PeakFlows: River Levels
Mark Sheils Sports iPhoneiPadiPod touch
PeakFlows: River Levels is a free Sports app for iPhone and iPad by Mark Sheils. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated September 3, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 15 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 3
- 2026 · v1.0.2
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About PeakFlows: River Levels
PeakFlows is a river level and forecast app for whitewater kayakers. Over 450 curated rivers across 36 countries, free to use, no paywalled levels. WHAT IT ANSWERS Is it on. That is the question every paddler asks when they look at a river gauge. PeakFlows translates the raw number into a straight answer: low, medium, sweet spot, high, flood. For every river, every hour. No more screenshots of graphs in the WhatsApp group. No more asking the one person in the club who always seems to know. You open the app, you look at the card, you know. LIVE FROM OFFICIAL GAUGES Level data updated every 15 minutes from official national monitoring authorities: OPW in Ireland, the Environment Agency in England, SEPA in Scotland, USGS in the US, BOM in Australia, NVE in Norway, Vigicrues in France, and a dozen more, plus the volunteer RiverSpy network and the PegelAlarm service for rivers they cover. The same data hydrologists use, turned into a paddling verdict. EVERY RIVER EARNS ITS PLACE Over 450 runs, hand-picked. If it's in PeakFlows, it's whitewater worth paddling. No navigation gauges, no flat water, no rivers that never make a wave. 36 countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Norway, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and more. COMMUNITY SWEET SPOT Gauge numbers don't tell you if a river is good. Paddlers do. Every river has a sweet spot band voted on by the people who run it. When enough votes come in, the sweet spot shifts to match reality. FORECAST BUILT ON HYDROLOGY PeakFlows forecasts river levels using rainfall, soil saturation, catchment terrain, and how each river actually responds to weather. A forecast specific to your river, not a generic regional rain estimate. Full four-day forecast with Pro. GROUP TRIP Create a trip, invite your crew. The Heads Up button pushes live conditions to everyone on the trip. Free for all paddlers. Not an emergency service: in any life-threatening situation call 112 or 999. WHAT YOU GET FREE Every river. Every level. Every sweet spot. Group Trip coordination. Hazard alerts. Curated photos. Always. WHAT PRO ADDS Full four-day forecast with predicted levels at 3h, 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h, 72h and 96h. Unlimited push alerts. Home Screen widget. Seasonal context. Historical percentiles. EUR 12.99 per year. 30-day free trial, no payment details required. DATA SOURCES River levels from official national monitoring authorities: OPW (Ireland): gov.ie/en/organisation/opw Environment Agency (England): environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring SEPA (Scotland): sepa.org.uk USGS (United States): waterdata.usgs.gov Bureau of Meteorology (Australia): bom.gov.au/water NVE (Norway): nve.no Vigicrues (France): vigicrues.gouv.fr RiverSpy (Ireland, volunteer community gauge network): riverspy.net PegelAlarm (Austria / Croatia / Wales, free community gauge service): pegelalarm.at DISCLAIMER PeakFlows is an independent app by Peak Media Limited. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any government entity. We report live river levels published by official agencies and add our own independent forecasts. For recreational planning only, always check conditions in person. Save your home river and check it before you load your boat.
What’s new
Version 1.0.2 · Updated September 3, 2026
New in this version: - Trip reports can carry up to four photos, and you can paste a Google Maps location straight into a report - Hazard reports can be marked as cleared by whoever posted them, and they soften automatically when other paddlers say conditions have changed - Reports with a location now show as pins on the river map - A failed upload saves your report as a draft so nothing is lost - Google and Apple sign-in now keeps you signed in between app opens - Tapping a hazard banner jumps straight to the report - Home screen tidied: live accuracy at a glance and a shorter rain outlook Live levels and forecasts for 450 rivers across 36 countries. Read the water and always make your own call on the day.
App privacy
The developer, Mark Sheils, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Analytics
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