Comparison

Station d'Auron 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

Station d'Auron

This app provides essential information and practical services for a mountain resort stay. Access interactive maps, snow reports, event calendars, and details on activities and amenities. It's designed to simplify your visit and enhance your mountain experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive piste maps
  • Snow and weather reports
  • Event calendar
  • Off-ski activities
  • Practical information directory
  • Emergency unit access
Features
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Discover the new Auron resort mobile application, an essential tool for making the most of your stay. Designed to offer an immersive and simplified experience, it brings together all the essential information and practical services: - Interactive piste maps - Snow and weather reports - Webcams - Calendar of events - Off-ski activities - Trails area - Ski touring routes - Snowshoe routes - Hiking trails - Practical information: transport, accommodation, restaurants, shops, craftsmen, etc. - Emergency unit

About

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

Station d'Auron4 screens
WindWaterSail Forecast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Station d'Auron at Free against WindWaterSail Forecast's $9.99. Station d'Auron also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). WindWaterSail Forecast's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months). On ads 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

Station d'Auron is free to download; WindWaterSail Forecast costs $9.99 up front. Station d'Auron sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WindWaterSail Forecast asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Station d'Auron ships an update every 5 months, WindWaterSail Forecast every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Station d'Auron versus WindWaterSail Forecast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStation d'AuronWindWaterSail Forecast
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoomigoNils Albertsen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Station d'Auron

One-time1
  • IGN maps - Tinée Mercantour$9.99
None

WindWaterSail Forecast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Station d'Auron free?
Station d'Auron is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WindWaterSail Forecast free?
WindWaterSail Forecast costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Station d'Auron or WindWaterSail Forecast have ads?
Neither Station d'Auron nor WindWaterSail Forecast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Station d'Auron or WindWaterSail Forecast?
Station d'Auron ships an update every 5 months, and WindWaterSail Forecast every 9 days. Most recently, Station d'Auron was updated on November 3, 2026 and WindWaterSail Forecast on November 6, 2026.

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