Comparison

Tide Tracking vs Just Tides

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

Head to head
About

Tide Tracking

Features
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Discover the best times for your beach plans, fishing trips, and water sports with Tide Tracker, the ultimate app for tide and marine forecasting. Accurately track real-time tides and conditions with an intuitive interface that makes planning your ocean adventures easier than ever.

About

Just Tides

Features
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Just Tides turns NOAA tide predictions into a calm, beautiful tide clock you can read in a glance. Watch the water rise and fall on an animated clock, see exactly when the next high and low tides arrive, and check conditions for thousands of coastal stations across the United States. FEATURES • Animated tide clock that fills and empties with the real tide • Next and previous high and low tide times, always a tap away • Thousands of NOAA tide stations — search by name or use your location to find the nearest • Save your favorite stations for quick access • Light and dark, or follow your iPhone • Home screen widget so the tide is on your iPhone at a glance • Apple Watch app and complication to keep the tide on your wrist and watch face FOR EVERYONE WHO LOVES THE COAST Whether you're surfing, fishing, boating, tidepooling, beachcombing, or just love the ocean, Just Tides keeps you in sync with the water. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA. Just Tides is a tide reference and should not be used for navigation. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tide Tracking3 screens
Just Tides4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tide Tracking at none against Just Tides's 4. On price, ads, 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. Just Tides sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tide Tracking asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Tide Tracking versus Just Tides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTide TrackingJust Tides
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnbox Venture LLCRouse Experiments

In-app purchases

None

Tide Tracking

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Just Tides

Subscriptions2
  • Regular Coffee Club$1.991 Month
  • Premium Coffee Club$4.991 Month
One-time2
  • Small Coffee$2.00
  • Large Coffee$5.00

Questions

Is Tide Tracking free?
Tide Tracking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Just Tides free?
Just Tides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tide Tracking or Just Tides have ads?
Neither Tide Tracking nor Just Tides shows ads.

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