Meduseo vs dips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meduseo
Get real-time updates on jellyfish presence at beaches to avoid unpleasant surprises. Visualize jellyfish density on a map with color-coded indicators and contribute your own sightings to the community.
- Real-time jellyfish presence data
- Color-coded map visualization
- User-submitted jellyfish reports
- Updated every 4 hours
- Year-round availability
- Search by city
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Tired of arriving on a beach to realize that it is full of jellyfish? Impossible to swim, in short a spoiled moment! With Meduseo, the jellyfish weather, find out in real time about the presence of jellyfish on the beaches. You only have to enter the name of the city to access the information. The data is presented in the form of bubbles on the map going from yellow to red: - No color: no jellyfish reported - Yellow: Rare jellyfish (you may come across one isolated, no risk for swimming) - Orange: Some jellyfish (swimming may be possible, but be careful) - Red: Many jellyfish (we do not recommend swimming) The base is updated every 4 hours for France, Spain, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand. Meduseo uses a unique algorithm, specifically developed for this theme making data available in summer but also throughout the year! You can also report the presence of jellyfish on beaches directly from the application and thus share your observations with the community.
dips
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Ever stood at the water's edge and wondered what the temperature actually is? Yeah, me too. That's exactly why I made Dips! Dips is the simple, friendly app for anyone who loves getting in the water. Open up dips and it gets straight to work finding your nearest beach, pointing you in the right direction, and giving you a real-time read on water and air temperature before you take the plunge. What you get: - Your nearest beach - Real-time water and air temperature - Friendly condition ratings from Dangerously cold to Hot - A warm (or bracing!) welcome for every kind of swim day Go on. The water's waiting. Less wondering, more swimming.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: dips at none against Meduseo's shown. Meduseo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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.
Meduseo ships an update every 2 weeks, dips every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Meduseo | dips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremy Deverdun | Sophie Lafferty |
In-app purchases
Meduseo
No in-app purchases
dips
No in-app purchases









