Comparison

Aurora 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

Features
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Follow the auroras with real-time data, Kp index forecasts, and more. • Chance to see auroras at your location • Real-time aurora map • Kp index activity • 3-day forecast and 27-day outlook • 7-day Kp index history • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets

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

Aurora3 screens
HurriMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aurora at none against HurriMap's 1. On price, 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

Both are free to download. HurriMap sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year. Aurora asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aurora ships an update every 6 days, HurriMap every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Aurora versus HurriMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuroraHurriMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPierre VidalUltimate Enterprises

In-app purchases

None

Aurora

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

HurriMap

Subscriptions1
  • HurriMap Pro Annual3 Days trial$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Aurora free?
Aurora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HurriMap free?
HurriMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aurora or HurriMap have ads?
Neither Aurora nor HurriMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aurora or HurriMap?
Aurora ships an update every 6 days, and HurriMap every 5 days. Most recently, Aurora was updated on October 28, 2026 and HurriMap on October 28, 2026.

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