Tailwind Drive
Best time to drive the wind
$1.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Wind changes fuel and range. Scan the next 48 hours and leave when the wind is on your side. One-time purchase, no ads.
The same road can cost you 10% more fuel — or 10% more battery — depending on nothing but the wind. Tailwind Drive reads the wind forecast along your entire route, hour by hour, and tells you the smartest time to leave.
ONE DESTINATION, EVERY DEPARTURE COMPARED
- Enter where you're going. Tailwind Drive samples the wind forecast along the actual driving route — not just at your house — matched to the time you'd pass each stretch
- A departure scanner compares every hour up to 48 hours ahead and highlights the windows with the least headwind and the calmest crosswind
- See the verdict in plain numbers: estimated energy impact for each departure time
MADE FOR EV DRIVERS
- Headwind quietly eats range; on gusty days the effect is real. Tailwind Drive turns the forecast into an estimated range impact for your EV
- Enter your rated range and see the estimate in kilometres or miles, not vague warnings
- Pick the departure window that might let you skip a charging stop on a long trip
CROSSWIND SAFETY FOR BIG VEHICLES
- Driving a camper, a van, towing a trailer, or carrying a roof box? Side wind is a stability issue, not just a fuel issue
- Tailwind Drive rates crosswind exposure segment by segment along your route, tuned to your vehicle profile
- Spot the risky stretches and hours before you're on the bridge fighting the wheel
SEE THE WIND ON THE MAP
- Your route is coloured stretch by stretch: green tailwind, red headwind, amber crosswind
- Wind arrows show direction and strength at each point, at the time you'd actually be there
- Segment list with head/tail/cross components, gusts and timing
YOUR VEHICLE, YOUR NUMBERS
- Profiles for EV, petrol car, SUV, van, camper/RV, car with trailer, motorcycle — each with its own aerodynamic sensitivity
- Units your way: km/h, mph, m/s or knots
- Save your regular trips and re-check the wind in two taps
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
- One-time purchase. No subscription, no ads, no account
- Your saved trips and vehicle profiles stay on your device
- To get the forecast, the coordinates along your route are sent to the Open-Meteo weather service — nothing else, no account, no tracking
Tailwind Drive uses Open-Meteo forecasts. Estimates are planning aids based on aerodynamic models — actual consumption varies with traffic, speed and terrain.
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The developer, Yoshiaki Hirokawa, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
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Information
- Provider
- Yoshiaki Hirokawa
- Size
- 3.8 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 32 more
- English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
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