Comparison

Jackson Hole vs WindWaterSail Forecast

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

Head to head
About

Jackson Hole

Get real-time resort information for an enhanced on-mountain experience. Access snow and weather reports, lift status, webcams, and parking updates. Features include GPS tracking, wait times, and exclusive deals.

Highlights
  • Real-time snow and weather reports
  • Lift and mountain status updates
  • Live webcam feeds
  • Real-time parking capacity
  • Crowd-sourced lift wait times
  • GPS group tracking and messaging
  • Exclusive app-only deals
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An essential tool for summer activities, information, and operations at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Designed with unique features that enhance the mountain experience, including hike tracking with GPS, up-to-the-minute lift and hiking trail status, top-to-bottom webcams, special promotions, and more. Be in the know, be a JH Insider! WEATHER REPORTS: comprehensive current weather conditions and forecasts. LIFT & HIKING TRAIL STATUS: open/closure info and notifications updates in real time. WEBCAMS: live image webcam feed. GPS TRACKING: enhanced, real time group tracking and group messaging for sharing your exact location. LEADERBOARD: opt-in comparison capability for GPS tracked days / activities vs others. TRAIL STARTS HERE CHALLENGE: opt-in virtual hiking challenge for most hiked miles throughout the summer. STATS: enhanced personal hiking stats including total vertical feet, distance (miles), and days hiked. COMPATIBILITY: Apple Watch and Apple Health Kit compatible with seamless tracking integration. The app also syncs your workouts with Apple Health. Created exclusively for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort by the creators of SkiLynx. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

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WindWaterSail Forecast

Features
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WindCurrents shows you the two things that decide a day on the water — what the water is doing and what the wind is doing — on one screen, on one time axis. Pick a launch site or any NOAA station and you get the tide or current curve with wind stacked directly beneath it, sharing a single cursor. Drag across the chart and both readings move together, so a max ebb sits right above the breeze that will be blowing against it. WHAT YOU GET - Tide and current charts from NOAA CO-OPS, the same predictions the agency publishes. Night is shaded, flood fills above the zero line, ebb below, and arrows show which way the water actually sets. - Wind on the same axis, colored by strength, plus a forecast grid showing wind and gusts through the day. - High and low water, max flood, max ebb and slack, with the phase you are currently looking at marked. - Day, week and multi-day views — jump to today, the coming weekend, or any date. - The National Weather Service Coastal Waters Forecast for the marine zone nearest you, with any small craft advisory brought to the top. - Sunrise and sunset, so you can see whether a good window lands in daylight. CONDITIONS ALERTS For wind sports, WindCurrents scores every half hour of the forecast and tells you when it is worth going out — and, just as usefully, when it is not. Windows are graded by the gear they suit, because 13 knots is a good day on a foil and a wasted trip on a small sail. Set the lightest wind you will bother with and nothing below it gets flagged. Optional notifications give you up to three days' warning. Crissy Field in San Francisco is scored against published local guidance — slack going into the ebb, the wind sector that works, and the flood-plus-southwest combination that makes it hard to get back to the beach. Everywhere else uses general wind-sport criteria, and the app tells you which it used. COVERAGE Anywhere NOAA publishes predictions: roughly 3,500 tide stations and 4,400 current stations across the United States. Ninety-three launch sites ship with the app across nineteen regions, and you can plan from any station whether or not a launch site is listed. NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING There is no sign-up, no analytics and no advertising. Nothing you do in the app is sent anywhere. Your location, if you allow it, is used only to draw your position on the map and is never transmitted. Free, with no subscription and nothing to unlock. IMPORTANT Tide and current predictions are astronomical only. They take no account of wind, river runoff or barometric pressure, all of which move real water. Conditions scoring is a planning aid, not a forecast and not a safety verdict. Check conditions yourself before you launch. Data from NOAA CO-OPS, the National Weather Service and Open-Meteo. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any of them.

Screenshots

Jackson Hole4 screens
WindWaterSail Forecast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Jackson Hole at Free against WindWaterSail Forecast's $9.99. Jackson Hole also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 17.0). WindWaterSail Forecast's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Jackson Hole is free to download; WindWaterSail Forecast costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WindWaterSail Forecast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jackson Hole has 68 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jackson Hole ships an update every 3 weeks, WindWaterSail Forecast every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Jackson Hole versus WindWaterSail Forecast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJackson HoleWindWaterSail Forecast
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating3.8 (68 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings68 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJACKSON HOLE MOUNTAIN RESORT CORPORATIONNils Albertsen

In-app purchases

None

Jackson Hole

No in-app purchases

None

WindWaterSail Forecast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jackson Hole free?
Jackson Hole is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WindWaterSail Forecast free?
WindWaterSail Forecast costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Jackson Hole or WindWaterSail Forecast?
WindWaterSail Forecast is rated higher. Jackson Hole averages 3.8 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while WindWaterSail Forecast averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Jackson Hole or WindWaterSail Forecast have ads?
Jackson Hole shows ads; WindWaterSail Forecast does not.
Which is updated more often, Jackson Hole or WindWaterSail Forecast?
Jackson Hole ships an update every 3 weeks, and WindWaterSail Forecast every 9 days. Most recently, Jackson Hole was updated on November 3, 2026 and WindWaterSail Forecast on November 6, 2026.

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