Ocean Watch vs Ebb and Flow Tide Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ocean Watch
Access tide predictions for over 3,300 stations across the US and Caribbean. Visualize tide data with stunning graphics and an interactive almanac. Plan your activities with offline access to predictions and custom notes.
- 3,300+ tide stations
- Stunning graphics and visualizations
- Offline tide predictions
- Interactive almanac
- Integrated station map
- Custom notes and images
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Find your tide. Ocean Watch tracks tides at 3,300+ stations on every US coast, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. It works offline. • Offline forecasts. Decades of data and the prediction engine are built in, so the tide is there when the signal isn't. • Tidemarks. Set a height so you know when the water will float your dock or expose your beach. • Beauty with insight. Interactive graphs and visualizations that let you feel the flow over time. • Plan ahead. The Almanac lets you travel into the future and pick your window for fishing, sailing, surfing or paddling. • The big picture. The Weeks at a Glance view lets you see the monthly trends as the moon waxes and wanes. • The little picture. Apple Watch, no iPhone needed. Every station on your wrist, with always-on complications. • Widgets. The tide on your Home Screen and everywhere else. • Area Map. See what's here and where you're going. • Share and export. Send the current tide as a picture, or export a week as CSV or PDF. • Your place is special. We've supplied gorgeous local photographs for many areas, and you can add your own. Stations outside the US and Caribbean have limited support.
Ebb and Flow Tide Clock
Visualize tide information with a beautiful, moon-inspired design. Access tide charts for multiple locations simultaneously, with extensive US coverage powered by NOAA data. Includes watch complications and widgets for quick access.
- Moon-inspired design
- Watch complications and widgets
- Multiple location tide display
- NOAA data powered
- Extensive US tide coverage
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- Beautiful design inspired by how the moon's gravity pulls on the oceans around the earth - Great watch complications and widgets - Easily see tides for multiple nearby and favorite locations together - Powered by NOAA data for extensive tide coverage of the US
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ocean Watch at 4.8 against Ebb and Flow Tide Clock's 4.0. Ocean Watch also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 4). Ebb and Flow Tide Clock's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and review sentiment (88% vs 74%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ocean Watch holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ocean Watch has 2.7K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Ocean Watch's written reviews are positive against 88% of Ebb and Flow Tide Clock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ocean Watch ships an update every 9 months, Ebb and Flow Tide Clock every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ocean Watch | Ebb and Flow Tide Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.6% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Bright Labs LLC | Blake Shaw |
Customer experience
Ocean Watch
Ebb and Flow Tide Clock
Bugs and requests
Ocean Watch
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when trying to open tide station details
- Tide data sometimes stuck on wrong location
- Apple Watch app not syncing or updating correctly
- Issues with the app's widget not displaying accurate information
Requested features
5 requests- Add water temperature and wind speed data
- Improve Apple Watch complication to show more detailed tide information
- Expand coverage to more locations, especially in Canada and other countries
- Add ability to set tide alerts or notifications
- Improve stability and reliability to reduce crashes
Ebb and Flow Tide Clock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ocean Watch
No in-app purchases
Ebb and Flow Tide Clock
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ocean Watch free?
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