Nossa Praia vs SurfWaves
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nossa Praia
This app helps users understand coastal conditions for a more sustainable experience. It provides information on water quality, waste bag locations, tide tables, and weather forecasts to promote environmental preservation.
- Water quality monitoring
- Waste bag station locator
- Updated tide tables
- Weather forecasts
- Environmental sustainability awareness
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O projeto Nossa Praia visa sensibilizar usuários da costa alagoana para a preservação das praias. Agora, além de sua presença nas praias com seus eventos promovendo um ambiente mais sustentável, chega também o aplicativo Nossa Praia. Nele, você poderá acompanhar as condições de balneabilidade, os pontos onde você pode retirar as sacolas para lixo, além de uma tabela de marés atualizada e uma previsão do tempo. Todos unidos por um ambiente sustentável!
SurfWaves
This app uses AI to predict optimal surfing conditions, recommending the best beaches and times to surf. It offers real-time visual analysis of beach cameras for wave quality, crowd, wind, and tide, with customizable regional settings and multilingual support.
- AI-powered surf condition forecasting
- Smart beach and time recommendations
- Live image analysis of beach cameras
- Wave quality, crowd, wind, and tide interpretation
- Customizable regional settings and units
- Multilingual support
- Home screen widgets and Apple CarPlay integration
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SurfWaves is an essential mobile app for surfers of all levels, using Artificial Intelligence to forecast the best surf conditions. Instead of just showing raw data, the app delivers smart recommendations, pointing you to the ideal beach and the best time to hit the water. Now SurfWaves speaks your language and matches your home: choose your country on first launch and the app opens in your language, with a color palette inspired by your region and the units you use every day — height in meters or feet, temperature in °C or °F, and wind in knots. Beach search is more relevant too, filtered by your country. SurfWaves goes beyond the traditional forecast: it features a live image analysis system that automatically interprets real-time beach cameras to visually identify wave quality, crowd, wind, and tide — giving you an instant, reliable read on sea conditions. Reading the forecast is clearer than ever: consistent wave colors across all beaches so you can compare spots at a glance, immediate offshore/onshore wind indication, and AI analysis always front and center, so you can quickly decide whether it's worth paddling out. In favorites, a background map shows exactly the beach you're tracking. With quick access to your favorite spots' conditions through Home Screen widgets, and the convenience of safely checking the forecast via Apple CarPlay on your way to the beach, SurfWaves is the most complete and integrated tool so you never miss a good surf session again. The app also offers multilingual support and is available in: Português (PT) English (EN) Español (ES) 日本語 (JA) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nossa Praia at none against SurfWaves's 3. Nossa Praia also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). SurfWaves's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 50%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. SurfWaves sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Nossa Praia asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nossa Praia ships an update every 10 days, SurfWaves weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nossa Praia | SurfWaves |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Instituto do Meio Ambiente de Alagoas | Dereck Vicentin Leme |
Customer experience
Nossa Praia
SurfWaves
In-app purchases
Nossa Praia
No in-app purchases
SurfWaves
- mensal R$9.907 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Trimestral R$29.907 Days trial$24.993 Months
- Anual R$129.907 Days trial$99.991 Year








