Surf Athlete vs Gnarmaste
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surf Athlete
This app provides surf-specific training programs designed to enhance strength, endurance, and mobility. It offers workouts, stretching routines, and breath training to improve performance in the ocean and prevent injuries. Users can join a community and track progress.
- Surf-specific workouts
- Strength, endurance, and mobility training
- Stretch routines
- Breath training
- Technique tutorials
- Global surfer community
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Surf fitness that fits around your life. Build strength, paddle endurance, and mobility with training designed for surfers. Work out at home, while travelling, or wherever you have space, with minimal or no equipment. Surf Athlete brings together workouts, exercise demos, and coaching from Surf Strength Coach. Each exercise includes coaching cues and an explanation of how it relates to surfing, so you know what to do and why. START WITH THE FREE FEATURES • Bodyweight and mobility workouts • Stretch routines for surfers • Breath training to help you stay calm in heavy water • Technique tutorials and surf-specific drills • A community of surfers sharing their progress TRAIN FOR YOUR TIME IN THE WATER Work on paddling longer, moving more freely, and building strength for your pop-up. Training combines strength, mobility, breathwork, recovery, and mindset to help you stay active in the surf over the long term. Sync with Apple Health to track your progress. When you’re ready for more, upgrade to unlock full surf-specific programs, personalized training plans, and ongoing coaching from Surf Strength Coach. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://surfstrengthcoach.com/privacy-policy
Gnarmaste
Enhance your surfing performance with tailored fitness programs. This app focuses on improving wave riding skills and overall well-being for surfers.
- Surfing-specific fitness programs
- Performance enhancement
- Well-being improvement
- Skill development for wave riding
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Introducing Gnarmaste, the mobile application for surfers who are passionate about taking their wave riding skills to the next level. Gnarmaste goes beyond the ordinary fitness app, offering a comprehensive suite of programs meticulously crafted to enhance every aspect of a surfer's performance and well-being. EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Surf Athlete at 403 against Gnarmaste's 25. Gnarmaste's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 91%) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Surf Athlete sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $18.99 per month and Gnarmaste sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Surf Athlete against 4.9 for Gnarmaste. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surf Athlete has 403 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Surf Athlete's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gnarmaste's.
Surf Athlete ships an update every 3 weeks, Gnarmaste every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surf Athlete | Gnarmaste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (403 ratings) | 4.9 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 403 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 236 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nautilus Surf Performance LLC | Ryan Becknell |
Customer experience
Surf Athlete
Gnarmaste
Bugs and requests
Surf Athlete
Reported bugs
3 issues- Registration not working
- App crashing on launch
- Music playback interruptions
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode option
- Offline workout mode
- Better music integration
- More free content
- Expanded exercise library
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- Improved app stability
Gnarmaste
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Surf Athlete
- Ocean Sports Academy (1 month)$18.991 Month
- SURF ATHLETE PRO (1 month)$29.991 Month
- Surf Athlete Academy (3 month)$83.993 Months
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- Surf Athlete Academy (6 month)$144.996 Months
- SURF ATHLETE PRO (1 year)$155.991 Year
- Stretches for Surfers$27.99
- The Perfect Pop Up$79.99
- Bodyweight$119.99
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- Surf Athlete$129.99
- Cardboard Surfer$129.99
- Surf Skate$139.99
- Stretches for Surfers 2.0$139.99
- Surf Training Foundations$159.99
Gnarmaste
- Gnarmaste Subscription$19.991 Month
Questions
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