Comparison

Beachsafe vs SLSA eLearning

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Beachsafe

Discover Australian beaches with real-time information on surf conditions, weather, hazards, and lifesaving services. Find patrolled beaches, learn about safety, and get expert advice on rip currents and marine life.

Highlights
  • Find nearby beaches with GPS
  • View surf, weather, and tide forecasts
  • Check patrol service information
  • Identify beach hazards and warnings
  • Access surf safety advice
  • Save favorite beaches
Features
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Taking a road trip up the coast? On holiday? Or just looking for the right beach for you? Find your nearest beaches in seconds. Brought to you by Surf Life Saving Australia, the Beachsafe app includes the location, weather, surf conditions and hazards plus the local facilities for all Australian beaches. Importantly, the current lifesaving service for each beach is listed to help you find the nearest patrolled beach. Beachsafe also provides expert advice about rip currents, flags and signs, waves, marine creatures, surf skills and more. SLSA recommends swimming at patrolled beaches, between the red and yellow flags. App Features Find a beach • Find beaches near you with your device’s GPS • Use the map view to quickly locate beaches near you • Search for a town, city, region or beach • Save your favourite beaches Patrol service information • Quickly and easily see if a beach is patrolled by surf lifesavers or lifeguards • Find out when a beach will be patrolled using the future search function Conditions • View detailed weather forecasts • See the tide information • Check the swell and wind forecast • Push notifications - Beach closures and major hazard alerts for Beaches that you follow Hazards • Review a beach’s hazard rating • Read detailed summaries of each beach written by coastal safety experts • See hazard information about a patrolled beach including rip currents, stingers and sharks when these have been entered by surf lifesavers or lifeguards Surf Safety • How to identify and escape rip currents • Lifeguard’s top tips • Read about flags and signs • Waves and weather • Surf skills • Marine creatures • Stingers • First aid advice • And more… The Beachsafe app was produced in conjunction with SLSA's beach safety website beachsafe.org.au. If you find this app useful and you wish to help support Surf Life Saving Australia and our 160,000 volunteers, please visit https://sls.com.au. Be safe at the beach, get Beachsafe.

About

SLSA eLearning

Access, track, and complete online training courses from your mobile device. The app allows you to learn at your own pace, fitting lessons into short breaks throughout your day. You can also browse and purchase new courses directly within the application.

Highlights
  • Access online training
  • Track course progress
  • Complete training modules
  • Browse available courses
  • Purchase courses in-app
Features
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The etrainu app is a simple way to access, track, and complete all your online training in our LMS, all from your phone or tablet. Only have 20 minutes before bed? 15 minutes on the train home? 10 minutes stalling in the foyer after lunch? (We won’t tell anyone...) No matter where you are or what you’re up to, you can jump into whichever courses you’re working through and chip away as much as you want — with the ability to track your progress in the app all the while. Once you’re done, you can even browse our suite of available courses and make the purchase right there on your phone. So download the etrainu app today and get learnin'!

Screenshots

Beachsafe4 screens
SLSA eLearning3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beachsafe at 46% against SLSA eLearning's 25%. SLSA eLearning's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beachsafe ships an update every 6 months, SLSA eLearning every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Beachsafe versus SLSA eLearning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeachsafeSLSA eLearning
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.5% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSurf Life Saving Australia Ltd.Etrainu Pty. Ltd.

Customer experience

Beachsafe

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive46.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative50.7%

SLSA eLearning

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Beachsafe

No in-app purchases

None

SLSA eLearning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beachsafe free?
Beachsafe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SLSA eLearning free?
SLSA eLearning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beachsafe or SLSA eLearning have ads?
Neither Beachsafe nor SLSA eLearning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beachsafe or SLSA eLearning?
Beachsafe ships an update every 6 months, and SLSA eLearning every 11 months. Most recently, Beachsafe was updated on September 24, 2026 and SLSA eLearning on September 23, 2026.

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