BlitzortungLive

Weather

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Brand-new BlitzortungLive: live lightning together with precipitation radar, thunderstorm forecasts and animated wind – fast, free and without ads or tracking. See thunderstorms the moment they happen. BlitzortungLive shows lightning strikes from the worldwide Blitzortung.org community network on the map in near real time – now together with precipitation radar, thunderstorm forecasts and wind, so you can see at a glance where a storm is, how strong it is and where it is heading. LIVE LIGHTNING • New strikes appear within seconds and fade from yellow to red as they age • Lightning map with the strikes of the last hours (lightningmaps.org) • Strike counter for the visible area • Optional sound for new strikes WEATHER RADAR & FORECAST • Precipitation radar for Germany and neighbouring regions, updated every 5 minutes • Animated timeline: the last two hours plus a 2-hour nowcast • Forecast images are clearly marked – you always know whether you see measured or predicted data • Satellite cloud images and animated wind THUNDERSTORMS • Current and forecast thunderstorm areas across Europe • Thunderstorm tracks in Germany with direction, speed and warning level • Lightning density map • Instability (Lifted Index) shows where thunderstorms can develop LOOK BACK • Scroll back through the last two hours of radar – each image shows the lightning the app received at that time while it was open THUNDERSTORM ALERT • Push notification when lightning is detected near you • Choose the alert area on the map or use your location, radius from 1 to 300 km (0.6 to 186 mi) MADE FOR TODAY'S IPHONE AND IPAD • Completely redesigned for iOS 17 and later • Smooth map with GPU rendering – zoom and pan without waiting • Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support • 12 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil) and Russian FREE – NO ADS, NO TRACKING BlitzortungLive is free and contains no advertising and no tracking. ABOUT BLITZORTUNG.ORG BlitzortungLive is an additional service of the Blitzortung.org project, a community network of volunteers operating lightning detection stations all over the world. Coverage and accuracy depend on the stations in each region. For general questions about Blitzortung.org or to join the network with your own station, please visit www.blitzortung.org and read the documentation and FAQ first. DATA SOURCES Weather data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0), satellite data EUMETSAT. Instability: NOAA GFS (model data). Lightning: Blitzortung.org. BlitzortungLive is not an official warning service. In case of danger, follow the warnings of your national weather service.

Ratings & Reviews

  • 4.5
    out of 5
    22 Ratings

BlitzortungLive 3.0 – completely rebuilt. NEW • Precipitation radar with an animated 2-hour history and 2-hour forecast (Deutscher Wetterdienst) • Thunderstorm areas and thunderstorm forecasts for Europe • Thunderstorm tracks with direction, speed and warning level (Germany) • Lightning density and instability (Lifted Index) layers • Satellite clouds and animated wind • Look back: radar images of the last two hours together with the lightning of that time • New layer menu to switch every layer on or off IMPROVED • Modern design with Dark Mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support • Fast GPU-rendered map: zoom and pan without waiting for the overlays • Clear connection status (Live / Connecting / Reconnecting) • More reliable connection and push alerts • Now also in Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Portuguese • Many bug fixes and stability improvements The app stays free – without ads and without tracking.

Version 3.0.0 (build 3.0.0.1)

The developer, Marco Bauer, 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 Used to Track You

    The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

    • Identifiers

  • Data Not Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data
    • Diagnostics

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Information

Size
3 MB
Category
Weather
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and 10 more
  • English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Age Rating
4+
Provider
Marco Bauer
  • Marco Bauer has not identified itself as a trader for this app. If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, consumer rights do not apply to agreements between you and the provider.
Copyright
© 2014–2026 Marco Bauer
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