Comparison

Salty Solutions vs SaltWx

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

Head to head
About

Salty Solutions

This app helps saltwater fishermen plan their trips by providing essential weather and tide information in an easily digestible format. It consolidates data to help users determine the best times for a productive day on the water.

Highlights
  • Saltwater fishing weather data
  • Tide information
  • Trip planning tool
  • Quickly viewable data
  • Easily digestible format
Features
Currently charting
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Hi, I'm Steven Musumeche, a resident of Lafayette, LA and avid saltwater fisherman. I created Salty Solutions to answer a question that I'm always asking myself: When should I go fishing? Like most of you, I have a limited amount of time that I can devote to fishing. When I plan my next fishing trip, I want to make sure the conditions are conducive to a productive day on the water. There are lots of great websites and apps available with information about weather, tides, and more. However, none of them gave me everything that I wanted to know in a way that could be quickly viewed and easily digested. I'm a software engineer by trade, so I thought, "hey, I can make something decent enough for personal use." After showing it to a few fellow fisherman, I decided to release it publicly for anyone to use for free. I hope you find it useful. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SaltWx

This marine forecast app offers side-by-side comparisons of four leading weather models for enhanced accuracy. It provides hourly forecasts up to six days out, including ocean conditions like tides and sea surface temperature, along with trip planning tools.

Highlights
  • Four weather models side-by-side
  • Hourly forecasts up to 6 days
  • Ocean conditions (tides, SST, chlorophyll)
  • Proprietary clutter-free basemap
  • Satellite overlays (SST, Chlorophyll, Currents)
  • Trip planning tools (waypoints, distance measure)
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SALTWEATHER SaltWeather is the ONLY marine forecast app that provides four of the most accurate weather forecast models SIDE-BY-SIDE. This allows you to compare the models to see if they are projecting similar weather. If the models are forecasting similar conditions, you can feel more confident that the forecast should be accurate, greatly increasing your go/no-go decisions for boating ventures. WEATHER FORECAST Weather forecasts are provided by four of the most accurate weather models available and are viewed side-by-side. Forecasts are available by the hour out to 6 days and provide information on sunrise/sunset, weather forecasts including air temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction, wave height, direction and period. OCEAN CONDITIONS Ocean Conditions are provided by the GFS model and provide forecasts out to 6 days. Information provided include daily high and low tides, hourly tide height change, moon phase, phytoplankton density, chlorophyll-a concentration, and sea surface temperature. WEATHER MODELS Thanks to SaltWeather, subscribers are able to view, SIDE-BY-SIDE, hourly forecasts from four of the most accurate weather models. Models used in SaltWeather are ICON (German Weather Centre), GFS (NOAA), WWO (World Weather Center), and EURO (European Weather Centre). PROPRIETARY BASEMAP The developers at SaltWeather have created a custom basemap that gives everything you need without all of the clutters included in the NOAA navigation map. Our basemap provides ocean contours depths categorized by color making it easier to view depth changes. Our map is then topped off with detailed contours lines showing the depths. We made it easy to find the 20 and 30 fathom lines! SATELLITE OVERLAYS Our satellite overlay data are obtained from Copernicus Ocean Data Centre and updated daily. The three overlays available are: • Sea Surface Temperature • Chlorophyll-a Concentration • Ocean Currents FREE TRIP PLANNING TOOLS SaltWeather also provides free tools to help with your boating and sailing ventures. Tools provided include Favorite Waypoints, Distance measuring and GPS coordinate Converter. LIST OF PREMIUM WEATHER PARAMETERS- PAID CONTENT Our premium subscription provides a tremendous amount of valuable information to aid in your offshore trips. Forecast parameters in the subscription include: Hourly weather and ocean condition forecasts out to 6 days • Tides • Phytoplankton • Moon phase • Chlorophyll- concentrations • Sea surface temperatures • Air temperature • Precipitation • Wind forecasts • Wave forecasts • Satellite overlays BILLING - SUBSCRIPTIONS • SaltWx Premium subscription is billed annually at the rate corresponding to the selected plan. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Premium subscriptions DO NOT auto-renew annually. Customers may renew their subscriptions at the end of each annual term. • Communication emails will be sent 7 days prior to the expiration of subscriptions. • Accounts will be charged for renewal when the customer selects the renew option. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. CONTACT US Follow us on social media • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaltWeather • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saltwx/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@saltweather4793 • Visit our website on: https://www.saltwx.com We welcome feedback on our product. Submit questions or comments to our customer service team at: info@saltwx.com TERMS OF USE https://saltwx.com/phase/termsofuse.html -Privacy Policy https://saltwx.com/phase/policy.html

Screenshots

Salty Solutions4 screens
SaltWx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Salty Solutions at none against SaltWx's shown. Salty Solutions also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 4). SaltWx's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Salty Solutions sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and SaltWx sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SaltWx holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Salty Solutions has 1.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Salty Solutions's written reviews are positive against 100% of SaltWx's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Salty Solutions ships an update every 5 weeks, SaltWx every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Salty Solutions versus SaltWx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalty SolutionsSaltWx
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#108 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB49 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSteven MusumechePiedmont Solutions, LLC

Customer experience

Salty Solutions

All ratings1,637 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative6.5%

SaltWx

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Salty Solutions

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Problem with login

Requested features

1 request
  • App info very limited

SaltWx

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Salty Solutions

Subscriptions1
  • Salty Solutions Premium$4.991 Month
5 purchases

SaltWx

Subscriptions3
  • Yearly Subscriptions$39.991 Year
  • Start 1 Year Subscription$39.991 Year
  • Start 1 Year Subscription$42.491 Year
One-time2
  • Yearly Subscription$39.99
  • Yearly Subscription$42.49

Questions

Is Salty Solutions free?
Salty Solutions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SaltWx free?
SaltWx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Salty Solutions or SaltWx?
SaltWx is rated higher. Salty Solutions averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while SaltWx averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Salty Solutions or SaltWx have ads?
SaltWx shows ads; Salty Solutions does not.
Which is updated more often, Salty Solutions or SaltWx?
Salty Solutions ships an update every 5 weeks, and SaltWx every 11 months. Most recently, Salty Solutions was updated on October 18, 2026 and SaltWx on October 4, 2026.

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