Glocal Rewards vs SML+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glocal Rewards
This app offers a rewards program for community engagement, allowing users to track good deeds with friends. It provides a quick and easy way to earn digital currency for local contributions.
- Rewards program for community engagement
- Track good deeds with friends
- Earn digital currency
- Local contribution tracking
- Safe and easy community participation
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Social media is toast. Get Glocal! We’re the world’s 1st rewards program for community engagement. Now, you’ve got a new way to build a better world with friends! We’ll certify your location, collect cloaked feedback and pay you our digital currency, all in under two minutes! We’re a safe & easy way to do community with friends.
SML+
Stay informed about Smith Mountain Lake with real-time water levels, temperature, wind forecasts, and marine gas prices. Get alerts, track the ice cream boat, and view historical data for a better lake experience.
- Real-time water level updates
- Hourly water temperature readings
- Interactive temperature sensor map
- Historical water level and temperature charts
- Marine gas prices and locations
- 5-day wind forecast
- Water level and safety alerts
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Worried about flooding at the lake? Wondering how water levels are changing or how fast water is flowing? Curious about the current water temperature? Interested in alerts specific to SML? Or maybe you just want to track the SML Ice Cream Boat or Hotdog Boat. Whatever brings you to the lake, this app is for you — whether you visit, live on, or boat at Smith Mountain Lake and want water level, water temp, water flow, wind forecast, or map information at your fingertips. SML+ is the ONLY app that includes: - Water level measurements for SML and Leesville, updated every 10 minutes - Water temperature updated hourly from 9 sensors across 7 locations around the lake - Smith Mountain Project Inflow/Outflow from USGS gauges - Customizable date ranges for water level, water temp, and flow trends - Comprehensive map showing marine gas, water temp, restaurants, food boats, and attractions - 5-day wind forecast with speed, gust, and direction - Contextual average water level that adapts to the range you're viewing - Color-coded water level status at a glance - Tap any point on a chart for the exact reading at that moment - Water level and safety alerts
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SML+ at 47 against Glocal Rewards's 4. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Glocal Rewards against 5.0 for SML+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SML+ has 47 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Glocal Rewards ships an update every 5 weeks, SML+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glocal Rewards | SML+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glocal Social | Timothy Barr |
Customer experience
Glocal Rewards
SML+
In-app purchases
Glocal Rewards
No in-app purchases
SML+
No in-app purchases
