Lightning Tracker & Radar Map1.0.57 - App Store

Lightning Tracker & Radar Map helps you understand storm activity before it reaches you. See live lightning, storm zones, alerts, saved places and forecast context in one focused weather safety app.

Powered by NOAA GOES GLM and EUMETSAT MTG-I1 LI satellite data, Lightning Tracker shows recent lightning flashes on a fast map, clusters active strikes into storm zones, and helps you judge whether a storm is building, approaching or moving away. Coverage includes the Americas, Atlantic, Europe and Africa; features depend on supported coverage and data availability.

USE IT BEFORE YOU GO OUT
Check storms before golf, boating, hiking, school sports, outdoor work, road trips, camping, events and family time outside. Open the map, check the nearest activity, review the storm zone and decide whether to wait, move or seek shelter.

LIVE LIGHTNING MAP
Fresh strikes appear on the map with age and distance context. Zoom from a regional view down to the places that matter and keep watching as cells develop.

STORM ZONES AND TRACKS
Lightning clusters are grouped into storm zones so the map is easier to read. Track movement, intensity and projected paths instead of trying to interpret scattered strikes one by one.

HISTORY AND FORECAST
Premium unlocks 24-hour lightning history, a lightning heatmap and storm forecast context from NOAA SPC where available.

ALERTS FOR SAVED PLACES
Set an alert radius around the places you care about. Free users can monitor one saved place with basic storm data; Premium adds push alerts, wider radius, more saved places, advanced storm data and an ad-free experience.

30-30 SAFETY TIMER
Use the built-in timer to follow the 30-minute lightning safety rule after nearby activity. It gives you a simple outdoor-safety checkpoint when the sky is changing fast.

Lightning Tracker is built for one practical question: how close is the storm, where is it moving and is it time to get inside?

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Version History • Lightning missing from the map? Report it in a few taps: say what you noticed and when, and get an instant check of nearby detections.
• Reply to support right inside your conversation, with a screenshot if you like.
• Clearer advice for wind, flooding and hurricanes: follow your official weather warnings. 1.0.57 3d ago • Cleaner map screen: more room for the map, compact status and controls.
• Pick a saved place right next to the map buttons.
• Reliability improvements. 1.0.55 Oct 6 • Reports of lightning missing from the map now show the latest strike near you and how many fell close by.
• Fixed a freeze when a storm Live Activity starts, updates or ends. 1.0.53 Oct 4 • The map names the nearest storm even when it is off screen; tap it to see it.
• "Lightning not on the map" reports now get an instant answer about strikes detected near you.
• The map shows how fresh the newest strike is. 1.0.52 Oct 3 • The map now tells you when your lightning source setting hides strikes in your area, with a one-tap fix.
• Premium now turns on right away after a purchase or restore, alert settings included.
• Your subscription is recognized more reliably after a reinstall or on a weak connection. 1.0.51 Oct 2 • The map now answers "is it safe outside?" for where you are, not only for saved places, and says so honestly when data is incomplete or the connection is lost.
• Tapping a storm alert opens the map at that place; the storm replay is one tap away, in local time.
• Alerts tab: your storms and places come first, and all alert settings have their own screen. New unread badge, and Clear all can be undone.
• Tap a strike to see if it's inside your alert radius and what to do, or report a strike the map missed.
• Map: layers button, storm direction arrow, places colored by status, a dark map at night and one clear offline sign.
• Share a map card with the 24-hour strike count and a link to your city's page.
• Forecast can follow any saved place, and Settings has a subscription section with Restore purchases and clearer trial terms.
• Easier to read and tap: brighter small text, larger touch areas and screen reader labels.
• The Lock Screen storm card stays accurate when you move. 1.0.49 Sep 30 • New: storms by hour for today on the Forecast tab. In the US, you can turn on a morning heads-up for stormy days.
• Premium: the Lock Screen storm card now keeps updating while the app is closed (iOS 17.2 and later).
• The home-screen widget updates on its own and speaks the app's language.
• Alerts about the same storm update one notification instead of piling up.
• The alert check sends a real test alert from our server and shows why alerts might not arrive. When alerts are off, the Alerts tab and the map say so, with a one-tap fix.
• Places are named after the town, alert profiles can be undone, and times follow your phone's 12/24-hour setting. 1.0.48 Sep 26 • After you upgrade to Premium, the app helps you turn on notifications if they are off, so storm alerts reach you even when the app is closed.
• Fixed: "Review alert setup" after upgrading now opens the Alerts tab.
• Plans without a free trial say plainly what you buy again: "Start my weekly plan", billed weekly, cancel anytime. 1.0.44 Sep 24 • Clearer Premium screen: what it does for you, how much the yearly plan saves, and an easier close button.
• Removed mentions of a weather radar that this version does not include. 1.0.43 Sep 21 • Lightning strikes on the map are now a clean, bold bolt icon instead of a small badge — easier to read at a glance. 1.0.42 Sep 19 • Choose your language right on the first screen — the app remembers it.
• Every language in the list is now shown in its own name. 1.0.41 Sep 17 • Easier alert setup for new users.
• Notification status now refreshes after returning from device settings. 1.0.40 Sep 12 • Every language rewritten so the app reads naturally, with plain wording in place of technical terms.
• Clearer safety wording: hail size is now stated as a radar estimate, not a ground measurement.
• Fixed a cut-off label on the 24-hour history bar.
• VoiceOver can now read the strike count and legend on the map. 1.0.39 Sep 11 • Fixed a crash when selecting a language in Settings or during onboarding.
• Improved app stability. 1.0.38 Sep 8 • Clearer map messaging: satellite detection can miss lightning, and a quiet map is not an all-clear. 1.0.36 Sep 7 • Home-screen widget fixed: it kept showing “No data” even during a storm.
• The map filter now reads “Last 30 min” instead of “Latest”, so the time window is clear.
• New in Settings: choose how long strikes stay on the map — 15, 30 or 60 minutes.
• Opening 24h history without Premium no longer empties the map. 1.0.35 Sep 5 • Fixed a crash on the live map when strikes expired mid-animation.
• The Alerts tab now warns you when none of your saved places is being watched, with a one-tap fix.
• Startup problems now offer Retry instead of a dead end.
• The radius chip no longer overflows on narrow screens. 1.0.34 Sep 2 Improved subscription offer accuracy and purchase tracking. 1.0.33 Sep 1 Map labels now follow your app language on the live map, during onboarding and in alert replay. 1.0.32 Aug 26 Map labels now follow your app language on the live map, during onboarding and in alert replay. 1.0.31 Aug 21 Storm alerts now count only the strikes inside your alert radius, and show the time of the closest recent strike. Alert history groups a storm into a single entry instead of one row per strike. 1.0.30 Aug 21 Storm alerts now count only the strikes inside your alert radius, and show the time of the closest recent strike. Alert history groups a storm into a single entry instead of one row per strike. 1.0.29 Aug 16 The subscription screen now includes real customer reviews you can swipe through. Review prompts wait until you’ve used useful storm features. Localization and accessibility are improved. 1.0.28 Aug 12 Improved stability and reliability for a smoother experience. Storm-approach notifications are now more dependable. 1.0.26 Aug 9 Improved stability and reliability for a smoother experience. Storm-approach notifications are now more dependable. 1.0.25 Aug 8