Comparison

Explore by Evolve vs eFoilgc

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

Head to head
About

Explore by Evolve

Track your electric skateboard rides, monitor performance metrics like speed and distance, and share your routes with a community. Compete on global leaderboards and customize your board's power, acceleration, and LED lights.

Highlights
  • Record ride metrics (speed, distance, time)
  • Share routes with community
  • Global and friend leaderboards
  • Customize power and acceleration
  • Adjust braking curves
  • Customize LED lights
  • Update board firmware
Features
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Ride Tracker: - Record your ride, check your top speed, average speed, time and distance ridden. - View your previous rides and share your route with the community - We welcome the community to share their epic rides to the map for other members to check out - Pin your rides to the map for other users to ride and rate Leaderboard: - Whether you’re a casual rider, commuter or serious competitor, log your distance ridden and compete on a global scale - Compete with your friends on a real-time basis, and the leaderboard is updated straight after your ride - Filter by week/month/year and by country – see who’s ridden the most in your country this month Customise: - Every rider has their preference, with Evolve’s Customise feature, you can now tune your ride to the amount of power that suits you - Customise even further with the Hadean series with the ability to adjust power output, acceleration and bracking curves. - Customise the LED out of your Hadean board. Choose from a variety of colours to make your ride your own. - The new Customise feature is compatible with all Evolve GTR electric skateboards via Bluetooth connection Other: - Stay up to date with the ability to update your board and remote to the latest firmware

About

eFoilgc

Features
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Where and when should I foil today? eFoilgc answers that for 98 spots across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria — from Noosa to the Gold Coast, Byron, the Mid North Coast, Sydney, the Illawarra, Melbourne, Geelong, the Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island. Built by eFoilgc, the Gold Coast foil school whose founder has been foiling since 2012. CONDITIONS, RATED FOR FOILING Wind, swell, period and direction become a rating out of 100 for every spot. Four tabs — eFoil, Wing / Kite, Prone / SUP and Downwind — each scored the way that sport actually rides. A kite foil flies in far less wind than a wing, so on the shared tab the app scores both and tells you which suits the day: "Best as Kite", with the other score underneath. Verdicts read Firing, Good, Challenging, Expert or Poor, with the reasons behind every number. - Rated for you. Set your level once — Beginner to Expert — and every spot re-rates to match. - Safety limits built in. Strong offshore wind, waves beyond your level and storms in the forecast all cap the score. - Sea state in detail: wave height and period, with swell and wind chop shown separately. - Water temperature at every spot, from the nearest Queensland Government wave buoy or NOAA satellite sea-temperature data, with wetsuit guidance. - Tide times and a 24- or 48-hour tide curve for 45 spots. - Forecast charts for the next 24 or 48 hours. Press and hold any chart to read the exact wind, sea or tide at that time. - Best spots nearby: the top-rated spots around you right now, one tap away. - Downwind runs listed as their own spots, rated for the run. - Live cams at 14 spots, including NSW Government coastal cameras. - Local rules where they matter: eFoil and powered-craft notes on flat-water spots in NSW and Victoria. - Your nearest spot in one tap. Location is optional and never leaves your phone. - Wave heights in feet or metres. Light, dark and system themes. - Know a spot foilers ride? Suggest it from the spot list. LEARN Book a lesson with the eFoilgc foil school at Currumbin through the secure FareHarbor checkout. Private one-to-one coaching with radio helmets — progression before performance, confidence before speed. SHOP eFoils, boards, wings and accessories from the eFoilgc store, with live prices and stock and secure web checkout. FIND YOUR EFOIL Three questions about you and how you want to ride, matched against the boards in stock. KNOWLEDGE Guides and articles from the eFoilgc team, straight from efoilgc.com. SPOTS Queensland (36): Noosa, Sunshine Beach, Coolum, Mooloolaba, Caloundra, Bribie Island, Redcliffe, Sandgate, Manly, Wellington Point, and 21 Gold Coast spots from The Spit and the Broadwater to Burleigh, Currumbin, Kirra, Snapper Rocks and Duranbah. New South Wales (30): Kingscliff, Cabarita, Byron Bay, Lennox Head, Ballina, Evans Head, Yamba, Woolgoolga, South West Rocks, Crescent Head, Port Macquarie, Lake Macquarie, Tuggerah Lake, Pittwater, Narrabeen, Long Reef, Botany Bay, Lake Illawarra and three downwind runs. Victoria (32): St Kilda Kite Beach, Elwood, Brighton, Frankston, Altona, Mornington, Rye, Gunnamatta, Point Leo, Geelong, Portarlington, Queenscliff, 13th Beach, Torquay, Anglesea, Cowes, Inverloch and more. DATA SOURCES Weather data based on MET Norway; wave forecasts from NOAA WaveWatch III via PacIOOS and NOAA GFS-Wave; satellite sea temperature from NOAA; buoy, sea-temperature and tide data © State of Queensland (CC BY 4.0); NSW live cams © State of NSW (Transport for NSW), CC BY 4.0. All sources are credited inside the app. SAFETY Forecast guidance only — not a safety device. Conditions change quickly. Always check the water yourself, follow local rules and check official sources (BOM, Beachsafe) before you head out. PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. Your level, units, theme and logbook stay on your phone. Bookings and purchases are completed on secure web checkout pages. Made by Industrial.Ai for eFoilgc Hydrosports.

Screenshots

Explore by Evolve4 screens
eFoilgc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: eFoilgc at every 6 days against Explore by Evolve's every 2 months. Explore by Evolve's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Explore by Evolve ships an update every 2 months, eFoilgc every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Explore by Evolve versus eFoilgc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplore by EvolveeFoilgc
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvolve SkateboardsTim Goebel

Bugs and requests

Explore by Evolve

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Disconnects when trying to apply custom settings
  • Firmware update feature not working
  • Rides not saving or disappearing
  • Leaderboard issues with unrealistic entries

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to update remote firmware
  • Display board battery percentage
  • Odometer and ride history tracking
  • Ability to add photos and notes to rides
  • Integration with other fitness apps
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  • Alternative login options besides Facebook

eFoilgc

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Explore by Evolve

No in-app purchases

None

eFoilgc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Explore by Evolve free?
Explore by Evolve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is eFoilgc free?
eFoilgc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Explore by Evolve or eFoilgc have ads?
Neither Explore by Evolve nor eFoilgc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Explore by Evolve or eFoilgc?
Explore by Evolve ships an update every 2 months, and eFoilgc every 6 days. Most recently, Explore by Evolve was updated on November 3, 2026 and eFoilgc on November 6, 2026.

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