Comparison

Nautide vs Mareas

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Mareas

Features
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Mareas es una aplicación que te permite consultar rápidamente las mareas en cualquiera de los puertos españoles. Rápidamente podrás consultar el estado de la marea (subiendo / bajando), la altura actual, e información sobre los coeficientes, próximas pleamar y bajamar. La aplicación funciona de forma offline, por lo que no necesitarás conexión a internet en ningún momento. Mareas ofrece widgets para la pantalla de inicio y la pantalla de bloqueo para que puedas consultar en todo momento el estado de la marea sin necesidad de abrir la aplicación, así como una versión para Apple Watch. También podrás consultar a Siri el estado y altura de la marea y te dará la respuesta. ** Los datos de la aplicación son los proporcionados de forma pública por el Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina, publicados en el Anuario de Mareas del año en curso. **

Screenshots

Nautide4 screens
Mareas2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mareas at none against Nautide's 2. Mareas also leads on ads (none vs shown). Nautide's advantage is chart position (#61 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nautide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Mareas asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Nautide versus Mareas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNautideMareas
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#61 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIgooxRuben Fernandez

Bugs and 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

Mareas

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Nautide

Subscriptions2
  • Nautide PRO Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Nautide PRO Annual7 Days trial$44.991 Year
None

Mareas

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nautide free?
Nautide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mareas free?
Mareas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nautide or Mareas have ads?
Nautide shows ads; Mareas does not.
Which is updated more often, Nautide or Mareas?
Nautide ships an update every 3 months, and Mareas every 3 months. Most recently, Nautide was updated on September 26, 2026 and Mareas on September 21, 2026.

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