WeatherOps vs My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WeatherOps
This app provides organizations with weather insights to protect personnel and assets. It acts as a mobile command center, offering real-time weather data, custom alerts, and asset tracking in relation to weather conditions. Designed for industries like energy, utility, and hospitality.
- Custom weather alerts
- Location-based warnings
- Lightning notifications
- Audio alerts
- Radar mapping
- Asset display
- 7-day forecast planner
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* * * The WeatherOps app will not function without a subscription to WeatherOps Risk Mitigation services by WDT. * * * The WeatherOps companion app enhances your organization’s risk mitigation process, further aiding in the protection of personnel and assets. This companion app serves as a mobile command center, enabling decision makers access to weather information in relation to their current location, as well as assets assigned through Commander. In addition, assets can be added and subtracted and thresholds adjusted while on the move. WeatherOps services are designed to benefit the energy, utility, hospitality, large event venue, transportation industries, and more. Search WeatherOps to learn more. Latest version New in WeatherOps 4.4 • Added support for Dynamic Planners for company assets, showing forecast variables color-coded by threshold • Radar display now automatically supports multiple regions around the world, where data are available • Added support for US and European regional Thunderstorm/Rainfall and Winter Weather Daily Planners by WeatherOps • Added support for Atlantic Tropical Daily Planner by WeatherOps • Added heat index/wind chill display to current conditions (when applicable) • Added app hints to show on first launch • Added "Forgot Password?" button to login screen Key Features: • CUSTOM ALERTS- Receive push notifications from our meteorologists regarding your asset locations • FOLLOW ME- Location based alerts when a watch/warning is issued • LIGHTNING- Get instant notifications of lightning in your area • AUDIO- Hear beeps followed by a brief description of the alert type • RADAR- Mapping capability featuring watch and warning overlay • FORECASTS- Access current and forecast information from a single screen • ASSET DISPLAY- View your organizational assets in relation to weather • DAILY PLANNER & WEATHER CHECK- Premium forecast products up to 7 days into the future About WeatherOps by WDT: WDT’s WeatherOps provides organizations with premium weather decision support on a global scale. Support: Visit our support page for FAQs and more information.
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
Monitor global lightning strikes in near real-time with live maps and notifications. Track thunderstorms, view historical strike data, and share strike information with friends. Includes weather radar for upcoming conditions.
- Global lightning strike detection
- Real-time thunderstorm monitoring
- Lightning strike notifications
- Historical strike data
- Weather radar integration
- Strike sharing with friends
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My Lightning Tracker is the best app for monitoring lightning strikes all around the world in close to real-time. With a sleek modern design, you can watch thunderstorms as they occur. You can also receive notifications whenever strikes are detected in your area. - Detects and displays lightning strikes all around the world! - See a history of hotspots where lightning strikes occur most often! - View more detailed information about where the thunderstorm is occurring on a map. - Receive a lightning alarm when a storm is nearby so that you can monitor it live. - Share a strike with your friends so that they can see where the thunder & lightning is occurring too! - Monitor the weather radar to track what could be coming. - Full support for the latest iPhone and iPad models. If you want the most efficient way of keeping up lightning strikes and thunderstorms, then My Lightning Tracker is the right lightning network for you. This version is ad-supported and is similar to apps such as Blitzortung, Clime, Spark and Live Lightning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Lightning Tracker & Alerts at 75% against WeatherOps's 10%. My Lightning Tracker & Alerts also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). WeatherOps's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, chart position 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Lightning Tracker & Alerts has 67K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of WeatherOps's written reviews are positive against 75% of My Lightning Tracker & Alerts's.
WeatherOps ships an update every 5 weeks, My Lightning Tracker & Alerts every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | WeatherOps | My Lightning Tracker & Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (28 ratings) | 4.8 (67K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 67K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #85 | #35 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DTN, LLC | JRustonApps B.V. |
Customer experience
WeatherOps
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
Bugs and requests
WeatherOps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezing or crashing issues
- Inconsistent performance after updates
- Location tracking not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add wind direction and speed to radar
- Provide historical lightning strike data
- Implement Apple Watch support
- Allow setting multiple saved locations
- Add option to only notify on closer strikes
In-app purchases
WeatherOps
No in-app purchases
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
No in-app purchases
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