Comparison

Safety tips vs 天気予報

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

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About

Safety tips

Receive critical alerts for earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic activity, and severe weather in Japan. This free app offers multilingual support and useful tools for foreign tourists, including medical facility listings and communication aids.

Highlights
  • Earthquake Early Warnings
  • Tsunami Warnings
  • Volcanic Warnings
  • Weather Warnings
  • Heat Illness Warnings
  • Civil Protection Information
  • Medical Institution Listings
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Note: Weather warnings and advisories area in Nara City, Nara Prefecture has changed. Please update to the latest version of Safety tips. Also, if you have set up Nara City, Nara Prefecture, please reset the location. This Application notifies a user with EEW, Tsunami Warnings, Volcanic Warnings, Weather Warnings, Heat illness Warnings and Civil Protection Information issued in Japan. It is a free application developed under the supervision of Japan Tourism Agency. The Application provides various functions useful for foreign tourists in Japan. The application is available in five languages: English, simplified and traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. <Main functions and its utilization> -Receiving Earthquake Early Warnings, Tsunami Warnings, Volcanic Warnings, Weather Warnings, Heat illness Warnings and Civil Protection Information. Before using the Application for the first time, select locations for which you wish to receive warnings from the Settings Menu (you may select a maximum of five locations (in Japan only))(*). Users will receive notifications when Earthquake Early Warning for local earthquakes of seismic intensity level 4 or greater, Tsunami Warning, Volcanic Warnings, Emergency Warnings , Heat illness Warnings, or Civil Protection Information are issued for the selected locations. Also, please make sure that the device which has not been changed a prediction point for more than 1 month from final change date of setting will not be able to receive notifications. If you turn automatic setting of a point on, you can receive notifications even in the case that it has been more than 1 month since you set a prediction point. (*) It is necessary to activate the Location Information Service (GPS), if you wish to set locations by using GPS. GPS is also used to display your current location on the map. -Earthquakes Information on past earthquakes. A maximum of ten records (seismic intensity level of 3 or higher.) -Weather Warnings Weather Warnings (heavy rain, flood, violent wind, severe snowstorm, heavy snow, high seas, storm surge) and Emergency Warnings (heavy rain, violent wind, severe snowstorm, heavy snow, high seas, storm surge) issued for the selected locations. -Volcanic Warnings Currently issued Volcanic Warnings. -Heat illness Warnings Currently issued Heat illness Warnings. -Medical Institutions List of medical facilities accepting foreigners (Provided by the Japan Tourism Agency.) -Evacuation advice / instruction etc. Provides Evacuation advice / instruction information. Also provides Shelter Information. (Link to external application.) ※Please note that information of municipalities using "L alert" will be displayed. -Learning Materials Knowledge you want to know before a disaster occurs. -Communication cards A set of question sentences that can be used when asking questions to people around you during a disaster. -Emergency Contacts Numbers to call in case of emergency. -Links Links to other sources of information that may be necessary during disaster situations (contact information of embassy, nearest tourist information centers, etc.), and other information concerning disasters and tourism. - Civil Protection Information Safety tips delivers information regarding ballistic missile attacks among civil protection information from Fire and Disaster Management Agency. While the application and various types of information are free, communication charges related to download and use of Application shall be borne by the user. We will not be liable for any losses and/or damages resulting from the use of the Application. For support site of Safety tips, see here -> http://www.rcsc.co.jp/safetytips-sp

About

天気予報

Access real-time rain cloud information and weather forecasts up to two days ahead. Visualize rain cloud movement on a map to predict precipitation. Get daily weather details for your current location and nationwide weather alerts.

Highlights
  • Real-time rain cloud information
  • Weather forecasts up to 2 days ahead
  • Rain cloud movement visualization
  • Daily weather information for current location
  • Nationwide weather alerts
  • Precipitation intensity display
Features
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【概要】 全国のリアルタイム雨雲情報!! 現時間から3時間毎に 2日先までの天気情報が目視できます! 雨雲の動きがマップで分かりますので、雨雲が近づいているから雨が降りそうか?など予報としても活用する事が出来ます。 地図中心地点から1日の天気情報も分かりますので、朝一の天気確認に便利! 気象庁(気象庁Webサイト、XRAINサイト)等の天気予報、週間天気予報、アメダス(気温、降水量、積雪)、高解像度降水ナウキャスト、 レーダーナウキャスト、落雷情報、雨量情報、全国のお天気・気温、気象警報注意報、台風情報、ゲリラ豪雨など、 簡単・便利に確認できることを目的としたアプリです ※雨足の強さまで把握することが可能です。 ・水色や青色の雨雲はパラパラのような雨 ・赤色の雨雲は土砂降りのような雨 【主な機能】 ・全国のリアルタイム雨雲情報  雨雲  降水量  天気  気温(熱中症情報)  積雪量 ・中心地点の天気情報 ・全国の河川情報 ・本日の天気情報 ※本日の天気で表示している情報は「場所」「本日の天候」「降水確率」になります。 ※降水確率は「00時から06時」/「06時から12時」/「12時から18時」/「18時から24時」のデータを表示しております ・全国の天気警戒情報  ・大雨  ・土砂  ・浸水  ・洪水  ・暴風  ・強風  ・暴風雪  ・風雪  ・大雪  ・波浪  ・高潮  ・雷  ・融雪  ・濃霧  ・乾燥  ・なだれ  ・低温  ・霜  ・着氷  ・着雪 ・メニューに付属する天気情報  ・天気図  ・河川カメラ  ・落雷  ・台風 【紹介】 ・お出かけ前に周辺の雨量・雨雲・落雷などをレーダー画像で気軽にチェック! ・明日の天気、週間天気を簡単にチェック! ・全国の10日間天気予報で事前にチェック ・外出先でも、その現在地から気象庁レーダー雨・雪・天気を表示することができます 【特徴】 ・現在地の各気象情報が把握しやすい。 ・降水量、天気、気温、積雪量で1年通して天気の状態が把握しやすい。 ・自分の知りたいお天気情報に簡単にアクセスできる。 ・レーダーナウキャスト、解析雨量、アメダス、全国の気象状況が素早く容易に把握できる。 ・現在地の県名を取得し、天気予報、週間天気予報、気象警報注意報の詳細などへの自分の地域の情報に簡単にアクセスできる。 【本アプリケーションについて】 ○ 対応機種 : iOS 11.0〜 今後もご要望にお答えしていきたいと思いますので、 ご要望などあれば、お知らせください!

Screenshots

Safety tips4 screens
天気予報4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 天気予報 at 4.3 against Safety tips's 2.2. 天気予報 also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). Safety tips's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. 天気予報 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Safety tips asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

天気予報 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 17% and 17% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Safety tips ships an update fortnightly, 天気予報 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Safety tips versus 天気予報: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafety tips天気予報
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (19 ratings)4.3 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews17.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better9
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#63 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRC Solution Co.hidehiko aihara

Customer experience

Safety tips

All ratings19 ratings
Positive26.3%
Neutral5.3%
Negative68.4%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral10.3%
Negative73.1%

天気予報

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive17.4%
Neutral8.7%
Negative73.9%

In-app purchases

None

Safety tips

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

天気予報

One-time1
  • 開発者応援$1.99

Questions

Is Safety tips free?
Safety tips is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 天気予報 free?
天気予報 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Safety tips or 天気予報?
天気予報 is rated higher. Safety tips averages 2.2 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while 天気予報 averages 4.3 from 9 ratings.
Do Safety tips or 天気予報 have ads?
天気予報 shows ads; Safety tips does not.
Which is updated more often, Safety tips or 天気予報?
Safety tips ships an update fortnightly, and 天気予報 every 2 days. Most recently, Safety tips was updated on November 6, 2026 and 天気予報 on November 7, 2026.

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