Nautide is a maritime weather and planning app providing tide, wind, and solunar data for sailors and anglers on iOS and Android.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#183
▼17Weather · free
Sentiment
4.5
18k reviews
Nemesis
Windy.app — Wind, Tides, Radar
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Nautide to consolidate fragmented maritime data into a single planning dashboard, reducing the time required to assess coastal conditions for fishing or sailing trips.
For Maritime enthusiasts including sailors, fishermen, surfers, and divers who require localized coastal weather and astronomical data.
What does it look like?
Key features
Access to tide, wind, and weather data for over 25,000 coastal stations globally.
Hourly activity charts and solunar periods identifying peak fishing moments.
Open water weather indicators including water temperature and hourly marine tables.
How much does it cost?
Freemium model uses ad-supported access to build a large user base, gating advanced marine and weather data behind a subscription.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentinternationalizationUX improvementsShow more...
The app maintains a slow release cadence, averaging approximately 0.1 releases per week over the last 6 months. Development is currently focused on minor maintenance tasks, such as internationalization and station coverage, rather than significant feature expansion. The trend is stable but low-velocity, with no evidence of live-ops or rapid iteration cycles. The latest release occurred in October 2025, following a significant gap since the previous update in May 2025.
Who built it?
Igoox
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Nautide: Tides, Wind, Waves +User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate comprehensive marine data including tides and weather provides essential planning tools for anglers and boaters, but report aggressive ad frequency and intrusive ad-supported mechanics disrupt the user experience during daily planning tasks.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Comprehensive marine data including tides and weather provides essential planning tools for anglers and boaters
- Aggressive ad frequency and intrusive ad-supported mechanics disrupt the user experience during daily planning tasks
111 of 115 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Nautide: Tides, Wind, Waves +
How's the Weather market?
Nautide maintains a #23 grossing rank across multiple weather markets, but its free-tier chart positions fluctuate, indicating that ad-load friction is impacting user acquisition.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Windy Weather World Inc
Dominates the marine weather niche with a massive user base and specialized feature set that directly overlaps with Nautide's core value proposition.
- Offers advanced wind and wave modeling specifically tailored for professional sailors and kiteboarders.
- Provides a comprehensive community-driven spot guide that acts as a social layer for marine enthusiasts.
- Integrates complex meteorological data visualizations that cater to power users beyond casual coastal planning.
Windfinder: Wind & Weather mapContender
PredictWind — Marine ForecastsContender
Tides Near MeContenderUnlock the head-to-head verdict: where this rival wins, and where it loses.
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Key takeaways for Nautide: Tides, Wind, Waves +
Where is it heading?
Users report: The maritime weather market is consolidating around apps that offer deeper community-driven insights and higher data reliability. Nautide's current posture is exposed; without addressing the ad-loading friction and regional data accuracy, the app will lose its grossing rank to rivals like Windy.app.
- Ad-loading bugs in the latest release disrupt planning, which compounds the churn risk already visible in user reviews.
- Recent updates focused on station coverage and language support, but failed to address the core data accuracy complaints.
The SWOT
- 25,000-station global database creates a distribution moat
- Niche solunar fishing data drives daily session frequency
- Expand into historical data analysis for long-term planning
- Integrate wearable support for on-water access
Next best moves
Audit ad-loading flow because ad-frequency is the #1 complaint theme → reduce churn
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
Nautide's #23 grossing rank is a liability…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Community-driven spot guides (available in Windy.app) +1
Since the last report: Nautide's competitive position is under pressure due to technical instability and aggressive ad-loading, leading to a decline in user sentiment and a shift in development priorities toward retention.
Bottom line
Nautide holds its category lead through comprehensive maritime data but bleeds users due to ad-loading friction, so revenue growth hinges on stabilizing the free-tier experience.
Unlock 3 critical frictions, 3 market threats, 1 more prioritized move and the analyst’s take.
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