BackyardBuoys vs Flood Check
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BackyardBuoys
This application provides coastal communities with easy mobile access to near real-time wave data and visualizations. It leverages scalable marine technology for community-managed ocean buoys, enhancing blue economy and hazard protection.
- Real-time wave data access
- Data visualizations
- Community-managed buoys
- Blue economy enhancement
- Hazard protection
- Mobile data access
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The Backyard Buoys project enables coastal communities to gather and use wave data, enhancing their blue economy and hazard protection. Leveraging low-cost and scalable marine technology, Backyard Buoys offers a system for community-managed ocean buoys and web apps that simplify data access. The Backyard Buoys app provides easy, mobile access to near real-time wave data and visualizations.
Flood Check
Explore real-time environmental conditions on Oahu's windward side. View stream levels, rainfall, tide data, and weather forecasts through simple charts and maps. Understand how water conditions evolve over time.
- Real-time stream levels
- Rainfall data
- Tide conditions
- Weather forecasts
- Interactive charts
- Map visualization
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Flood Check is an exploratory app for viewing environmental conditions on the windward side of Oahu. The app brings together real time stream levels, rainfall data, tide conditions, and weather forecasts in simple charts and maps so users can explore how water conditions change over time. This app was developed as part of a research effort to make environmental data easier to access and understand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: BackyardBuoys at #104 against Flood Check's unranked. BackyardBuoys also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Flood Check's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BackyardBuoys against 5.0 for Flood Check. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BackyardBuoys has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | BackyardBuoys | Flood Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #104 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BackyardBuoys | University of Hawaii |
In-app purchases
BackyardBuoys
No in-app purchases
Flood Check
No in-app purchases
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