Comparison

Tides Near Me vs Windy.com

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

Head to head
About

Tides Near Me

Get tide charts and current predictions worldwide. See water levels, high/low tide times, and sun/moon data at a glance. Plan your outdoor activities with ease.

Highlights
  • Nearby tide and current stations
  • Graphical tide charts
  • Readable tide tables
  • Current direction and timing
  • Sun and moon information
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Tide charts and currents near you - fast. See the last and next tide at a glance, with clear tide charts, tide tables, current predictions and marine weather for stations worldwide. Designed for real planning: • See whether the water is rising or falling right now • Check high and low tide times quickly • Check wind, seas and marine warnings before you head out • Plan fishing, boating, surfing, beach walks and dock access • View sun and moon rise and set alongside tides Features: • Nearby tide and current stations • Every station in three tabs: Now, Week and Map • Graphical tide and current charts • Simple, readable tide tables • Current direction and timing • Marine weather: wind, seas, air and water temperature, visibility and marine warnings where available • Insights on the Week tab, such as the highest and lowest tides and the most active weekend • A map with layers: Depth Chart, Wind & Waves, Weather Radar, Moving Tides and Moving Currents • Bays, harbors and channels named on the map, and a dark map for night • Sun and moon information • Speeds in mph, knots or km/h • Portrait and landscape on iPhone, with layouts made for iPad and iPhone Duo • Home Screen widgets for quick access • Apple Watch app and complication support Free core features are available. Two optional subscriptions add more: • Premium: 30-day forecasts, 30-day insights and no ads. • Go Mode: nautical charts with depths, marks and hazards that follow your position on the water, heading up, with depth, speed, wind and seas along the bottom of the screen. Go Mode records each trip so you can replay it with the tide, current and weather, saves your fishing spots, anchorages and hazards as marks, shows speed, heading and depth on your Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island and on Apple Watch, and switches to a dark chart at night. Includes everything in Premium. Available in US waters. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Windy.com

This app offers advanced weather forecasting with over 50 detailed maps and 15 weather models, including live radar, satellite imagery, and hurricane tracking. It provides customizable alerts for storms, wind, and snow, making it ideal for outdoor activities and aviation.

Highlights
  • Live weather radar & satellite
  • Over 50 weather maps
  • 15+ weather models
  • Hurricane tracker
  • Customizable weather alerts
  • Aviation-specific forecasts
  • Air quality index
Features
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A UNIQUE WEATHER FORECAST VISUALISATION While most weather forecasting apps rely solely on free global models, Windy has gone a step further by investing heavily in the most accurate weather models available, always at the highest possible resolution, to deliver you the most accurate forecasts in the world. LIVE WEATHER APP - WEATHER RADAR & SATELLITE (Now with Precipitation Type & Lightning tracker) Radar is a highly valued tool for weather forecasting. To provide you with the most accurate radar imagery, we constantly expand our resources so that rain, snow, and storms don't catch you by surprise. Trusted radar sources include NOAA, Met Office, Météo France, DWD, JMA, IMD, BoM & more. The global satellite composite is created from NOAA, EUMETSAT & Himawari data. MORE THAN 50 WEATHER MAPS - Rain radar, Satellite and a unique combined layer of Radar & Satellite images (blue, infrared, visible) - Hurricane tracker, Weather warnings & Extreme forecast - Wind forecast: Wind speed, Wind gusts & Accumulation, models comparison, data from live Weather stations - Temperature: Humidity, Pressure, Dew point, live data from Weather stations - Rain: Thunder & storms, Rain accumulation, Thunderstorms, Precipitation type, CAPE-index - Aviation: Clouds, Cloud tops, Cloud base, Visibility (LIFR, IFR, MVFR, VFR), Fog, Icing, Clear air turbulence, Thermals, Freezing altitude - Marine Forecast: Waves, Swell, Wave power, Tide forecast, Currents, Sea temperature - Solar activity: Solar power, UV index, Wet-bulb temperature - Snow: Snow depth, New snow, Snow density - Air Quality: Air Quality Index (AQI) with Pollen (CAMS), NO2, PM 2.5, Aerosol, SO2, Ozone layer, Surface ozone, CO concentration, Dust mass - Soil moisture, Moisture anomaly, Drought intensity, Fire Danger, Fuel moisture MORE THAN 15 WEATHER MODELS Global weather models: - meteoblue - AI forecast - ECMWF - GFS by NOAA - ICON by DWD Local weather models: - HRRR by NOAA - NAM by NOAA - HRDPS by MSC - ICON-EU by DWD - ICON-D2 by DWD - UKV by Met Office - AROME-HD by Météo France - ALADIN by CHMI - NEMS by meteoblue - MSM by JMA - ACCESS-C by BoM LIVE RAIN, STORM ALERTS & CUSTOM WEATHER ALERTS Want to know before the storm hits near you while you hike, bike or spend time outdoors? You can now access live weather alerts or set up your custom weather alert for wind, sunshine, or new snow. HURRICANE TRACKER FOR STORM TRACKING With Windy's hurricane tracker, you can track the past and projected path of a hurricane or a storm. Windy doesn't rely on just one hurricane model, but will give you all the forecasts available for a storm or hurricane. WINDY MADE FOR PILOTS - 16 altitude levels from the surface to 13.5km/FL450 - 50k+ Airports searchable by ICAO and IATA, including runway info, decoded & raw METAR, TAF & NOTAMs - Detailed Airgram and Meteogram: temperature and dew point, wind speed and wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, altitude cloud cover, freezing altitude - Thermals forecast - Route planner WINDY MADE FOR OUTDOOR SPORTS, SURF & BOATING - 67K+ global webcams - Summer & winter outdoor topographic maps by Mapy.com - 4.5K+ Surfing spots - 12.1K+ Paragliding spots - 4.3K+ Kiting spots - Boating tide forecast - Sun & Moon tracker - Plugins with buoy data WINDY AS A WEATHER WIDGET ON YOUR DEVICE Get the weather now on your iPhone, MacOS, iPad, CarPlay & Apple Watch, from forecast, Radar, METAR, Weather stations & Wind, ready for your travels and outdoor sports. WINDY PREMIUM — FORECAST LIKE A PRO - 1-hour & 15-day outlook with 4–6× daily updates - Radar/Satellite 24h loops & 1-year archives - More maps (Tide Forecast) - Model comparison to find the best model Terms of Use: https://account.windy.com/agreements/windy-terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://account.windy.com/agreements/windy-privacy-policy GET IN TOUCH Join us on social media or at community.windy.com to discuss weather-related topics, report bugs, or suggest a new feature. Contact us directly at info@windy.com.

Screenshots

Tides Near Me4 screens
Windy.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tides Near Me and Windy.com both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Windy.com's written reviews are positive against 79% of Tides Near Me's. Windy.com also leads on chart position (#5 vs #35). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Tides Near Me sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Windy.com sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tides Near Me against 4.8 for Windy.com. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 164K and 80K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Tides Near Me's written reviews are positive against 89% of Windy.com's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tides Near Me ships an update every 2 weeks, Windy.com every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Tides Near Me versus Windy.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTides Near MeWindy.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (164K ratings)4.8 (80K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews89.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings164K — better80K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#35#5 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB173 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShelter Island Mapping Company, LLCWindyty, SE

Customer experience

Tides Near Me

All ratings163,201 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews736 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative17.3%

Windy.com

All ratings80,295 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews3,906 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative8.0%

User reviews

Tides Near Me

From 164K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simplicity, no ads or unnecessary information
  • 👍 Accurate tide and location information
  • 👍 Useful for various activities like fishing, swimming, beach walks
  • 👍 Convenient and easy to use
  • 👍 Reliable and dependable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate tide times in some locations
  • 🔍 Limited location coverage in some areas
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding and accessing certain locations
  • 🔍 Lack of visual tide charts or graphs

Windy.com

From 80K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌊 Accurate weather forecasts
  • 🌍 Comprehensive global coverage
  • 🔍 Detailed weather data and models
  • 🛥️ Useful for marine/sailing activities
  • 🛫 Valuable for aviation planning

Room to improve

  • 🤯 Overwhelming number of features and options
  • 🔍 Small text and cluttered interface on mobile
  • 🤖 Occasional app crashes or stability issues
  • 💰 Paywall for some advanced features
  • 🌐 Lack of offline functionality

Bugs and requests

Tides Near Me

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Connection errors and inability to load tide data
  • Incompatibility issues in certain regions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to view tide information further in advance
  • Integration with weather/wind data
  • Customizable home screen and favorite locations
  • Tide height information on main screen
  • Alerts or notifications for ideal conditions

Windy.com

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Map dragging issues on newer iPhone models
  • Inconsistent temperature display units
  • Premium features not always working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add weather front data on isobar charts
  • Improve font size and layout for better readability
  • Provide option to hide webcams or certain layers
  • Implement weather warning notifications
  • Add support for Apple Watch and other wearables

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Tides Near Me

Subscriptions4
  • Tides Near Me Premium$1.991 Month
  • Go Mode7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Tides Near Me Premium$14.991 Year
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  • Go Mode7 Days trial$19.991 Year
10 purchases

Windy.com

Subscriptions4
  • Donate 3 EUR/USD a month$2.991 Month
  • Windy Premium$2.991 Month
  • Donate 6 EUR/USD a month$5.491 Month
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  • Windy Premium2 variants$24.991 Year
One-time6
  • Donate approx 5 EUR/USD$4.99
  • Donate approx 10 EUR/USD$9.99
  • Donate approx 20 EUR/USD$19.99
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  • Windy Premium$29.99
  • Donate approx 50 EUR/USD$49.99
  • Donate Windy 100 EUR/USD$89.99

Questions

Is Tides Near Me free?
Tides Near Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Windy.com free?
Windy.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tides Near Me or Windy.com?
Windy.com is rated higher. Tides Near Me averages 4.8 out of 5 from 164K ratings, while Windy.com averages 4.8 from 80K ratings.
Do Tides Near Me or Windy.com have ads?
Neither Tides Near Me nor Windy.com shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tides Near Me or Windy.com?
Tides Near Me ships an update every 2 weeks, and Windy.com every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tides Near Me was updated on October 31, 2026 and Windy.com on October 31, 2026.
Which is more popular, Tides Near Me or Windy.com?
Tides Near Me currently peaks at #35 in the App Store charts, and Windy.com at #5. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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