Varsom vs BåtFart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Varsom
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About Varsom Improve planning for winter trips into the hills and mountains or on frozen lakes. Prevent damage from floods with better knowledge. Report where you have seen avalanches. Together we can save lives and reduce damages due to avalanches, floods, landslides and dangerous ice conditions. This app gathers in one place the most important features from the Varsom Platform needed in the outdoors, for field inspections and for readiness, crisis management and rescue situations. Observations from regobs.no, warnings from varsom.no, and support maps from xgeo.no and iskart.no are included. The app is also available in English, such that visitors from abroad may read and submit observations, as well as receive warnings. As a bonus, the app now works well outside Norway. Varsom and the warning services for avalanches, landslides, ice conditions and floods are services provided by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) in co-operation with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
BåtFart
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BåtFart er et nyttig hjelpemiddel som gir deg gjeldende fartsgrenser for de områdene du ferdes i på sjøen. Appen kan være ufullstendig og er kun ment som et ekstra hjelpemiddel. Se Lovdata for oppdaterte lokale fartsforskrifter. Et fullstendig kart over alle forskriftssonene er tilgjengelig på Kystverkets hjemmesider Det er du som båtfører som har ansvaret for å sette deg inn i reglene som gjelder der du ferdes. Tilpass farten etter forholdene, omgivelsene og dine egne ferdigheter!
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Verdict
Varsom and BåtFart are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Varsom ships an update every 6 weeks, BåtFart every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Varsom | BåtFart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Norges Vassdrags- og Energidirektorat | Asplan Viak Internet AS |
In-app purchases
Varsom
No in-app purchases
BåtFart
No in-app purchases









