Thunderstorm Simulator


3.4.0 by Scott Dodson
Aug 21, 2025

About Thunderstorm Simulator

Rain and lightning effects

Summon a thunderstorm on your smart device. Relax and fall fast asleep to the sounds of rain and thunder. The screen or camera flashes when lightning strikes.*

*Defaults to screen for lightning light effects if camera flash is not available.

THUNDERSTORMS

• Strong Thunderstorm — Heavy rain with frequent lightning and thunder nearby

• Normal Thunderstorm — Steady rain with a full range of lightning and thunder

• Weak Thunderstorm — Light rain with occasional lightning and thunder far off

• Passing Thunderstorms — Rain and lightning intensity changes as the storms pass

SETTINGS

• Toggle rain sound effects

• Change rain audio (default, heavy rain, steady rain, light rain, rain on tin roof)

• Set rain volume

• Toggle thunder sound effects

• Set thunder volume

• Toggle delay thunder

• Toggle lightning light effects

• Change lightning output (camera flash, screen)

• Change delay lightning

• Change lightning transition effects

• Change lightning/thunder occurrence (default, occasional, normal, frequent)

• Change the color and max brightness of the lightning light effects (screen only)

• Change starting storm for Passing Thunderstorms (weak, normal, strong)

• Change cycle time for Passing Thunderstorms (15 min, 30 min, 60 min)

• Toggle background sounds (birds, cicadas, crickets, frogs)

• Set background volume

• Auto-start, Auto-stop, and Auto-restart thunderstorm (auto-restart activates auto-start and auto-stop)

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

• Sleep Timer with audio fade out

• Bluetooth and Casting supported via Google Home app. Delay Lightning setting lets you choose how much time to delay the lightning to compensate for the wireless audio delay.

• Turn Screen Black adds a black overlay and sets your mobile device to the minimum brightness. Screen Brightness Delay setting compensates for the minimum to maximum brightness delay on some mobile devices. Set to .25-1 second if the screen lightning light effects do not reach peak brightness when lightning is the closest, i.e., thunder is the loudest.

• Keep Awake setting prevents your mobile device from going to sleep so you can continue seeing the lightning light effects

• Hide Status Bar setting maximizes the mobile screen real estate for the screen lightning light effects

Please contact me at support@thunderstorm.scottdodson.dev if you experience any issues. I'd love to hear your thoughts and appreciate you taking the time to rate and review the app. I want to continue to improve Thunderstorm Simulator and create a great experience for you and future users. Thank you! —Scott

Ad-supported version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.scottdodson.thunderstorm.simulator.free

Additional APP Information

Latest Version

3.4.0

Requires Android

7.0

Available on

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