Comparison

Tide Time vs CoastClear

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

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.

Screenshots

Tide Time4 screens
CoastClear4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Tide Time versus CoastClear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTide TimeCoastClear
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — better—
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQUINCY BockDEVIN MATTHEW DUKE

In-app purchases

None

Tide Time

No in-app purchases

None

CoastClear

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tide Time free?
Tide Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CoastClear free?
CoastClear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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