Great Lakes Boating Weather Downloads & RevenueGreat Lakes Boating Weather · App Store
Great Lakes Boating Weather is #18 in Weather Paid in United States and charting in 2 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
25 Sep 2026Great Lakes Boating Weather update history & changes
Last change · 4 events since 26 Apr 2017Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 3 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Great Lakes Boating Weather entered the top 10Top Paid · Weather · CA
- 🆕Great Lakes Boating Weather first spotted by AppInsider#71 in Top Paid · Weather · Canada
- 🆕Great Lakes Boating Weather released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Weather PaidGreat Lakes Boating Weather at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-16. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid weather application providing NOAA marine data, buoy reports, and forecast overlays specifically for boaters on the Great Lakes. The app holds a strong position in the Canadian paid weather charts at #3 and ranks #19 in the US paid weather category, indicating solid niche demand.
Similar apps: Windy, Storm Radar, Marine Weather
Great Lakes Boating Weather on the App Store
App details
Great Lakes Boating Weather downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Great Lakes Boating Weather's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | WeatherPaid | #18 |
| Canada | WeatherPaid | #70 |
Apps near Great Lakes Boating Weather on the chart
Weather Paid, around #18.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Great Lakes Boating Weather
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app's intuitive interface and accurate NOAA marine forecasts for planning boating trips. However, significant complaints focus on broken buoy data loading, inaccurate wave height predictions, and intrusive alert pop-ups.
Mixed but leaning positive (70% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Ease of use: “This is stable and easy to use”
- Useful: “Would recommend to anyone”
- Updates: “Great job with the updates!”
- Features & content: “It just keeps adding features and now I use only this and Windy”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Why did I just pay for an app and nothing’s updated?”
- Crashes & bugs: “Every report is waves of 1 ft or less, yet I’m watching waves crash over the break wall in Leland”
- Features & content: “Does not give me great confidence as a lake tool”
- Useful: “Works great and the nice thing is I put the app on my wife’s device and she loves it”
About Great Lakes Boating Weather
Features Include:
* Real-time marine weather buoy data
* 6-hour historical wave height trend reports
* 5-day National Weather Service marine forecast
* NOAA weather forecast discussion
* NOAA charts (map overlays)
* NWS severe weather notices
Real-time Data Includes:
- Significant wave height, period and direction
- Wind speed, gust and direction
- Air temperature
- Water temperature
- Pressure
6-hour History Data Includes:
- Significant wave height, period, direction
5-day NWS Marine Forecast
- Text summary, spot specific forecast
- Weather, sky, wind, waves
Simply tap anywhere on the map and view NOAA's spot specific point/zone marine forecast.
It's so simple and fast to use, that there is no need for saving favorites. However, the app will automatically save your most recently viewed forecast for future viewing.
NOAA Charts (Map Overlays):
- Raster Navigational Charts (RNC)
- Sea Surface Temperature
- Significant Wave Height
- HD Weather Radar
- Wind Speed & Direction
- Air Temperature
- 12-Hour Rain Probability
- Severe Weather
** Available for iPad and iPhone with single purchase **
Important: NOAA point specific forecasts are only available for USA territory. Some NOAA buoys are still OFFLINE from the winter, so please be patient with NOAA to get these buoys back to operational.
If you have any questions before purchasing, please email me at [email protected]. I typically respond by the end of the day.
Enjoy.
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