Comparison

Tide Time vs Tidal Pool

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

Head to head
About

Tide Time

This app helps you plan beach activities by providing tide charts and levels. You can set custom usable tide heights for various purposes like beach walks or tide pooling. It allows you to tag current tide levels as low, usable, or too high.

Highlights
  • Tide charts and levels
  • Custom usable tide height setting
  • Tagging tide levels (Low, Usable, Too High)
  • Planning for beach activities
  • Seaside run and passage planning
Features
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Beach walk? Tide pooling? Seaside run? Narrow beach passage? Use this app to make tide charts and levels relevant to your beach use. See the time range when the tide will be below a certain height. Teach the app what tide level is "usable" for whatever your beach purpose by tagging the current tide as "Low," "Usable" or "Too High."

About

Tidal Pool

Features
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Plan tidepool visits with low-tide times, heights in feet and daylight information for 33 stations in the United States and Canada. NOAA and Canadian Hydrographic Service predictions require internet to refresh; cached tides and the 73-species field guide work offline. Search species, filter by tidal zone and save sightings with photos in your private journal. Tidal Pool keeps journal entries, photos, favorites and settings on your device. Photo analysis runs locally and can be wrong. No account, advertising, analytics or developer backend is used. Predictions and species suggestions are general information, not navigation or safety advice. Apple handles purchases and restores and may load products or verify access. You start the 3-day trial locally; it creates no subscription or charge. After the trial, an optional one-time purchase unlocks the app permanently. Tide predictions are for general planning only and are not suitable for navigation or safety-critical decisions. Tidal Pool is an independent app from Rizk Corsight, LLC and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NOAA or the Canadian Hydrographic Service. Includes data from NOAA Tides & Currents (public domain) and the Canadian Hydrographic Service, Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Screenshots

Tide Time4 screens
Tidal Pool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tide Time at 12.1 against Tidal Pool's 17.0. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Tide Time versus Tidal Pool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTide TimeTidal Pool
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQUINCY BockRizk Corsight, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Tide Time

No in-app purchases

None

Tidal Pool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tide Time free?
Tide Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tidal Pool free?
Tidal Pool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tide Time or Tidal Pool have ads?
Neither Tide Time nor Tidal Pool shows ads.

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