Social media and Text Message Alerts

Hi! I'd like to clear up a few things:

1. When we launch the app, no content will be removed from our Facebook or other social feeds. Our goal is and has always been to raise awareness about tornadoes and severe weather. Removing content from our social platforms does not support this goal and therefore, we will continue to provide as much free value as possible to the entire community, whether they download our app or not.

2. The app will be free! The subscriptions are entirely optional for those who wish to remove ads, improve the radar from 5 to 12 intervals, and want to help support the app and our team. $5.99/year will provide us with more revenue than ads. $0.99/month will double that and be a more predictable monthly revenue stream for us. A huge thank you to those who wish to go either route!

3. For those who subscribe to our Text Message Alerts, firstly, thank you so much! Secondly, some have asked if removing ads is included in their $3.39/month subscription. At this point in time, that is not possible. The app is a unique product and removing the ads + improving radar requires a separate charge through the app stores in order to work properly. It's also important that we charge a separate fee so that we can recoup the costs associated with expensive radar data, server costs, development, improvements, email support, etc. We would, however, like to eventually add the option to subscribe to Text Message Alerts inside of the app but there are many features and improvements that take priority over that at this time.

I hope all of this makes sense and thank you so much for joining us on this incredible journey! 💙

Adam

(posted to the Facebook group on Oct 29 2019)