Comparison

CIMISPrecip vs Good Buoy

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

Head to head
About

CIMISPrecip

Features
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Historic precipitation rates throughout California by CIMIS

About

Good Buoy

This app provides a comprehensive boating dashboard with real-time weather conditions, live buoy camera feeds, and nautical chart overlays. It also records trips, tracks water roughness, and monitors your body's response to motion, helping you plan better days on the water.

Highlights
  • Conditions dashboard (wave height, wind, temp, pressure)
  • Live buoy camera feeds
  • Nautical chart overlay
  • GPS trip recording with roughness gradient
  • Motion and stress sensing
  • Color-coded condition ratings
Features
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Good Buoy is a new kind of boating app — one built around the experience of being on the water, not just getting there. We bring together buoy, phone, and watch data into a clean, glanceable dashboard so you can plan smarter days and capture the ones worth remembering. Conditions dashboard Four metrics that matter — wave height, wind speed, water temperature, and air pressure — each with trend charts and instant, color-coded ratings. Know before you go. Buoy cameras Numbers describe the ocean. Cameras show it. Browse live imagery from offshore NOAA buoy cams for visual context on sea state, visibility, and the conditions data alone can't convey. Nautical chart overlay Chart data and navigational marks, layered cleanly over Apple Maps. Trip recording Turn your iPhone into a trip recorder. GPS routes with distance, speed, and a roughness-colored gradient trail that shows where the ride got bumpy. Motion & stress sensing Numbers fade. The memory of a rough ride doesn't. Your iPhone measures how rough the water felt, while your Apple Watch tracks how your body responded to it. Every trip ends with a picture of how the day really felt — so you can look back, learn, and plan smarter ones ahead. Spend less time checking apps. Spend more time on the water.

Screenshots

CIMISPrecip3 screens
Good Buoy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CIMISPrecip at none against Good Buoy's shown. Good Buoy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CIMISPrecip ships an update every 6 months, Good Buoy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
CIMISPrecip versus Good Buoy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCIMISPrecipGood Buoy
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDalton AlexandreGOOD BUOY LLC

In-app purchases

None

CIMISPrecip

No in-app purchases

None

Good Buoy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CIMISPrecip free?
CIMISPrecip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Good Buoy free?
Good Buoy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CIMISPrecip or Good Buoy have ads?
Good Buoy shows ads; CIMISPrecip does not.
Which is updated more often, CIMISPrecip or Good Buoy?
CIMISPrecip ships an update every 6 months, and Good Buoy weekly. Most recently, CIMISPrecip was updated on October 30, 2026 and Good Buoy on October 31, 2026.

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