Comparison

El Niño vs Herebeat

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

Head to head
About

El Niño

Features
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See what the tropical Pacific is doing now and how today’s path compares with earlier El Niño events. El Niño brings live public NOAA data into a focused iPhone instrument. Today combines the ENSO Signal Score with Niño 3.4 and RONI confirmation. Daily sea-surface-temperature anomaly maps show where warming or cooling sits across the Pacific, while charts reveal short-term momentum without hiding thresholds or source dates. Progress searches completed historical events using RONI, weekly and monthly Niño 3.4, and Pacific SST patterns. The closest comparisons include full trajectories, peak and end timing, and map views at the historical peak. Scores describe relative similarity, not forecast probability. A Home Screen widget keeps the latest complete read nearby and can issue local alerts when key thresholds or score bands change. Data refreshes directly from public NOAA/CPC, NOAA/NCEI, and NOAA/PSL sources where applicable. El Niño is independent climate context. It is not an official forecast, warning service, emergency tool, or financial, insurance, agricultural, legal, safety, or local-weather adviser.

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Herebeat

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STORMS. QUAKES. FIRES. FLOODS. Herebeat watches the places you care about and shows you what changed, straight from the official sources that issue it. SEE YOUR PLACE BEFORE YOU SUBSCRIBE Spin the 3D globe and land on your town. Herebeat shows what's covered there and what isn't, plus what's happening right now: an official alert, air quality, rain in the next hour, the nearest earthquake. Add home, work and family, set up a route, and try the app before you decide. WATCH YOUR OTHER ADDRESS Mark a second home, rental or family home as a property. Its alerts say "Your property", so you never mix it up with where you are, and it gets a storm checklist for that address, with a spot for who checks on it. OFFICIAL, NOT RUMORS Every alert says who issued it and when: the National Weather Service, the Japan Meteorological Agency, USGS, NOAA river gauges, the National Hurricane Center, the Storm Prediction Center, interagency wildfire data, GDACS, MeteoAlarm and national weather services around the world. WHAT YOU GET - Warnings, watches and advisories for your places - Hurricane forecast cones, tracks and coastal warnings from NOAA - Severe storm outlooks for the next three days (US) - Earthquakes worldwide, with magnitude and distance from you - Wildfires, storm reports and river levels nearby - Air quality from official monitors, with a five-day forecast in the US - NOAA radar on the map (US) - Today's weather on a sky that moves with the conditions, plus the next 10 days and rain in the next hour - Next 24 hours charts, UV index through the day and the moon - Routes: reported closures near the roads you use, where agencies publish road data - Home and Lock Screen widgets: status, weather, air quality and your places - Follow a warning on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island until it ends - Apple Watch app and complications - Calm notifications: bundled updates, a daily limit, an "only urgent" option and quiet hours - Alerts read aloud in plain words - 7 languages, your units, your time format PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your places stay on your iPhone unless you turn on notifications for them. SUBSCRIPTION Herebeat requires a subscription. Try it free for 7 days, then $7.99 a month or $39.99 a year (prices vary by country). Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Herebeat is not an emergency alert system. In danger, follow local authorities and emergency services. Terms: https://herebeat.app/info/terms/ Privacy: https://herebeat.app/info/privacy/

Screenshots

El Niño4 screens
Herebeat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Herebeat at Free against El Niño's $9.99. El Niño's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

Herebeat is free to download; El Niño costs $9.99 up front. Herebeat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. El Niño asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

El Niño ships an update every 3 days, Herebeat every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
El Niño versus Herebeat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEl NiñoHerebeat
Price$9.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnton NovichikhinShahzod Abduhalimov

In-app purchases

None

El Niño

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Herebeat

Subscriptions2
  • Herebeat Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Herebeat Yearly1 Year trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is El Niño free?
El Niño costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Herebeat free?
Herebeat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do El Niño or Herebeat have ads?
Neither El Niño nor Herebeat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, El Niño or Herebeat?
El Niño ships an update every 3 days, and Herebeat every 2 days. Most recently, El Niño was updated on November 5, 2026 and Herebeat on November 1, 2026.

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