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My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
JRustonApps B.V. · 62,144 ratings · ★ 4.8
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Top complaints - extracted from 28 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"lightning"
8 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Trash. It was not traking lightning near by" - Capybara is not in the app
2
"work"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Limited Locations. It doesn’t work in South Africa. Particularly Johannesburg Gauteng." - Craig's iPhone review
3
"doesn"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Limited Locations. It doesn’t work in South Africa. Particularly Johannesburg Gauteng." - Craig's iPhone review
4
"every"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "False Alsrms. Used to work great. But now - in the last month when there is NEVER lightening, every day I am getting a n indication that there is a single lightening strike to the West." - peterpopovich
5
"strike"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "False Alsrms. Used to work great. But now - in the last month when there is NEVER lightening, every day I am getting a n indication that there is a single lightening strike to the West." - peterpopovich
6
"another"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Add issues making app unusable. It would be a great app if you could actually use it without all the adds popping up every time. The adds are not easily able to exit and you have to close the app out to start over. It is very frustrating and if it continues I will be usin…" - Will5983
7
"location"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Limited Locations. It doesn’t work in South Africa. Particularly Johannesburg Gauteng." - Craig's iPhone review
8
"strikes"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Obnoxious Notification Curse. Good App for receiving location of lightning strikes in your area, but I cannot turn down nor turn off the loud notification tone every time lightning strikes. Set to SILENT on app settings, AND the in the iPad notifications settings, set t…" - MJFrog55
9
"mexico"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Gulf of Mexico. The app has mislabeled a large body of water." - T Rexey
10
"screen"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Free Version is Totally Worthless. Ads pop up, which would be OK if they could be closed, but they can’t. You are stuck with an ad on your screen and no way to get back to the lightning app." - yak-gal
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"radar"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Gets stuck in ads. When I try to view radar the app redirects into ads that I cannot close. I used to like this app. I’m about to uninstall if this isn’t fixed." - Squarefreedom
12
"inaccurate"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very inaccurate. This app accuracy is iffy at best plus it rarely worked. I tried deleting it and re opening several times but it still would open." - Haplesstraildogsforscience
📋 All 28 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Needs a map key
Where’s the freaking map key? I have no idea what the colored dots mean.
False Alsrms
Used to work great. But now - in the last month when there is NEVER lightening, every day I am getting a n indication that there is a single lightening strike to the West.
Trash
It was not traking lightning near by
Completely Invasive App
App will tries to access other devices on the network you are connected to.
Add issues making app unusable
It would be a great app if you could actually use it without all the adds popping up every time. The adds are not easily able to exit and you have to close the app out to start over. It is very frustrating and if it continues I will be using another application.
Gulf of Mexico
The app has mislabeled a large body of water.
Free Version is Totally Worthless
Ads pop up, which would be OK if they could be closed, but they can’t. You are stuck with an ad on your screen and no way to get back to the lightning app.
Gets stuck in ads
When I try to view radar the app redirects into ads that I cannot close. I used to like this app. I’m about to uninstall if this isn’t fixed.
Very inaccurate
This app accuracy is iffy at best plus it rarely worked. I tried deleting it and re opening several times but it still would open.
Gulf of Mexico. So sad you are so stupid
Map is inaccurate
Slow and full of advertising
I don’t mind a ad or two but when there is a block of the app for 30 seconds for advertising, while i just want to check the weather, it is quicker to go to another app.
Big issues
Keeps glitching and will not show the radar no matter how many times the app is closed
Waste of time
The app doesn’t help you track anything
Lighten
Radar don’t work app Messing up all the time
ok, but ads are frustrating
title says it all: too much of a good thing - the ads are out of control. if you're going to annoy me, give me an obvious out that doesn't involve closing the app and starting over... pretty soon ill be searching for a new one...
Obnoxious thunder noise
I have happily used this app for several years but since the last update you can’t tell how far the lightning is from your location and you get thunder noise that can wake you up at any time. I guess I’m going to have to delete the app.
Not good
This app does NOT work correctly. There have been several occasions where I can see and hear a nearby lightning strike, but this app does not pick it up. I’ve also had trouble with the lightning strikes that it does detect, randomly disappearing from the map. How does this app have such good reviews?
Not worth it
Did not work at all when litning strikeing CLOSE
do not download
very intrusive, hard to delete
or disable.
or disable.
Deleted
Used to be very useful until an add pops up and blocks the screen when I tap on a strike location. I need immediate distance information to keep my crew safe. The Weather Bug app is better now for lightning notifications.
Stopped Working 🚫⚡️
It was a decent app for the last couple years. For whatever reason, it has not been working as of late. It rarely rains in Phx, but when it does it’s helpful to have this lightning knowledge. I guess it’s time for a new tracker. 😔
Has become maga-fixed
This site has decided to bend to the dictator and in change and change change the name of the golf of Mexico and Mount Denali contrary to what the rest of the world recognizes
Useless app now after last update.
Shows no lighting strikes after last update! This is all it’s suppose to do and can’t even do that..
Limited Locations
It doesn’t work in South Africa. Particularly Johannesburg Gauteng.
Obnoxious Notification Curse
Good App for receiving location of lightning strikes in your area, but I cannot turn down nor turn off the loud notification tone every time lightning strikes. Set to SILENT on app settings, AND the in the iPad notifications settings, set to OFF, but still they blare.
I finally just DELETED the app to regain my silence.
I finally just DELETED the app to regain my silence.
Ads ads ads
Full screen ads are sweet.
Inaccurate Lightning
It said there was a lightning struck in my driveway but I was on my porch and there wasn’t, there also was another one that said lightning struck a tree in front of my house but once again it didn’t. Not recommended
Jig
Iol
Sentiment summary
95%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
2%
Negative (1-2★)