Sea Level Check vs FathomVerse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sea Level Check
Visualize future sea level rise in coastal areas of the United States using augmented reality. See how your favorite beaches or communities might be impacted and share videos of the projected changes. Explore potential sea level impacts with data from NOAA and USGS.
- Augmented reality sea level visualization
- Projected sea level rise in US coastal areas
- Capture and share videos of AR simulations
- Real-time tide and elevation data integration
- Explore alternative destinations
- Based on US Global Change Research Program data
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Use Sea Level Check to explore and capture how high sea levels are expected to be in the next few decades at any beach or coastal area in the United States. Send short videos to your friends and family to show them how your own community or favorite vacation spot will be impacted as our warming atmosphere causes sea levels to rise. Whenever you're near an ocean or bay, point your mobile device towards the ground. An augmented reality (AR) simulation with animated water and a measuring pole will be displayed, indicating future sea levels at your location (in feet). You can capture and share what you see in a video loop through social media. If your area won't be affected any time before 2100, an "All dry here..." signpost will appear, giving you options to view sea levels at other destinations. The sea level rise projections in this app are based on the U.S. Global Change Research Program's National Climate Assessment. Tide and elevation data are retrieved from NOAA and USGS in real-time in order to calculate projected sea level rise at your current location. These projections are commonly used for science and coastal area infrastructure planning. The results are approximate, and don't take into account small, topographical features (e.g. standing on a rock). Sea Level Check only works in the US at this time. Sea level rise is real and is already affecting coastal regions. Explore it. Share it. Prepare for it.
FathomVerse
Explore the ocean world through an immersive game that trains AI for scientific research. Discover and identify over 50 groups of ocean animals using real imagery collected by researchers. Contribute to science while playing minigames, completing quests, and earning badges.
- Play minigames with real ocean imagery
- Identify over 50 groups of ocean animals
- Save and share favorite images
- Participate in quests and earn badges
- Unlock awards for gameplay contributions
- Customize soundscape with Ocean Radio
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The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet, yet most of the life within it remains undiscovered. FathomVerse is changing that, one dive at a time. FathomVerse invites everyone to take part in real ocean exploration and discovery. Through interactive mini-games, FathomNauts identify animals in real underwater photos and contribute to a growing library of labeled images that helps scientists catalog and understand marine life. With FathomVerse, you can: - Be among the first to review real imagery collected in the ocean. - Learn to identify more than 70 groups of marine animals. - Help train AI models by labeling animals in underwater images. - Participate in quests, earn badges, and track your scientific contributions. - Save and share your favorite ocean images in a personal gallery. Whether you're a lifelong ocean lover or simply curious about what lives in the depths, FathomVerse makes it easy to contribute to meaningful scientific research.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FathomVerse at 4.7 against Sea Level Check's 4.0. FathomVerse also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months). Sea Level Check's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FathomVerse holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FathomVerse has 92 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Sea Level Check's written reviews are positive against 86% of FathomVerse's.
Sea Level Check ships an update every 9 months, FathomVerse every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sea Level Check | FathomVerse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (92 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 92 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 284 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heiko Sacher | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
Customer experience
Sea Level Check
FathomVerse
In-app purchases
Sea Level Check
No in-app purchases
FathomVerse
No in-app purchases
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