Vigicrues vs Meduseo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vigicrues
Receive real-time flood risk alerts across France. View vigilance levels, official bulletins, water levels, and forecasts for major rivers. Geolocation helps you find nearby water bodies and stations.
- Flood risk vigilance levels
- National and local bulletins
- Water level and flow rate data
- Flood forecasts
- Floodable zone mapping
- Geolocation for nearby rivers
- Personalized alerts and subscriptions
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Vigicrues, l’application pour être averti du risque de crues partout en France et à tout moment. L’application Vigicrues a vocation à informer le public d’un danger potentiel lié aux crues sur les principaux cours d’eau en France, surveillés par l’État. Ce danger est matérialisé par une couleur de vigilance crues à laquelle sont associés des bulletins et des prévisions. Cette application, gérée par les services de l’État, est gratuite et permet de disposer des informations suivantes : - niveau de vigilance crues (vert/jaune/orange/rouge) ; - bulletins d’informations national et locaux rédigés par les prévisionnistes de crues, et conseils de comportement adaptés à la situation ; - hauteurs d’eau et/ou débits observés dans les cours d’eau - prévisions de hauteurs d’eau et/ou de débits sur certaines stations, en situation de crue ; - cartographies de zones inondables sur certains secteurs. L’application permet de se géolocaliser sur la carte et de visualiser les tronçons de cours d’eau et les stations à proximité. L’application permet également de créer un compte personnel pour bénéficier d’abonnements et d’avertissements personnalisés. Les abonnements permettent de recevoir une notification à chaque nouvelle publication d’un bulletin. Les avertissements permettent de recevoir des notifications lors d’un changement de la couleur de vigilance crues sur un tronçon de cours d’eau, un territoire, ou un département ; et de recevoir des notifications lorsque le niveau du cours d’eau dépasse le seuil choisi par l’utilisateur sur une station.
Meduseo
Get real-time updates on jellyfish presence at beaches to avoid unpleasant surprises. Visualize jellyfish density on a map with color-coded indicators and contribute your own sightings to the community.
- Real-time jellyfish presence data
- Color-coded map visualization
- User-submitted jellyfish reports
- Updated every 4 hours
- Year-round availability
- Search by city
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Tired of arriving on a beach to realize that it is full of jellyfish? Impossible to swim, in short a spoiled moment! With Meduseo, the jellyfish weather, find out in real time about the presence of jellyfish on the beaches. You only have to enter the name of the city to access the information. The data is presented in the form of bubbles on the map going from yellow to red: - No color: no jellyfish reported - Yellow: Rare jellyfish (you may come across one isolated, no risk for swimming) - Orange: Some jellyfish (swimming may be possible, but be careful) - Red: Many jellyfish (we do not recommend swimming) The base is updated every 4 hours for France, Spain, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand. Meduseo uses a unique algorithm, specifically developed for this theme making data available in summer but also throughout the year! You can also report the presence of jellyfish on beaches directly from the application and thus share your observations with the community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meduseo at 81% against Vigicrues's 30%. Meduseo also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Vigicrues's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Vigicrues ships an update every 2 months, Meduseo every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Vigicrues | Meduseo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Service de l'observation et des statistiques (SOeS) | Jeremy Deverdun |
Customer experience
Vigicrues
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In-app purchases
Vigicrues
No in-app purchases
Meduseo
No in-app purchases









