Volcom vs El Porto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Volcom
Explore a wide range of clothing and accessories inspired by skateboarding, surfing, and snowboarding culture. Discover products for men, women, and kids across various categories, including outdoor gear and fashion.
- Skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding inspired apparel
- Clothing for men, women, and kids
- Outdoor, snow, swim, skate, denim
- Accessories and fashion items
- Supports music and arts initiatives
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Inspired by creative spirit, Volcom was founded as a clothing company rooted in skateboarding, surfing, and snowboarding. Building upon the foundation of sport culture, Volcom also supports initiatives in music and the arts and lives by the mantra ‘True To This’ as a rallying cry for persistent rebels and creatives that follow their passions. Volcom creates meaningful products for men, women and kids across a variety of categories including outdoor, snow, swim, skate, denim, accessories, fashion and more.
El Porto
Check live wave conditions and access a surf shop for rentals, sales, and repairs. Get free wax with your first purchase. Available for pickup or worldwide shipping.
- Live wave camera feed
- Surfboard and wetsuit rentals
- Surfboard sales
- Surfboard repair services
- In-store pickup
- Worldwide shipping
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El Porto Surf App is designed for anyone wishing to surf right now in El Porto, California - Los Angeles County’s most surfed beach. Free live wave cam + surfboards & wetsuits, rentals, sales & surfboard repairs! In store pickup and worldwide shipping. Free bar of wax with first purchase!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Volcom at 4.9 against El Porto's 4.5. Volcom also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 8). El Porto's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). 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.
Volcom holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Volcom has 1.6K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Volcom's written reviews are positive against 100% of El Porto's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Volcom ships an update monthly, El Porto every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Volcom | El Porto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.6K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VOLCOM LLC | Live The Land Of The Free Lifestyle, LLC |
Customer experience
Volcom
El Porto
Bugs and requests
Volcom
Reported bugs
1 issue- Payment issues with app not accepting certain cards
Requested features
2 requests- Allow color/style selection from product pages
- Improve rewards program functionality on app
El Porto
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Volcom
No in-app purchases
El Porto
No in-app purchases
