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Tide Charts
7th Gear · 109,679 ratings · ★ 4.8
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Top complaints - extracted from 44 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"tide"
11 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Tide times way off. I’ve had this app for years. The problem is they are wrong. Again today I thought I’d give it another chance. The app showed high tide at 11:40am. High tide is actually at 2:30pm-ish. Deleting the app again." - Sassy Red Gal
2
"tides"
9 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Tides are not accurate. Tide chart on this app are not accurate compared to NOAA" - Capt. R
3
"screen"
7 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads block. Ads block screen and don’t go away on iPad" - andycopp
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"information"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Inaccurate information. The information in this app is inaccurate" - Ran9191
5
"useless"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads have destroyed this app. As someone who travels on the water I need to be able to quickly check the tide charts. This app will show ads that takes several Minutes to go away, making this app useless as a convenience tool." - Jmauld
6
"away"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads have destroyed this app. As someone who travels on the water I need to be able to quickly check the tide charts. This app will show ads that takes several Minutes to go away, making this app useless as a convenience tool." - Jmauld
7
"annoying"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads are making it unusable. This has been a solid app and the only tidal chart I ever needed. However, now ads keep on popping up and it’s so annoying. Sorry but I won’t wait 30 s watching an ad before looking at the chart. I’ve downloaded another app and will sadly b…" - Mariacristina12
📋 All 44 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Why is it so bad
It’s so bad.
Malware
Malware took over my browser as soon as I opened the app. Beware!!
Tide times way off
I’ve had this app for years. The problem is they are wrong. Again today I thought I’d give it another chance. The app showed high tide at 11:40am. High tide is actually at 2:30pm-ish. Deleting the app again.
UI
Even if you set a favorite(s), the homepage still defaults to the nearest station, which.. jut, why?
Also, the data does not match other sources (US Harbors, tidechart.com, etc.)
There is no way these reviews (4.8, seriously?) are real, and no reason to have this app.
Also, the data does not match other sources (US Harbors, tidechart.com, etc.)
There is no way these reviews (4.8, seriously?) are real, and no reason to have this app.
So many ads can’t even open
What a waste of time. Deleted after about five minutes. The info is free but the ads are debilitating.
Hideously in accurate this could kill
Massively inaccurate. I’ve been wondering why my surf sessions have been so off, it’s because this app is so wrong! It’s not a little off, it’s massively off! Terrible
Inaccurate information
The information in this app is inaccurate
Ads have destroyed this app
As someone who travels on the water I need to be able to quickly check the tide charts. This app will show ads that takes several Minutes to go away, making this app useless as a convenience tool.
Now pure adds
Adds now last many minutes.
Ads block
Ads block screen and don’t go away on iPad
Tried to use this app
The game advertisement that popped up wouldn’t go away. I can’t have this annoying distraction I will just search for tides from google.
Very unnecessary and annoying
Very unnecessary and annoying
Not a good app
Add pop up an you can’t navigate to the tides app
No longer useable
I have long loved this app and find it impossible to use now. You have to sit through long advertisements in order to get to the site or subsections within the site. And there’s not a way to cancel the ad so if you need information, don’t use this.
Ads..
Tried to use it, as you look at the info an obnoxious video game ad takes over the whole screen and you have to wait for it to finish playing before you get any info. Useless app
Spamware
Used to be good. Now I get pop ups that take over the whole screen and need to restart the app to dismiss.
Uninstalling
Uninstalling
Poor commercial choice
Seeing a commercial regarding somebody normally wearing 34 double D not of interest in seeking information on the Tides.
Loud intrusive ads
Can’t abide racket ads
No adds please
No adds please
Cant see evening hours
Good luck checking the tide in the evening because this piece of garbage jumps to the next day when youre trying to scroll
Marine research
Worst tide app available. Used be the best. Ad platforms have made it useless. Don’t bother with this one will just frustrate you.
Too many ads
Ads pop up and won’t go away. Terribly inconvenient.
Rating
Terrible app
Ads that won’t go away
Full screen game ap ad- tried numerous ways and wasted several minutes before I decided to write this review and delete the app
All ads makes this a useless app
This is a frustrating app to use, especially when you need important information like Tides and all you get is add after ad that are aggressive to that don’t allow you to proceed without trying to find how to get it off the screen
Tide chart
I really like getting the information on the tides but an ad pops up and doesn't let me get to the chart. I really do not like that!
ads and UI
app works but welcomed with a forced unskippable ad. the ui is not very user friendly and feels cheaply made
Ads ads ads.
This app used to be useful, but now it is a bunch of Ads. Useless
Too many long ads when opening. Deleting
30 second game ads are not what I want to see for a quick glance at the tides.
Ads crash the app
I’m ok with ada but the app goes black after you close the ad out. Very buggy and annoying
Add with no way to get past them
What a waste of time. I boot the app and immediately faced with an ad. I can’t dismiss the ad and even if I follow the ad, there’s no way for me to get to the actual tide information.
Unavoidable Ads
Ads pop up and freeze up making app unusable.
Annoying ads
Great app for tides but ads intrude then all I get is a black screen. Dumping this one!
App freezes, need to reinstall
App freezes when your try to close adverts
Used to love this app
I understand y’all have to make money, but I hate that I sit through the ad, and the screen goes blank and I don’t get to ever see your content. Deleted
Ads won’t close, making the app useless
Immediately upon opening in recent months, an ad pops up and won’t close. The apple watch app still works OK but the iphone or ipad version is terrible now.
Crashes
It consistently crashes when you try to zoom out on the map to look at a different location
Clunky App
This app mostly will give you tide info based on current location. Super difficult to get tide predictions for other locations, and not enough locations to get accurate tide data for certain sections of coast.
Tides are not accurate
Tide chart on this app are not accurate compared to NOAA
Ads are making it unusable
This has been a solid app and the only tidal chart I ever needed. However, now ads keep on popping up and it’s so annoying.
Sorry but I won’t wait 30 s watching an ad before looking at the chart.
I’ve downloaded another app and will sadly be deleting this one.
Sorry but I won’t wait 30 s watching an ad before looking at the chart.
I’ve downloaded another app and will sadly be deleting this one.
Nick
I used to use this app regularly to monitor the tides. I really liked the interface. Now it’s requiring a subscription to use anything in the app.
Used to be good, still hasn’t changed.
If you look at recent reviews you will see that ratings have trended down. Mine now is included. The adds have become really intrusive. At times the only way to close them is to power down my IPad, restart and turn off Wi-Fi before opening the app. I have used it for many years which is why I stuck with it. But this recent requirement to shut down my iPad to get past the adds is just wrong. I suppose it is time to move on.
Good tide app but lousy advertisements
This tide app is excellent, five stars, but the advertisements are difficult to turn off and they are often very noisy. I understand the need to advertise, but they should not be loud and impossible to turn off on an iphone.
Ads Ads Ads
Last thing i want to see when i get on an app is a commercial for a beauty salon or some such thing…. If the ad was only 4 or 5 seconds then we can all endure, but on my iPad I tried to use it today and sat there waiting for the magic X to appear and gave up after too long a period., had to manually shut down the app and re-enter. Have enjoyed using this app but the ads are getting annoying. I’d rather pay more up front for the app rather than sit there waiting for an ad to finish each time i need to check the tide in my area.
Ads require a hard shut down
The tide charts are easy to read but when an ad pops up, you have to hard shut down your phone because the ads make the app crash.
Sentiment summary
96%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
2%
Negative (1-2★)