Surf Racing vs Pocket Surf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surf Racing
Experience thrilling water sports with this surfing game. Hold to accelerate your board and release to catch air. Compete in exciting races, navigate waves, and outmaneuver opponents to be the first across the finish line.
- Hold to accelerate
- Release to fly
- Pass all waves
- Flip opponents
- Exciting surf competition
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The best surfing game! Give you full water surf experience! Hold to speed your surfboard and release your hand to fly in the air! Are you ready to join this exciting surf competition game? - Hold to accelerate, release to fly - Pass all waves in the road, and be the first one - Flip the one next to you by your landing waves - Exciting surf racing game
Pocket Surf
Experience realistic surfing with intuitive controls and challenging gameplay. Progress from beginner to pro, unlocking new surfers and boards. Enjoy casual or competitive modes with unique waves and tricks.
- Unlockable surfers with unique stats
- Variety of surfboards with unique stats
- Perform advanced surfing tricks
- Casual and competitive game modes
- Unique waves varying in speed and size
- Missions and achievements for in-game currency
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Surf anywhere! Experience a realistic depiction of how surfing really is, all in your fingertips. -Start as a Beginner, end like a Pro. Pocket Surf offers challenging yet rewarding game-play, with the largest learning curve out of any other surfing game in the market. Controls are both Basic and Fluid, optimal for precise inputs. Programmed for maximum performance, nobody likes to play a game that lags. CURRENT FEATURES: - Unlockable Surfers, each surfer with unique stats. - Unique waves, all of them varying in speed and sizes. - Variety of Surf Boards, each board also contain unique stats, switch them up to figure out what you like. - Surfers are capable of performing, snaps, airs, pop shove-its, kick-flips and barrel rides! - Complete Missions and Achievements to obtain Sea Glass, which in turn be used for purchasing more Surf boards and Surfers at the Surf Shop. GAMEMODES: - Casual mode: For easy and timeless waves. Great for practicing and relaxing. - Competitive Mode: Formatted as a real surf contest, you will be challenged to score high in order to pass to the next heat. Pass 3 heats and you will be heavily awarded. NOTE: More features are to be added soon! "I know what people like and don't like in a game. My goal is to be able to offer something that most games fail to offer: entertaining yet challenging gameplay and ANTI Pay-To-Win components." - DevsDevelop
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pocket Surf at 20 against Surf Racing's 1. Surf Racing's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). 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.
Surf Racing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Surf has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Surf Racing ships an update every 10 days, Pocket Surf every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surf Racing | Pocket Surf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JY Games | Devan Vazquez |
Customer experience
Surf Racing
Pocket Surf
In-app purchases
Surf Racing
No in-app purchases
Pocket Surf
No in-app purchases








