StormTrack 5 vs OZ Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StormTrack 5
Get hyper-local weather updates with high-resolution radar and future tracking. Receive severe weather alerts and customizable forecasts for your favorite locations. Stay informed with timely updates and detailed weather data.
- 250 meter radar with future tracking
- High-resolution satellite imagery
- Current weather and hourly forecasts
- Save favorite locations
- Integrated GPS for current location
- Severe weather alerts
- Opt-in push notifications
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WCYB is proud to announce a full featured weather app for the iPhone and iPad platforms. Features • Access to station content specifically for our mobile users • 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available • Future radar to see where severe weather is headed • High resolution satellite cloud imagery • Current weather updated multiple times per hour • Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models • Ability to add and save your favorite locations • A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness • Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service • Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather
OZ Weather
Get detailed Northwest Arkansas weather forecasts and storm system updates. Receive timely notifications from a lead meteorologist with 20 years of broadcast experience.
- Northwest Arkansas weather forecasts
- Current trends and storm system updates
- Daily forecast updates
- Notifications for weather changes
- Ozarks weather coverage
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OZ Weather is an app designed to communicate Northwest Arkansas weather. Meteorologist Garrett Lewis covered Arkansas weather for 20-years as a broadcast meteorologist for CBS and serves as lead forecaster for OZ Weather. Daily forecast updates on current trends and upcoming storm systems along with notifications are included in the App. OZ Weather covers weather across the Ozarks of Northwest Arkansas.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: StormTrack 5 at 21K against OZ Weather's 48. OZ Weather's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 60%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for StormTrack 5 against 4.8 for OZ Weather. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StormTrack 5 has 21K ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of StormTrack 5's written reviews are positive against 83% of OZ Weather's.
| Parameter | StormTrack 5 | OZ Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21K ratings) — better | 4.8 (48 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc | Garrett Lewis |
Customer experience
StormTrack 5
OZ Weather
Bugs and requests
StormTrack 5
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes on splash screen
- Radar not displaying current weather conditions
- Inconsistent performance across devices
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Add lightning strike detection
- Improve radar and map visualization
- Provide more customization options
- Enhance severe weather alerts and notifications
OZ Weather
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StormTrack 5
No in-app purchases
OZ Weather
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is StormTrack 5 free?
Is OZ Weather free?
Which has better reviews, StormTrack 5 or OZ Weather?
Do StormTrack 5 or OZ Weather have ads?
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