Bathing Water vs UV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bathing Water
Provides real-time bathing water quality and weather forecasts for subscribed Danish beaches. View beach locations on a map with color-coded flags indicating safety for swimming. Get up to three days of forecast information and mark your favorite locations.
- Bathing water quality information
- Weather forecasts
- Interactive beach map
- Color-coded safety flags
- 3-day forecast
- Favorite beach marking
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All the beaches shown is only from municipalities we have a collaboration with. Bathing Water is a service that shows the bathing water quality and weather of subscribed Danish beaches. Click “map” to see the location of the beaches. The flags tell you about today’s bathing water quality – green means it is safe to swim and red means it is not recommended to go swimming. Click the flag to get the bathing water and weather forecast for up to 3 days forecast. Click "list" to choose a beach from the list. You can also mark your favourite beaches. The app shows beaches in municipalities subscribing the Bathing Water Forecast*. For more information, visit www.badevand.dk. *not all municipalities are subscribing to the bathing water forecast service.
UV
Get UV index forecasts for your location or any destination worldwide. See how cloud cover impacts UV levels and receive personalized sun protection advice based on your skin type. Set daily updates or alerts for high UV index readings.
- Global UV index forecasts
- Cloud cover impact on UV
- Skin type identification
- Personalized sun protection advice
- Customizable alerts
- Daily updates
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The UV-INDEKS app can be used everywhere in the world to provide you with a UV index forecast for your current position or for selected destinations that you add to your profile. You can also see how the expected cloud cover will affect the UV index. You can set the app to either daily updates or alerts when the UV index is 3 or more. The app also contains an interactive guide to help you identify your skin type and get specific advice about sun protection. The free UV-INDEKS app is a collaboration between The Danish Cancer Society, TrygFonden, The Danish Health Authority and The Danish Environmental Protection Agency.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bathing Water at 100% against UV's 71%. Bathing Water also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). UV's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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.
Bathing Water holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bathing Water's written reviews are positive against 71% of UV's.
Bathing Water ships an update every 2 months, UV every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bathing Water | UV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dhi Group | Kræftens Bekæmpelse |
Customer experience
Bathing Water
UV
In-app purchases
Bathing Water
No in-app purchases
UV
No in-app purchases
