# Tzofar - Red Alert

> Real-time sirens in Israel

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1480129320](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1480129320)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1480129320`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Hoshen Kadosh
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (120 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.6.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-15
- **First published:** 2019-10-03
- **Size:** 28 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tzofar-red-alert/id1480129320)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.tzevaadom.co.il/ios\_privacy\_policy.html](https://www.tzevaadom.co.il/ios_privacy_policy.html)

## Description

Tzofar - Red Alert provides real-time siren alerts for Israel. Users can tailor alerts by city, area, or current location, receiving notifications for Red Alerts (rockets and missiles), earthquakes, hostile aircraft intrusions, and more. The app includes features like customizable alert sounds, bypassing silent mode, an alerts history, and a map showing where alerts were activated. It connects to Home Front Command servers to deliver timely information. Note that the app is not official and users should always follow Home Front Command instructions.

Developed by Hoshen Kadosh and Itai Guli, Tzofar - Red Alert is designed to enhance situational awareness during emergencies. It integrates real-time data with user-friendly controls, making it easier to stay informed while respecting Official guidance.

## Rankings

- #127,758 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Tzofar for fast, map-based alerts with color coding and customizable sounds, plus an ad-free interface. Recurring drawbacks include connectivity/reload problems, in-car audio delivery via Bluetooth, limited alert customization and vague labeling, occasional language localization issues (Hebrew), and an intrusive notification tone. Overall, it’s a valuable real-time public-safety tool with strong usability and mapping features, but needs improvements in reliability, language support, and alert clarity.

### Pros

- Fast, reliable alerts often arriving within a second
- Map view showing alert locations and neighborhoods
- Color-coded alerts for quick visual understanding
- Multiple alert sounds available for customization
- Ad-free, clean interface (including the browser version)

### Cons

- Connectivity issues and reload errors, plus unclear data/wifi behavior
- Alerts not audible in cars when connected via Bluetooth
- Limited alert customization and some unclear labels (desire for clearer terms and voice/early warnings)
- Hebrew language setting sometimes does not switch or is slow to update
- Notification sound can be intrusive or resemble a phone ring

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1480129320)