Boating Weather vs ReadyMDC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boating Weather
Get detailed marine weather forecasts for coastal zones in the United States. View wind speed, wave height, surf conditions, and small craft advisories. Perfect for planning boating trips, fishing, or sailing.
- National Weather Service forecasts
- Wind speed, wave height, surf forecast
- Small craft advisories
- Favorites for easy location switching
- Default location setting
- Intuitive and quick design
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Need to know what the marine forecast is before you go boating or during your boating trip? The Boating Weather App for iPhone and iPod Touch is the answer. This intuitive app will show you the wind speed, surf and wave height for your coastal zone in the United States. Marine weather data is provided by the National Weather Service (NOAA). Features: - One touch National Weather Service forecast for today, tonight and this week. - Shows wind speed, seas wave height and surf forecast. - Add a location to Favorites for easy reference when switching between zones - Shows small craft advisories. - Set your default location to show your local boat weather forecast. - Simple, intuitive design, quick loading Whether you want to go on a boating trip, out fishing or for a quick sail, the Boating Weather iPhone App will tell you in a snap what the seas are doing! Thank you for choosing our marine weather application. We understand that some users have encountered issues due to recent changes in the NOAA API endpoint. Our team has worked diligently to resolve these issues and has updated the application accordingly. To benefit from these changes, we kindly request that you update or re-install the application. Should you continue to experience difficulties, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@bluewhaleapps.com. Our team is committed to assisting you promptly.
ReadyMDC
Access real-time hurricane information for Miami-Dade County. Features include the official hurricane guide, storm surge zones, evacuation center locations, and emergency bus pickup sites.
- Hurricane Guide
- Storm surge zones
- Evacuation center locations
- Emergency bus pickup sites
- Real-time updates
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The Ready Miami-Dade mobile app provides Miami-Dade residents and visitors with up-to-the minute information before, during and after a hurricane. Additional features include: -The Miami-Dade County Hurricane Guide -Storm surge zones -Evacuation center locations -Emergency bus pickup sites -And much more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ReadyMDC at Free against Boating Weather's $1.99. ReadyMDC also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%). Boating Weather's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 12). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
ReadyMDC is free to download; Boating Weather costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Boating Weather holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boating Weather has 3.4K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Boating Weather's written reviews are positive against 100% of ReadyMDC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Boating Weather ships an update every 6 weeks, ReadyMDC every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boating Weather | ReadyMDC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.4K ratings) — better | 4.3 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #84 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Whale Apps Inc | Miami-Dade County |
Customer experience
Boating Weather
ReadyMDC
Bugs and requests
Boating Weather
Reported bugs
3 issues- Forecast data stuck on old dates
- App freezing or not loading properly
- Location detection issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more geographic areas
- Provide longer-range weather forecasts
- Implement a widget for quick weather access
- Include NOAA marine area forecasts
- Improve app performance and stability
ReadyMDC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boating Weather
No in-app purchases
ReadyMDC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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