Tide-clock phone app

[Greenheart]

Lately I've found myself Googling high tide daily. I'd like a conventional analogue tide-clock, but I've read mixed reviews of them.

It's hard to believe that each tide's time/height figures (tiny and hard to find in a conventional tide-table) cannot be programmed to appear clearly in a quick-reference phone app, based on location.

The only one of these I've tried was called Tides Near Me. In spite of a general thumbs-up from users, it has made many, laughably dim-witted mistakes in just a few days - confusing high tide with moonrise time, and saying LW would be 30 minutes before HW. And it doesn't show tide-heights. Can data which are well-known far in advance, be so hard to display when a phone-user clicks to connect?

Does anybody recommend any alternatives?

 

[Aardee]

I use an Android app simply called Tides 4.1 - I've only been using it for a few weeks but so far, so good.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I use DGS Tides. Works fine for me.

 

[cpedw]

I like Absolute Tides, largely because it works offline. It also has several useful features including tidal streams.

There is an annual charge, 2-3 pounds I think.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I like Absolute Tides, largely because it works offline. It also has several useful features including tidal streams.

There is an annual charge, 2-3 pounds I think.

DGS tides works offline, and is free. No toidal stream info, though. It uses opensource tidal constants.

 

[steve yates]

My favourite tide app by far is imray tides planner

 

[LadyInBed]

My favourite online source is BBC Weather Tide Tables for UK
I have Tides from 7thg.com, Tides Near Me - Free, DGS Tides and aTides - free on my Android tablet.

 

[obmij]

I've been using Tide7 for donkeys years. I think it cost about £1.50 and I've never had to pay additional subscription.

It's pretty basic though.

Secondary port coverage is excellent.

I've never noticed any discrepancy between it and Admiralty Total Tide which is a little bit more than £1.50

 

[Plum]

I like Absolute Tides, largely because it works offline. It also has several useful features including tidal streams.

There is an annual charge, 2-3 pounds I think.

+1

Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

 

[KompetentKrew]

DGS tides works offline, and is free. No toidal stream info, though. It uses opensource tidal constants.

Any chance you could link it, please?

Maybe it's because I'm not in the UK right now, but I can't find it in the store.

Signed into Google on Desktop you should find it here: https://play.google.com/apps

 

[MarcJ]

I've been using Tide7 for donkeys years. I think it cost about £1.50 and I've never had to pay additional subscription.

It's pretty basic though.

Secondary port coverage is excellent.

I've never noticed any discrepancy between it and Admiralty Total Tide which is a little bit more than £1.50

Me too! Loads up 7 days at a time for offline use...

 

[dolabriform]

My favourite tide app by far is imray tides planner

+10

 

[DipperToo]

I like Absolute Tides, largely because it works offline. It also has several useful features including tidal streams.

There is an annual charge, 2-3 pounds I think.

+1 - very good and pretty accurate. Would be nice to see Cherbourg as it is a reference for Reeve Fowkes tidal streams

 

[Greenheart]

Gentlemen, thanks for all these suggestions.

My favourite tide app by far is imray tides planner

I tried this, Steve...obviously Imray is a trusted name. The app appears to give the option to select a home port or ports...but...

...in spite of steady 4G and location switched on, the screen never moves on to allow inputting a home-port. That drop-down option (top right) doesn't do anything. Is it my error?

Actually the Imray app's use of the phone's GPS has uploaded Southampton which is near enough. But I'm wondering why the curve shown, doesn't reflect Southampton's double high water, with a two-hour peak period close to HW...

...which is below reflected by my more usual, not very handy, basic but reliable Google tide-enquiry, which indicates the tide topping out at or below 4m for two hours this evening, rather than a brief peak above four metres, suggested by Imray...

But I know I'm slow to learn the functionality of phone apps; I usually seek a piece of information which is irritatingly obscured by the amount of other unsolicited data which the software is keen to boast. I'll persist with Imray, and try a few others too. :encouragement:

 

[scottie]

I use Boatie. It has tides weather tidal streams etc but does not seem to have much in the way of updates recently
Just checked it shows multiple high waters for cal shot castle for example