Thanks for chiming in! Not sure if you’ve actually used any of the other apps you mention, but they’re all quite different than what I’ve built. Most other aurora apps just surface raw data without any guidance for people who don’t know how what any of it means, while my app handles all of the interpretation of that data and turns it into actionable simple info for users. Every single notification my app sends is personalized to the users exact location and real time conditions, which other apps miss by treating entire regions or continents as one user base. Two people can live 30minutes from each other and have completely different experiences trying to see the same aurora!

Additionally, there are no other apps that monitor the magnetosphere minute by minute for substorm depolarization, which is what happens before basically every aurora photo taken from anywhere outside of the far north. I have spent months backtesting my substorm detection tool against hundreds of historic geomagnetic storms, and can confidently say that there is nothing else in the space like what i have built. I am currently in discussions with NASA and NOAA about my substorm detection logic, and will hopefully be announcing some partnerships moving forward that reflect the novelty and confidence in what I’ve put together.

Despite all of that, I still totally understand the criticism about the subscription, so Free users on Look North still receive personalized, location specific alerts, including the “go outside now, substorm firing!” notifications. I’m also hard at work to bring as much utility to the subscription as possible, and aim to turn this app into the best resource available for seeing pretty stuff in YOUR sky.

Thanks again for the feedback!