Temblor vs ShakeNet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Temblor
Understand your personal earthquake risk with detailed information and real-time global earthquake data. Receive notifications for nearby quakes and access news and analyses on earthquake science and events.
- Personalized earthquake risk assessment
- Global earthquake monitoring
- Real-time quake notifications
- Hazard map layers (shaking, liquefaction)
- Earthquake news and analysis
- View global fault lines
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Temblor gives individuals the tools to understand their personal earthquake risk. Temblor provides free individualized earthquake risk information to the public. It’s the same basic info that we license to the insurance industry — the difference being volume of locations and depth of the analysis. This distinguishes us from other risk model vendors (e.g., RMS, AIR, CoreLogic), which are closed to the public. “Impressive Earthquake App. Way more here than the other 'earthquake apps.'” — J.D. Check your risk Under the “Your Risk” tab, enter your home address (or a city, state or geographic landmark) or find your location and instantly see the earthquake magnitude that location is likely to experience in your lifetime. Use the map layers to explore various hazards including shaking, liquefaction susceptibility, wildfire hazard and more (depending on location). Check your risk everywhere on Earth. Pan and zoom to view all recent earthquakes anywhere on the planet. Temblor merges earthquake catalogs from the major seismic agencies around the world into one real-time display of global earthquakes in the past 24 hours, 2 days, 7 days or 30 days. View faults throughout the world or in your backyard. Quake Alerts Temblor will send you a notification when an earthquake strikes near your location. This is NOT an earthquake early warning and is not intended to inform you of impending shaking. Various agencies around the world distribute early earthquake warnings to earthquake-prone regions. We encourage you to seek out your local agency to receive such alerts. Temblor Earthquake News “Articles” brings you to Temblor Earthquake News, a news platform dedicated to earthquake reporting. Temblor’s mission is to provide the public with accurate, accessible, and understandable information about earthquakes. Read breaking news about major earthquakes, post-quake analyses and the latest developments in earthquake science in easy-to-understand language. Following major or particularly notable quakes, Temblor rapidly publishes accurate post-event analyses to inform the public and support institutional and commercial responses. Temblor is an approved Google News source and has been cited in major news outlets.
ShakeNet
Monitor earthquake activity worldwide with this app. Connect to a global network of seismographs to view real-time quake data, investigate local ground motion, and follow specific stations to see live waveforms. Share earthquake details easily.
- Real-time earthquake event data
- View earthquakes on community seismographs
- Investigate local ground motion
- Interact with online Raspberry Shake stations
- Follow stations for live waveforms
- View 24-hour waveform data
- Share earthquake activity details
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Watch the Earth move with ShakeNet! Your powerful and personalized earthquake monitoring app that connects directly to Raspberry Shake seismographs around the world. Connect your phone to the largest citizen-powered earthquake monitoring network on the planet for the latest quake activity. Watch in real-time as earthquakes roll in on your own Raspberry Shake seismograph, if you have one, and other Shakes you can easily follow within the app. Raspberry Shake seismographs have been featured on the BBC, New York Times, Earth Magazine, CNN, Digital Trends, ZDNet, The Atlantic, Nature, The MagPi, and many others! Personal earthquake monitoring is now in the palm of your hand with the ShakeNet mobile app. -------------- What’s inside: - See the latest earthquake events from around the globe, e.g., magnitudes, depth and more - See them on seismographs from the Shake Community Network - Investigate earthquakes and ground motion activity local to you - Interact with all Raspberry Shake stations currently online - Follow stations to view live waveforms in addition to your own Shake - View waveform data for the last 24 hours in helicorder format - View waveform sections in spectrogram format - Share details of earthquake activity across multiple social media platforms - Connect ShakeNet-Mobile and ShakeNet-Web Apps using your existing login -------------- Feedback: We are constantly striving to improve the app and the Raspberry Shake experience; and your input helps us to do this. If you have any suggestions or need any app related support, please contact us on our dedicated channel https://community.raspberryshake.org/c/mobile-app -------------- Continue your Raspberry Shake & ShakeNet experience: - https://twitter.com/raspishake - https://www.facebook.com/raspishake - https://www.instagram.com/raspishake
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShakeNet at none against Temblor's 1. ShakeNet also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Temblor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShakeNet asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for Temblor against 3.7 for ShakeNet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Temblor's written reviews are positive against 57% of ShakeNet's.
Temblor ships an update every 2 months, ShakeNet fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Temblor | ShakeNet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) — better | 3.7 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Temblor, Inc. | RaspberryShake S.A. |
Customer experience
Temblor
ShakeNet
In-app purchases
Temblor
- Unlock Additional Notification Criteria and Remove Ad's$0.99
ShakeNet
No in-app purchases









