Comparison

Hidden Beaches vs Oppdag

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Hidden Beaches

Discover Britain's most beautiful secret beaches for swimming, walking, and exploring. This practical guide features inspirational photos, engaging writing, and detailed mapping for over 400 hidden coastal gems.

Highlights
  • Explore 400 secret beaches
  • Inspirational photos and writing
  • Detailed 1:25,000 mapping
  • Directions and travel information
  • Find nearby pubs and campsites
  • Interactive map search
  • Save favorite locations
Features
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Wild Swimming Hidden Beaches: Explore Britain's Secret Coast In this spectacular and practical guide Daniel Start, author of Wild Swimming, charts Britain’s 400 most beautiful secret beaches, describing the best places to swim, walk and explore, containing all the content from the best-selling book ‘Hidden Beaches’ (Wild Things Publishing, 2014, £16.99). Britain has some of the most amazing coastline in the world, and it is more accessible than ever before, yet many of its beaches remain hidden. These little slices of peace and paradise welcome the intrepid adventurer and those in the know. So why not set out to discover our shell-white sands and blue lagoons, hidden smugglers’ coves and sea grottoes sparkling with coralline. Find a campsite on the beach and cook up supper on the sands, or seek out the best local seafood at welcoming inns. This app combines inspirational photos, engaging writing and practical information to make a truly original travel guide. NOTE: due to the large number of images and places the app is slow to load first time and may not work well (or crash) if many other apps are open in parallel. Please close other apps. You will find preloaded maps, photos, directions and travel writing to inspire and inform. Most locations comes with stunning photography and include detailed 1:25,000 mapping. There is contact information for nearby pubs, campsites and attractions. If you need inspiration you can browse the app by slideshow, list, photo gallery and on an interactive map. Ask the app to find places close to you, or search using postcode, address, star rating, walk-in time, keywords or other features. You can share places on email and Facebook and save favourites too.

About

Oppdag

Features
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Bli med på oppdagelsesferd i Øyriket i Stavanger og i Ryfylke. Oppdag spennende steder som er utpekt av andre brukere av appen, eller del dine egne perler! Det mest besøkte stedet vinner en premie. Du kan dele en av dine perler i Øyriket med oss og andre ved å spille inn en kort film, laste opp filmen under og velge et punkt på kartet hvor andre kan besøke perlen du har filmet. Når andre tar i bruk Øyriket-appen, får de se alle perlene på kartet og kan dra på besøk rundt om i Øyriket med deg som lokal guide. I oktober vil vi kåre den best likte perlen og premiere bidragsyterne på øya der perlen ligger. Begynn med å lage filmen. Velg deretter sted på kartet under, last opp filmen og skriv en tittel og en liten tekst slik at folk vet hva de kan forvente når de går på tur til din perle. Lykke til!

Screenshots

Hidden Beaches4 screens
Oppdag4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Oppdag at Free against Hidden Beaches's $3.99. Oppdag also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Oppdag is free to download; Hidden Beaches costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidden Beaches ships an update every 7 months, Oppdag every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Hidden Beaches versus Oppdag: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden BeachesOppdag
Price$3.99Free — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWild Things Publishing LtdUtviklerne AS

In-app purchases

None

Hidden Beaches

No in-app purchases

None

Oppdag

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hidden Beaches free?
Hidden Beaches costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oppdag free?
Oppdag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hidden Beaches or Oppdag have ads?
Neither Hidden Beaches nor Oppdag shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hidden Beaches or Oppdag?
Hidden Beaches ships an update every 7 months, and Oppdag every 4 weeks. Most recently, Hidden Beaches was updated on September 18, 2026 and Oppdag on September 23, 2026.

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