WindStoke doesn't give you charts to decode. It tells you when to go.
| WindStoke | iKitesurf | Windy.com | Windfinder | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A go / no-go call against your own floor, direction and hours | Yes, every day, per spot | No | No | No |
| Scores its own calls against the meter, and shows you | Yes. Both halves: when we said go, and the days we missed | No | No | No |
| Forecast corrected by your beach's own meter | Premium. Shaded by your meter's own measured error, per station, gust rebuilt from the meter's own ratio | Raw grid | Raw grid | Raw grid |
| Refuses a stale meter reading | Yes, 90 minutes; tells you when your meter is down | Lists stations dead for years | Shows reading age | Shows reading time |
| Catches the afternoon lake breeze the grid misses | Yes, morning watch and ignition push | No | No | No |
| Watches the meters upwind of you | Yes, one factual push when one fires | No | No | No |
| Alert criteria | Wind, gust, direction, waves, period, temps, your hours, your timezone | Speed, direction, gust | One threshold on a point | Speed, direction |
| Alert channels | Email, SMS, push | Email, text, push | Push, email | Push |
| Models, forecast days | NWS, HRRR, GFS, ECMWF; up to 15 days | Five free, two locked; 7+ days | Seven free; 15 days | GFS 10 days, regional 3 days |
| Answers in plain English about your spot | Yes, Jetty reads your actual forecast | No | No | No |
| Paid, per year | $39.99 | $44.99 Plus | $24.99 | Not published on the web |
Competitor rows read from their own sites and apps at Muskegon, Michigan on 14 September 2026. Where a product does not publish a detail, the cell says so rather than guessing.