Comparison

Alertable vs TrueWind

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

Head to head
About

Alertable

Stay informed about emergencies and daily incidents across Canada. Receive fast, reliable notifications for public safety, severe weather, and local community events. Personalize alerts by type, severity, and location to know before you go.

Highlights
  • Canada-wide public safety alerts
  • Severe weather alerts
  • Customizable notifications
  • Location-based alerts
  • Sharable alerts
  • Local community notifications
  • Workplace alerts
Features
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Alertable emergency alerts and mass notifications keep you informed of emergencies and daily incidents in your community, workplace and school. Use Alertable for locations in Canada to stay aware and plan ahead. Check in advance for community events, closures, restrictions, hazards, danger and more. Know before you go. Keep yourself and others informed and up to date with Alertable. Notifications are fast, reliable and easy to see and hear. Personalize notifications by type and severity. Choose notifications for many locations including home, work, school, cottage, family and friends locations and more. Change your locations and other personalized options in Settings, after the fact. Key features: • Canada wide public safety alerts (from Canada’s Alert Ready emergency alert system) • severe weather alerts (from Environment and Climate Change Canada) • fast and reliable, highly optimized alert notifications • easy to setup and use • customizable, choose the types of critical, advisory and information alerts you wish to receive • targeted, alerts for only locations you are interested in • follow me, alerts for where you are at • maps, helpful for seeing the geographical area the alert is for • sharable, alerts can be shared on social media, email and text message • informative, emergency descriptions, impact areas and actions to take to remain safe • local, community notifications for closures, outages, restrictions, disruptions, re-openings, Interruptions and more • workplace, get alerts from your organization • accessible, full use by people with different abilities • multilingual, translate alerts into your device’s language setting

About

TrueWind

Navigate Canadian waters with confidence using this intuitive marine weather app. Access vital weather information offline, save favorite locations, and plan your trips with ease. Ideal for fishing, sailing, or any maritime adventure.

Highlights
  • Intuitive map interface
  • Robust offline mode
  • Save favorite spots
  • Canadian waters focus
  • Trip planning assistance
Features
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Set sail with the ultimate marine companion at your fingertips! Our app is expertly designed with mariners in mind, offering a highly intuitive map interface that ensures easy navigation through Canadian waters. Never worry about losing access to vital weather information with our robust offline mode – all the essential data you need is stored on your device and readily available, even in the most remote locations. Plus, our convenient favorites feature allows you to quickly save and access your most frequently visited spots, making trip planning a breeze. Whether you're planning a fishing expedition, a leisurely sail, or an adventurous maritime journey, our app has got you covered. Download today and experience the confidence that comes with having reliable, user-friendly marine weather data right at your fingertips. Don't miss out – your next voyage awaits! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tidebyteapps.github.io/privacy.html

Screenshots

Alertable4 screens
TrueWind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TrueWind at 100% against Alertable's 61%. Alertable's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. TrueWind sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Alertable asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alertable ships an update every 2 months, TrueWind every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Alertable versus TrueWind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlertableTrueWind
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (177 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings177 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPublic Emergency Alerting Services IncGUY THOMAS IAIN HALFORD THOMPSON

Customer experience

Alertable

All ratings177 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive61.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative31.3%

TrueWind

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Alertable

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • App not working after update
  • No alerts sent out
  • Misleading and late alerts
  • Old alerts cannot be deleted
  • Confusion with evacuation alert wording
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  • Poor Shuswap updates
  • Unreliable emergency alerts
  • Evacuation alerts too late
  • Garbage app
  • History not deletable
  • High battery drain
  • Alerts not informative enough
  • Too many alerts in a row
  • Early morning notifications
  • Huge drain on battery
  • Very slow to load
  • Not getting audio alerts
  • Cannot select region by panning
  • Alerts don't display properly
  • Useless in BC and most of Canada
  • No cities in California
  • Does not include my city
  • Weak privacy policy

Requested features

14 requests
  • Disable prompts asking to keep receiving alerts
  • Add dark mode
  • Allow selection of entire city by panning map
  • Remove pointless alert types
  • Ability to silence specific alert types
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  • Option to ignore specific alert types
  • Improve location accuracy for alerts
  • Add wildfire alerts
  • Differentiate evacuation alert levels visually
  • Allow deletion of old alerts
  • Provide more informative alerts
  • Include cities in California
  • Include more cities
  • Strengthen privacy policy for location tracking

TrueWind

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Alertable

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TrueWind

Subscriptions1
  • Canadian Marine Weather Pro$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Alertable free?
Alertable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrueWind free?
TrueWind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Alertable or TrueWind have ads?
Neither Alertable nor TrueWind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alertable or TrueWind?
Alertable ships an update every 2 months, and TrueWind every 4 months. Most recently, Alertable was updated on October 3, 2026 and TrueWind on September 30, 2026.

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