Hoopteller vs Swellz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoopteller
Easily track your basketball performance using voice commands. This app listens through your headphones to record made and missed shots, providing a simple way to monitor your game statistics.
- AI-powered shot tracking
- Voice command input
- Headphone microphone integration
- Basketball statistics monitoring
- Easy to use interface
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Track your stats on the court. Hoopteller is the easiest to use basketball shot tracker on the market; all you need is headphones with a microphone. We use AI on the phone to listen for voice commands, which communicate made and missed shots.
Swellz
Get a clear, at-a-glance surf forecast with hour-by-hour swell, wind, and tide data. Track your favorite spots, log sessions, and manage your board quiver. Features widgets and an Apple Watch app for easy access to conditions.
- Hour-by-hour swell, wind, and tide forecasts
- Personalized surf score (0-10)
- 7-day outlook
- Session logging with photos and ratings
- Board quiver management
- Spot map with live conditions
- Widgets and Apple Watch app
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Swellz is a beautifully simple surf forecast built for the way surfers actually check it — a clean read on whether it's worth paddling out, right now and for the week ahead. Track your home breaks and get hour-by-hour swell height, period and direction, wind, and tides, distilled into a single surf score so you can tell at a glance if it's firing. FORECAST YOU CAN TRUST • Hourly swell, wind, and tide for any spot • A 0–10 surf score for every hour, tuned to each break • 7-day outlook so you can plan your week • Tide + swell waveform chart and a scrubbable timeline • Wind compass with offshore/onshore read • Water temp with a wetsuit recommendation • Offshore buoy readings where available MADE FOR YOU • Set your ideal conditions per spot and get a personal 0–100% match score • Log your sessions with a star rating, photo, and the exact conditions auto-tagged — even back-log past sessions • See how the forecast lines up with how you actually scored it YOUR QUIVER • Add every board you own — Swellz draws each one as a slick item card • Get the right board "equipped" for the day's conditions, with alternates • Board stats, fin setup, and ideal wave-size range at a glance EXPLORE • A gorgeous spot map with live conditions on every pin • Find nearby surf shops (and the closest tacos) ON EVERY SCREEN • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets: wave height, tide direction, and time to the next good window • A standalone Apple Watch app that pulls its own conditions — check the lineup from the water, no phone needed • Optional alerts: a 5 AM Dawn Patrol heads-up, Epic Conditions pings, and Ideal Match notifications when your spot hits your exact ranges Weather data by Open-Meteo. Tide predictions from NOAA. No account required — your spots, boards, and logs stay on your device. Paddle out with a plan. Welcome to Swellz.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swellz at 100% against Hoopteller's 57%. Swellz also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). Hoopteller's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Swellz holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Hoopteller's written reviews are positive against 100% of Swellz's.
Hoopteller ships an update every 3 months, Swellz every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoopteller | Swellz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tech Stew AS | Charlie Botto |
Customer experience
Hoopteller
Swellz
In-app purchases
Hoopteller
No in-app purchases
Swellz
No in-app purchases









