SpaceWeatherLive

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About this app

SpaceWeatherLive is the ultimate app for those who are interested in seeing the northern lights or want to know everything about the activity on our Sun. With this app you will be able to see and understand how active the aurora is right now and if there might be a good chance to spot the northern or southern lights in the coming days. You will never miss an aurora display again with this app in your pocket no matter where you go!

Beginner friendly - While the SpaceWeatherLive app is filled with all the space weather information you can think of both for beginning and advanced space weather enthusiasts, every item has a pop up with additional information to help you along if something is unclear. Learn more as you go along!

Everything in one app - Switch between the auroral activity and solar activity modes with just one click!

Dark mode - Preserve your night vision with our special dark mode! Ideal for aurora chasing out in the field!

Push notifications - Free push notifications informing you of significant space weather events like solar flares, geomagnetic storms, earth-facing coronal holes and much more! You can turn any notification on or off so if you don't want to receive any notifications at all or are only interested in specific notifications: we got you covered!

Modern graphs - All the data that you are interested in are represented in sleek, responsive graphs. Dials don't cut it when you are out in the field, you want to know how the data looks like in the past and right now. Our graphs provide all the information you need in the blink of an eye!

News - Not only do we provide a ton of different automated alerts, we even have a dedicated team of space weather enthusiasts who write detailed hand written reports during high solar or auroral activity!

Extensive help section - Are you a beginner and does our app look a bit daunting when you first open it? Fear not, we have a dedicated help section with tons of articles and a FAQ section. Give it a read and soon you will be able to make your very own aurora forecasts!

Huge space weather archive - Ever looked back at your old aurora pictures and wonder what space weather was like on that specific date? We got you covered! Take a dive in our space weather archive that is filled to the brim with geomagnetic and solar data from the year 1996 until yesterday. Dig around and discover large sunspot regions, extreme geomagnetic storms and exciting data from the past!

Free for all - Best of all... Our app is completely free of charge! We do have ads but those can be removed by purchasing a subscription which in turn supports us to keep our services online!

PRICE AND TERMS:
Although the app is free, it does contain advertising at the bottom of the screen which helps us to keep our services online. Don't want the ads? No problem, with a simple in-app subscription purchase you can remove them!

Prices may vary in other countries respecting your local currency exchange rate. Your subscription will be charged to your Google Play account. At the end of the term, unless auto-renewable subscriptions are disabled, your subscription will automatically renew in your Google Play account. You will be charged for the regular price of your subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of the current term. You can turn off automatic renewal in your Google Play account settings at any time, but you must do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current term. Refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of any term.
Terms and conditions: https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/app/terms-and-conditions
Privacy policy: https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/app/privacy-policy

Ratings and reviews

A lot of good information, but I can't subscribe to notifications. The permission is enabled, notifications are allowed, and battery use is unrestricted. Clicking the yellow 'open app settings' button opens the system's app info page (which doesn't have any push notification settings). I do pay for ad-free. Edit: I can't find a way to 'send a message' in the app. My notification ID is 'undefined' and therefore pretty unhelpful...

Among the most comprehensive space weather apps out there. Not a personal favorite -I do use it- (but) that's because it's WAY beyond novice levels of understanding. For space researcher -or at least an acolyte- I'm sure it is great to have this much detailed information. For "kids & family" aurora watcher, the summary info could be presented with better data reduction/simplification. But maybe that's not really the target audience. It's an impressive, comprehensive compilation: That is for sure

As an amateur radio operator, this is the best app out there for solar updates. Even though the ad bar at the bottom is minimal and doesn't detract from or really interfere with using the app, I subscribed for the whole year and will continue to do so to support the developer. While most people may not understand all of the data, it will alert you to strong solar storms in case you choose to disconnect equipment you feel may be damaged. A great app- thank you!

What's new

Dropped support for old Android versions (< Android 7)
For EU users: In accordance to the GDPR, a consent screen has been added.
Our last release made it possible to configure thresholds for solar flares, radio blackouts, solar radiation storms and Kp. In the app, navigate to 'Settings' -> 'Manage Push notifications' to configure your push notifications!