Comparison

Anchor Watch vs PredictWind Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Anchor Watch

This app provides a reliable anchor alarm for boaters, ensuring peace of mind while anchored. It offers features like remote monitoring, critical alerts, and historical anchorage data, all within an intuitive interface. Enjoy enhanced safety and convenience on the water.

Highlights
  • Set anchor with one click
  • Advanced mode for tight spots
  • Remote Watch functionality
  • Critical Alerts for silent notifications
  • Dynamic Island and Lock screen integration
  • Anchorage history
  • Drag and drop anchor adjustment
Features
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A simple yet powerful anchor alarm. It let's you sleep well knowing an alarm will go off if your vessel is dragging it's anchor. Anchor Watch is a modern fully featured anchor alarm app with many useful features in a simple, intuitive interface: - In it's simplest form you can set your anchor with 1 click - If anchored in a tight spot, use the advanced mode to allow for more room in one direction - Remote Watch — Keep a lookout, even off the boat - Will alert you even if your phone is on silent using Critical Alerts - See your anchor position in the Dynamic Island and Lock screen without even opening the app - Keeps a history of all your anchorages in case you want to revisit - Set your anchor by pointing your phone towards your hook - Drag and Drop to move the anchor if you didn't get it exactly right Anchor Watch offers world-class privacy — no third-party analytics, ads, or tracking. To enable Remote Watch, your location data is securely stored in a private container on Apple’s servers, fully protected by your iCloud account. Neither we nor any third party ever have access to your data. Anchor Watch is free for the 10 first alarms, after that a small subscription is required, this helps fund future updates to the app and to keep it up to date. If you choose to subscribe payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Privacy policy: https://highhillbits.com/anchor-watch/privacy Terms of use: https://highhillbits.com/anchor-watch/terms Proudly made onboard, off the coast of Norway.

About

PredictWind Tracker

Automatically update your personalized GPS tracking page for real-time location sharing. Ideal for boaters, it allows friends and family to monitor your position and route with weather or satellite maps. Link to add blogs and videos for a permanent record of your journey.

Highlights
  • Automatic GPS tracking updates
  • Real-time location sharing
  • Weather and satellite map overlays
  • Add blogs and video links
  • Personalized tracking page
Features
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This app is designed to automatically update your personalized PredictWind GPS tracking page, ideal for Starlink users or those on LTE/cellular connections. Record and share your tracks to friends families and followers so they monitor your boats position and route in real time with weather or satellite maps. Link through to add blogs, video links for a permanent record of your journey. Note: You need a PredictWind GPS tracking page to use this app. To set up a PredictWind GPS tracking page contact https://www.predictwind.com/contact-us Terms & Conditions: https://www.predictwind.com/about-us/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.predictwind.com/about-us/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Anchor Watch4 screens
PredictWind Tracker1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Anchor Watch at 4.8 against PredictWind Tracker's 4.4. Anchor Watch also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 7). PredictWind Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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. Anchor Watch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and PredictWind Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anchor Watch holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anchor Watch ships an update every 5 months, PredictWind Tracker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Anchor Watch versus PredictWind Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchor WatchPredictWind Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (25 ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHigh Hill Bits ASPredictWind Limited

Customer experience

Anchor Watch

All ratings25 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative0.0%

PredictWind Tracker

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Anchor Watch

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.491 Month
  • Yearly$4.991 Year
3 purchases

PredictWind Tracker

Subscriptions3
  • PredictWind Tracker 1 Month7 Days trial$49.001 Month
  • PredictWind Tracker 3 Months7 Days trial$99.003 Months
  • PredictWind Tracker 12 Months7 Days trial$249.001 Year

Questions

Is Anchor Watch free?
Anchor Watch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PredictWind Tracker free?
PredictWind Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anchor Watch or PredictWind Tracker?
Anchor Watch is rated higher. Anchor Watch averages 4.8 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while PredictWind Tracker averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Anchor Watch or PredictWind Tracker have ads?
Neither Anchor Watch nor PredictWind Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anchor Watch or PredictWind Tracker?
Anchor Watch ships an update every 5 months, and PredictWind Tracker every 2 months. Most recently, Anchor Watch was updated on October 14, 2026 and PredictWind Tracker on October 5, 2026.

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