Comparison

Tiltometer vs SurlfBird

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

Head to head
About

Tiltometer

This app transforms your device into a real-time inclinometer for off-road adventures. Monitor your vehicle's pitch and roll with animated gauges, customizable profiles, and adjustable tilt warnings. Includes GPS elevation and compass heading.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch and roll gauges
  • Customizable vehicle silhouettes
  • Adjustable tilt warning thresholds
  • GPS elevation and compass heading
  • Calibration to any surface
  • Screen stays on
Features
Currently charting
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Tiltometer turns your iPhone or iPad into a precision inclinometer for off-road driving, overlanding, and trail riding. See your vehicle's pitch and roll in real time on animated gauges that move with your device. REAL-TIME TILT GAUGES Front and side vehicle silhouettes rotate live with your device orientation, giving you an intuitive read on pitch and roll displayed in degrees or percent grade. CUSTOMIZE YOUR RIDE Choose from 13 built-in vehicle silhouettes or upload your own photos to create a custom front and side profile that matches your exact rig. Apply a tint color and adjust opacity for the perfect look. TILT WARNINGS Set yellow and red alarm thresholds for each axis. Visual gauge overlays change color as you approach dangerous angles, and an optional audio alarm sounds when thresholds are exceeded. COMPASS & ELEVATION GPS elevation in feet or meters and compass heading with cardinal directions — magnetic or true north — are always visible at a glance. BUILT FOR THE TRAIL - Calibrate to zero on any surface - Adjustable gauge smoothing for steady readings on rough terrain - Screen stays on while the app is active - Works in portrait and landscape - No account or internet connection required

About

SurlfBird

This utility app extracts URLs from .url files on your iPhone or iPad. It then opens the URL directly in Safari, streamlining the process of accessing saved web links from your desktop.

Highlights
  • Extracts URLs from .url files
  • Opens URLs directly in Safari
  • Supports shared file storage integration
  • Simple and lightweight utility
  • No extra internet traffic
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SurlfBird solves a long-standing problem. You run a Windows desktop computer and an iPhone/iPad side by side. You use a shared file storage like ownCloud, Nextcloud, Dropbox, WebDAV or something similar to transfer your data between the devices. This works fine for office documents, text documents. If, like me, you like to save URLs from internet sessions in your shared storage for later reading or as a reminder, you will find a .url file when viewing the replicated storage on the iOS device. You can copy its contents to the Notes application and click the link there. Now you have SurlfBird to help you. Just share the url file with SurlfBird and it will grep the URL from the .url file and open Safari with that URL. Very small and simple application, no extra internet traffic or anything.

Screenshots

Tiltometer3 screens
SurlfBird2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SurlfBird at Free against Tiltometer's $1.99. SurlfBird also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Tiltometer's advantage is chart position (#199 vs unranked) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases 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

SurlfBird is free to download; Tiltometer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SurlfBird holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiltometer has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Tiltometer's written reviews are positive against 100% of SurlfBird's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Tiltometer versus SurlfBird: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiltometerSurlfBird
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.6 (13 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven EpplerDokumenta (LU)

Customer experience

Tiltometer

All ratings13 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

SurlfBird

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tiltometer

No in-app purchases

None

SurlfBird

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiltometer free?
Tiltometer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SurlfBird free?
SurlfBird is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tiltometer or SurlfBird?
SurlfBird is rated higher. Tiltometer averages 3.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while SurlfBird averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tiltometer or SurlfBird have ads?
Neither Tiltometer nor SurlfBird shows ads.

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