Comparison

Flick vs SurfBound

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

Head to head
About

Flick

Effortlessly track scores for racket sports using your watch crown. Hear scores announced aloud and save game history. Integrates with Apple Workout for heart rate and calorie tracking.

Highlights
  • Flick Watch Crown to add points
  • Score announced audibly
  • Track points and heart rate
  • Save game history
  • Integrates with Apple Workout
  • Player management
Features
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Flick brings your next game and your last result together. Plan a match with friends, score every point on Apple Watch or iPhone, and follow your form afterward. PLAN YOUR NEXT GAME See upcoming plans and completed matches in Calendar. Choose a sport, date, time, duration and venue, then invite friends or share an invitation link. Players can accept, decline or suggest another time or place. Connect Apple Calendar if you want your device events alongside your Flick plans; those events stay on your device. KEEP YOUR GROUP IN THE LOOP Invite up to 19 friends to one plan. See each player's response, support alternative times, and choose the plan that works for the group. Record who will reserve the court and add venue or booking links. Flick keeps the invitation and responses together without making a booking for you. SCORE ON YOUR WRIST OR PHONE Score tennis, padel, squash, badminton, table tennis, pickleball, racquetball, handball and custom play. Singles and doubles use clear player colors, serving guidance and flexible scoring rules. Undo, redo and let calls help you recover when a point needs correcting. Set up on iPhone and send the match to your paired Watch, or begin directly on Watch. SHARE THE FINISHED RESULT Create a scorecard, session or workout image with a friendly caption and optional venue or health details. Share an image, text summary or browser results link. Export a complete recorded workout as a TCX file, including its associated matches. Browser results links never include health data or location. Sharing and TCX export work directly from Flick. SEE THE EFFORT BEHIND THE SCORE With optional Health access, a Watch workout can record duration, heart rate and active energy. View the effort alongside your saved match and choose whether to include your own health details in an exported image or workout file. Health-derived details are never included in shared activity posts. KNOW YOUR FORM Your Profile brings together win rate, recent results, playing time, weekly activity and rivalries. Compare points and rally time with the three-ring graphic, filter by sport and period, and open an opponent's history for the full story. Save editable venue names with your private match history. YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE Create players and teams, manage friends, choose which activity to share, and keep the rest private. Export portable backups, manage optional permissions or delete your account and associated cloud data from Profile Settings. Apple Watch and Health features require compatible hardware. Health, location, camera, notifications and Apple Calendar access are optional. Privacy: https://rallyracket.app/privacy Support: https://rallyracket.app/support

About

SurfBound

This app automatically tracks your surfing sessions, recording waves, speed, GPS, and heart rate with minimal interaction. Replay your sessions on your phone, track your progress through levels, and check surf conditions worldwide.

Highlights
  • Automatic wave detection
  • GPS tracking
  • Heart rate monitoring
  • Session replay with wave breakdown
  • Surf journey and level progression
  • Worldwide surf conditions and tides
  • No account required, data privacy
Features
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SurfBound is a surf tracker for your watch - Apple Watch and Garmin both record: one tap and you're in - waves, speed, GPS tracks, and heart rate record themselves. Zero interaction in the water; turn the crown to finish. AUTOMATIC TRACKING - Detects every wave: start, end, top speed, distance, and track - Apple Watch Ultra Action Button: set it to SurfBound to start a session with one press - then each press after a wave marks it (even after paddling back) - Any Apple Watch: turn the crown backward one full turn on the session page to mark your wave - Power-loss protection: if the watch dies, your session is recovered - Exit reminder: forget to end a session and the watch will ask REPLAY & CORRECTIONS - Map replay on iPhone with wave-by-wave breakdown and tap-to-seek - Reject false waves, add missed ones - your corrections make detection smarter JOURNEY & LEVELS - Surf journey staged by water hours - we walk the first 20 hours with you - Spot footprint: every break levels up on its own, from Visitor to Homebreak - The watch session screen tints with your level: blue on a first visit, gold at your home break - Weekly streak with flat-week exemption - the ocean resting doesn't break your chain CONDITIONS & TIDES - Built-in spots worldwide with swell, period, wind, and tide curves - Watch widgets for at-a-glance conditions LINEUP - Share a session with your surf friends: route, waves and the day's conditions - Get shakas and comments from people who surf - Only followers you approve see your shares, unless you make your account public YOUR DATA IS YOURS - Tracking needs no sign-up - iCloud is your identity; only Lineup uses Sign in with Apple - Sessions live on your devices and your iCloud; we never sell data GARMIN WATCHES - Install SurfBound from the Connect IQ store (free) and press START - Wave count, speed and the track of every ride are computed on the watch, then travel to your iPhone on their own - Replay, labelling, journey and levels work exactly as they do with Apple Watch Requires Apple Watch Series 4 or later (Ultra recommended), watchOS 10+, iOS 18+. Garmin users need SurfBound on iPhone, the Garmin Connect app, and the SurfBound watch app from the Connect IQ store. Keep Surfing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flick4 screens
SurfBound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Flick at 3 against SurfBound's 1. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Flick sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and SurfBound sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flick against 5.0 for SurfBound. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flick ships an update every 6 days, SurfBound every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Flick versus SurfBound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlickSurfBound
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAncil Maxwell HoffmanOysterX, Inc.

Customer experience

Flick

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SurfBound

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Flick

One-time3
  • Player Management$1.99
  • Apple Workout Integration$1.99
  • Tip the Developer$4.99
3 purchases

SurfBound

Subscriptions3
  • SurfBound Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • SurfBound Pro Quarterly$7.993 Months
  • SurfBound Pro Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Flick free?
Flick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SurfBound free?
SurfBound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flick or SurfBound?
Flick and SurfBound are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Flick or SurfBound have ads?
Neither Flick nor SurfBound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flick or SurfBound?
Flick ships an update every 6 days, and SurfBound every 4 days. Most recently, Flick was updated on October 27, 2026 and SurfBound on October 25, 2026.

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