Comparison

StormPrepared vs HurriMap

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

Head to head
About

StormPrepared

This app helps you understand and prepare for active storms. It provides real-time storm tracking, forecast information, and personalized preparedness checklists. Move from watching to knowing what to do next with a calm, practical experience.

Highlights
  • Follow active storms with NOAA data
  • Understand storm proximity to your location
  • Explore forecast tracks and cones
  • Timed checklists for preparedness tasks
  • Create custom household or workplace plans
  • Assign responsibilities for tasks
  • Track progress on preparedness actions
Features
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StormPrepared helps you move from watching a storm to knowing what to do next. Follow active storms, understand their potential impact, organize your personal or workplace plan, and complete the right preparedness tasks at the right time—all through a calm, practical experience designed to reduce uncertainty and help you prepare with confidence. Top Features 1. Follow Active Storms View active named storms using current NOAA and National Hurricane Center information. Essential details are organized into clear, easy-to-read storm cards. 2. Understand What Is Near You Allow location access to see your approximate distance from each storm. StormPrepared helps you identify which active systems may be most relevant to your location. 3. Explore the Forecast Review storm tracks, forecast cones and advisory timelines in one dedicated forecast area. See where the storm is now and how its projected path may change over time. 4. Prepare for Possible Landfall When supported by available forecast data, view a countdown to estimated landfall. Storms without a projected landfall will not display an unnecessary or speculative countdown. 5. Follow a Timed Checklist Work through preparation tasks organized by Pre-Season, Activation, 72 Hours, 48 Hours, 24 Hours, Landfall and Post-Storm phases. Focus on what matters now without being overwhelmed by the entire plan. 6. Create Your Own Plans Build separate checklists for your household, office, team or another purpose. Add, edit, duplicate, organize and prioritize tasks around your specific situation. 7. Assign Responsibilities Add family members, employees or team members and assign them to checklist items. Clearly see who is responsible for completing each task. 8. Track Your Progress Mark tasks complete and monitor progress by timing phase or across the entire checklist. Reset completion status whenever you are ready to prepare for a new storm. 9. Use the Personal Storm Planner and Guide Organize important decisions, contacts and preparedness information before conditions become stressful. Explore practical guidance that helps you understand the reasoning behind important storm preparations. 10. Find Recommended Supplies Browse storm supplies by category and learn what to consider before choosing an item. Review curated product recommendations, helpful selection reasons and available purchasing options. Future Releases will include: StormPrepared is not affiliated with or endorsed by NOAA.

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

StormPrepared4 screens
HurriMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: StormPrepared at free against HurriMap's free with in-app purchases. HurriMap's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. StormPrepared sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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 StormPrepared against 5.0 for HurriMap. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StormPrepared ships an update every 6 days, HurriMap every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
StormPrepared versus HurriMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStormPreparedHurriMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZimmerman Design, Inc.Ultimate Enterprises

Customer experience

StormPrepared

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HurriMap

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

StormPrepared

One-time1
  • StormPrepared Full$8.99
1 purchases

HurriMap

Subscriptions1
  • HurriMap Pro Annual3 Days trial$5.991 Year

Questions

Is StormPrepared free?
StormPrepared 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, StormPrepared or HurriMap?
StormPrepared and HurriMap are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do StormPrepared or HurriMap have ads?
Neither StormPrepared nor HurriMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StormPrepared or HurriMap?
StormPrepared ships an update every 6 days, and HurriMap every 5 days. Most recently, StormPrepared was updated on October 31, 2026 and HurriMap on October 31, 2026.

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