This app offers advanced weather tracking with live radar, storm alerts, and detailed forecasts. It includes specialized features for weather enthusiasts, such as storm chaser feeds and scientific data visualizations. Enjoy an ad-free experience with no account required.

Highlights
  • Live MRMS radar
  • Storm chaser feeds
  • Severe weather alerts
  • Radiosonde data with skew-T diagrams
  • Wildfire tracking
  • NWS warnings with timers
  • GPU-accelerated radar with hail detection
Features
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Recon Weather is a storm research mission you can watch live. RADAR Single-site NEXRAD down to base velocity and storm-relative velocity, a national mosaic, and a loop you can scrub frame by frame. Color tables you can change. WARNINGS THAT FOLLOW YOU Tornado, severe and flash flood warnings for where you actually are, delivered while the app is closed. Not a city you picked once. FROM THE FIELD Live POV video from chase vehicles. Storm reports with photos from the public. Pressure probes dropped in front of storms, reporting as they go. FORECAST TOOLS SPC and ECCC outlooks, mesoanalysis with CAPE, shear and helicity, WPC excessive rainfall, soundings and model data. No ads. No data brokers. Nothing sold. Optional tipping if you want to fund the next probe, and nothing is locked behind it.

About

Tchoup

Features
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Is my street flooded? Tchoup answers that question for New Orleans — live, block by block. WHAT YOU SEE • Flood reports from neighbors: where water is standing right now, how deep (ankle, tire, bumper, up to the windows), confirmed by other people on the block. • Pump station status across the city, updated continuously. • Live rain radar. • River and canal gauges with flood stages. • Underpass danger zones — the low spots where cars drown. They glow red when flood-risk weather is active or flooding is reported nearby. • A shareable "roads to avoid right now" list for the family group chat. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Report flooding in two taps to warn your block. • Confirm or clear other reports so the map stays honest. • Save your home (privately) and get a push notification when a neighbor reports flooding within 1/3 mile. HOW IT STAYS TRUSTWORTHY • Sign-in is one tap (Apple) or a passwordless email link. • You can't confirm your own report. Reports expire after 3 hours unless someone confirms them, and disappear when neighbors say the water's gone. • No ads, no tracking, no data sales. Your home location is never shown to anyone. Turn around, don't drown. If there's water across the road, don't drive into it — check the map, find another way. Tchoup is a product of Edge Orbital, made in New Orleans.

Screenshots

Recon Weather4 screens
Tchoup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Recon Weather at 17.6 against Tchoup's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Recon Weather versus Tchoup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecon WeatherTchoup
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (29 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent WaeltiChristopher Wolff

In-app purchases

None

Recon Weather

No in-app purchases

None

Tchoup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recon Weather free?
Recon Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tchoup free?
Tchoup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Recon Weather or Tchoup have ads?
Neither Recon Weather nor Tchoup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recon Weather or Tchoup?
Recon Weather ships an update every 5 days, and Tchoup every 5 days. Most recently, Recon Weather was updated on October 14, 2026 and Tchoup on October 6, 2026.

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