Comparison

Tide Graph Pro vs Wavve Boating

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

Head to head
About

Tide Graph Pro

Access up-to-date and historical tide and water current predictions for over 9000 US locations offline. Visualize data with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly graphs, and receive customizable alerts for high and low tides.

Highlights
  • Offline tide and water current predictions
  • Over 9000 US locations
  • Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Yearly tide graphs
  • High/Low tide alert notifications
  • Apple Watch integration
  • GPS/Map/Search tides
Features
Currently charting
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See the tides. Plan your day. Find the right time to fish, surf, boat, or explore the shore. Tide Graph Pro combines interactive tide graphs, worldwide locations, and planning tools to help you understand the water before you head out. SEE THE DAY AT A GLANCE Touch the graph to explore predicted tide heights and times. See high and low tides alongside sunrise, sunset, and moon information. FIND YOUR LOCATION Search for stations by name or explore the map. Save your favorite locations and switch between them as you plan your next outing. TAKE YOUR TIDES OFFLINE Built-in tide-height predictions work without an internet connection, so you can check the tides even when you’re away from a signal. Wind, temperature, and other online information require an internet connection. START FOR FREE Explore today’s tide graph at selected stations around the world. Subscribe to Premium for the full worldwide station collection and additional planning tools. PLAN MORE WITH PREMIUM • Explore extended graphs and predictions for other dates. • View tide tables, tide calendars, and moon calendars. • Ask TideGraph AI questions about tides and planning. • Check wind and temperature. • Set high- and low-tide alerts. • Share or print tide tables and calendars as PDFs. • Use additional reference datums, widgets, and Apple Watch features. Make it yours with your preferred height units, time format, and graph settings. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTIONS Choose a monthly or yearly subscription. Eligible new yearly subscribers can start with a seven-day free trial. After the trial, the yearly subscription renews at the price shown before purchase unless canceled. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.brainware.net/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Wavve Boating

Navigate waterways with detailed nautical charts, tide predictions, and weather forecasts. Connect with a community of boaters to share points of interest and track friends on the water. Enjoy simplified GPS navigation tailored to your boat's draft.

Highlights
  • Simple GPS navigation
  • Customizable nautical charts
  • Community points of interest
  • Tide predictions
  • 7-day weather forecasts
  • Friend tracking (Fleets)
Features
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Ever have a stressful day navigating on the water? Wanted to know more about the conditions you are about to head into? Are you looking for exciting places to explore, the best place to refuel, or just trying to meet up with a friend? Wavve Boating takes a new spin on traditional boating navigation by bringing detailed nautical charts, tide predictions, weather forecasts, and more in one easy-to-use tool. Join a fast-growing community of boaters building a network of marine knowledge that everyone can enjoy. With Wavve Boating you get: - Simple and Seamless Marine GPS Navigation - Put away overcrowded and complex charts and apps. Wavve Boating's GPS focuses on important and relevant information so that navigating is as easy as staying in the blue and avoiding the red. - Custom Nautical Charts - View and change Wavve Boating's nautical charts based on your unique boating needs and preferences. Set your draft and Wavve Boating redraws the nautical charts to fit your boat. Nautical charts are available for the USA, Canada, Australia and the UK. You can view a map of our coverage on our website. - Community Boating - Just like at the dock or on the water, we all help each other in Wavve Boating. Share expert knowledge of the local waterways by adding shared points of interest to the map. The community can vote on pins, making sure they are all valid and valuable. Not quite ready to share a great find? No problem, you can keep your points of interest private as well. - Tides - Track changes in water height in tidal regions and along rivers and lakes with the tides function. View a body of water in North America, and the app will update to reflect the current water levels. View predicted water heights up to 18 hours in advance and track the next tidal variances. - Weather - Check the weather, including a complete seven-day forecast, across all of North America. Easily view the temperature, wind speed, and wave height as you move around the map. The local daily forecasts are color-coded to show if it is dangerous to go boating, using guidelines from the Coast Guard's small vessel advisory. - Fleets of Friends - See who is on the water and where they are by adding friends to your fleet. Share your locations with members of your fleet to make meeting up a breeze. Want to keep your best fishing hole a secret, even from your boating buds? Easily hide your location to boat under the radar. - So Long Chart Plotters - Marine navigation is more than concentrating on a cluttered chart plotter. Get your head out of the cabin and enjoy the journey. Stop buying marine charts piece by piece for your chart plotter. Wavve Boating has integrated all the marine charts into one map for your boating GPS needs. Subscription Pricing and Terms Wavve Boating is free to download, and all customers are welcome to a free 14 day trial period. Should you choose to continue to use the Wavve Boating app after the free trial, we offer two auto-renewing subscription options, monthly ($11.99/month) or yearly ($69.99/year). Wavve Boating needs you! We've built the platform, but it is boaters that will build our Wavver community. Share your knowledge, share your time, and save a prop or two in the process. MORE INFORMATION Want to learn more about Wavve Boating’s marine navigation aid? Still deciding if this is the right boat GPS app for you to replace your chart plotter? Looking for an alternative to Navionics, Embark, Garmin Active Captain or other? Head to our website to learn more. TERMS OF SERVICE https://wavveboating.com/terms-of-service/ PRIVACY POLICY https://wavveboating.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Tide Graph Pro4 screens
Wavve Boating4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wavve Boating at Free against Tide Graph Pro's $5.99. Wavve Boating also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Tide Graph Pro's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 52%). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Wavve Boating is free to download; Tide Graph Pro costs $5.99 up front. Tide Graph Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Wavve Boating sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tide Graph Pro against 4.7 for Wavve Boating. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.6K and 6.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Tide Graph Pro's written reviews are positive against 52% of Wavve Boating's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tide Graph Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Wavve Boating weekly. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Tide Graph Pro versus Wavve Boating: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTide Graph ProWavve Boating
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (3.6K ratings) — better4.7 (6.6K ratings)
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews — better51.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3.6K6.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#10 — better#26
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB201 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrainware LLCWavve Boating INC

Customer experience

Tide Graph Pro

All ratings3,644 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral5.1%
Negative11.2%

Wavve Boating

All ratings6,614 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews240 reviews
Positive51.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative42.5%

User reviews

Tide Graph Pro

From 3.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Accurate tide predictions
  • 💡 Helpful moon phase and sun rise/set info
  • 🤙 Essential tool for water activities
  • 👌 Great visual layout and interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Limited tide station coverage in some areas
  • 🤔 Discrepancies between free and paid versions
  • 📱 Apple Watch app issues

Wavve Boating

From 6.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accurate navigation
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 💡 Helpful features like weather and wave data
  • 🚢 Great for new and experienced boaters
  • 🤝 Good customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate depth charts
  • 🚫 Limited coverage for certain areas
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔒 Forced to sign up before trying
  • 🤯 Confusing login/account issues

Bugs and requests

Tide Graph Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on startup for some users
  • Saved locations disappearing after updates
  • Apple Watch app not refreshing properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Current and current predictions
  • Ability to quickly jump to current time
  • More customization options
  • Expanded coverage for additional regions

Wavve Boating

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when accessing depth data
  • Logged out unexpectedly, unable to log back in
  • Subscription charges despite cancellation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more inland lake and river coverage
  • Improve auto-routing capabilities
  • Allow editing of saved routes
  • Integrate with more boat displays
  • Add social features to share trips with friends

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tide Graph Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
5 purchases

Wavve Boating

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Subscription (No Data)$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$11.991 Month
  • Best Value - Wavve Boating14 Days trial$69.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription (No Data)14 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Best Value - Wavve Boating1 Month trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Tide Graph Pro free?
Tide Graph Pro costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Wavve Boating free?
Wavve Boating is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tide Graph Pro or Wavve Boating?
Tide Graph Pro is rated higher. Tide Graph Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.6K ratings, while Wavve Boating averages 4.7 from 6.6K ratings.
Do Tide Graph Pro or Wavve Boating have ads?
Neither Tide Graph Pro nor Wavve Boating shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tide Graph Pro or Wavve Boating?
Tide Graph Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Wavve Boating weekly. Most recently, Tide Graph Pro was updated on October 26, 2026 and Wavve Boating on October 26, 2026.
Which is more popular, Tide Graph Pro or Wavve Boating?
Tide Graph Pro currently peaks at #10 in the App Store charts, and Wavve Boating at #26. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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