BlitzortungLive vs WS View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlitzortungLive
Monitor lightning strikes in near real-time on a map. Receive push alerts for detected strikes in a customizable area. Supports multiple languages and displays historical strike data.
- Live lightning strike display
- Historical strike visualization
- Customizable push alerts
- Multi-language support
- Real-time map view
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BlitzortungLive is an Application for monitoring Lightning-Strikes at nearly realtime. BlitzortungLive can be used for watching and monitoring Thunderstorms. The Lightning-Strikes are displayed nearly in realtime on the Map. Features: - Live display of Lightning-Strikes - older Strikes are displayed as colored dots on the Map - Push Alarm if Lightning-Strikes are detected in a customizable area. - Language support for English, German, French, Spain and Russian The App Blitzortung-Live is an additional service to the main project Blitzortung.org (http://www.blitzortung.org). For general questions about Blitzortung.org and for ordering the necessary hardware if you want to be a part of the Network, visit the Link. Please consider the appropriate documentation, FAQs and instructions before contacting. Also, the discussion board is a good place for all questions and they will be quickly answered there. A lot of questions have already been answered there.
WS View
Access and download weather data from the internet. This tool facilitates weather receiver set of routing connections.
- Download weather data
- Internet weather receiver
- Routing connections
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The main function of this application is to weather receiver set of routing connections. Download weather data from the internet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BlitzortungLive at 75% against WS View's 18%. BlitzortungLive also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.1) and ratings volume (664 vs 37). WS View's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
BlitzortungLive holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlitzortungLive has 664 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of BlitzortungLive's written reviews are positive against 18% of WS View's.
BlitzortungLive ships an update every 5 months, WS View weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlitzortungLive | WS View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (664 ratings) — better | 2.1 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better | 17.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 664 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 9.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Bauer | 玮 彭 |
Customer experience
BlitzortungLive
WS View
User reviews
BlitzortungLive
From 664 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Real-time lightning tracking
- 📍 Accurate location of strikes
- 🔔 Useful alerts and notifications
- 🌐 Global coverage
- 🆓 Free app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 Inconsistent detection of strikes
- 🗺️ Outdated or inaccurate map data
- 🔍 Lack of detailed strike information
- 💰 Intrusive advertising
WS View
From 37 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Successful firmware updates and configuration when working
- 📊 Clear and simple data presentation
- 🌐 Multiple weather service integrations (Wunderground, Ecowitt, WeatherCloud)
- ⚙️ Customizable upload server settings
- 📱 Works well on local network connections
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently on startup
- 📵 Data not displaying despite successful connection
- 🔌 WiFi connection issues and configuration failures
- ❌ Device list showing empty or missing devices
- 📱 iOS compatibility problems (especially iOS 14-16)
Bugs and requests
BlitzortungLive
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Delayed or missing strike notifications
- Inaccurate location of strikes
- Issues with map updates
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable alert radius
- Historical lightning data
- Weather radar integration
- Ability to report missing strikes
- Option to remove ads
WS View
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes when adding new devices
- App crashes when selecting device from list
- App crashes on startup after updates
- Data displays as zeros or null values
- WiFi configuration screen unresponsive with spinning loader
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- Device successfully configured but doesn't appear in device list
- Firmware update breaks WiFi connectivity
- Sensor assignments randomly shuffle
- App disconnects and removes device after power loss
- App closes immediately upon opening
- Cannot configure device with iOS devices
- Device list becomes blank after firmware updates
- App freezes during setup wizard
- Graphs zoom resets automatically
- First line of settings hidden beneath top bar
- Data upload crashes after one hour
- App unresponsive during device pairing
- Device shows connected but no data displays
Requested features
16 requests- Dark mode support
- Apple Watch app with complications
- Historical data viewing (weeks/months)
- HomeKit integration
- IFTTT support
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- Google Home/Alexa integration
- Landscape mode for graphs
- Min/max temperature readings display
- Data point selection on graphs with timestamps
- Default weather station selection
- Language localization options
- Extended data logging (48+ hours)
- OpenWeatherMap support
- Local server/Cumulus/WeeWx integration
- Sensor name synchronization across platforms
- Customizable text color options
In-app purchases
BlitzortungLive
No in-app purchases
WS View
No in-app purchases
Questions
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