Clean Beach vs UKO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clean Beach
Check local water quality and pollution levels before swimming. Get real-time updates on beaches and pools, with temperature data where available. Features include map view, favorites, and home screen widgets for quick access.
- Water quality checks
- Pollution level indicators
- Water and air temperature
- Map view of beaches
- Favorites list
- Home screen widgets
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Have you ever wondered if you should enter the ocean or a pool because water may be polluted? Use Clean Beach app to find out! Australia and New Zealand only (for now). Easy and quick way to check water quality before you dip your toes in. The app shows beaches around you with pollution levels, water and air temperature (where supported). Check it on the map, in your favourites or even without opening the app on your home screen or lock screen via a configurable widget. Currently supporting following regions: - Sydney, Central Coast, Hunter, Illawara , South and North Coast in New South Wales, Australia; - Melbourne, Geelong, Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia; - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; - New Zealand.
UKO
This app facilitates co-living by connecting like-minded individuals in a city. It offers a platform for community living, networking, and shared spaces while maintaining private studios. Manage rent payments, maintenance requests, and amenity reservations.
- Community connection
- Networking opportunities
- Shared living spaces
- Private studio living
- Rent payment
- Maintenance requests
- Amenity reservations
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Co-living is ‘community – living’. It’s about like minded people coming together to live out their best lives in the city. It is about living differently. You need to be open to connection, networking and shared spaces while living in your own private studio. The UKO app is your partner in all things related to our community. We make it easy to pay rent, request maintenance, or reserve amenities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clean Beach at 5.0 against UKO's 4.0. Clean Beach also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 36%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months). UKO's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.5). 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.
Clean Beach holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Clean Beach's written reviews are positive against 36% of UKO's.
Clean Beach ships an update every 5 weeks, UKO every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clean Beach | UKO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 36.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wojciech Rutkowski | Yardi Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Clean Beach
UKO
In-app purchases
Clean Beach
No in-app purchases
UKO
No in-app purchases
