Tower Visit vs Gridwatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tower Visit
This app provides a comprehensive, searchable directory of church bell ringing towers from Dove's Guide. Users can log visits, attach contacts, and map tower locations with driving directions. It offers iCloud support and import functionality from older versions.
- Searchable tower directory
- Attach contacts to towers
- Log tower visits (weddings, peals)
- Map tower locations
- Driving directions to towers
- iCloud support
- Import from old Dove's Guide app
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Tower visit includes all the towers in the Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers (http://dove.cccbr.org.uk) in an easy-to-use app. Features include: Listing of all towers, searchable by country, town, county or practice night. Can attach contacts to towers. Logging of all tower visits for general ringing, weddings, peals and quarter peals. Mapping of towers, near user location or any other place, and you can get driving directions to a tower. iCloud support, with ability to import from the old Dove's Guide app.
Gridwatch
Monitor real-time energy demand and electricity supply sources for the UK. Track current and past consumption levels to understand grid performance.
- Live UK energy demand metrics
- Electricity supply source breakdown
- Current consumption levels
- Historical consumption data
- Grid performance insights
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Get live energy demand metrics for the UK and from which sources the electricity is supplied to the grid. View current and historical consumption levels.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tower Visit at 75% against Gridwatch's 67%. Tower Visit also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Gridwatch's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tower Visit ships an update every 5 months, Gridwatch every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tower Visit | Gridwatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremy Knowles | Carl de Wiele |
Customer experience
Tower Visit
Gridwatch
In-app purchases
Tower Visit
No in-app purchases
Gridwatch
No in-app purchases
