Comparison

PowerboatGuy Lite vs Wake

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

Head to head
About

PowerboatGuy Lite

This app provides a highly accurate GPS-based speedometer and trip memory for boaters. It tracks your route, speed, and heading in real-time, with the ability to attach photos, videos, and notes to your journeys. Premium features allow for holeshot analysis and trip sharing.

Highlights
  • GPS-based speedometer
  • Trip memory with waypoints
  • Real-time speed and heading display
  • Attach photos, videos, and notes to trips
  • Readable in bright sunlight
  • Holeshot recording and analysis (in-app purchase)
  • Trip sharing and movie creation (in-app purchase)
Features
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Highly accurate speedometer. Trip memory feature. Fishermen, waterskiers, wakesurfers, and wakeboarders will love this app! It tracks your route, and monitors your speed and heading, all in real time. Features: • Highly accurate speedometer (GPS-based) • Ability to remember your journeys - with your waypoints • Easily readable in bright sunlight • Displays heading in degrees and text. Ex: NNW • Media notes. The ability to attach photos, videos, voice notes and text notes to any trip! • Individual waypoints in trips may also have any number of media notes. • You can have a running trip and at the same time be recording holeshots or reviewing past holeshots or trips. • Beautiful new home screen design with all open trips having their own 'shortcut' appearing on the home page Features of In-app purchases: • Record and analyze your boat's holeshot • Share your trips with friends and family • Turn your trips into a movie and play on your device or beam it to an AppleTV! If you have any feedback, bug reports, feature requests or anything else, please don’t hesitate to contact us via http://www.lakewiz.com/support

About

Wake

This app automatically detects and tracks wakeboard jumps, logging session details, and helping you master new tricks. Discover over 1,000 wakeboarding spots worldwide and monitor weather conditions for the perfect ride.

Highlights
  • Automatic jump detection (height, count, landing success)
  • Real-time session tracking with trick logging
  • Discovery of 1,000+ wakeboarding spots globally
  • Comprehensive wakeboarding trick library
  • Weather condition tracking for favorite spots
  • Home Screen widgets for weather forecasts
Features
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Ride better and jump higher with Wake. The only wakeboarding app with automatic jump detection. Track every session, measure your progression, and discover 1,000+ spots worldwide. AUTOMATIC JUMP DETECTION Wear your Apple Watch and ride. Wake detects jumps in real-time, measuring jump count, height, rotation, inversion and landing success. The only app with jump detection built specifically for wakeboarding. Works for cable parks and boat riding. SESSION TRACKING THAT ACTUALLY HELPS Log every trick you attempt. Mark successes and failures. Add videos and notes so future sessions build on real experience, not guesswork. Your entire session history syncs to your account for long-term progression tracking. DISCOVER WAKEBOARDING SPOTS Access the world's largest database of wakeboarding locations. Cable parks, boat charters, and hidden spots across 100+ countries. View weather forecasts and contact info. Add your favorites to Home Screen widgets. MASTER NEW TRICKS Browse the most comprehensive wakeboarding trick library. From beginner surface tricks to advanced inverts and spins. Clear instructions for cable and boat styles. Track which tricks you've landed. TRACK WEATHER CONDITIONS Always know the best time to ride by adding your favorite wakeboarding spots to your home screen widgets. The widgets display weather forecast for your spots so you know when conditions are perfect. BUILT BY WAKEBOARDERS Wake is created by a small team of passionate riders who want to see the sport grow. We're continuously adding spots, improving features, and listening to our community. Questions? Use the Help & Support section in-app for assistance. ======================== Wake's free version is completely ad-free, offering unlimited session recording, spot conditions, seasonal insights, trick lists, and more. Upgrade to Wake Premium to unlock powerful features and performance insights: • Add videos to your session recordings. • View detailed jump analysis from your Apple Watch. • Sync session videos to your account. • Access videos from past sessions. If you purchase Wake Premium, payment will be charged to your App Store account. Your account will automatically be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period unless you turn off auto-renew. After purchase, you can turn off auto-renewal anytime by going to your Account Settings on the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://get-wake.com/legal/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://get-wake.com/legal/terms/

Screenshots

PowerboatGuy Lite4 screens
Wake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wake at 4.3 against PowerboatGuy Lite's 1.0. Wake also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). PowerboatGuy Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Wake sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. PowerboatGuy Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wake holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wake has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PowerboatGuy Lite ships an update every 15 months, Wake every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
PowerboatGuy Lite versus Wake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerboatGuy LiteWake
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.3 (7 ratings) — better
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas DAVIDSON SRGasper Kolenc

Customer experience

PowerboatGuy Lite

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Wake

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

PowerboatGuy Lite

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wake

Subscriptions1
  • Wake Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is PowerboatGuy Lite free?
PowerboatGuy Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wake free?
Wake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PowerboatGuy Lite or Wake?
Wake is rated higher. PowerboatGuy Lite averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Wake averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do PowerboatGuy Lite or Wake have ads?
Neither PowerboatGuy Lite nor Wake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PowerboatGuy Lite or Wake?
PowerboatGuy Lite ships an update every 15 months, and Wake every 3 weeks. Most recently, PowerboatGuy Lite was updated on September 20, 2026 and Wake on October 9, 2026.

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