Stay Sober vs Pocket Surf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stay Sober
Guide your friends home safely by preventing them from consuming harmful substances. This game focuses on responsible decision-making and ensuring well-being.
- Responsible decision-making
- Friend guidance
- Harmful substance prevention
- Safe journey simulation
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You shouldn't let your friend drink harmful things on the way home.
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 rating: Pocket Surf at 4.8 against Stay Sober's 4.0. Pocket Surf also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 1). Stay Sober's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pocket Surf holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. 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. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stay Sober | Pocket Surf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 3A YAPIM VE YAZILIM DANISMANLIK LIMITED SIRKETI | Devan Vazquez |
Customer experience
Stay Sober
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In-app purchases
Stay Sober
No in-app purchases
Pocket Surf
No in-app purchases
Questions
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