Comparison

Tide vs Grif

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

Head to head
About

Tide

Features
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Tide is a quiet habits and reflection app where a missed day costs you nothing. You pick a few intentions — anything from "swim" to "breathe" to "no phone before bed" — and Tide draws them as a single tide. Days you hold raise the water. Days that pass pull it back, gently. Not a streak to defend — just today, honoured. And no red marks. It reads sleep, bedtime and steps from Apple Health, all of it staying on your device. It runs on Apple Watch, in widgets, and in Control Center. It syncs privately through your own iCloud, and it speaks English and Czech. WHAT THE DAY LOOKS LIKE Today is one rising water that fills as you hold your intentions. The light shifts with the hour. Turn on the sky, and rain traces the surface when it is raining where you are. At midnight the tide goes out, and the next day begins empty. Intentions come in eight kinds — done or not done, a count, a duration, a mood check-in, hours of rest, a bedtime, a step goal, and stillness, where holding nothing is the whole of it. Rest and steps hold themselves, quietly, from Health. REFLECT, TWICE In the evening, a page for the day: what carried you, a mood, a prompt that changes. In the morning, a separate page for the night — what surfaced while you slept. Nothing is interpreted. Your dreams are recorded in your own words and left alone. You can seal a few lines for your later self — a week out, a month, a season, a year. They return with the tide, carrying the water you stood at the day you wrote them. PRACTICES Twelve short practices, for the minute you need one. A 4-7-8 breath. The ebb, which is muscle relaxation told as the tide going out. Grounding, five senses at a time. Savouring. Eye rest. Urge surfing. A body scan built to be left unfinished, because a clock keeps you awake. A wordless minute with a hand on the water. THE ALMANAC Tide keeps a quiet record of your practice and writes it in prose. First days. Anniversaries. The turn of a season. The first time the tide came full. It uses no AI and no network — the words are written the day they happen and never rewritten. WHEN IT GETS HARD Rest a day, or one weekday every week. Pause an intention until tomorrow. Turn on a heavy season, and every number in the app stops counting until you are ready. Come back after a month away and Tide offers to start you with one intention instead of nine. A released intention washes back once, a year later, in case you want it again. INSIGHTS A heatmap that is never red. A chart of your rest. And the seabed — your practice as layers of sediment, oldest at the bottom, which can only ever grow. MADE QUIETLY Tide is free. No subscription, no paywall, no ads, no account. There is a tip jar if you'd like one. If it carries you, you can carry it back — and nothing is withheld if you don't. Your health data never leaves your device. Your reflections sync through your own iCloud and nowhere else. There is no tracking, no advertising identifier, and no server of ours holding anything you wrote. Made in Czechia, in English and Czech, by one person.

About

Grif

Log your exercises, sets, and progress with this intuitive workout tracker. Build custom routines, monitor your performance over time with detailed analytics, and utilize a rest timer. Share workout summaries and export local backups.

Highlights
  • Record exercises and sets
  • Build custom programs and templates
  • Rest timer with reminders
  • Edit completed workouts
  • View charts and personal records
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Share workout summaries
Features
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Grif is a workout log. Record exercises and sets while you train, revisit your history, and see how your results change over time. With Grif, you can: • start a workout without a program or build your own programs and workout templates; • record reps, working weights, and notes; • use a rest timer and optional reminders; • edit completed workouts and search your history; • explore charts, personal records, and analytics summaries; • follow an active workout on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported devices; • share a workout summary card; • export a local backup. No account is required. Workout data is stored locally on your device.

Screenshots

Tide4 screens
Grif4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grif at none against Tide's 4. Grif also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Tide's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Tide sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Grif asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tide ships an update every 6 days, Grif every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tide versus Grif: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTideGrif
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid PetrinaRINAMIKA, OOO

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Tide

One-time4
  • A small wave$0.99
  • A larger tide$2.99
  • A higher tide$4.99
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  • A full tide$9.99
None

Grif

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tide free?
Tide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grif free?
Grif is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tide or Grif have ads?
Neither Tide nor Grif shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tide or Grif?
Tide ships an update every 6 days, and Grif every 2 months. Most recently, Tide was updated on October 21, 2026 and Grif on October 10, 2026.

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