Comparison

Tide Guide vs PredictCurrent

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

Head to head
About

Tide Guide

Access detailed tide and marine weather forecasts worldwide. Visualize conditions with beautiful charts and customize your experience with widgets and Live Activities. Plan your next outdoor adventure with confidence.

Highlights
  • Worldwide tide and marine weather data
  • Full-screen dynamic charts
  • Monthly and yearly tide tables
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Live Activities for current conditions
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • Lunar phase calendar
Features
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The award winning tide app for Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad and Mac. Never miss a tide, sunset, or beautiful day on the water. Tide Guide features tide and marine weather conditions from trusted data providers worldwide. It's beautiful, powerful, and provides easy access to thousands of different tide stations around the world. # Apple Design Award & App Store App of the Year Finalist # Built for Apple Watch Gorgeous full screen charts provide detailed tide and weather conditions. Each chart is dynamic and can switch between other conditions and views with just a tap. # Monthly & Yearly Tide Tables View detailed forecasts for 10 days, and tide tables for the next 12 months. Various display options allow for powerful layout customizations. # Home and Lock Screen Widgets Add beautiful and powerful widgets to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Tide Guide features an extensive set of widgets, with powerful customization options allow for endless combinations of marine and tide conditions. # Live Activities Use Live Activities to follow the current tide or sunset. There are different options for various “island activities.” Track the current tide, wind direction, solar progress, or lunar phase. # Summary Shortcuts Use Siri or the Shortcuts app to view different summaries of the tide, surf conditions, upcoming forecasts, and more. Ask Siri “Tide Guide Surf Report” to never miss the next swell. # Lunar Calendar Easily track the current lunar phase with a beautiful lunar phase calendar. Explore the altitude and elevation of the moon throughout the day, and view detailed solunar times like nautical dawn, dusk, and more. # Pro Features Many features in the app are free to use, and certain availability varies by region. Widgets, complications, detailed charts, and future table data require an active Pro subscription. Privacy & Terms: https://tideguide.com/privacy https://tideguide.com/terms

About

PredictCurrent

Navigate coastal waters with detailed tidal and ocean current maps. Access 10-day forecasts for currents, wind, waves, and sea temperatures. Essential for safe marine planning and exploration.

Highlights
  • Ultra-high-resolution 100m tidal current maps
  • 400m and 4km global coastline coverage
  • 10-day animated forecasts for currents, wind, and waves
  • Hourly tide chart data
  • Wind-against-current interaction analysis
  • Sea temperature tracking
Features
Currently charting
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Navigate coastal adventures with precision using real-time tidal current data from PredictWind. PredictCurrent delivers ultra-high-resolution 100m tidal current maps, plus 400m and 4km maps covering 90% of global coastlines. It also includes full ocean current coverage, empowering fishermen, sailors, and coastal explorers with essential tools for current tracking, tide planning, and marine navigation. Developed by PredictWind’s expert oceanographers, trusted globally for industry-leading forecasting, PredictCurrent supports confident and safe coastal navigation for boating, fishing, sailing, and kayaking. Why PredictCurrent - Unrivalled Precision: Ultra-high-resolution 100m tidal current maps provide unmatched detail for coastal tide planning, ideal for fishing, sailing, or paddle sports. Also includes 400m and 4km resolution maps. - Trusted Expertise: Built by PredictWind, pioneers in marine and ocean current forecasting, delivering professional-grade data. - Comprehensive Tracking: Monitor tidal currents, ocean currents, winds, waves, and sea temperatures with animated maps and hourly tide chart data for 10 days. - Coastal Navigation: Join fishermen, sailors, kayakers, and coastal explorers worldwide who rely on PredictWind’s marine weather and current data for informed navigation. Key Features - Ultra-High-Resolution 100m Tidal Current Maps: Visualise intricate nearshore water current movements with clarity, ideal for coastal navigation, route planning, and safety. - High-Resolution 400m & 4km Maps: Access tide and ocean current coverage for 90% of global coastlines, seamlessly integrated with live ocean current data. - Advanced Dashboard: Analyse wind-against-current interactions, wave heights, tide cycles, and directions using accurate ECMWF wind forecasts. - Animated 10-Day Forecasts: View dynamic tidal currents, ocean currents, wind, waves, and sea temperature forecasts on interactive marine maps. - Detailed Data Tables: Access hourly data on current speed and direction, plus alerts for wind-against-current situations. Tailored for fisherman, sailors, kayakers, and coastal adventurers, PredictCurrent offers essential tools for safe marine planning—backed by PredictWind’s proven ocean data and current tracking accuracy. Start with a 14-day free trial. Access ultra-high-resolution tidal current data, tide charts, ocean current forecasts, wind, waves, and sea temperature tools for your next coastal journey. Terms & Conditions: https://www.predictcurrent.com/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.predictcurrent.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Tide Guide4 screens
PredictCurrent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tide Guide at every 3 days against PredictCurrent's monthly. Tide Guide also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 270) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). PredictCurrent's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tide Guide sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PredictCurrent sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tide Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tide Guide has 10K ratings behind it against 270, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Tide Guide's written reviews are positive against 57% of PredictCurrent's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tide Guide ships an update every 3 days, PredictCurrent monthly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Tide Guide versus PredictCurrent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTide GuidePredictCurrent
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10K ratings) — better4.5 (270 ratings)
Positive reviews54.7% of reviews56.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better270
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#50 — better#72
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size275 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCondor DigitalPredictWind Limited

Customer experience

Tide Guide

All ratings10,226 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews380 reviews
Positive54.7%
Neutral11.6%
Negative33.7%

PredictCurrent

All ratings255 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral2.7%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive56.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative43.2%

User reviews

Tide Guide

From 10K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accurate data
  • 👍 Informative and varied data presentations
  • 👍 Intuitive UI
  • 👍 Integration with Apple Watch
  • 👍 Beautiful UI and design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent freezing or crashing
  • 🐛 Widgets and complications not always reliable or synced
  • 🐛 Slow loading times and refresh rates
  • 🐛 Incompatibility issues with certain locations (e.g. Canada, Australia)
  • 💰 Expensive subscription or lifetime pricing

PredictCurrent

From 270 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📊 Detailed hour-by-hour current visualizations
  • 🎯 Accurate tidal and current predictions
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🌊 Comprehensive water condition data (wind, tide, waves, temperature)
  • 💼 Valuable competitive advantage for water sports professionals

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription pricing ($24-30 quarterly)
  • 🚫 Mandatory account creation required
  • 📍 Limited geographic coverage and location availability
  • ⏰ Forecast data limited to short timeframes (until 11am-noon next day)
  • 🔐 Privacy concerns regarding personal data collection

Bugs and requests

Tide Guide

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard not appearing in location search
  • Tide data inaccuracies compared to other sources
  • Widgets and complications disappearing or not updating
  • App crashing when switching between locations or opening certain features

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to view more than a few days at a time
  • Display of current and historical tide heights
  • Integration of swell height and direction data
  • Offsets for tide times and heights
  • Map view for selecting locations
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  • Family sharing support

PredictCurrent

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Unable to add location error messages despite valid coordinates
  • Location setup fails to respond or complete
  • Password not saved correctly in database, preventing login
  • Account creation fails with character handling errors
  • App crashes when setting locations
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  • Free trial access inconsistent across devices
  • iPad version blocks access to charts despite iPhone trial access
  • Data unavailable errors at valid deep water locations

Requested features

9 requests
  • Extended forecast data for full 24-hour next day coverage
  • Smaller time increment stepping (sub-hourly) for racing
  • Exact tide turn time information beyond hourly data
  • Legend/symbol guide for app indicators
  • Improved coastal and estuarine modeling
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  • Better 100m resolution coverage beyond UK Solent region
  • Cross-platform synchronization between iPhone and iPad
  • Offline access to saved locations
  • Multi-language support (German, French, etc.)

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tide Guide

Subscriptions9
  • Tide Guide Pro (1 Month)$3.991 Month
  • Tide Guide Pro (1 Month)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Tide Guide Pro$4.991 Month
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  • Tide Guide Pro (1 Month)$4.991 Month
  • Tide Guide Pro (12 Months)3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Tide Guide Pro (12 Months)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Tide Guide Pro (12 Months)$29.991 Year
  • Tide Guide Pro (12 Months)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Tide Guide Pro7 Days trial$40.001 Year
One-time1
  • Tide Guide Pro (Lifetime)$150.00
5 purchases

PredictCurrent

Subscriptions5
  • PredictCurrent Pro 1-Month14 Days trial$15.001 Month
  • PredictCurrent Pro 3-Monthly14 Days trial$29.003 Months
  • PredictCurrent Pro 3-Monthly3 Days trial$29.003 Months
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  • PredictCurrent Pro 3-Monthly7 Days trial$29.003 Months
  • PredictCurrent Pro Annual14 Days trial$99.001 Year

Questions

Is Tide Guide free?
Tide Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PredictCurrent free?
PredictCurrent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tide Guide or PredictCurrent?
Tide Guide is rated higher. Tide Guide averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while PredictCurrent averages 4.5 from 270 ratings.
Do Tide Guide or PredictCurrent have ads?
Neither Tide Guide nor PredictCurrent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tide Guide or PredictCurrent?
Tide Guide ships an update every 3 days, and PredictCurrent monthly. Most recently, Tide Guide was updated on November 4, 2026 and PredictCurrent on November 4, 2026.
Which is more popular, Tide Guide or PredictCurrent?
Tide Guide currently peaks at #50 in the App Store charts, and PredictCurrent at #72. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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