# Surf Report Buoys by Buoywatch — user reviews > 20 indexed App Store user reviews of Surf Report Buoys by Buoywatch by Pablo Paciello, rated 4.80/5 from 31 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/surf-report-buoys-by-buoywatch/id1479691525/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/surf-report-buoys-by-buoywatch/id1479691525.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 28 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (4 of 20) ### 5/5 — Top *2023-12-29* Le développer Pablo a tous mis à jour ça fonctionne nikel seul app compatible Apple Watch : on peut suivre l’arrivée de la houle pendant une session grâce à la montre 4G ! **Developer response:** Super de voir que les mises à jour ont bien marché et que tu profites pleinement de l'app sur ta montre 4G ! Merci pour ton retour, ça fait vraiment plaisir ! ### 5/5 — Avis *2023-12-09* Super appli, je recommande ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ **Developer response:** Merci beaucoup pour les 5 étoiles ! ### 5/5 — Amazing for surfers *2023-12-08* But it’s stopped working with the latest watch update. Anyway you can fix? I love having this on my watch! **Developer response:** Thank you very much for the review 🙌 Sorry to hear that there is an issue with the watchOS app. Could you please contact us through iPhone app support form and indicate watch model/ watchOS version/ describe the issue in more detail so we can identify and release a fix? Thanks in advance. ——- Update Dec 10th, 2023: Found the issue. It should be fixed in version 2.0.4 Thank you very much for the report 🙌 Do not hesitate to contact me in the future. Regards, Pablo. ### 5/5 — Best Buoy App for Surfers *2021-01-06* This is by far the best buoy app for surfers. All the right info, clean interface, and includes an Apple Watch face and Widgets for your iPhone Home Screen. Great jobs guys — thank you!! **Developer response:** Thanks for the review, we really appreciate it. Keep tuned as we have some cool updates coming soon 👍 Cheers. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Where’s free lifetime button? *2024-10-21* App advice: this app is supposed to have free lifetime option, but it isn’t working. Its listed but something isn’t operating correctly… Buoywatch Lifetime PRO Subscription 1yr (1 Year) $0.00 Shows this price in the “in app purchases” but the zero dollar option does not appear in the onboarding. No reply from support request about it!! **Developer response:** I’ve sent 2 emails explaining how to activate the one day offer from the settings > paywall. Also I’ve offered an alternative solution even though the bad manners from the user side. Please check your email and let me know. I am still keen to help you. As a solo dev it is pretty sad to receive this kind of unfair and untrue reviews. Regards, Pablo. ### 1/5 — This app is a total crap *2024-10-20* The Information provided is totally off set. **Developer response:** I have been checking and there are no issues with the buoys in Canada. The information doesn’t seem off at all. You can contact me via Support settings if you are having troubles with the app. Would be keen to help you if I can get detailed information about your issue. As a solo dev it really hurts to have this kind of unfair and unhelpful reviews. Regards, Pablo. ### 2/5 — User Unfriendly *2026-04-11* Too expensive to be useful and the user interface doesn’t work very well - clunky. **Developer response:** Thanks for trying the app and sharing your thoughts. We built Buoywatch for surfers who want quick access to real-time buoy data, wave height, swell, wind, and surf conditions in one place. We know every surfer has a different workflow, and we’re always refining the experience to make checking the ocean conditions faster and easier. We appreciate the feedback. ### 2/5 — Limited *2023-02-27* Limited stations to get data from. **Developer response:** Hello, Sad to hear that the more than ~330 buoy stations are not enough =( Just to bear in mind, we only provide stations with wave height data as the main purpose of the app is water/wave/surfing related sports 🏄. In any case please feel free to contact the support team within the app (Settings gear > Support) and indicate the name of the stations that you are needing, we can try to add them in case they have wave height data available. Best regards, Pablo. ### 3/5 — L’idée est bonne mais *2025-05-13* Les bouées françaises ne semblent émettre aucune données c’est dommage l’application est prometteuse mais inexploitable sur la côte sud ouest Française. Une idée du problème ? **Developer response:** Salut Léon, Je suis désolé, il y avait un problème la semaine dernière avec toutes les données de les bouées françaises. Il est déjà réparée dans la version 2.3.3 Les bouées sur la côte sud ouest marchent bien sauf Anglet, elle semble être hors service. PS: Je suis développeur solo, votre avis fait vraiment la différence (surtout les positifs) ! Vous pouvez également me contacter depuis l’application (Réglages > Contactez-nous). Merci beaucoup pour votre compréhension. Bonne journée. Cordialement, Pablo. ### 3/5 — PLEASE ADD watchOS WIDGET!! *2024-04-21* i’ve had this app for a long time. for a while i thought it’d been abandoned, but recently it has been getting better fairly consistently. i recently paid for the Pro version and, while i have no idea what exactly that entitles one to, i will note that the data refreshes seem more immediate and snappy. is that Pro? dunno. the developer needs to follow Apple’s lead with watchOS 10 and pivot the app to a “Widget first” functionality, which massively improves background refresh while minimizing battery impact. PLEASE ADD watchOS WIDGET!! the improvements are welcome. hope to see more **Developer response:** Thanks for the review. The app is constantly being updated. Apart from adding new buoys, latest watchOS updates included Wind and Wave complications for the buoys that have this data. watchOS Smart Stack WIDGET is on the pipeline, however I’ve been holding on it as it’s a fairly medium size task and I might need to drop older watchOS support. Please bear in mind that I am a solo developer so adding a three star review will push me more to abandon the app than to get new features implemented. There is a "contact support" button in the app directly send me an email with questions, feedback, feature requests, etc. Best regards, Pablo. ### 5/5 — Widget blurred out *2026-09-02* Paid for lifetime, and the widget is blurred out on my home screen. No support found on app or website. Will remove review if fixed **Developer response:** Hello, Sorry to hear that you are having issues with the widgets. If the widget is blurred it means that the Pro version is not active. You might need to go to Settings > Restore purchases. If the issue persists please contact us by email from Settings > Contact Us (at the very bottom). I will be able to debug your particular case more in detail via email. Thanks for your comprehension. Regards, Pablo. ### 5/5 — Petit bug *2025-09-24* Super appli mais un petit bug sur la version 2.5.0. La complication pour apple watch ne fonctionne plus il faut cliquer dessus pour obtenir les données sinon elle affiche 0. **Developer response:** Salut Kris et Frank, Merci beaucoup pour votre avis 🙌 Il faudrait réinstaller les complications « bouées » et « vent » si elles ne fonctionnent pas (les supprimer puis les ajouter à nouveau). Normalement, elles devraient se mettre à jour automatiquement après la migration (il arrive qu’elles refonctionnent simplement en changeant de Watch face). Si ce n’est pas le cas, merci de nous contacter depuis l’application iOS en précisant votre version de watchOS, afin que nous puissions vous aider. Cordialement, Pablo. ### 5/5 — Great *2025-09-04* Great app with great design maybe add better iPad support but overall amazing **Developer response:** Glad you liked our surf report app!! Thanks for the feedback. We will probably add a proper iPad app in our next redesign. Thanks for the review 🙌 ### 5/5 — Thanks Pablo *2025-07-22* I’m recommending this app if you want to study about tsunamis 🌊. I know its for surfers 🏄‍♂️ but when a buoy drops more than 30 feet 👣 people needs to know! ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent! *2024-10-20* I got the lifetime on offer, I do not buy subscription based apps, so this review is based on this. Clear, easy to understand interface, very useful. Excellent app, if you can catch it at a reasonable lifetime price. **Developer response:** Glad you liked the UI/UX of the app. As an indie dev this is very much appreciated 🙌 Regards, Pablo. ### 5/5 — Great for surfers *2024-10-04* Clean, easy to use. Plenty of buoys in the French and Spanish coast. **Developer response:** 🙏 ### 5/5 — PLEASE ADD watchOS WIDGET!! *2024-04-23* edit: received developer response. amended rating. hoping to see continued progress :^) i’ve had this app for a long time. for a while i thought it’d been abandoned, but recently it has been getting better fairly consistently. i recently paid for the Pro version and, while i have no idea what exactly that entitles one to, i will note that the data refreshes seem more immediate and snappy. is that Pro? dunno. the developer needs to follow Apple’s lead with watchOS 10 and pivot the app to a “Widget first” functionality, which massively improves background refresh while minimizing battery impact. PLEASE ADD watchOS WIDGET!! the improvements are welcome. hope to see more **Developer response:** Thanks for the review. The app is constantly being updated. Apart from adding new buoys, latest watchOS updates included Wind and Wave complications for the buoys that have this data. watchOS Smart Stack WIDGET is on the pipeline, however I’ve been holding on it as it’s a fairly medium size task and I might need to drop older watchOS support. Please bear in mind that I am a solo developer so adding a three star review will push me more to abandon the app than to get new features implemented. There is a "contact support" button in the app directly send me an email with questions, feedback, feature requests, etc. Best regards, Pablo. ### 5/5 — Muy útil *2024-01-18* En la última actualización han metido boyas de España, lo cual hace esta app de mis favoritas para previsiones. Widgets, Watch, notificaciones… y tiene algo que echaba en falta en otras: la temperatura del agua. Compra muy recomendable. **Developer response:** Muchisimas gracias por tu reseña Juanjo! Buenas olas 🌊🌊🌊 ### 5/5 — Buenaso *2024-01-09* Buenaso! **Developer response:** 🙌 Gracias por el review!! ### 5/5 — Muy buena app *2024-01-04* Va muy bien, muy fiable **Developer response:** Muchas gracias por tu feedback Jose! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-14.*