River Reports vs River Stages
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
River Reports
Access real-time and historical river flow data for hundreds of locations in the American West. This app simplifies finding crucial information for outdoor activities like float trips or checking local creek conditions, consolidating data from various government sources.
- Real-time river flows
- Historical river flow data
- Weather conditions
- Consolidated data sources
- Coverage across American West states
- Easily digestible view
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River Reports provides real time and historical river flows and weather conditions for hundreds of locations across the American West. Whether you're planning your next float trip or you want to check the flows on your local creek, we've got you covered. We built River Reports after wasting hours searching through government sites trying to find relevant data. This is now a thing of the past. River Reports aggregates federal, state, and local data sources to bring you easily digestible, consolidated view of every river, creek, and stream. River Reports does not have ads. We built River Reports because we're fellow anglers who like checking flows! It's as simple as that. Coverage • Colorado • Idaho • Montana • Utah • Texas • Washington • Wyoming Data Sources • USGS • USBR • Division of Water Resources
River Stages
Access real-time water level data from over 10,000 river gauges across the USA. View stream flow, temperature, and precipitation maps. Get flood alerts and forecasts for informed decision-making.
- 10,000+ US river gauges
- Stage and stream flow data
- Water temperature and pH (USGS)
- Map view of observed and forecast stages
- Precipitation maps and outlooks
- Flood alerts
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The River Stages App provide more than 10000 river gauges of the NWPS in USA. First,you can check the information of each gauge, such as stage flow, stream flow. If available, also can view the PH,water temperature data which is provided by the USGS. In addition, the App can view the observed stages or stages forecast of all gauges on map. At last the App provide the observed quantitative precipitation map of last days in USA Conus and precipitation outlook image.
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Verdict
River Reports and River Stages both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of River Stages's written reviews are positive against 50% of River Reports's. River Stages also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 25 months). River Reports's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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
River Reports is free to download; River Stages costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for River Reports against 4.5 for River Stages. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of River Reports's written reviews are positive against 100% of River Stages's.
River Reports ships an update every 25 months, River Stages every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | River Reports | River Stages |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (13 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greg Lamp | 雪平 王 |
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River Reports
No in-app purchases
River Stages
No in-app purchases
