Nautide vs RiverFlows
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
RiverFlows
This app provides comprehensive river information for anglers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Scotland. It offers water flow, tidal data, and user-submitted photos and videos. Users can also find parking and fishing spot locations, and track their catches and fishing cards.
- River search
- Water flow information
- Tidal information (Norway)
- Videos and live streams
- User photos
- Location finder
- Catch tracking
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RiverFlows / Elveforhold is a must for everyone fishing in Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Scotland Search for rivers Get water flow information Tidal information (Norway only) Videos and live streams User photos Locations for parking, desinfection, fishing spots Keep track of your catches and fishing cards + much more Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nautide at 4.8 against RiverFlows's 1.0. Nautide also leads on ratings volume (3.4K vs 1) and chart position (#54 vs unranked). RiverFlows's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Nautide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and RiverFlows sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nautide holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nautide has 3.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nautide ships an update every 3 months, RiverFlows every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nautide | RiverFlows |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.4K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #54 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Igoox | jon magnar nesvik |
Customer experience
Nautide
RiverFlows
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
RiverFlows
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nautide
- Nautide PRO Monthly$6.991 Month
- Nautide PRO Annual7 Days trial$44.991 Year
RiverFlows
- Premium1 Month trial$1.491 Month
- Premium1 Month trial$12.991 Year
Questions
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