Getting started · Get the app
Start with the app. It's the smallest useful step.
Free, about five minutes, and no data required from you.
The app
Your lake, in your pocket.
See activity and status
Your dock, your cove, your landing — current conditions for the part of the lake you actually use.
Receive alerts
Conditions, closures, projects, and activity from your lake and your neighbors.
Contribute from the shoreline
Field notes, photos, and measurements, logged where you're standing. Higher subscription tiers unlock more.
Follow one lake closely
Pick your lake, mark your spot, and stop guessing what's happening on the water this week.
Season-over-season context
Today's reading next to last July's, so a bad week reads as a bad week and not a crisis.
Share what you see
What you log goes into the lake's timeline, where a board, agency, or neighbor can use it.
Free to start, yours to keep
No card to join as a Member, and anything you contribute stays exportable.
Setup
Three steps, in order.
- 01
Download it
iOS and Android. Nothing to configure.
- 02
Join free as a Member
Email address, that's it. No card.
- 03
Follow your lake
Pick your lake and mark your spot on it.
You don't need a subscription, a testing kit, or a neighbor who's already signed up. If your lake's timeline is empty, you'll see that too — which is usually the moment people decide to do something about it.
Best place to start
Download the Lake Pulse app
The fastest way in: find your lake, see what's already known about it, and decide what to monitor next — free, in about two minutes.
See activity and status of the lake you care about
Your dock, your cove, your landing — know what's happening in the part of the lake you actually use.
Receive alerts
Get notified about conditions, closures, projects, and activity from your lake and your neighbors.
Contribute with higher tiers of paid subscription
Add field notes, photos, and measurements. Higher tiers unlock tools that turn your observations into shared data.
Scan to download
Prefer a big screen? Find your lake on the web
Keep going
Other getting-started guides
Find my lake
Search for your lake, claim your spot, and see what already exists.
ReadSubscriptions
Member, Basic, Plus, Lake Admin — matched to how involved you are.
ReadWhat is a Lake Admin?
The person who steers the timeline for a whole lake. Am I a fit?
ReadData tools
What you can collect, bring in, and export — and how it lands.
Read