Beachsafe vs Monash Study
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Monash Study
This app provides Monash University students with essential academic tools on their mobile devices. Access your class schedule, track grades, find campus locations, and manage student information. Stay updated with important notifications and personalized widgets.
- Class timetable access
- Assessment information
- Integrated campus maps
- Progress tracking (WAM, GPA)
- Student ID and printer balance
- Important update notifications
- Home screen widgets
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The Monash Study app is designed and developed for current Monash University students studying in Australia, Malaysia and Suzhou. As a student, you get access to your class timetable, assessment information, and much more, all from the palm of your hand: – Not sure where your class is? We’ve got you covered with our integrated maps so you know which room to go to. – See your printer balance, ID number, username and set your pronouns. – Track your progress (current and previous results, WAM and GPA). – Easily access forms and applications. – Get notifications for important updates. – And widgets! View your upcoming activities on the home screen of your phone. Designed for students, with students, the Monash Study app delivers a truly personalised mobile experience for students. These are just the highlights. Many more features, wider access and enhancements are coming, so stay tuned and keep an eye out for updates! By downloading the App, you will be assumed to have accepted the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these terms, do not download the App. To review the Terms of Use, please see the App Privacy section.
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Verdict
Beachsafe and Monash Study both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of Monash Study's written reviews are positive against 46% of Beachsafe's. Monash Study also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (40 vs 3). Beachsafe's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beachsafe against 5.0 for Monash Study. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monash Study has 40 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Beachsafe's written reviews are positive against 91% of Monash Study's.
Beachsafe ships an update every 6 months, Monash Study every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beachsafe | Monash Study |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.5% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Surf Life Saving Australia Ltd. | Monash University |
Customer experience
Beachsafe
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In-app purchases
Beachsafe
No in-app purchases
Monash Study
No in-app purchases









