Comparison

StormTrack 5 vs Ninety Sky

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

Head to head
About

StormTrack 5

Get hyper-local weather information with high-resolution radar and satellite imagery. Receive severe weather alerts and detailed forecasts for your favorite locations or current position.

Highlights
  • 250 meter radar
  • Future radar
  • High resolution satellite imagery
  • Current weather updates
  • Daily and hourly forecasts
  • Favorite location saving
  • Severe weather alerts
Features
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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

About

Ninety Sky

This app uses AI to provide highly accurate hyperlocal weather forecasts for the next ninety minutes. It visualizes rain intensity and likelihood, offering detailed hourly and daily predictions with radar views and customizable alerts. Designed for clarity and user control, it focuses on actionable weather information.

Highlights
  • AI-driven hyperlocal weather prediction
  • Next ninety minutes rain visualization
  • Detailed hourly and daily forecasts
  • Interactive radar with projection
  • Customizable rain alerts
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Our team was tired of weather apps that honestly are just terrible. "Free" apps collect your information and sell it, bombard you with ads, and provide little value. With the latest advances in AI technology, we've rolled out an intelligent system that takes the National Weather Service data and predicts the weather at a greater level of accuracy than any other app that we've tested. We hope you enjoy our attempt at showcasing better weather. THE NEXT NINETY MINUTES One ribbon tells you what the next hour and a half holds. Its height is the chance of rain; above the top line, rain is likely. Its colour is how hard it would fall, from a drizzle to a downpour. Most apps give you one number. Ninety Sky shows you the doubt, so you can make the call on the walk yourself. HOW IT WORKS • We watch the national radar every two minutes, two kilometres at a time, measure which way the rain is moving, and slide it forward. • NOAA's HRRR model sketches the shape of the rain, and the National Weather Service fills in temperatures and chances hour by hour. • Jev, a decision model, weighs all of it against the radar, one question at a time. • Every forecast is graded against what really fell, and the recipe only changes when it gets better. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED • Radar that looks ahead: the last hour, then ninety minutes projected, with your block outlined. • The next twelve hours, each with its sky, temperature and chance of rain. • Three and seven days, each day's sky in order, morning to night, with a forecast map. • Widgets for your home screen in three sizes, refreshed more often when rain is close. • Rain alerts when rain is about half an hour out, when it starts, and when it's done. Never more than one of each every half hour, and nothing between 10pm and 7am. HONEST BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your location is used to build your forecast, only while the app is open, and nothing else. EARLY ACCESS Ninety Sky is new, and everything is free while we're getting started. Tell us what you think from the Send feedback link at the bottom of the app; we read every note. Coverage: the contiguous United States. Ninety Sky is for the umbrella, not for safety. For severe weather warnings, follow the National Weather Service and local authorities.

Screenshots

StormTrack 53 screens
Ninety Sky4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: StormTrack 5 at 21K against Ninety Sky's 3. StormTrack 5 also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Ninety Sky's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ninety Sky holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StormTrack 5 has 21K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
StormTrack 5 versus Ninety Sky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStormTrack 5Ninety Sky
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (21K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSinclair Broadcast Group, IncAli Yazdi

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

Ninety Sky

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

StormTrack 5

No in-app purchases

None

Ninety Sky

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StormTrack 5 free?
StormTrack 5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ninety Sky free?
Ninety Sky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StormTrack 5 or Ninety Sky?
Ninety Sky is rated higher. StormTrack 5 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 21K ratings, while Ninety Sky averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do StormTrack 5 or Ninety Sky have ads?
Neither StormTrack 5 nor Ninety Sky shows ads.

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