Comparison

Tide Tracking vs Tidal Pool

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

Tidal Pool

Features
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Plan tidepool visits with low-tide times, heights in feet and daylight information for 33 stations in the United States and Canada. NOAA and Canadian Hydrographic Service predictions require internet to refresh; cached tides and the 73-species field guide work offline. Search species, filter by tidal zone and save sightings with photos in your private journal. Tidal Pool keeps journal entries, photos, favorites and settings on your device. Photo analysis runs locally and can be wrong. No account, advertising, analytics or developer backend is used. Predictions and species suggestions are general information, not navigation or safety advice. Apple handles purchases and restores and may load products or verify access. You start the 3-day trial locally; it creates no subscription or charge. After the trial, an optional one-time purchase unlocks the app permanently. Tide predictions are for general planning only and are not suitable for navigation or safety-critical decisions. Tidal Pool is an independent app from Rizk Corsight, LLC and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NOAA or the Canadian Hydrographic Service. Includes data from NOAA Tides & Currents (public domain) and the Canadian Hydrographic Service, Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Screenshots

Tide Tracking3 screens
Tidal Pool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Tidal Pool 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 Tidal Pool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTide TrackingTidal Pool
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnbox Venture LLCRizk Corsight, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Tide Tracking

No in-app purchases

None

Tidal Pool

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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