Comparison

AyeTides vs Drift

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

Drift

Features
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Know the current and trends. Win more races. Drift measures real water current at your exact GPS location — direction in degrees true and speed in knots — in 30 seconds. Not a tide forecast. Not a modeled estimate. The actual current at your boat, right now. Every racing sailor knows that current is one of the biggest factors on the racecourse. The boat that knows what the current is and what it's doing wins the layline call, starts on the favored end, and rounds the mark first. Until now, getting that number meant guessing from a chart, estimating from a buoy, or just guessing and hoping that you got it. Drift changes that. — HOW Drift WORKS — Drop in any semi-submersible floating object into the water. Tap Mark Start. Watch the current carry it. Move to your marker and tap Mark End. Drift instantly calculates everything you need — direction in degrees true, speed in knots, so you're never left guessing again When you start measuring the current drift displays the time with a progress bar to let you know when you've been timing long enough — WHAT MAKES DRIFT DIFFERENT — All the other apps that give current are estimated based off charts and forecasts, but those can be wildly inaccurate, the current can vary even on a small dinghy race course, and even more when you're talking off shore racing Drift measures what is actually happening at your exact coordinates. The local bathymetry. Today's exact tidal state. Wind-driven current. Eddy effects near the shore. The number no forecast can give you. — FEATURES — - Set and drift in degrees true and knots - 16-point flow direction (NNE, SSW, etc.) - Smart GPS for stable, accurate readings - Live GPS reception monitoring - Session trend tracking - Automatic slack tide detection - High-contrast interface designed for direct sunlight - Large touch targets for use with gloves - Works 100% offline — no cell signal, no WiFi, no data plan - Works anywhere in the world - No account or signup required - One-time purchase — no subscription, ever — BUILT FOR RACING — Every detail in Drift exists because a racing sailor needs it, — ONE-TIME PURCHASE — $4.99. Yours forever. Unlimited readings. All future updates. No subscription, no ads, no hidden anything. Buy it once, use it for every race, every season. Drift is developed by a sailor, for sailors and coaches. It's the racing tool that you've been missing.

Screenshots

AyeTides4 screens
Drift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drift at $2.99 against AyeTides's $7.99. AyeTides's advantage is chart position (#32 vs unranked). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

AyeTides costs $7.99 and Drift $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
AyeTides versus Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAyeTidesDrift
Price$7.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.8 (4.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#32 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHahn Software LLCAndrew Sorensen

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

Drift

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AyeTides

No in-app purchases

None

Drift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AyeTides free?
AyeTides costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drift free?
Drift costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do AyeTides or Drift have ads?
Neither AyeTides nor Drift shows ads.

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