Comparison

Aurora Expert vs HurriMap

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

Head to head
About

Aurora Expert

Features
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Live data from NOAA’s new solar wind sentinel SOLAR-1: Aurora Expert tells you whether you can see the aurora tonight – at your place, with clouds, darkness and the moon. FREE • Tonight’s chance at your place, in five levels from “Very low” to “Very likely” – and every value says when it is from. • Why this verdict? Tap ⓘ: the factors behind the chance and the Kp it takes where you are. • Forecast for up to three nights: Kp, how far the aurora reaches, and the clouds when Apple Weather provides them. • Globe with a time scrubber: NOAA’s aurora oval twelve hours back and ahead, with the day and night side. For both hemispheres. • An alert for your home when the aurora activity there reaches the threshold and it is dark – with a test alert, so you know it arrives. • Red light and field mode for outside: compass and the key values, and your eyes stay adapted to the dark. • Live Activity and widgets for the Lock Screen and StandBy. • Journal with a season summary: for each place, from your own answers, how often you saw the aurora at each forecast level. • At Kp 7 or more, the storm cockpit is open for one night without Aurora Pro. AURORA PRO – ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION • Place alerts: alerts for every saved place within aurora range, your own threshold of 25, 50 or 75%, wake for strong activity. Save unlimited places. • Trip planner: the best spot for every night of your trip, with route and leave-by reminder. • Tonight from here: clearer places within a 30 to 90 minute drive. • Your best nights: season calendar and widget. • Storm cockpit: Deep Dive with solar wind, Kp history and raw data, substorm tracker, CME outlook and live tiles in field mode. • My nights: photos for your nights, a gallery and export as CSV or JSON. DATA Aurora activity (OVATION), Kp and storm warnings from NOAA SWPC, solar wind from NOAA SOLAR-1 / ACE at the Lagrange point L1, clouds from Apple Weather. No ads, no tracking.

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
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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

Aurora Expert4 screens
HurriMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: HurriMap at 4 against Aurora Expert's 1. HurriMap also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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. Aurora Expert 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Aurora Expert versus HurriMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAurora ExpertHurriMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark BaumannUltimate Enterprises

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Aurora Expert

One-time1
  • Aurora Export Pro Unlock$4.99
1 purchases

HurriMap

Subscriptions1
  • HurriMap Pro Annual3 Days trial$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Aurora Expert free?
Aurora Expert is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HurriMap free?
HurriMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aurora Expert or HurriMap have ads?
Neither Aurora Expert nor HurriMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aurora Expert or HurriMap?
Aurora Expert ships an update every 6 days, and HurriMap every 5 days. Most recently, Aurora Expert was updated on October 31, 2026 and HurriMap on October 31, 2026.

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