Comparison

Great Depths vs SeaDrive

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

Head to head
About

Great Depths

This app transforms your iOS device into a digital depth finder. It provides comprehensive US coastal and Great Lakes coverage with live tide data and nautical charts. Navigate safely and efficiently with offline chart storage and distance calculation features.

Highlights
  • Digital depth readouts
  • Live tide data
  • NOAA RNC nautical charts
  • Offline chart storage
  • Distance calculation
  • Automatic chart syncing
Features
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Turn your iOS device into a digital depth finder. Great Depths offers coverage of the entire US coast, the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain and more... Know exactly where you are on the water and cruise to your port of call directly and safely. Sail with Great Depths for iPhone and iPad. Great Depths offers digital depth readouts, live tide data and NOAA RNC nautical charts in 60 bargain-priced packages. Digital depth readouts are automatically adjusted based on current tide/lake level and are updated as you move or viewed anywhere with the touch of a finger. -- The handy mileage menu calculates distance between any two points instantly. -- Purchases are automatically synced across all your iOS devices and downloaded packages are stored locally on your devices so you don’t have to rely on cell service. -- Best of all, Great Depths is FREE and never has adds! You can download the app and preview the available charts packages without spending a dime. Chart coverage includes the entire coast of the contiguous USA, the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, the Erie, Oswego and Champlain Canals, Lake Mead, Lake Oswego, Lake Pend Oreille, Lake Okeechobee, Lake Winnebago, Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Lake Cayuga, Lake Seneca Lakes, Wake Island and more....

About

SeaDrive

This marine navigation app offers offline charting, route planning, and tide/current predictions. It provides free US charts and integrates weather forecasts and points of interest like marinas. Share your live track with others for enhanced safety and communication on the water.

Highlights
  • Offline charting and navigation
  • Route building and navigation
  • Tide and current predictions
  • 5-day weather forecasts
  • Live track sharing
  • Points of Interest (marinas, boat ramps)
Features
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* What is Sea Drive? Sea Drive is a marine and boating navigation application focused on charting, navigation, route building, track recording, tides, currents, and more! Our goal is to provide the best user experience for boaters on and off the water. Sea Drive provides FREE US charts! We believe that everyone should have the tools on the water to feel safe and know how to find their way home (or pull up to a restaurant). * Who is it for? Sea Drive is for all of you who love the water! If you spend time on sailboats, fishing boats, bowriders, wakeboard boats, kayaks, or canoes this app will quickly become your go to co-captain * What are the features? **Offline Use Sea Drive is meant to be used on the water and in the real world, that means cell service won't always be available. Charting, tides, currents, routing, tracks, GPS, compass, and more are all available without internet! ** Free Chart Data (US) Currently only US charts are available (and will always remain free thanks to NOAA and your tax dollars). As Sea Drive improves we will be adding other chart regions for free or as low cost as possible. ** Tides and Currents Tap a tides or currents icons on the chart to view offline predictions (for years into the future) at over 3000 locations. ** Build and Navigate Routes Build routes with easy to add waypoints, drag waypoints, delete waypoints, and give waypoints custom names. Export and share your routes with other boaters. Activate a route to see bearing (magnetic or true) to waypoints, estimated time to waypoints, and ETA at destination among other metrics. ** Record Tracks Review and playback previously recorded tracks. ** Create and Share Markers Add notes and measure distances to markers. ** Basic Features Location (GPS & Compass). Caliper tool. Display settings for custom chart options. Vessel details for hazard avoidance and route planning. Satellite and road map chart overlays. ** POI We've integrated with marinas.com so we can show points interest directly on the chart for features like marinas, boat ramps, anchorage areas, inlets, locks, harbors and more. ** Weather View weather forecasts for up to five days in the future including marine related weather like wind, gusts, swells, and wave information. ** Live Track Sharing Create a live track share and send the link to friends. When imported, followers will see your current location and previous track directly on the Sea Drive app or website. * We love feedback! Sea Drive is built by boaters for boaters. This is just the start of our journey and we would like you all to be a part of it with us! Please provide any and all feedback!

Screenshots

Great Depths4 screens
SeaDrive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SeaDrive at 4.5 against Great Depths's 4.2. SeaDrive also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 70%) and ratings volume (263 vs 12). Great Depths's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Great Depths sells 19 one-off in-app purchases and SeaDrive sells 3 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

SeaDrive holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SeaDrive has 263 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Great Depths's written reviews are positive against 89% of SeaDrive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Great Depths ships an update every 6 weeks, SeaDrive fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Great Depths versus SeaDrive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGreat DepthsSeaDrive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (12 ratings)4.5 (263 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews89.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12263 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWalk About AppsSeaDrive LLC

Customer experience

Great Depths

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative25.0%

SeaDrive

All ratings230 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%

Bugs and requests

Great Depths

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

SeaDrive

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Waypoints are deleted by the app
  • Vessel location disappears
  • App crashes during chart download on older devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Consider adding more advanced charting options
  • Further refine waypoint saving reliability

In-app purchases

19 purchases

Great Depths

One-time19
  • Lake MichiganFree
  • Huge East Coast ChartsFree
  • Mississippi and West Florida CoastFree
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  • Midwest Florida CoastFree
  • Southwest Florida CoastFree
  • Southeast Florida CoastFree
  • Northern NC, Virginia and Delaware CoastFree
  • The Chesapeake BayFree
  • New Jersey Coast and The Delaware RiverFree
  • Connecticut and New York CoastFree
  • Maine, New Hampshire and Northern Mass.Free
  • All the ChartsFree
  • Florida Keys and the Dry TortugasFree
  • Lake SuperiorFree
  • Northern SC and Southern NCFree
  • The Border LakesFree
  • Lake ChamplainFree
  • Lake ErieFree
  • Lake Champlain$0.99
3 purchases

SeaDrive

Subscriptions2
  • Sea Drive Pro2 Months trial$2.991 Month
  • Sea Drive Pro1 Month trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • US ChartsFree

Questions

Is Great Depths free?
Great Depths is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SeaDrive free?
SeaDrive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Great Depths or SeaDrive?
SeaDrive is rated higher. Great Depths averages 4.2 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while SeaDrive averages 4.5 from 263 ratings.
Do Great Depths or SeaDrive have ads?
Neither Great Depths nor SeaDrive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Great Depths or SeaDrive?
Great Depths ships an update every 6 weeks, and SeaDrive fortnightly. Most recently, Great Depths was updated on October 23, 2026 and SeaDrive on October 24, 2026.

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