Tidal Watch vs Meshtastic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tidal Watch
This utility app provides a visual representation of coastal tide predictions. It allows users to set local high and low tide times, displaying predictions with a unique tide arrow clock hand. It's designed for anyone who needs to easily track coastal tide states at a glance.
- Visual tide prediction display
- Set local high/low tide times
- Tide arrow clock hand
- Digital and analog tide times
- Easy to read at a glance
- Works anywhere with 6-hour tide cycles
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Tidal Watch is a clock specifically designed to keep track of the coastal tides at a designated geographic coastal location, offering a simple and reliable way to keep track of local tides. Set the high or low tide time based upon your location, and Tidal Watch will continuously display tide predictions indicated by the tide arrow clock hand. Clearly tells the time of day and shows the hours to high and low tides as well as the digital and analog times of the High and Low tides. Perfect for swimmers, beachcombers, fishermen, mariners, surfers, boat owners, seaside property owners, or anyone who enjoys tracking the costal tides, it offers at a glance a simple and reliable way to grasp the states of the local tides. Much easier to read than tide tables or charts, Tidal Watch is easy to use; simply set Tidal Watch to align with your local beach's high and low tide times and you’ll always know the tide states with a simple glance. Track the tide where you actually are, not the nearest tide station. Forecasting tides on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, Tidal Watch works anywhere where the tides change every 6 hours and 12.5 minutes.
Meshtastic
This app enables off-grid, decentralized communication via a low-power mesh network. Send text messages in areas lacking cellular or WiFi service.
- Off-grid communication
- Decentralized mesh network
- Low-power LoRa radio support
- Text messaging
- No cellular/WiFi required
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Meshtastic® is an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on low-power Lora radios letting you send text messages in areas without reliable cellular or WiFi service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Meshtastic at 4.1 against Tidal Watch's 2.8. Meshtastic also leads on ratings volume (824 vs 5). Tidal Watch's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.5). On price, review sentiment, ads 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.
Meshtastic holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meshtastic has 824 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Tidal Watch's written reviews are positive against 44% of Meshtastic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Tidal Watch | Meshtastic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 4.1 (824 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 44.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 824 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Neumeric Systems, Inc. | Meshtastic LLC |
Customer experience
Tidal Watch
Meshtastic
Bugs and requests
Tidal Watch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Meshtastic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Canned messages configuration issues
- Location sharing and traceroute functions not working
- Settings screen bugs and crashes
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Offline maps support
- Ability to customize notifications
- More sorting and filtering options for nodes
- Apple Watch and Shortcuts integration
- Improved documentation and user guidance
In-app purchases
Tidal Watch
No in-app purchases
Meshtastic
No in-app purchases









