Comparison

AyeTides XL vs AGLCA

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

Head to head
About

AyeTides XL

Access tide and current data for over 12,500 global locations without an internet connection. View daily events in tabular or graphical formats, find stations by map or name, and save favorites. Designed for iPad, it offers accurate, ad-free planning for marine activities.

Highlights
  • Offline tide and current data
  • 12,500+ global locations
  • Interactive tide graphs
  • Calendar view
  • Station search by map, name, or location
  • Favorite stations
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Never be without the tides again! You too can carry the tides with you as you walk along the shore, fly into a harbor, or sail off into the sunset. AyeTides XL displays tides and/or currents for over 12,500 locations worldwide. and unlike many other tide apps it does not require a network connection. With AyeTides XL 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 with an interactive graph, or you can rotate the phone for an calendar view. Tapping on a day brings up additional information for that day. You can find a station on a map, by name, based on your current location, or set a favorite station and always have it handy. AyeTides XL 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. This app is designed to run on your iPad. It does not run on an iPhone or iPod Touch. If you have multiple devices, you may want to consider our bundle. Get both apps for a discounted price! 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

AGLCA

Plan your Great Loop adventure with this navigation app. Discover sponsor locations, Harbor Hosts, and member-designated points of interest along the route. Members gain access to exclusive features like location-based Harbor Host finding and sponsor discounts.

Highlights
  • Great Loop route visualization
  • Sponsor and Harbor Host locations
  • Member-exclusive points of interest
  • Great Loop FAQs and boat information
  • Sample itineraries
  • GPX file downloads for navigation apps
Features
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America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association’s app helps you plan stops on your Great Loop adventure by showing you the route itself, and where you can find our sponsors, Harbor Hosts, and “Best of the Loop” points of interest in more than 10 categories as designated by our members. All app users can review the Great Loop route, read FAQs about the Great Loop route and Great Loop-capable boats, and learn more about each segment of the Great Loop. AGLCA members enjoy additional features, such as finding Harbor Hosts near their current location, getting discount offers from our sponsors, and seeing details about each “Best of the Loop” point of interest. AGLCA members can also see a sample itinerary for the Great Loop that shows just one of the thousands of combinations of stops you can make on the Great Loop. You can also download .gpx files for each leg that can be imported into your navigation app for review.

Screenshots

AGLCA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AGLCA at Free against AyeTides XL's $7.99. AGLCA also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%). AyeTides XL's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

AGLCA is free to download; AyeTides XL costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for AyeTides XL against 4.9 for AGLCA. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 476 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of AyeTides XL's written reviews are positive against 100% of AGLCA's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AyeTides XL ships an update every 3 weeks, AGLCA every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AyeTides XL versus AGLCA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAyeTides XLAGLCA
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings)4.9 (476 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better476
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHahn Software LLCLand and Sea Software

Customer experience

AyeTides XL

All ratings1,301 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral2.1%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral9.5%
Negative14.3%

AGLCA

All ratings475 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

AyeTides XL

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Scrambled date display when scrolling calendar
  • Fewer tide stations than advertised

Requested features

4 requests
  • Display lunar phases on tidal calendar
  • Improve navigation and menus
  • Display current direction and speed arrows on chart
  • Add more European/UK tide and current data

AGLCA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AyeTides XL

No in-app purchases

None

AGLCA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AyeTides XL free?
AyeTides XL costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AGLCA free?
AGLCA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AyeTides XL or AGLCA?
AGLCA is rated higher. AyeTides XL averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while AGLCA averages 4.9 from 476 ratings.
Do AyeTides XL or AGLCA have ads?
Neither AyeTides XL nor AGLCA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AyeTides XL or AGLCA?
AyeTides XL ships an update every 3 weeks, and AGLCA every 3 months. Most recently, AyeTides XL was updated on October 24, 2026 and AGLCA on October 30, 2026.

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