Comparison

Tide Chart USA vs Florida Tides

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

Head to head
About

Tide Chart USA

Access detailed tidal information for various locations. This app is designed for recreational fishing enthusiasts, providing essential data for planning your next outing. It is intended for personal use and not for commercial navigation.

Highlights
  • Tidal information display
  • Designed for fishing
  • Recreational use
  • No warranty provided
Features
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"Tide Chart USA" is an application to display tidal information. I made for fun fishing. This program is not available for commercial purposes, and navigation. THERE IS NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

About

Florida Tides

Get detailed tide charts and real-time beach weather for all of Florida's coastlines. View tide stations on an interactive map, check highs and lows, and see current weather conditions. Widgets provide quick access to your favorite stations.

Highlights
  • 187 NOAA tide stations
  • Interactive tide curve
  • High and low tide times/heights
  • Bay-side station tagging
  • Home/Lock Screen widgets
  • Current weather conditions
  • Statewide Florida coverage
Features
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Know the water before you go. Florida Tides brings 192 hand-verified NOAA tide stations — from the First Coast to the Keys and across the Panhandle — into one calm, fast app built for this state and nothing else. Open the coastal map and see every station at a glance, each marked with its current tide state. Tap a station for today's highs and lows, times and heights, and a full tide curve you can read minute by minute. INTERACTIVE TIDE CURVE Press and drag along the curve to read the exact predicted water level for any time of day. Rising and falling water are color coded, so the trend is clear in a second. HIGHS, LOWS, AND BAY-SIDE CONTEXT Every station lists high and low tide times with heights. Stations tucked inside protected bays, lagoons, rivers, and the Intracoastal are tagged bay-side, so you know when the water there runs on a different clock than the open coast. WIDGETS FOR YOUR BEACH Add a favorite station to your Home Screen or Lock Screen and see the next tide plus a 24-hour sparkline without opening the app. Favorites and nearest-station detection get you to your spot immediately. WEATHER AT THE STATION Current conditions, air temperature, wind, and sea surface temperature are shown alongside the tide, so you can judge the morning before you load the truck. Open-coast stations add wave height and a water clarity estimate built from the past two days of wind and waves. STATEWIDE COVERAGE All nine Florida coastal regions are included: Atlantic beaches, the Space Coast, South Florida, the Keys, the Southwest Gulf, Tampa Bay, the Nature Coast, the Big Bend, and the Panhandle. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY No account, no sign-up. Tide tables are cached on device, so recent predictions stay available when the signal drops. Two hand-tuned themes are included: a deep-sea nautical palette and a neon Miami-inspired Vice look. MADE FOR Beachgoers timing a low-tide walk, anglers working an incoming tide, boaters watching a shallow pass, surfers, kayakers, shellers, and anyone who plans around the water. ABOUT THE DATA Tide values are NOAA astronomical predictions, not readings from a live gauge. Actual water levels can differ with wind, pressure, and storms. Weather data is provided by Open-Meteo. Always use official sources and your own judgment for navigation and safety decisions. NEW: Widgets that work the way you do. Star your stations in the app and the widget follows them automatically, or pick a station directly from Edit Widget on your Home Screen. Either route works. Drag to reorder your Favorites, and the first station headlines the small widget and leads the medium one. Changed your mind? Un-star any station straight from the Favorites list with a swipe or a long-press. Download Florida Tides and check the water in the time it takes to grab your keys.

Screenshots

Tide Chart USA4 screens
Florida Tides4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tide Chart USA at none against Florida Tides's 1. Tide Chart USA also leads on ratings volume (8.2K vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Florida Tides's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Florida Tides sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tide Chart USA asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Florida Tides holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tide Chart USA has 8.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tide Chart USA ships an update every 5 months, Florida Tides every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tide Chart USA versus Florida Tides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTide Chart USAFlorida Tides
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8.2K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.2K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperhanitaroChad Robillard

Customer experience

Tide Chart USA

All ratings7,745 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral7.8%
Negative24.3%

Florida Tides

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tide Chart USA

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tide information off by an hour
  • App gets stuck in wrong location
  • Spelling errors in the app
  • Incompatible with some devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to scroll backwards in time
  • Extend timeline further into the future
  • Add more location options
  • Include current weather and conditions
  • Provide a widget for the lock screen

Florida Tides

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tide Chart USA

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Florida Tides

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Tide Chart USA free?
Tide Chart USA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Florida Tides free?
Florida Tides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tide Chart USA or Florida Tides?
Florida Tides is rated higher. Tide Chart USA averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8.2K ratings, while Florida Tides averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Tide Chart USA or Florida Tides have ads?
Both Tide Chart USA and Florida Tides show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tide Chart USA or Florida Tides?
Tide Chart USA ships an update every 5 months, and Florida Tides every 2 days. Most recently, Tide Chart USA was updated on October 26, 2026 and Florida Tides on October 14, 2026.

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