Lightning Tracker & Radar Map

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About this app

Lightning Tracker & Radar Map helps you understand storm activity before it reaches you. See live lightning flashes, a radar map, storm 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 keeps the last update visible so you know when data is fresh. Coverage includes the Americas, the Atlantic, Europe, Africa and nearby oceans, with detection depending on live satellite availability and local storm activity.

Lightning tracker and radar map
- Watch recent lightning flashes on an interactive map
- Check storm zones built from clustered strike activity
- Use the weather radar overlay and radar timeline playback for context
- Review 24-hour lightning history and a lightning heatmap with Premium

Storm alerts and safety tools
- Get in-app alerts when lightning is near your location
- Use push storm alerts for saved places with Premium
- Set an alert radius up to 300 km with Premium
- Follow a 30-30 lightning safety timer after nearby activity

Forecast and saved places
- See NOAA SPC storm forecast context where available
- Save important locations such as home, work, school, marina or golf course
- Monitor multiple saved places with Premium
- Keep the map useful after a temporary connection drop with last-known storm data

Free version
The free app includes the live lightning map, one saved location, daily alerts, basic storm data and the 30-30 safety timer.

Premium
Premium unlocks expanded storm alerts, larger alert radius, unlimited saved locations, weather radar overlay, 24-hour history, lightning heatmap, storm forecast and an ad-free experience.

Important coverage note
Lightning data comes from NOAA GOES GLM and EUMETSAT MTG-I1 LI. It is designed for supported coverage areas across the Americas, Atlantic, Europe and Africa. Always follow official weather warnings and local safety guidance during severe weather.

Download Lightning Tracker & Radar Map for a focused lightning tracker, storm radar map and lightning alert app built for outdoor safety.
Live lightning tracker with GOES+MTG maps, storm alerts and radar.
Updated on
Sep 10, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
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  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Financial info and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

169 reviews
Candice Stears-Nicks
July 11, 2026
phone would freeze and I kept having to restart my phone. phone got really hot, too. I have a Samsung s25 ultra so it shouldn't have done that.
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Adventure Walkers
July 11, 2026
Hi, Sorry this happened. A phone freeze and overheating is serious. Please email support@lightningtracker.app with your device logs, steps to reproduce, and whether it happened right after opening Lightning Tracker. Nikolai Creator of Lightning Tracker
David Roland
August 18, 2026
pretty easy to use. Jamb pack with all the info I want.
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Adventure Walkers
August 30, 2026
Packed but still easy was the goal, and getting there was mostly deleting things. Thank you for noticing the part that is invisible when it works. Nikolai Creator of Lightning Tracker
Christopher Worthy
June 27, 2026
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP IT'S A RIP OFF SUBSCRIPTION TO BE ABLE TO USE IT.
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Adventure Walkers
August 30, 2026
Christopher, straight answer on what free gives you. The live lightning map, approaching-storm alerts, the 30-30 timer and one saved location. Premium adds per-strike alerts, a 300 km radius and ten locations. The radar layer is currently off for everyone, so it is not what you would be paying for. Nikolai Creator of Lightning Tracker

What’s new

• Rewrote the app in every language so it 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.
• Screen readers can now read the strike count and legend on the map.