Tide Time vs CoastClear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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."
CoastClear
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CoastClear brings the conditions that matter together in one place, so you can spend less time checking different sources and more time outside. Whether you’re swimming, surfing, fishing or boating, CoastClear helps you understand what’s happening before you head out. CHECK CONDITIONS See water quality, surf, tides, weather and other activity-relevant conditions for locations across California. GET A CLEARER ANSWER CoastClear combines multiple data sources into activity-specific guidance designed to help you quickly understand the conditions that matter. SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING View available beach and conditions cameras, location photos and current environmental information without bouncing between multiple websites. FOLLOW YOUR FAVORITES Save the places you care about and get back to their conditions quickly. GET CONDITION ALERTS Enable alerts for supported locations and activities so CoastClear can notify you when meaningful conditions change. BUILT AROUND THE DECISION Conditions mean different things depending on what you’re doing. CoastClear organizes information around your activity—not just a generic weather forecast. CoastClear currently covers 250+ locations across California, with more locations and outdoor activities to come. Go informed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Tide Time at 2 against CoastClear's —. Tide Time also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Tide Time | CoastClear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QUINCY Bock | DEVIN MATTHEW DUKE |
In-app purchases
Tide Time
No in-app purchases
CoastClear
No in-app purchases





