Comparison

Breath Easy vs Lightning Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Breath Easy

Get real-time air quality data, wildfire smoke tracking, and personalized AI advice to understand and act on your local air conditions. Plan your week with a 5-day outlook and stay informed about potential smoke risks.

Highlights
  • Live AQI for your location
  • Pollutant breakdown
  • 5-day air quality outlook
  • Wildfire smoke tracking
  • AI air advisor (Pro)
  • Push alerts
  • Home and lock screen widgets
Features
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Is the air safe right now — for your kids, your run, your parents? BreathEasy answers that question in one glance. Real-time air quality, wildfire smoke tracking, and an AI briefing that doesn't just show you numbers — it tells you what to do about them. KNOW YOUR AIR - Live AQI for your exact location, updated continuously - Full pollutant breakdown: PM2.5, ozone, PM10 and more - 5-day air quality outlook so you can plan the week - Official EPA color scale you already know TRACK THE FIRES - Every active fire near you, detected by NASA satellites - Distance, direction, and intensity for each fire - Wind-aware smoke risk: know if that smoke is headed your way - Official air quality alerts and red flag warnings YOUR AI AIR ADVISOR (PRO) "Light smoke from the Kern fire arrives after 6pm. Morning run is fine — move evening practice indoors and close windows by 5." That's a real briefing. Written fresh for your location, your forecast, and your household — kids, asthma, runners — every day. BREATHEASY PRO - AI daily briefing with concrete advice - Push alerts the moment AQI crosses your threshold - Smoke-incoming warnings before it arrives - Home screen and lock screen AQI widgets - Track up to 5 locations — check the air at grandma's house, your kids' school, your weekend cabin - Zero ads BUILT ON OFFICIAL DATA BreathEasy uses trusted government sources: EPA AirNow monitoring stations, NASA FIRMS satellite fire detection, and NOAA weather data. No estimates from questionable sensors — the same data agencies rely on. WHO IT'S FOR Parents deciding on outdoor play. Families managing asthma or COPD. Runners and cyclists timing their workouts. Anyone living where wildfire smoke is part of life. The air changes fast. Know before you breathe. --- BreathEasy Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://playful-souls.com/apps/breatheasy/terms-of-use.html

About

Lightning Tracker

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KNOW BEFORE IT STRIKES BOLT tracks live lightning activity around your location and turns raw strike data into a clear answer to one question: is a storm coming toward you, and how close is it? BOLT is a subscription app. Every feature described below is part of BOLT Premium and requires a paid, auto-renewing subscription. There is no free version and no free trial. LIVE STRIKE MAP See real lightning activity plotted on a live map centered on you. Track distance and direction so you always know exactly where the danger is. RISK INSTRUMENT PANEL A precision-instrument risk gauge reads current conditions and a forecast timeline built on live thunderstorm data, giving you an at-a-glance read on how dangerous the next few hours look. MOVEMENT TRACKING BOLT compares multiple strike observations over time to detect whether activity is approaching, retreating, or holding steady, so you are not just seeing a snapshot, you are seeing a trend. PROXIMITY ALERTS Set custom alert distances for nearby lightning, approaching storms, high risk conditions, and severe activity. Quiet hours, haptics, and sound options let you tune alerts to how you actually want to be warned. SAVED LOCATIONS Monitor more than just where you are. Save home, work, a golf course, marina, campsite, or school, and get lightning alerts and risk information for every place you care about. STRIKE HISTORY Review strike activity over the last 1, 6, or 24 hours with a clear chart of nearby strikes over time, so you can see how a storm actually developed. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add the Nearest Lightning widget to your Home Screen for the latest cached strike distance, recency, and risk state without opening the app. DESIGNED LIKE AN INSTRUMENT BOLT uses a dark, precision-instrument design inspired by automotive gauges, aviation radar, and titanium hardware, built to be read quickly and clearly in changing light. PRIVACY-RESPECTING BY DESIGN Location access is used only to calculate strike distance and bearing. BOLT does not request continuous high-accuracy tracking, and the app can be used with a manually selected location instead of your current one. BOLT PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION BOLT Premium is a paid, auto-renewing subscription offered as a weekly or a yearly plan. The exact price for your region is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. Whether you are heading out on the water, onto a golf course, into the mountains, or just want to know if it is safe to be outside, BOLT gives you a clear, immediate answer. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lightning-landing.avilletardpiano.workers.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Breath Easy4 screens
Lightning Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lightning Tracker at none against Breath Easy's shown. Breath Easy's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Breath Easy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Lightning Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Breath Easy ships an update fortnightly, Lightning Tracker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Breath Easy versus Lightning Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreath EasyLightning Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlayful SoulsAugustin Villetard

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Breath Easy

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$49.99
2 purchases

Lightning Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Breath Easy free?
Breath Easy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lightning Tracker free?
Lightning Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Breath Easy or Lightning Tracker have ads?
Breath Easy shows ads; Lightning Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Breath Easy or Lightning Tracker?
Breath Easy ships an update fortnightly, and Lightning Tracker every 2 months. Most recently, Breath Easy was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lightning Tracker on November 3, 2026.

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