WindguruSpot vs Nautide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WindguruSpot
This app provides real-time wind data from a specific station on Sicily, including wind speed, temperature, and direction. Users can view live webcam images and switch between metric and imperial units for wind speed. Data refreshes every 15 seconds.
- Real-time wind speed (min, max, avg)
- Temperature and wind direction
- Live webcam feed
- Unit switching (m/s, knots)
- 15-second data refresh
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Application shows the actual data from the windguru station located on Sicily on the kiters lagoon. The data are minimum, maximum and average wind speed in last minute, temperature and wind direction, refreshing after 15 seconds. You can switch between two measuring units, meters per seconds and knots. You can also see the actual image from the webcam, when you swipe the wind data screen to the left.
Nautide
Plan your maritime activities with comprehensive data on tides, waves, wind, and weather. Access detailed charts and forecasts for over 25,000 coastal stations worldwide, including fishing activity predictions and astronomical information.
- Tide charts and tables
- Surf swell height and direction
- Fish activity and solunar periods
- Sunrise, sunset, and moon phases
- Wind speed and direction
- Coastal weather conditions
- Marine open water forecast
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All the information you need to know to plan activities at sea in a simple and practical app. More than 25,000 coastal stations around the world. TIDES Daily tide charts and tidal coefficient. High tides and low tides. Tides height. Monthly tide table. Tides for fishing. SURF Height and direction of the swell, wave period, hourly surf table. FISH ACTIVITY Hourly activity chart and solunar periods with the best fishing moments of every day. Monthly activity table with daily fish activity and major and minor fishing periods. SUN AND MOON Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, azimut, moon phases, eclipses, transits and other astronomical data. BAROMETER Fishing barometer, pressure graph and hourly pressure table with trend indicator. WIND Wind at land and wind at sea: wind speed, wind gust, wind force, land and sea conditions and hourly wind table. WEATHER Weather conditions at coast: Cloud cover, visibility, temperature, precipitation, wind chill, humidity, dew point and hourly weather table. MARINE Open water forecast for marine/sailing. Includes all weather indicators and also the water temp. Hourly marine table. AIR QUALITY Major air pollutants, particulate matter, hour-by-hour forecast. ----------------- Free download with restrictions. Requires suscription to activate all the sections and remove the ads. Terms of use: https://nautide.com/usage-terms © tides4fishing official app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nautide at 67% against WindguruSpot's 9%. Nautide also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 1). WindguruSpot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Nautide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. WindguruSpot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nautide holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nautide has 3.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of WindguruSpot's written reviews are positive against 67% of Nautide's.
WindguruSpot ships an update every 5 months, Nautide every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WindguruSpot | Nautide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (3.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.4% of reviews | 67.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #57 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Dajc | Igoox |
Customer experience
WindguruSpot
Nautide
Bugs and requests
WindguruSpot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Nautide
Reported bugs
3 issues- Paid subscription issues (e.g. not working, no access to content)
- App freezing or crashing
- Incorrect data display (e.g. water temperature)
Requested features
4 requests- Landscape mode support for tablets
- Ability to link forecasts to specific weather stations
- Integration with Apple Watch
- Offline access to data
In-app purchases
WindguruSpot
No in-app purchases
Nautide
- Nautide PRO Monthly$6.991 Month
- Nautide PRO Annual7 Days trial$44.991 Year
