NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker
Rating: 4.54839 (155 reviews)

NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker

Verona Solutions, LLC

🗺️ Navigation

☀️ Weather

Customer Experience

Positive experience62.8% of reviews

Neutral4.7% of reviews

Negative experience32.6% of reviews

~ Based on 86 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker

Reviews of NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker are mixed: the Weather app is rated 4.5/5 from 155 App Store ratings. What users like most: accurate marine weather data, good for nautical areas. Top complaints: app crashes frequently, app freezes. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

👍Accurate marine weather data
👍Good for nautical areas
👍Provides buoy data
👍Useful for boaters/sailors
👍Real-time conditions
👍Easy to use interface
👍Favorites feature
👍Good customer service (sometimes)
👍Authoritative source
👍Fast app response

Negative things

🐛App crashes frequently
🐛App freezes
🐛Data is outdated
🐛Poor coverage in some regions
🐛Does not work well for Australia/NZ
🐛Wave height data missing
🐛Requires GPS always
🐛Slow performance
🐛Limited buoy listings
🐛Synopsis disappeared
🐛Email address doesn't work
🐛Poorly advertised
🐛Difficult to use
🐛Not worth paying for
🐛Links to NOAA website
🐛Lacks advanced features

Is NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker Safe?

NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker is 89/100.

This assessment is based on 155 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

86.4% of ratings point to a safe experience

4.8% of ratings suggest some concerns

8.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 125 App Store ratings for NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker.

Is NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker Legit?

NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for NOAA Buoy & Tides Tracker is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Most Recent Highest Rated Lowest Rated

Do not get! I wish I could give it negative stars!

This used to be my go to app for all things water related. I work on the water as a licensed captain, scuba diving instructor, and Paddleboard instructor. With the recent updates, this app no longer shows the same information without having to open additional pages. It shuts down unexpectedly. Probably the most frustrating part of my experience recently is having to deal with the constant adds and pop ups. I paid for this app! Why am I now getting ads? All the information from this app is easily accessible on NOAA’s website and after the recent updates, it is way faster to just pull it up (ad free) on their site. That would be my professional recommendation.

CCleucas

13 days ago

Response from developer

Please contact us at info@veronasolutions.net Thank you for the detailed note, and I’m sorry the app has let you down after years of use. You should not be seeing ads. The app went free to download this summer, and anyone who bought it before that keeps it ad-free. Here is how to restore that: open the menu, tap Premium, and tap the link that says you bought the app before it went free. The app checks your original purchase with Apple and turns ads off for good. Nothing to buy, and it stays off across reinstalls. On the crashes: that is not something I can see from here, and I want to fix it. If you can send me the iPhone model, iOS version, and what you were doing when it shut down, to the email address above, I will chase it down. On needing more taps to reach the same information: that is fair feedback, and I’m looking at the home screen so the readings you check most are there without opening another page. The next update also adds a full month of highs and lows on every tide station, with Share, which should help with planning on the water. I’d be grateful for the chance to earn back your rating if you will contact me.

Used to be good

So long story short if I payed for this app why am I getting ads?

I use this app pretty much everyday

DDeej_97

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for using the app every day, and I'm sorry the ads were an unwelcome surprise. You did pay for this app, and I owe you a straight explanation. The one-time price from years ago stopped covering the work needed to keep the app running: NOAA feeds change, iOS changes, and this year we rebuilt the tide engine so predictions work with no cell signal and match NOAA's tables. To keep the app alive and free for new users, it became ad-supported. Ads are limited to the home and list screens and never cover the buoy or tide data itself. If you'd like to talk it through, reach me through the app's support link. I read every message.

Please update

Aloha, I really like the format of this app. But now it does not load on my iPad Pro 11” running software 15.6.1 version.

AAndrewSchiavello

4 years ago

No longer functions

Shut down phone
Reloaded app
Hasn’t updated in 7 days
Received a response from developers

Apparently the problem is with noaa

CCaptcdsea

6 years ago

Response from developer

This is not related to the app. From NOAA: On 03/09/2021 the NDBC primary processing servers were shut off due to a facilities issue. Station pages on the NDBC website are not updating and there is no ETR at this time. We apologize for this but we are at the mercy of NOAA and their restoration of these services.

Update 9/18/2020: old problems fixed, good to go

I walk my dogs next to the SF Bay, and this app will tell me the temperature and velocity of the wind off the water. My regular weather app (Weather On) is right on the money for ambient temp and wind speed, but the buoy data tells me the wind temp and speed off the water, and whether or not I'll need a jacket. Maybe a "one trick pony", but it's really good at it, and I use it every day for that. The tide data is there also, but is easier to read in Tide Graph Pro. I'd buy both, if you're by the water. Tip: Pick a few “favorite” buoys near you, and those are the only ones that will come up when you tap favorites (so you don’t have to sort through all the weather on the coast, but you can if you wish). The app responds quickly, so the delay from home; screen to favorite buoy air temp and wind speed takes about 3 or 4 seconds max. Simple, and well written. Good Job.

Aalwaysmprest

6 years ago

Thanks

The data is older than some other apps that I am looking at. Used to be more timely. Now the email address doesn’t work either.

AAHhhs

6 years ago

Response from developer

Our data comes directly from NOAA and we do not cache data for more than 60 minutes. As far as our email, what issue are you experiencing? We receive emails from our users everyday. Please make sure you are using the correct email: info@veronasolutions.net. Please note that it is .net NOT .com.

The BEST!

Hands-down my favorite weather app for near a decade now.

Excited to see it’s being actively developed again. This is by far the best weather app for any nautical area. No frills, accurate and timely data from an authentic, authoritative source.

Thank you for developing this- I depend on it every day. 🙏🏼👍🏼

Ggcisux

6 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you. We are proud of the fact that NOAA Buoy and Tide Data has been in the AppStore for nearly 12 years. Throughout that time it has stayed among the top Weather apps -- usually in the top 50.

Poorly advertised

Does not work well for australia/NZ. Despite the picture showing wellington on the app. Disappointed

Mmicko125

7 years ago

Response from developer

I apologize if you misread the description or misinterpreted the images. There is no mention of Wellington, Australia anywhere and the image you may have mistook for wellington is actually of Florida, USA. This app is designed to read NOAA data which is a US weather agency.

Sea height

Why does the data show the sea height anymore?

BBBeach books

7 years ago

Response from developer

If a given buoy is reporting this information, the app will show it. Not all buoys have the same information and sensors. Sometimes sensors fail and that buoy may stop reporting some information.

Fixed and working!

I submitted a review saying the app keeps crashing when I try to open the app, preventing me from using the app, and I asked for the developers to fix this issue. Within days of submitting the review they released an update that solved the issue and the app works great! Thank you for the great customer service!

YYodel123!

7 years ago

Response from developer

Please download the latest update. If this solves your problem, please consider revising your review.

Worked pretty well for a couple of years but its broken

The app worked well for a few years. A couple of weeks ago it began to hang on the opening screen and then just crashes back to the app icon. This app is broken on my iPhone and ipad.

IITMat

7 years ago

Response from developer

Please download the latest update. If this solves your problem, please consider revising your review.

Best App for the Professional Mariner

As a yacht delivery captain who delivered vessels all over the world, this app has been my go-to marine weather resource. I have bought other apps that claim to be NOAA Data Buoy but fail miserably in provide NOAA textual data. This app provides marine weather forecasts as well as current and historical data verbatim from NDBC/NOAA. Don’t waste your time or money. Take it from a professional mariner. This is the app you need.

Aaeronautic1

8 years ago

Synopsis

Suddenly the synopsis has disappeared and the app keeps freezing and shutting down when I try to scroll down.

RRwilli98

8 years ago

Response from developer

Which Buoy are you using? You can reach out to us at info@veronasolutions.net and we are always ready to help.

Refund please

Poor app - should have read the reviews

Ssitcalm

8 years ago

Response from developer

We are always available to answer questions. Please tell us what you did not like so we can fix it. You can reach us at info@veronasolutions.net.

Excellent!!!

No other app combines the features and usability found in this one. As avid boaters, my husband and I rely on it all the time.

Tthebratshw

8 years ago

Wave Height

This app does not make use of reported wave information

MMissFishin'

8 years ago

Response from developer

If NOAA reports wave height for a buoy the app will report it. Please e-mail us with the name of the buoy for which you are not getting wave information so we can help. You can reach us at info@veronasolutions.net.

Very few listings

I boat on a large lake with numerous buoys and the app shows one or two on the lake. Junk

JJmg4991

8 years ago

Response from developer

Please contact us at info@veronasolutions.net. We would love to help you. There are many ways to search for buoys on the app and the app reports on every NOAA buoy that is on-line but you may be using a method to find the buoys you need that may not yield the best results. We are confident we can help you enjoy the app.

Doesn’t seem to work.

The app is slow and doesn’t seem to work. I would like a refund.

SSdffh

8 years ago

Response from developer

Please tell us what you are trying to do and what is not working well for you. We will try to help you and if you are still unsatisfied, we will gladly issue a refund. You can reach us at info@veronasolutions.net.

Should have read reviews

2nd re-write: The developer responded the same day as my review, and provided instructions to disable automatic user location (set Auto-Retrieve to off). Having downloaded the app again and making the location changes, I am still nagged with a pop-up error, "No Location. Access to location denied! Check Settings." Another issue is that wave height info is missing from most buoys I've checked along the eastern shore. NOAA comparisons show the data (just not provided from within the app). Excellent marine weather info otherwise.

Rriffin-rich

9 years ago

Response from developer

The app does not require location services to be enabled. You can go to the settings in the app and set the Auto Retrieve off. You can then manually set your location. The app requires location in order to show you stations near you. We DO NOT capture your location or profit from it in any way. Our app has been in continuous service for 9 years. We have not ever, used user location to advertise, sell or promote to them. If this answer satisfies your concern, please consider revising your review. If it does not, please feel free to reach out to us at info@veronasolutions.net and we will gladly answer all your questions.