CHIRP vs WildOtter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CHIRP
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WildOtter
This app provides water users with reliable, community-sourced information for safe outdoor activities. Discover routes, swimming spots, points of interest, and river levels. It aims to eliminate worries about outdated information.
- User-added content
- Moderated information
- Safe water activity guidance
- Route discovery
- Wild swimming spots
- River level information
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The app for all recreational water users to help you get out on or in the water safely using quality and reliable content that is added by users and moderated by our team who will go out to marked locations and reported hazards creating a reliable information source all for the low price of £10 per year! Your subscription includes access to all our latest routes, point information such as wild swimming spots, points of interest and river level information for our river users. We are passionate about both paddling and wild swimming and are creating this resource to allow you to find all of the information you need in one place and to help remove the worry that out of date unreliable information can bring.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CHIRP at none against WildOtter's 1. CHIRP also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. WildOtter sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. CHIRP asks for nothing beyond the download.
CHIRP ships an update monthly, WildOtter every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | CHIRP | WildOtter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | THE SURGERY DESIGN & DIGITAL LTD | Shoothill Ltd. |
In-app purchases
CHIRP
No in-app purchases
WildOtter
- WildOtter Full Subscription$14.991 Year
