Comparison

Ocean Water Temperature vs Airly

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ocean Water Temperature

Access real-time ocean water temperatures, tide information, and detailed wave forecasts. View SST charts, historical wave data, and marine weather forecasts from NOAA and NWS. Save your favorite locations for quick access.

Highlights
  • Current ocean water temperature and tides
  • Sea Surface Temperature (SST) charts
  • Historical wave height reports
  • 7-day NOAA wave forecast
  • 7-day harmonic tide forecast
  • 5-day NWS marine weather forecast
  • NOAA Weather Layer Charts
Currently charting
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Features Include: * Current ocean water temperature and tides! * SST (Sea Surface Temperature) charts * 6-hour historical wave height reports * 7-day, hourly NOAA wave forecast * 7-day, hourly harmonic tide forecast * 5-day National Weather Service marine weather forecast * NOAA Weather Layer Charts * Automatically saves your favorite buoy for quick viewing 6-hour History Data Includes: - Primary and secondary wave height, period, direction - Wave energy, period, direction 7-day NOAA WaveWatch III Forecast Model Includes: - Hourly swell component predictions (1-6 swells) - Accurate wave height, period, direction predictions 7-day Hourly Harmonic Tide Forecast Includes: - Interactive tide graphs - Hourly tide predictions - Current tide 5-day NWS Marine Forecast Includes: - Text summary forecast - Weather, sky, wind, waves Weather Layer Charts include: - Sea Surface Temperature (SST) - HD Weather Radar - Wind Speed & Direction - Air Temperature - 12-Hour Rain Probability - Significant Wave Height ** Available for iPad and iPhone with single purchase** IMPORTANT: Please remember that this app can only show data the buoy collects. Not all buoys collect wave data. This app will display all data collected by a buoy. If you have any questions before purchasing, please email me at mwnbdc@gmail.com. I typically respond by the end of the day. If you notice a missing a buoy, please contact me first rather than leaving a poor review. If you are correct, the buoy can be easily be added to the cloud database. Enjoy.

About

Airly

Monitor real-time air quality in your location with a vast sensor network. Get reliable pollution data, forecasts, and notifications about exceeded standards. Plan your activities based on the air you breathe.

Highlights
  • Real-time air quality monitoring
  • Largest sensor network in Poland
  • WHO standard compliance
  • Next-day air quality forecast
  • Push notifications for pollution alerts
  • Home and work place sensor favorites
  • Widgets for quick access
Features
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Airly - Breathe consciously! Airly gives you the ability to check the real-time air quality in your current location. Thanks to the largest network of sensors in Poland, the app presents reliable data on air pollution in a transparent and intuitive way, including data and calculations of exceeded standards in accordance with the latest guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO). Check what air you are breathing and plan activities for the next day thanks to the unique and only forecast in Poland that predicts the air quality for the next day with 96% efficiency. The Airly app allows you to: - air quality monitoring with 40 000 sensors and official stations located around the world, - real-time controlling of measurements: PM1, PM2.5, PM10, gases, temperature, pressure, air humidity and wind strength and direction, - adding sensors in locations important to the user to Favorites, in order to find important places like home or work place faster, - receiving "push" notifications about exceeded air pollution standards in accordance with the user's preferences, - quick access to information thanks to widgets to be installed on the phone. According to the WHO, 99% of the world's population breathes polluted air and 2.4 billion people are exposed to dangerous levels of household air pollution. Air pollution causes 7 million people to die prematurely every year due to exposure to pollution. Air quality is a topic that is worth being interested in and monitoring the level of pollution in the place of residence. Download the Airly app and check what you breathe! Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/airlyorg/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/airlyorg/ Contact Us: https://airly.org/pl/contact/

Screenshots

Ocean Water Temperature4 screens
Airly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Airly at Free against Ocean Water Temperature's $1.99. Airly also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (60% vs 41%). Ocean Water Temperature's advantage is chart position (#99 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Airly is free to download; Ocean Water Temperature costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Airly holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 171 and 415 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Ocean Water Temperature's written reviews are positive against 60% of Airly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ocean Water Temperature ships an update every 4 months, Airly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Ocean Water Temperature versus Airly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOcean Water TemperatureAirly
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.6 (171 ratings)4.7 (415 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.5% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings171415 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#99 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLW Brands, LLCAirly

Customer experience

Ocean Water Temperature

All ratings171 ratings
Positive63.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative30.4%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive40.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative54.1%

Airly

All ratings415 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral4.6%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative25.7%

User reviews

Ocean Water Temperature

From 171 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Simple and functional
  • 👍 Good for planning activities
  • 👍 Accurate surface temperature
  • 👍 Customer service responsiveness

Room to improve

  • 😞 No specific location temperature
  • 😞 Limited data coverage
  • 😞 App unresponsive/crashes
  • 😞 Difficult to read temperature scale
  • 😞 Not helpful for specific needs

Airly

From 415 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😊 Great way to track air quality
  • 👍 Useful for knowing pollution levels
  • 👍 Works well in specific locations (Poland)
  • 👍 Great UI/UX
  • 👍 Easy to use and clear

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Widget shows incorrect/no sensor data
  • 🐛 Location requirements are unclear/excessive
  • 🐛 Map quality is poor in portrait mode
  • 🐛 Lacks Spanish language support
  • 🐛 No indication of data update time

Bugs and requests

Ocean Water Temperature

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App says not responding
  • Cannot place cursor for specific temperature
  • Cannot change map temperature scale range
  • Cannot change units
  • FAQ section unhelpful
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  • App has gone downhill
  • Never shows actual temperature
  • App is useless for specific locations
  • Clicking on buoy does nothing
  • Map does not show specific buoys
  • No temperature data for certain regions
  • Wave size keeps getting deleted
  • App doesn't download
  • Need to search for app every time to open
  • Temperatures take a long time to load
  • App does not open or load properly
  • No legend for water temperature
  • App basically says water temperature is the same globally

Requested features

10 requests
  • Ability to place cursor for specific temperature
  • Changeable map temperature scale range
  • Changeable units
  • Larger temperature scale size
  • More detailed ocean floor map
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  • Full earth map view / flat earth map
  • Search feature by city, state, country, or body of water
  • Integration with Google Maps layer
  • Display expected fish presence based on temperature
  • Depth temperature models for divers

Airly

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Complications on Apple Watch not showing AQI
  • Widget provides no indication or incorrect data
  • App requires location sharing always, even when zip code can be used for widgets
  • Cannot find location
  • Broken widget
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  • No sensors for Moldova
  • Widget shows no data if no sensors within 3km
  • Notifications not received after last update
  • In-app notification settings are ignored

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add Apple Watch complications for AQI
  • Allow widget to show nearest sensor data
  • Add Spanish language support
  • Indicate data update time
  • Allow viewing historical data beyond 2 days
Show 5 more
  • Show hourly temperature
  • Improve graphs with more information
  • Add more active sensors
  • Fix notification settings to respect user preferences
  • Improve map quality and landscape support

In-app purchases

None

Ocean Water Temperature

No in-app purchases

None

Airly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ocean Water Temperature free?
Ocean Water Temperature costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Airly free?
Airly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ocean Water Temperature or Airly?
Airly is rated higher. Ocean Water Temperature averages 3.6 out of 5 from 171 ratings, while Airly averages 4.7 from 415 ratings.
Do Ocean Water Temperature or Airly have ads?
Neither Ocean Water Temperature nor Airly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ocean Water Temperature or Airly?
Ocean Water Temperature ships an update every 4 months, and Airly every 5 weeks. Most recently, Ocean Water Temperature was updated on October 26, 2026 and Airly on October 20, 2026.

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