QuakeWatch Downloads & RevenueQuakeWatch · App Store
QuakeWatch is #19 in News Paid in United States and charting in 12 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Full timeline · 5 events in the last 12 months
- 📈QuakeWatch entered the top 10Top Paid · News · JP
- 📈QuakeWatch entered the top 10Top Paid · News · US
- 📈QuakeWatch entered the top 10Top Paid · News · AU
- 🆕QuakeWatch first spotted by AppInsider#7 in Top Paid · News · Canada
- 🆕QuakeWatch released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
QuakeWatch at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
QuakeWatch is a paid, ad-free earthquake monitoring app that aggregates real-time seismic data from global sources for general users, educators, and relief agencies. The app maintains strong visibility in the paid news category across diverse markets, ranking #2 in Indonesia and within the top 10 in Canada, UAE, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and the UK.
Similar apps: Earthquake Network, MyShake, USGS Earthquake Alerts
QuakeWatch on the App Store
App details
Where QuakeWatch's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| NewsPaid | #19 | |
| NewsPaid | #2 | |
| NewsPaid | #13 | |
| NewsPaid | #9 | |
| NewsPaid | #6 | |
| NewsPaid | #11 | |
| NewsPaid | #8 | |
| NewsPaid | #12 | |
| NewsPaid | #13 | |
| NewsPaid | #11 | |
| NewsPaid | #9 | |
| NewsPaid | #6 |
Apps near QuakeWatch on the chart
News Paid, around #19.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about QuakeWatch
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Long-time users praise the app's detailed data and ease of use, but recent reviews highlight significant reliability issues including broken tsunami feeds and delayed earthquake reports. Many users perceive the app as abandoned due to a lack of updates and non-functional developer contact links.
Mixed but leaning positive (74% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and regular updates. The main complaints are about recent updates. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “Simple, free, and works well”
- Updates: “Once again a great update!!”
- Ease of use: “So simple to use & customize”
- Design: “The interface could not be better”
Common complaints
- Updates: “Hasn’t been updated in 6 years”
About QuakeWatch
•• A #1 News app in 60 countries so far including the US, UK, and Canada.
•• An App Store Top 100 app in 40 countries so far including the US and Canada.
•• Written-up in USA Today.
•• Shown and discussed on CNN Newsroom.
QuakeWatch has been the most popular paid earthquake app in the App Store for over 10 years now -- used by schools, relief agencies, media outlets, and thousands of people around the world curious about earthquakes near to them, family, or friends.
It has reached the App Store Top 100, and #1 in News, multiple times.
It is a feature-rich reference guide, free of ads, of the latest magnitude 1.0 and larger earthquakes from around the world as provided by ten worldwide sources including the US Geological Survey and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. Find out when they happened, where they happened, how big they were, and more. All in an easy-to-use interface without losing space to banner ads!
The key features of QuakeWatch include:
• An interactive world map view with tectonic plates showing reported earthquakes over the past week. Pan and zoom the map to focus on hot spots and click the details button to see the quake report. Also the ability to replay the earthquakes in order.
• Sort the listing by the most recent earthquakes.
• Sort by the largest earthquakes over the past week.
• Sort by the closest earthquakes to your location and see the distance and direction from your position.
• Sort by earthquakes nearest to a place anywhere on the earth that you easily specify. Great for tracking quakes near family members. Shows the distance and bearing from them.
• Choose from reporting services in the US, Europe, Canada, Mexico, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Iceland, and Italy.
• Select the tsunami icon in the toolbar for quick access to the latest tsunami information for the Pacific, US West Coast & Alaska, Australia, and Japan.
• Send earthquake information to yourself or others through email, Twitter, Facebook, or SMS text messaging.
• Filter out smaller earthquakes from the list by setting the minimum shown to be between 1.0 and 6.0.
• Select an earthquake from the list to view more information along with a live map of its location and the ability to show nearby earthquakes.
• Selecting the blue additional details button will take you to the reporting web site integrated into the application for more information about the earthquake which may include distances from cities, historical maps, shake maps, etc., and then easily return to the list.
• Universal app - supports the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
• Supports quick view multitasking on the iPad on iOS 10 and newer.
• iPod touch and iPad WiFi users can manually specify their current location if greater accuracy is needed.
• The ability to define local earthquakes within a radius of your location. Then sort by "Closest" to see all local earthquakes sorted by distance or the most recent.
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