Supermoon vs Storm Hunter Wx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Supermoon
Track upcoming supermoon events with detailed information and countdowns. Add these celestial occurrences to your calendar and share them with friends. The app displays the last supermoon for a period after the event.
- Supermoon event tracking
- Countdown to events
- Add events to calendar
- Share event dates
- Support for iPad multitasking
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Don't miss a bright lunar disk and countdown to the next supermoon events. Supermoon: A supermoon is a new or full moon (syzygy) which occurs when the Moon is at 90% or greater of its mean closest approach to Earth (perigee). Therefore you can called it a perigee-syzygy event. During a super full moon the lunar disk appears brighter and bigger than usual. Features: - show only super full, only super new or both super moon events - add supermoon events to your calendar - share event dates via e-mail, Twitter or Facebook - displays the last supermoon for 12 hours after the event - support for iPad Pro and the iPad multitasking
Storm Hunter Wx
Receive advanced weather radar data with customizable alerts for lightning, hail, and rotation. Track storms with high-resolution radar, future scans, and detailed threat delineations. Monitor multiple locations and access national radar coverage for the entire United States.
- Advanced radar data display
- Safety Net alerting
- User-definable alert thresholds
- High-resolution NWS radars
- Future Scan storm extrapolation
- National radar coverage
- Customizable weather forecasts
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John McLaughlin's Storm Hunter Weather Developed in partnership with former KCCI-TV (Des Moines, IA) meteorologist John McLaughlin to provide a simplified display of advanced radar data and Safety Net alerting to multiple locations with user-definable thresholds. McLaughlin pioneered the use of Doppler radar for severe storm tracking on Iowa television, working with Bob Baron of Baron Weather to develop and install the nation's first High Definition Doppler radar (VHDD) in 1995.Storm Hunter allows you the option to select notification as storms begin to produce lighting, hail, or rotation so you can be alerted even before official warnings are issued. Up to eight locations can be specified so you can make sure your loved ones know when dangerous weather approaches. Storm Hunter includes five high resolution NWS radars covering Iowa. Select from radar intensity and velocity, plus one click threat delineation with the "Baron Button" breaking down storm cells into rain, hail and wind threats. Storm Hunter's Future Scan product extrapolates storm cells from their current radar locations out to one hour including predicted decay or growth. Detailed national radar will cover you across the United States, plus our "U.S. Severe Wind" product shows the areas of greatest wind shear as detected across the network of National Weather Service Doppler Radars. This tool is useful for quickly identifying rotation and damaging wind areas. In addition to custom alerts, you can save multiple location for specific computer generated weather forecasts from the national weather prediction models. Forecast radar and rain/snow accumulations out to 24 hours and radar estimated rain totals are great features in the Storm Hunter app. The Storm Hunter app is linked to the Iowa Storm Chasing Network for live streaming of severe weather events from the Storm Hunter Ford Escape chase vehicle and live radar analysis for significant tornado days. Storm Hunter Weather is sponsored by the McLaughlin Family companies in Iowa, Including New Way Ford, New Way Auto Group, McLaughlin Imprint and Apparel and Hurricane Motorsports. Advertisement links include exclusive discounts on new and used automobiles and apparel for Storm Hunter users. Meteorologist John McLaughlin says "The Storm Hunter app is a way for me to continue to share my passion for weather, even after my 31 year career on Iowa television ended due to a medical condition. Best of all, thanks to my family members financial support, the app is free to download and use. For that I am very grateful."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Storm Hunter Wx at Free against Supermoon's $0.99. Storm Hunter Wx also leads on ratings volume (83 vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 17 months). Supermoon's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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
Storm Hunter Wx is free to download; Supermoon costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Supermoon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Storm Hunter Wx has 83 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Supermoon ships an update every 17 months, Storm Hunter Wx every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Supermoon | Storm Hunter Wx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 64.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | McLaughlin Motors LLC |
Customer experience
Supermoon
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In-app purchases
Supermoon
No in-app purchases
Storm Hunter Wx
No in-app purchases
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