Tide It vs RiverAlert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tide It
Track your watersports sessions with real-time wind data and tide charts. Relive your rides with detailed analytics and share your achievements. Plan your next adventure with accurate forecasts and spot information.
- Session recording and analysis
- Real-time wind data
- Offline tide charts
- Spot database
- Wind and surf forecasts
- Cross-device synchronization
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Tides, real wind and your sessions, in one app. Tide It is the rider's full cycle: you plan, you check the wind that's really blowing, you ride, and you relive your session. Kitesurf, wing, windsurf, surf and shore fishing. With one obsession: precision, honesty and your battery. NEW: SESSION MODE • A wheel to pick your sport, with the real wind and the forecast wind around it, and today's GO windows for your level. • "Ready?": the tide, the water and your wetsuit, the light, and the kite, wing, foil or board from your quiver for this wind. • GO: your iPhone or Apple Watch records on its own. Your start and breaks are detected automatically, and a session is never lost. • On Apple Watch, a screen for each sport: your speed when kiting, your time foiling in wing and foil, every wave in surf, and your jumps with your airtime. RELIVE YOUR SESSIONS WITH THE REAL WIND • Your track lights up on the satellite view, with the real wind animated around you: scrub through time, with your speed and the wind in the same bubble. • In surf, every wave is numbered and replayed: left or right, duration, speed. • Your records in gold and your story ready to post. Your start and finish points stay hidden. • Relive all your sessions, even without a subscription: recorded in Tide It or imported from your GPS watch (GPX, FIT, TCX, Apple Health). DÉJÀ VU • Tide It remembers the conditions of your best sessions at each spot, and lets you know when they come back. TIDES • Times and heights worldwide, even offline; tidal coefficients on mainland France coasts. • An elegant curve, the sun, the moon, and 12 months of tides in the calendar. REAL WIND • The wind measured by the nearest station, with its age — not just a forecast. No station nearby? Nothing, rather than a reading taken too far away. • Wind mode: wind and gusts on the curve, and a verdict for your sport and your wind range. • Wind map: the forecast wind over 7 days, animated, all around you. SURF • A rating for every hour matched to your level, wave size on the body scale and the best slot of the day. • The spot view: every incoming swell, with the wind. SPOTS EVERYWHERE • Over 1,100 kite, wing, windsurf and surf spots in France, the world's great kite spots and surf spots worldwide. EVERYWHERE WITH YOU • iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and a true Mac app — one subscription for all. Your sessions move between them via iCloud, and you can relive them on the big screen of your iPad and Mac. • Widgets, Live Activity and Dynamic Island. FREE: worldwide offline tides, spots, favorites, recording and reliving all your sessions, story, import and export, Apple Watch, Apple Health, iCloud. PREMIUM: session analysis (best efforts, real-wind polar, maneuvers, wave details), records, déjà vu, GO windows and notifications, real wind from stations, wind and surf modes, wind map, 1-year predictions, Live Activity. Analysis is free on your first 3 recorded sessions. If you cancel your subscription, your sessions stay. Terms of Use: https://tideit.app/en/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tideit.app/en/privacy.html
RiverAlert
Stay informed about French river levels in real-time. Get instant alerts for dangerous water variations and access safety features like emergency contacts and pollution reporting. Enhance your outdoor experience with detailed river data and community safety tools.
- Real-time river level monitoring
- Instant dangerous water level alerts
- Favorite river station selection
- Emergency contact buttons (112)
- Pollution reporting with geolocation
- Integrated IGN map with user proximity
- Catch log with photos and conditions
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River’Alert est l’application indispensable pour les pêcheurs et tous les passionnés de rivière. Conçue pour améliorer votre sécurité et votre confort sur le terrain, elle vous permet de suivre en temps réel l’évolution des cours d’eau français et de recevoir des alertes instantanées en cas de variation dangereuse des niveaux. Profitez pleinement de vos sorties nature en restant informé, connecté et en sécurité. Fonctionnalités GRATUITES Consultation en temps réel Accédez gratuitement aux débits de près de 2000 rivières françaises en temps réel. Sélection de vos stations favorites Choisissez vos stations de surveillance préférées et retrouvez rapidement les informations essentielles sur vos cours d’eau favoris. Fonctionnalités PREMIUM (Abonnement Requis) Caractéristiques principales : Recevez des alertes instantanées sur votre secteur en cas de montée ou de baisse des eaux (variation d’environ ± 0,2 m³/s) afin d’anticiper les situations à risque. Surveillance intelligente des rivières Fonctionnalité de favoris : Créez votre propre liste de rivières favorites et consultez des informations essentielles telles que la température extérieure, la pression atmosphérique, et un graphique des variations de niveaux antérieurs. Alerte & secours En cas de danger : Boutons intégrés dans votre application contactez directement le 112 depuis l’application, ou alertez les utilisateurs proches pour obtenir une assistance rapide. La géolocalisation permet de faciliter l’intervention et d’améliorer la sécurité communautaire. Carte IGN intégrée : Visualisez votre position en temps réel grâce à la cartographie IGN et repérez les autres utilisateurs River’Alert présents dans un rayon de 5 km. Placez un point de sortie sur votre parcours Alerte pollution Signalez immédiatement une pollution sur un cours d’eau : photo datée, géolocalisation automatique, mise en relation directe avec le service départemental concerné. Gestion avancée des favoris les graphiques d’évolution des niveaux d’eau. (Jusqu’à 30 jours) Carnet de prises Conservez l’historique complet de vos captures : photos,conditions météo, niveau de la rivière au moment de la prise, géolocalisation sur carte IGN. Avec River’Alert, savourez vos sorties en toute sérénité. Restez informé, restez en sécurité ! Cette application utilise les conditions d'utilisations standard d'Apple. "EULA" Politique de confidentialité : https://pfinnovations.fr/privacy.html Condition général de ventes : https://pfinnovations.fr/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RiverAlert at none against Tide It's 2. RiverAlert also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Tide It's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Tide It sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. RiverAlert asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tide It ships an update every 2 days, RiverAlert every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tide It | RiverAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sebastien Maublanc | P&F innvoations |
Customer experience
Tide It
RiverAlert
In-app purchases
Tide It
- Premium Mensuel$2.991 Month
- Premium Annuel$17.991 Year
RiverAlert
No in-app purchases









