Comparison

TideApp vs Swift Tides

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

Head to head
About

TideApp

Access real-time tidal charts and data for over 4,000 locations globally. Plan trips with future tide information and view daily highs, lows, and sun/moon cycles.

Highlights
  • Global tidal charts
  • Daily tide highs and lows
  • Sun and moon cycles
  • Future tide graphs
  • Trip planning tool
  • Updated interface
Features
Currently charting
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TideApp turns your phone into a tide table for 3,486 NOAA stations across the United States — the 1,251 reference stations NOAA publishes full harmonic data for, plus 2,235 subordinate stations derived from them. Drag the chart and the water follows your finger. Predictions are computed on your device from NOAA's published harmonic constants, so once the app has loaded, no signal or connection is needed to read the tide. FREE • Today's tide at any station, with sunrise, sunset and the day's moon • Conditions above the chart — the sky, the temperature, and the day's high and low • Nearest-station lookup from your location, or find any of the 3,486 by name or on the map • Switch between stations any time — starred stations are free, not a Pro feature PRO • Every day, not just today — drag the chart and the day strip as far as you like • Wind and gusts on a compass, pressure and which way it's going, visibility, and the chance of rain • Apple Watch app and complications • Widgets on your home screen • Alerts for high and low tides as well as thresholds The weather needs a connection. The tide does not — it is computed on your phone, so an outage takes the sky off the screen and leaves the water exactly where it was. TideApp Pro is a 4.99 USD/month or 49.99 USD/year auto-renewing subscription with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation; the subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. See Terms of Use and Privacy Policy below. Predictions are computed from published NOAA CO-OPS harmonic constants. They are not official NOAA products, are not endorsed by NOAA, and are not a substitute for official navigational sources — they exclude storm surge, wind, and other weather effects and should not be relied on for navigation. Weather data provided by Apple Weather. Terms of Use: https://tideapp.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tideapp.com/privacy.html

About

Swift Tides

Get accurate tide predictions for surfing, fishing, or boating. Access NOAA data for your favorite coastal locations.

Highlights
  • Tide prediction data
  • NOAA data source
  • Supports surfing
  • Supports fishing
  • Supports sailing
Features
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Whether you like surfing, fishing, or sailing around on your boat, this app displays tide prediction data from NOAA for all of your favorite locations.

Screenshots

TideApp4 screens
Swift Tides3 screens

Verdict

The call

TideApp and Swift Tides both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Swift Tides's written reviews are positive against 40% of TideApp's. Swift Tides also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.3 vs 16.4). TideApp's advantage is chart position (#199 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. TideApp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Swift Tides asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for TideApp against 4.6 for Swift Tides. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 17 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of TideApp's written reviews are positive against 88% of Swift Tides's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
TideApp versus Swift Tides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTideAppSwift Tides
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings)4.6 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings817 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.411.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperForrest GrantTodd Williams

Customer experience

TideApp

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral12.7%
Negative47.3%

Swift Tides

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

TideApp

Reported bugs

41 issues
  • Startup ad forces browser launch
  • Cannot get past opening ad
  • Full screen ads that can't be closed
  • Ads fill entire screen
  • Full screen adds one after the other
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  • Screen to install a game that can't be bypassed
  • Update ruined app
  • Deleted useful functionality
  • Blank colored screen or lock up when working with favorites
  • App needs to be forced quit
  • Tide waveform does not allow scrolling
  • Full screen ad on opening blocks tide info
  • Ad can't be closed without downloading something unrelated
  • Cannot drag line on tide graph
  • New version doesn't list things in order
  • Doesn't tell next high or low tide
  • Screens don't move to reveal information
  • App does not get past opening ad
  • Not possible to scroll down graph
  • Does not load
  • Previous version opened in an ad that could not be closed
  • No way of seeing data for any day other than current
  • Changing a date does nothing
  • Crashed frequently
  • App crashes
  • Graph part of application quit, immediately closing the app
  • White banner and a black screen
  • Dates back on track (temporary glitch)
  • App crashes when surfing other locations
  • Freezing
  • Washington, D.C. sites listed under Washington state
  • Tolerable work-around needed for launch
  • App can be launched when no network connection is available
  • Latest app deleted, old version synced back
  • App takes too much memory
  • Advertisement needs WiFi connection sometimes
  • App says it needs WiFi, cellular is fine other times
  • Totally failed
  • Undo the upgrade and give back old version
  • No time zone correction for tides
  • Base time zone appears to be US Eastern Time Zone

Requested features

21 requests
  • Make a version I can buy and go ad free
  • Bring back scrolling through chart waveform
  • Bring back future date chart view
  • Bring back ability to scroll waveform
  • Add tide time offset feature
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  • Add option to offset time for specific location
  • Add moonphase percentage to moon rise
  • Add a black (or red) line at 0 ft mark in chart mode
  • See chart for one week at a time
  • Get favorites loaded offline
  • Include CURRENTS
  • Date picker in calendar format
  • Graph scrollable for 7 days
  • Support switching to landscape
  • Search for minus tides
  • Add option to use GPS location to find tide stations nearby
  • List locations under actual geographic state
  • Update icon to match other apps
  • Add bookmarks/default to often-used locations
  • Go straight to last port viewed when opened
  • Add time zone correction

Swift Tides

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TideApp

Subscriptions2
  • TideApp Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • TideApp Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Swift Tides

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TideApp free?
TideApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swift Tides free?
Swift Tides is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TideApp or Swift Tides?
Swift Tides is rated higher. TideApp averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Swift Tides averages 4.6 from 17 ratings.
Do TideApp or Swift Tides have ads?
Neither TideApp nor Swift Tides shows ads.

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