Comparison

Tide Tracking vs Tideglass

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

Tideglass

Features
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Tideglass is a free, offline tide instrument for iPhone and Apple Watch. Designed like a vintage marine chronometer in brass and navy — no ads, no accounts, no internet required. FEATURES ◆ ~8,000 tide stations worldwide, all bundled in the app ◆ Pannable 24-hour chart with a static centre cursor — swipe to scrub ±7 days, with a magnetic snap when you cross "now" ◆ 30-day histogram: every day's maximum high and minimum low as paired bars, with the spring/neap pulse plain to see ◆ 12-month envelope: a smoothed year-at-a-glance view of the highs and lows around your spot ◆ Top-5 tide rankings: see the biggest highs and deepest lows in any visible window ◆ Sunrise, sunset, moon phase, and your nearest station's name at a glance ◆ Mechanical-drum readout for time and water level, with selection haptics as you scrub ◆ Apple Watch standalone — runs without iPhone, same instrument feel on the wrist PRIVACY ◆ Location is read only on device to find your nearest tide station — nothing is transmitted, stored, or shared ◆ No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking DATA Tide harmonics derived from the open OpenWaters database (NOAA + TICON-4). Predictions are sub-hour accurate at most reference stations. Subordinate stations rely on time and height offsets from a parent station. RECREATIONAL USE ONLY. Not for marine navigation. Always consult official hydrographic publications for safety-critical decisions.

Screenshots

Tide Tracking3 screens
Tideglass3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Tideglass at 3 against Tide Tracking's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Tide Tracking versus Tideglass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTide TrackingTideglass
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnbox Venture LLCIvan Shestakov

In-app purchases

None

Tide Tracking

No in-app purchases

None

Tideglass

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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