Comparison

Beachsafe vs Sydney Uni

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

Sydney Uni

This app provides university students with essential tools for daily campus life. It features a personal timetable, campus navigation, event updates, and access to important services. Streamline your university experience with this all-in-one student platform.

Highlights
  • Personal timetable for classes and events
  • Campus wayfinding and navigation
  • Up-to-date events feed
  • Digest of important notices
  • Access to essential student services
  • Customizable favorites for quick access
Features
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Now updated with wayfinding, your personal timetable, up to date events feed and more, the Sydney Uni app combines everything a student might need day to day at University. As a student, the University can be a large and often confusing place. Make the most of your University experience with the Sydney Uni app – a one stop platform with all your frequently used services in a clean and intuitive interface. Key components of the refreshed Sydney Uni app include: • My Favourites: keep your most frequently used apps and services in the one place. • Timetable: keep track of your classes and events in one place. • Wayfinding: find your way around campus; no more losing your way to class! • Notifications: a handy digest of all the important notices • Services: from doctors' appointments to student centre details, we have collected a range of services in one handy view!

Screenshots

Beachsafe4 screens
Sydney Uni4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sydney Uni at every 6 weeks against Beachsafe's every 6 months. Beachsafe's advantage is review sentiment (46% vs 31%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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

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, Sydney Uni every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Beachsafe versus Sydney Uni: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeachsafeSydney Uni
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.5% of reviews — better30.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB214 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSurf Life Saving Australia Ltd.The University of Sydney

Customer experience

Beachsafe

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

Sydney Uni

Written reviews26 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative61.5%

In-app purchases

None

Beachsafe

No in-app purchases

None

Sydney Uni

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beachsafe free?
Beachsafe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sydney Uni free?
Sydney Uni is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beachsafe or Sydney Uni have ads?
Neither Beachsafe nor Sydney Uni shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beachsafe or Sydney Uni?
Beachsafe ships an update every 6 months, and Sydney Uni every 6 weeks. Most recently, Beachsafe was updated on September 19, 2026 and Sydney Uni on September 22, 2026.

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