Watch Duty Downloads & RevenueWatch Duty: Wildfire & Floods · App Store & Google Play
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods by Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc. is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods update history & changes
Last change · 23 events since 3 Aug 2021Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 23 events
- 📈Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods dropped out of every chart we trackAndroidLast seen 3 Nov
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods updated to version 2026.10.29iOSThis release includes various improvements and fixes.
- ✏️Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods added hidden keywords: femaiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods updated to version 2026.10.22iOSThis release includes various improvements and fixes.
- 📊Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods: downloads up ×3.2 in a weekAndroidabout 1.5k a day now (our estimate)
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods updated to version 2026.10.14iOSThis release includes various improvements and fixes.
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods updated to version 2026.10.14AndroidThis release includes various improvements and fixes.
- 📈Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods entered the top 10 in 2 chartsiOSTop Free · News · US · Top Grossing · News · US
- 📈Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods entered the top 100iOSTop Free · All Apps · US
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods updated to version 2026.10.9iOSThis release includes various improvements and fixes.
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods updated to version 2026.10.9AndroidThis release includes various improvements and fixes.
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods updated to version 2026.10.1iOSThis release includes various improvements and fixes.
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods updated to version 2026.9.23iOSThis release includes various improvements and fixes.
- ✏️Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods added hidden keywords: warnings, incidentiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods added hidden keywords: qualityiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Communication · US
- 🆕Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods first spotted by AppInsideriOS#31 in Top Grossing · News · United States
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods version 2026.9.17iOSNo release notes
- 📦Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods version 2026.9.17AndroidThis release includes various improvements and fixes.
- 🆕Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
News GrossingWatch Duty: Wildfire & Floods at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-18. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A non-profit disaster alert app providing real-time, human-verified wildfire and flood tracking for residents in high-risk areas. The app ranks #3 in US News Free and #9 in US News Grossing, indicating strong user adoption and monetization potential despite its free core offering.
Similar apps: Red Cross Emergency, FEMA, PulsePoint
App Store
App details
Google Play
App details
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | – |
| Google Play | 500+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Watch Duty Yearly Membership subscription | |
| 2 | Watch Duty Pro subscription | |
| 3 | Watch Duty Pro subscription | |
| 4 | One Year Membership subscription | |
| 5 | Watch Duty Annual Membership subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #26 News Grossing | 1 of 30 countries | #55 | #26 |
| Google Play | – | 0 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
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.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.9 ★ | 53k |
| Google Play | 4.8 ★ | 14k 4.1k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.9 ★ weighted by ratings | 66k |
What users say about Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
From the 94 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app as a critical, life-saving resource for real-time wildfire and emergency tracking, citing its accuracy and free access. However, a small minority report significant issues with notification reliability, subscription management bugs, and device compatibility.
Mostly positive (86% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and regular updates. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and not being useful.
What people like
- Useful: “I’ve recommended it to friends”
- Updates: “We love that it keeps us updated”
- Features & content: “Premium has extra features”
- Ease of use: “This app is informative, timely, and easy to use”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “These people need to make their money”
- Useful: “However, is it actually worth having if it’s not going to be useful for what ever the reason?”
- Crashes & bugs: “PLEASE FIX THIS IDIOT GLITCH”
- Login & account: “Deleting the account didn't work, it still won't let me resubscribe because it says I already have a subscription”
About Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
Disaster Tracking Features:
- Push notifications about nearby safety impacting floods, wildfires, and firefighting or emergency response efforts
- Real-time updates as conditions change
- Evacuation orders & shelter information
- Active fire perimeters and progress
- Flash flood warnings and threat levels
- Current and projected river gauge flooding levels
- Infrared satellite hotspots from VIIRS and MODIS
- Wind speed and direction
- Power outage size and estimated resolution time
- Historical wildfire perimeters
- Air quality readings
- Street and satellite maps
- Air attack and air tanker flight tracker
- Save locations for quick access on the map
Watch Duty is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our service will always remain free of charge and free of ads. You can support our mission with a $25/year membership, which grants access to special features as a token of our appreciation.
Disclaimer: Watch Duty is not affiliated with any government agency. The information provided in this app is sourced from publicly available and trusted sources, including but not limited to government agencies, radio transmissions, and satellite data. Specific government sources include:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: https://www.noaa.gov/
- VIIRS: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/viirs
- MODIS: https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov
- National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC): https://www.nifc.gov
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE): https://www.fire.ca.gov
- California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES): https://www.caloes.ca.gov
- National Weather Service (NWS): https://www.weather.gov/
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): https://www.epa.gov/
- Bureau of Land Management: https://www.blm.gov/
- Department of Defense: https://www.defense.gov/
- National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/
- US Fish and Wildlife Service: https://www.fws.gov/
- US Forest Service: https://www.fs.usda.gov/
For more information or support, feel free to contact us at support.watchduty.org.
Privacy Policy: https://www.watchduty.org/legal/privacy-policy
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods App Store
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods is #26 in News Grossing in United States and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 News GrossingWatch Duty: Wildfire & Floods at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-18. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A non-profit disaster alert app providing real-time, human-verified wildfire and flood tracking for residents in high-risk areas. The app ranks #3 in US News Free and #9 in US News Grossing, indicating strong user adoption and monetization potential despite its free core offering.
Similar apps: Red Cross Emergency, FEMA, PulsePoint
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods on the App Store
App details
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Watch Duty Yearly Membership subscription | |
| 2 | Watch Duty Pro subscription | |
| 3 | Watch Duty Pro subscription | |
| 4 | One Year Membership subscription | |
| 5 | Watch Duty Annual Membership subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NewsGrossing | #26 |
| United States | NewsFree | #55 |
Apps near Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods on the chart
News Grossing, around #26.
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 Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
From the 94 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app as a critical, life-saving resource for real-time wildfire and emergency tracking, citing its accuracy and free access. However, a small minority report significant issues with notification reliability, subscription management bugs, and device compatibility.
Mostly positive (86% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and regular updates. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and not being useful.
What people like
- Useful: “I’ve recommended it to friends”
- Updates: “We love that it keeps us updated”
- Features & content: “Premium has extra features”
- Ease of use: “This app is informative, timely, and easy to use”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “These people need to make their money”
- Useful: “However, is it actually worth having if it’s not going to be useful for what ever the reason?”
- Crashes & bugs: “PLEASE FIX THIS IDIOT GLITCH”
- Login & account: “Deleting the account didn't work, it still won't let me resubscribe because it says I already have a subscription”
About Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
Disaster Tracking Features:
- Push notifications about nearby safety impacting floods, wildfires, and firefighting or emergency response efforts
- Real-time updates as conditions change
- Evacuation orders & shelter information
- Active fire perimeters and progress
- Flash flood warnings and threat levels
- Current and projected river gauge flooding levels
- Infrared satellite hotspots from VIIRS and MODIS
- Wind speed and direction
- Power outage size and estimated resolution time
- Historical wildfire perimeters
- Air quality readings
- Street and satellite maps
- Air attack and air tanker flight tracker
- Save locations for quick access on the map
Watch Duty is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our service will always remain free of charge and free of ads. You can support our mission with a $25/year membership, which grants access to special features as a token of our appreciation.
Disclaimer: Watch Duty is not affiliated with any government agency. The information provided in this app is sourced from publicly available and trusted sources, including but not limited to government agencies, radio transmissions, and satellite data. Specific government sources include:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: https://www.noaa.gov/
- VIIRS: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/viirs
- MODIS: https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov
- National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC): https://www.nifc.gov
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE): https://www.fire.ca.gov
- California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES): https://www.caloes.ca.gov
- National Weather Service (NWS): https://www.weather.gov/
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): https://www.epa.gov/
- Bureau of Land Management: https://www.blm.gov/
- Department of Defense: https://www.defense.gov/
- National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/
- US Fish and Wildlife Service: https://www.fws.gov/
- US Forest Service: https://www.fs.usda.gov/
For more information or support, feel free to contact us at support.watchduty.org.
Privacy Policy: https://www.watchduty.org/legal/privacy-policy
Latest updates
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods Android
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Not in a tracked Google Play top chart right now.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods on Google Play
App details
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Watch Duty Yearly Membership subscription | |
| 2 | Watch Duty Pro subscription | |
| 3 | Watch Duty Pro subscription | |
| 4 | One Year Membership subscription | |
| 5 | Watch Duty Annual Membership subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not in a Google Play top chart right now. | ||
Ratings
Google Play, 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 Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
From the 100 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mostly positive (89% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and regular updates. The main complaints are about recent updates.
What people like
- Useful: “Must have, well built tool!”
- Updates: “great app updates on wild fires in our area”
- Features & content: “Must have, well built tool!”
- Price & subscription: “I am now an annual subscriber”
Common complaints
- Updates: “fire next to me for 3 hours app never even reported or gave updates”
About Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
Watch Duty is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our service will always remain free of charge and free of ads. You can support our mission with a $25/year membership, which grants access to special features as a token of our appreciation.
Disclaimer: Watch Duty is not affiliated with any government agency. The information provided in this app is sourced from publicly available and trusted sources, including but not limited to government agencies, radio transmissions, and satellite data. Specific government sources are listed below.
Disaster Tracking Features:
- Push notifications about nearby safety impacting floods, wildfires, and firefighting or emergency response efforts
- Real-time updates as conditions change
- Evacuation orders & shelter information
- Active fire perimeters and progress
- Flash flood warnings and threat levels
- Current and projected river gauge flooding levels
- Infrared satellite hotspots from VIIRS and MODIS
- Wind speed and direction
- Power outage size and estimated resolution time
- Historical wildfire perimeters
- Air quality readings
- Street and satellite maps
- Air attack and air tanker flight tracker
- Save locations for quick access on the map
Government Data Sources:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: https://www.noaa.gov
- VIIRS: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/viirs
- MODIS: https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov
- National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC): https://www.nifc.gov
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE): https://www.fire.ca.gov
- California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES): https://www.caloes.ca.gov
- National Weather Service (NWS): https://www.weather.gov
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): https://www.epa.gov
- Bureau of Land Management: https://www.blm.gov
- Department of Defense: https://www.defense.gov
- National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov
- US Fish and Wildlife Service: https://www.fws.gov
- US Forest Service: https://www.fs.usda.gov
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): https://hazards.fema.gov
For more information or support, feel free to contact us at support.watchduty.org.
Privacy Policy: https://www.watchduty.org/legal/privacy-policy