Comparison

AyeTides vs Bristol Maps

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

Head to head
About

AyeTides

Access tide and current data for over 13,400 global locations without an internet connection. Plan your coastal activities with detailed daily events, interactive graphs, and station search options.

Highlights
  • Offline tide and current data
  • 13,400+ global locations
  • Interactive tide graphs
  • Station search by map, name, or location
  • Daily events in tabular form
  • Regular updates with new stations
Features
Currently charting
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Never be without the tides again! You too can carry the tides in your pocket (or now, on your wrist!) as you walk along the shore, fly into a harbor, or sail off into the sunset. AyeTides displays tides and/or currents for over 13,400 locations worldwide and unlike many other tide apps, it does not require a network connection. With AyeTides you will never see those annoying ads or be asked to pay for additional features! Sailors, harbor pilots, beachcombers, nature photographers, and more use AyeTides to plan their outings on or around the world's oceans. And there are NO ads and NO subscriptions! Here are some of the things people are saying about AyeTides... "AyeTides is a quality professional product” "Your support has been the best I have experienced!" “As a harbor pilot in New York I’ve been using your excellent tide and current app” "I really appreciate the effort that you put into making AyeTides as accurate as it can be. It is a great program that has been very useful to us. I think we have 60 pilots using iPhones and iNavX and your app links in so well." "I am a ships Pilot in BC and use Aye Tides a lot and it has become invaluable.” You can see the day’s events in tabular form, or you can rotate the phone for an interactive graph that shows you the tide’s value at any point during the day. You can find a station on a map, by name, or based on your current location. AyeTides is updated regularly and stations are added whenever we find new data. We encourage our customers to contact us if you hare having any issues with the program so that we can help you. This app is designed to run on your iPhone or iPod Touch. While it will run on your iPad, it does not offer the additional features available with AyeTides XL, which was designed specifically for the iPad. If you have multiple devices, you may want to consider our bundle. You get both apps at a discount! This is the only place to install AyeTides. Other websites may look like they have AyeTides, but they do not. We only support iOS, any other version of AyeTides is not ours.

About

Bristol Maps

Navigate commercial fishing grounds with up-to-date satellite imagery and tide data. Plan routes, log catches, and share information with private groups. Enhances fishing efficiency and safety.

Highlights
  • Latest satellite imagery overlays
  • Tide and weather forecasts
  • Digital logbook for catches
  • Private groups for sharing
  • Customizable boundary alarms
  • Waypoint and route creation
Features
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Bristol Maps is designed specifically for commercial fishermen to navigate using the latest satellite imagery. Currently serving Bristol Bay and Copper River watersheds. Say goodbye to outdated maps and inaccurate information - our app utilizes the latest, detailed images for increased efficiency, safer fishing trips, and a higher return on investment. As a fisherman like you, I've always used NOAA charts for the Bay. Given how fast the environment changes, these are at best, unreliable and at worst, dangerous. For this I developed Bristol Maps, an app that leverages curated satellite images taken during low tide, displaying the current bar locations, and allows for multiple images to be layered. For areas with multiple images at varying tides, this app allows you to see where there will, or won’t be navigable water. Additionally, these images can be overlayed onto the traditional NOAA charts. Beyond the core mapping functionality, tide and weather forecasts are also available. Weather can be pinpointed to a location as well as the nearest NOAA zone weather forecast. This information can be combined with the mapping functionality to create digital logs. Location, catch, weather, and tide data can be integrated into a log event. Logs can be overlaid onto the navigation page and analyzed to view catch data by area, gear type (4.75" vs 5"), and weather. Feature list: * Private groups for sharing location, custom routes and waypoints. * Private group chat. * Satellite overlays available for: Naknek/Kvichak, Egegik, Ugashik, Nushagak, and Copper River. Updated seasonally. * NOAA overlays available offline for all of Alaska. * Location grid layouts, organized by color and number, which can replace traditional paper maps or code tables shared by Groups. ie: "I'm over by green 22." A search tool is included to quickly find locations. * NOAA tide charts available offline for Bristol Bay tide stations. Other locations downloaded as they are used. * Pinpoint weather forecasts available as well as NOAA zone weather forecasts. * Boundary lines (with “alarm” functionality), for all major districts are preprogrammed along with the ability to create new boundaries. * Create Waypoints and Routes. These can also be exported/imported to/from other users to share data. * Online maps can be streamed with NOAA charts, custom satellite views, a high-res AK Government view, and street view. * Log entries for recording opener times, district, pictures, sets/deliveries, and automatic tide/weather history. Bristol Maps has been designed with an intuitive, user friendly interface to solve a common fisherman problem. Bristol Maps Pricing $200/Year A one-week free trial is included for testing and includes free cancellation. Subscription includes updates, bug fixes and seasonal imagery additions.

Screenshots

AyeTides4 screens
Bristol Maps3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bristol Maps at Free against AyeTides's $7.99. Bristol Maps also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). AyeTides's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (87% vs 50%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bristol Maps is free to download; AyeTides costs $7.99 up front. Bristol Maps sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $200.00 per year. AyeTides asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AyeTides holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AyeTides has 4.9K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of AyeTides's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bristol Maps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AyeTides ships an update every 3 weeks, Bristol Maps every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
AyeTides versus Bristol Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAyeTidesBristol Maps
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (4.9K ratings) — better4.0 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4.9K — better14
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#18 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHahn Software LLCChris Hager

Customer experience

AyeTides

All ratings4,859 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative10.1%

Bristol Maps

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

AyeTides

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on latest iOS versions
  • Incorrect tide data for some locations
  • Landscape mode issues on iPad

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more detailed current/flow data
  • Improve graphical tide charts
  • Integrate with weather/marine forecasts
  • Enhance Apple Watch app functionality

Bristol Maps

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AyeTides

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bristol Maps

Subscriptions1
  • Bristol Maps7 Days trial$200.001 Year

Questions

Is AyeTides free?
AyeTides costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bristol Maps free?
Bristol Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AyeTides or Bristol Maps?
AyeTides is rated higher. AyeTides averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.9K ratings, while Bristol Maps averages 4.0 from 14 ratings.
Do AyeTides or Bristol Maps have ads?
Neither AyeTides nor Bristol Maps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AyeTides or Bristol Maps?
AyeTides ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bristol Maps every 5 days. Most recently, AyeTides was updated on October 2, 2026 and Bristol Maps on October 1, 2026.

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