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Know which hail storms are worth working.

HailPing reads every hail storm for roofing, PDR and auto body teams. You get a GO or VERIFY call on each new storm, the neighborhoods to start in, and who to call. A GO or VERIFY call on every new storm for roofing, PDR and auto body, where to start, and who to call.

  • Ground hail reports
  • Radar-estimated hail swaths
  • Hail 1″ and larger, continental US
  • Reports post within about a day

Inside the app

One real storm, read for roofing.

The HailPing app showing GO, worth knocking, start in Ankeny, for the Ankeny, IA storm: 2.25 inch hail, 15,979 homes in the path, 79% owner-occupied
The roofing call
The app's Where to start screen for Ankeny: start in Ankeny, ZIP 50021, with its homes, detached homes and year built, then Bondurant and Mitchellville
Where to start
The app's Who to call list for Ankeny: 158 businesses near the path, 135 under the direct hit, on the hail map
Who to call

Ankeny, IA storm, Sep 8, 2026. Figures are an example.

Read for your trade

The same storm calls for a different plan in each trade. Pick yours once and every verdict, ranking and list follows it. Pick yours once. Every verdict, ranking and list follows it.

What every report gives you

A map tells you where hail fell. HailPing tells you what to do about it.

HailPing map for the Ankeny, IA storm: radar playback at 6:15 PM over the radar-estimated hail, with its three areas and the hail-size legend
Radar playback over the Ankeny, IA storm. Playback is Pro.
  • A call on every new storm. GO or VERIFY for your trade, so you know whether it is worth the drive before you load the truck. GO or VERIFY for your trade.

  • The homes under the hail. The homes in the path with their owner-occupied share and median home value, and neighborhoods ranked by ZIP. Homes, owner-occupied share, home value.

  • Who to call, ranked. Businesses near the hail, each with the reason it made the list, the hail estimate where it stands, and its hours. With the reason, the hail there and hours.

  • A free hail map. See where hail was estimated on every storm, free. Pro adds finer detail, every ground report and radar replay. Finer detail and replay on Pro.

  • Areas and leads on the map. Priority areas pinned with their outlines, and the businesses to call shown right where they are.

  • Check any address or business. See the hail that hit an address, storm by storm, or open a business from a storm and check its past. The newest storm is free.

  • Save and follow up. Save a business, set its status and a follow-up date, keep notes, and export it all. Statuses, follow-up dates, notes, export.

  • Your states this season. Every report in your states this year, with the counts for your trade on each one. Every report this year, with counts.

  • Alerts for your states. Push and email when hail is reported where you work. Business-planning alerts, not weather warnings. Push and email when hail is reported.

Start free. Go Pro when a storm hits.

Free account

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  • New storms the day they post, with size, reach and verdict
  • A free hail map on every storm
  • A few leads to call for PDR and auto body
  • Alerts for your states, and saved businesses with follow-ups
  • Every report in full once it is 14 days old

HailPing Pro

$899.99 /year

About $75 a month, or $99.99 billed monthly.

Renews until you cancel. Cancel any time in App Store settings.

  • Full reports the day a storm posts
  • Full Who to call lists, ranked, with the reason for each
  • Detailed hail maps and radar replay
  • CSV and PDF export, radius alerts

The free account gets new storms, a free hail map, a few leads for PDR and auto body, alerts for your states, and every report in full once it is 14 days old.

Questions

Is HailPing free?

Yes, to start. A free account gets new storms the day they post, alerts for your states, and every report in full once it is 14 days old. Full lead lists and exports stay Pro.

Pro is $99.99 a month or $899.99 a year, renewing until you cancel, and opens new storms in full the day they post.

Where does the hail data come from?

Ground hail reports are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service; HailPing receives them through Vaisala Xweather and other public sources. The hail swath on the map is a radar estimate from NOAA MRMS. HailPing groups the reports into storms, usually within a day.

Does HailPing send weather warnings?

No. HailPing alerts tell you about hail that was reported, so you can plan work. For warnings, follow the National Weather Service.

How does HailPing compare with HailTrace?

HailPing tells you which storms to work, where to start and who to call, at a published price. See HailPing vs HailTrace and HailTrace alternatives.

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