# Hail Recon

> The mobile hail reconnaissance app for your Interactive Hail Maps subscription.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.interactivehailmaps.hailrecon](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.interactivehailmaps.hailrecon)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.interactivehailmaps.hailrecon`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Interactive Hail Maps
- **Category:** WEATHER
- **Downloads:** 52,740
- **Rating:** 2.10 / 5 (191 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-31
- **First published:** 2013-07-04
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 36 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.interactivehailmaps.hailrecon)
- **Website:** [http://www.interactivehailmaps.com/](http://www.interactivehailmaps.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.interactivehailmaps.com/terms-of-use/](http://www.interactivehailmaps.com/terms-of-use/)

## Description

Hail Recon by Interactive Hail Maps is a powerful mobile app designed for users with an Interactive Hail Maps subscription. It provides forensic-level hail maps with radar-accurate hail swaths that range from ½” to over 3” in precise increments, allowing you to pinpoint hail locations with confidence.

Key features include a dynamic location indicator, a Hail Finder to locate storms by area, and a variety of map views including standard, satellite, and hybrid modes. The app supports on-the-ground hail reports, enabling storm spotters to confirm hail size and intensity. Address markers help you document and manage your field observations, mark damage severity, and even get driving directions to prospects. You can generate comprehensive hail impact reports that are private to your account. Additionally, Hail Recon offers customizable push notification hail alerts with distinctive sounds based on hail size, and it syncs with your Interactive Hail Maps subscription to provide access to extensive historical storm data dating back over six years.

## Rankings

- #292,827 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.interactivehailmaps.hailrecon.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.interactivehailmaps.hailrecon.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`
- `com.interactivehailmaps.hailrecon.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE`

## Review summary

Users report major reliability issues with frequent app crashes and freezes on Android devices. Saving photos and completing reports is slow, impacting work efficiency. Notifications cannot be filtered or customized, leading to irrelevant alerts. There are interface problems like incorrect appointment times and poor map controls. While users appreciate its hail tracking features and potential, high and increasing prices reduce the app's value. Overall, the app needs significant improvements on Android for stability, usability, and notification management.

### Pros

- Provides hail tracking and inspection features useful for appointment setting and damage assessment
- Includes a hail data and impact report service that users find valuable
- Offers notifications and alerts for hail and weather events
- Has potential with map-based hail reconnaissance functions

### Cons

- App frequently crashes or freezes on multiple Android devices, making it unreliable
- Photo saving and report completion processes are slow and inefficient
- Notifications lack customization options，such as filtering by location or event type
- User interface has glitches, e.g. incorrect appointment time settings and poor map manipulation
- Pricing is high and has increased, causing dissatisfaction among users

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.interactivehailmaps.hailrecon)