Riptide vs Camping Solar for Panel Setup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Riptide
Stay updated with the latest bodyboarding news, wave conditions, and events worldwide. Immerse yourself in photos, articles, and connect with a global community of fans. Seamlessly sync your reading experience across devices.
- Latest news and updates
- Real-time wave conditions
- Competition and event coverage
- Bodyboarding photos and articles
- Global community connection
- Cross-device syncing
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Ride the digital wave with the Riptide Magazine App - Your ultimate bodyboarding companion! Stay updated with the latest news, real-time wave conditions, competitions, and epic bodyboarding events worldwide. Immerse yourself in mind-blowing bodyboarding photos, riveting articles, and engaging features by industry experts and fellow enthusiasts. Connect with a global tribe of bodyboarding fans, share your sickest moments, and swap tips and tricks. Seamlessly sync your account across devices for uninterrupted reading. Don't miss out on the Riptide Magazine App - the ultimate bodyboarding experience in the palm of your hand!
Camping Solar for Panel Setup
Optimize portable solar panel placement for maximum energy collection. This app calculates the ideal angle and direction, estimates amp hours, and helps avoid shading. Get detailed insights with visual graphs for efficient sun-powered charging.
- Optimal angle and direction calculation
- Amp hour estimation for battery charging
- Shading obstacle avoidance
- Visual graphs for placement insights
- Time interval sun exposure analysis
- Panel wattage input
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Harness the sun's power like never before! Camping Solar helps you get the most out of your portable solar panels. Get the sweet spot for panel placement and treat your batteries to amp hours like never before. Forget the old tilt-and-pray! Camping Solar calculates the golden angle and direction for you during a time interval ensuring the optimum amp hours collection. No more guesswork, just pure sun-powered efficiency. Set it and forget it! Input your panel's wattage, and Camping Solar provides estimates of the amp hours fed into your battery—both lithium and other battery types. Use your iPhone to guide you in setting up your panels to the recommended orientation Use the app to seek out and avoid shading obstacles, shift the panels to their best position and work out the interval the panels will be in the sun. Dive into detailed insights on panel placement with three visually striking graphs to see why the proposed direction has been recommended. Unlock the power of complex calculations with our consumable token model! Access complex calculations seamlessly while enjoying unlimited use of simpler ones. Begin with a complimentary 25-token free trial, and easily purchase more within the app. We understand you might go off-grid sometimes, so enjoy a 10% grace period before needing to top up. Privacy Policy: https://john-hall.com.au/privacy-policy.htm Terms of Use: https://john-hall.com.au/terms-of-use.htm For feedback, comments or issues contact me at: app.support@john-hall.com.au
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Camping Solar for Panel Setup at 4.3 against Riptide's 3.7. Camping Solar for Panel Setup also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Riptide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Camping Solar for Panel Setup sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Riptide asks for nothing beyond the download.
Camping Solar for Panel Setup holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
Riptide ships an update every 6 weeks, Camping Solar for Panel Setup fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Riptide | Camping Solar for Panel Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shakewell agency | John Hall |
Customer experience
Riptide
Camping Solar for Panel Setup
In-app purchases
Riptide
No in-app purchases
Camping Solar for Panel Setup
- 10 Tokens$1.99
- 20 Tokens$3.99
- 50 Tokens$9.99
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- 100 Tokens$17.99
- 250 Tokens$39.99
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