Lightning Alerts
Live lightning map and alerts
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
Lightning Alerts gives you a live lightning map and nearby alerts powered by enterprise-grade lightning data.
Open the map without creating an app account. Check recent strike activity before travel, golf, hiking, boating, surfing, fishing, open-water activities, or everyday weather planning. The map can show both ground-reaching and intracloud strikes. Ground mode helps filter cloud flashes so busy storms are easier to read.
What you can see:
- Live map of recent strike activity
- Nearby alerts for your location or a saved place
- No app account required to open the map
- Ground-reaching and intracloud strike types
- Ground mode to reduce cloud-flash noise
- Closest-strike distance, age, direction, and street context
- Strike strength, polarity, and detailed strike type
- Weather radar with strikes on the same map
- Save one place you care about
- Clear controls for alerts, ads, privacy, and analytics
- Optional Pro subscription that removes ads
Use Lightning Alerts before you head outside, while storms are nearby, or when you want a clearer view of activity around a place. Choose the strike filter, inspect the closest strike, and use notifications to return to the live map when activity changes.
Lightning Alerts is a weather awareness tool, not an emergency warning system. Always follow official weather alerts, local rules, and venue safety guidance.
Terms of Use (EULA):
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Improves reliability during large storms, keeps the map responsive while live lightning updates, and adds clearer update feedback on the map.
The developer, Lightning Alerts Oy, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
- Other Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Lightning Alerts Oy
- Size
- 12.6 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 6 more
- English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Ad-free monthly $0.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Lightning Alerts Oy