Comparison

Didactic climate models vs COSEA

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

Head to head
About

Didactic climate models

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Try a simple climate model and visualize the effect of several parameters. Results are displayed as curves and updated in real time when parameters are changed with the help of the sliders

About

COSEA

Document marine environments, coastal habitats, and species. Report on pollution, infrastructure, and the blue economy. Contribute data and photos to a collaborative map to help scientists understand marine factors and foster a healthy relationship between humans and the sea.

Highlights
  • Observe marine environments
  • Document coastal habitats and species
  • Report on pollution and infrastructure
  • Add photos and data to a collaborative map
  • Interact with the user community
  • Build an environment notebook
Features
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With COSEA you can observe your marine environment, document coastal habitats or species, do activities, and report on pollution, infrastructure, and the blue economy. COSEA is a collaborative, participatory, and community-driven project. With your contributions on the map and your activity in the app, you help scientists better understand the impacts and drivers of marine factors to protect and foster healthy relationship between humans and our seas. What can you do? In COSEA you can add your photos and data, aka "Spots, on the map. By submitting your observations and documentation, you can build up an environment notebook in your user profile and map your area. You can also interact, comment, and exchange with others in the user community, or simply respond to the contribution of a friend in the app with a heart & like. We all share a deep care for our seas and their resilience in changing times. With COSEA you can help strengthen a healthy relationship between humans and our oceans and learn more about marine protection, social impacts and sustainable use of natural resources. Open Project COSEA is an open project. We invite actors, stakeholders, environment groups, associations, youth projects, and others to co-use the COSEA App for observations, data collection, and community building. During the course of the projects, we will build innovative tools for you to enable independent and self-governed usage of COSEA for your marine and coastal activities. The COSEA App is running on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science Platform at www.spotteron.net

Screenshots

Didactic climate models2 screens
COSEA4 screens

Verdict

The call

Didactic climate models and COSEA are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Didactic climate models ships an update every 6 weeks, COSEA every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Didactic climate models versus COSEA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDidactic climate modelsCOSEA
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB206 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversité de GenèveSPOTTERON Gmbh

In-app purchases

None

Didactic climate models

No in-app purchases

None

COSEA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Didactic climate models free?
Didactic climate models is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is COSEA free?
COSEA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Didactic climate models or COSEA have ads?
Neither Didactic climate models nor COSEA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Didactic climate models or COSEA?
Didactic climate models ships an update every 6 weeks, and COSEA every 5 weeks. Most recently, Didactic climate models was updated on November 3, 2026 and COSEA on November 4, 2026.

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