PrepAlert
Crisis alerts for preppers
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
PrepAlert shows you official warnings for where you are, and with Pro also for home, family or your holiday address. Severe storm, flood, earthquake, tsunami or wildfire: you get a notification as soon as an official agency issues a warning, an update when it changes, and a message when it is lifted. With travel mode (Pro) you also hear when the travel advice for your destination gets stricter.
Why PrepAlert
• Official sources, unaltered: you see the agency's own text, with attribution and a link to the original.
• Only what affects you: warnings are matched to the warning area and your location (with Pro also your own places), not to the whole country.
• Peace when possible: set quiet hours and a minimum severity. Extreme warnings still break through quiet hours.
• What to do now: short, practical steps for each type of warning, also offline.
Features
• Push notifications for new, updated and lifted warnings
• Follow my location: warnings for where you are right now
• Status card: see at a glance whether anything is going on
• Map layers: warning areas, earthquakes and fires
• Family check "Are you OK?": ask everyone with one tap, answer with one tap from the notification
• Crisis news from public news feeds, with a tension index
• Widgets, including the Lock Screen
• In English, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian
Sources
Warnings come from, among others: MeteoAlarm (European weather services, 17 countries), NOAA National Weather Service (US), USGS (earthquakes worldwide), GDACS (global disasters), NOAA's tsunami warning centers (NTWC and PTWC), FMI (Finland), MET Norway, AEMET (Spain), SMHI (Sweden), MetService (New Zealand), PAGASA (Philippines), KMA (South Korea), NCDR (Taiwan), INMET (Brazil) and NSW Rural Fire Service (Australia). Travel advice: UK FCDO, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Germany's Federal Foreign Office. PrepAlert is independent and not affiliated with these organisations. Coverage differs by country.
Free: safety for everyone
• Official warnings and push notifications for your current location
• "What to do now", status card and crisis news
• Map layers: warnings, earthquakes and fires
• Family check (1 group) and quiet hours
• No account, no ads
PrepAlert Pro
• Daily briefing: a readable summary, optionally as a daily notification at a time you choose
• Audio briefing: have the briefing read aloud
• Your own places: home, work, parents… up to 10 places and trips together
• Travel mode: travel advice per country from the Netherlands, the UK and Germany, warnings at your destination and a notification when the advice gets stricter
• Smart alerts: earthquakes and wildfires near your places, frost and strong wind ahead, and a reminder before a warning starts
• 3 family groups
• AI summary and "Ask PrepAlert", on your own device
• Weekly overview and full notification history
• Custom tension threshold and notification filters by category
• Supplies list
Pro is available monthly, yearly (first week free) or as a one-time purchase; prices are shown in the app. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period in your App Store settings.
Privacy
No account, no ads, no tracking. Your places only go to our alert service if you turn warnings on, and then rounded to about 1 km. AI features run on your device. One button deletes all your data on the server.
Important
PrepAlert is not an official alert system and does not replace public warning systems, sirens, radio or instructions from emergency services. Notifications can be delayed or missing, for example if a source or the mobile network fails. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
- This app has not received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
A new look: calmer, easier to read, with a floating tab bar.
• Honest status: if the data is old or your place isn't covered, we say so instead of "all quiet".
• News headlines are rated "critical" less quickly.
• Quiet hours now also work when you only switch them on.
• Deleting your account now works when you signed in with Apple or Google.
• The backup stores your places rounded to about 1 km.
• Better on iPad and with large text.
The developer, Michael Stuut, 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:
- Purchases
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Michael Stuut
- Size
- 13.8 MB
- Category
- News
- 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 6 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- PrepAlert Pro (monthly) USD 1.99
- PrepAlert Pro (yearly) USD 11.99
- prepalert Pro USD 22.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Michael Stuut