Comparison

Safety tips vs JapanQuakes

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

Head to head
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

JapanQuakes

Features
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JapanQuakes provides an up-to-date list of earthquakes above magnitude 2 within the last 24 hours in Japan. A touch on any of the quakes opens an updated map view with all the quakes for the last day.

Screenshots

Safety tips4 screens
JapanQuakes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Safety tips at fortnightly against JapanQuakes's every 16 months. Safety tips also leads on chart position (#47 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.2). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Safety tips ships an update fortnightly, JapanQuakes every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Safety tips versus JapanQuakes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafety tipsJapanQuakes
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews17.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#47 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRC Solution Co.Thomas Sturm

In-app purchases

None

Safety tips

No in-app purchases

None

JapanQuakes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Safety tips free?
Safety tips is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JapanQuakes free?
JapanQuakes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Safety tips or JapanQuakes have ads?
Neither Safety tips nor JapanQuakes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Safety tips or JapanQuakes?
Safety tips ships an update fortnightly, and JapanQuakes every 16 months. Most recently, Safety tips was updated on November 9, 2026 and JapanQuakes on November 8, 2026.

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