Comparison

Tidal Watch vs Meshtastic

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Meshtastic

This app enables off-grid, decentralized communication via a low-power mesh network. Send text messages in areas lacking cellular or WiFi service.

Highlights
  • Off-grid communication
  • Decentralized mesh network
  • Low-power LoRa radio support
  • Text messaging
  • No cellular/WiFi required
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Tidal Watch4 screens
Meshtastic4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tidal Watch versus Meshtastic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTidal WatchMeshtastic
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (5 ratings)4.1 (824 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better44.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5824 — better
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB95 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNeumeric Systems, Inc.Meshtastic LLC

Customer experience

Tidal Watch

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%

Meshtastic

All ratings824 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative17.0%
Written reviews418 reviews
Positive44.0%
Neutral15.1%
Negative40.9%

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

None

Tidal Watch

No in-app purchases

None

Meshtastic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tidal Watch free?
Tidal Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meshtastic free?
Meshtastic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tidal Watch or Meshtastic?
Meshtastic is rated higher. Tidal Watch averages 2.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Meshtastic averages 4.1 from 824 ratings.
Do Tidal Watch or Meshtastic have ads?
Neither Tidal Watch nor Meshtastic shows ads.

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