Marline 4+

The smooth aesthetics and simplicity of this app are its strengths.

It’s not exactly intuitive on first look, you can drag the button up and down to change the time, and see the forecasted weather… lovely so far, then we get to the tides screen the bouy/button makes a nice interactive toy for a minute, as does the levelling water… what I expected was: If I slide the bouy up and down, it would show the level of the tide at the corresponding time… alas no, but please make it so!

It would make the app so much more useful for people planning trips to the coast.

What I really like about this app is that it uses the features of smartphone navigation cleverly. Swiping up, down and to left and right take care of: Future days (Left swipe); 5day forecast (Right swipe); Moon phases (Up swipe) and daily trends (down swipe). Tapping any screen brings up more details such as sun and moon rise, wind speeds, temperature forecasts and rain. Different location can be set, but the default is beach or city (work and play if you like). But the app is even cleverer than that. The designer realised that it’s changes or events in forecasts that we need to know about. So you can set a series of smart notifications. I find the rain forecast very helpful. It sends a small notification, accompanied by a discrete but recognisable trill telling me when I might need my brolly.
I find it’s interpretation of the weather data is accurate, appropriately detailed and whatever the forecast, I find when I power the app into life, I’m delighted by the simple beauty of the screen.

Marline is a little gem of an app, minimalist yet insightful. I originally downloaded it because I live by the tides and wanted to know when they would rise and fall, but I also found it makes a good lunar calendar and weather app too! It’s simple to use and the design is visually appealing. In addition, it also allows you to add your specific location for a more personalised reading. What a thoughtfully designed app! I would definitely recommend it.