4.7
18 reviews
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About this app

Rivers.run is your guide to whitewater (and flatwater) paddling, matching real-time gauge data with crowdsourced expertise. With data sourced from over 10,000 gauges, rivers.run takes the guesswork out of river levels with flow notifications, color coding, and easy to use search & sort tools.

Key Features:
Interactive Map & Weather: Discover local rivers, view live radar (US-only), and tap any run to see live gauge information.
Advanced Search: Find your next trip by filtering rivers by current water levels, difficulty, location, custom tags, and more!
Offline Access: Crucial for remote put-ins and deep canyons, rivers.run is designed to work offline.
Community-Driven: Can't find your favorite local creek? Don't agree with a runnable level? Our database is crowdsourced, allowing you to easily contribute and improve the map for fellow paddlers.

Need assistance or have feedback? Reach out to support@rivers.run

Privacy Policy: https://rivers.run/privacy
Terms of Service: https://rivers.run/terms
Updated on
Apr 21, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App info and performance and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
18 reviews
Richard Hopley
July 4, 2021
Incredibly useful tool for whitewater paddlers. This will only get better and better as more boaters submit data through the highly intuitive feedback tools included in the app.
3 people found this review helpful
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T
July 18, 2021
Def has all the info you need but not the easiest to use or best designed app out there - sincerely appreciate the dev making this available
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Tucker Willenborg
July 19, 2021
Hi t d, We'd be happy to discuss any suggestions you have for rivers.run - you can reach us any time at support@rivers.run.
Steve B
November 5, 2025
unfortunately it's been down for a while now with no communication from the app developer. hope they can get it running again but I can't give it more than 2 stars
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Tucker Willenborg
November 6, 2025
The USGS waterdata API is down, hence the rivers.run outage. I'll be putting out a fix to allow the river list to appear even when data is not available, but the waterdata will not be back up until USGS fixes the API (ie, after the government shutdown is over).

What’s new

This update is a major rework that includes several new features & fixes:
All app pages were redesigned for a more modern appearance
Favorites feature replaced with sharable custom Lists
Suggested edits for rivers can now be submitted in-app. New editor tools + history are now available as well.
Notch behavior fixes
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Everyone
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About the developer
Tucker James Willenborg
devtuckerw@gmail.com
7617 Jenks Rd Apex, NC 27523-7817 United States

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