Comparison

Meduseo vs BeachSea

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time jellyfish presence data
  • Color-coded map visualization
  • User-submitted jellyfish reports
  • Updated every 4 hours
  • Year-round availability
  • Search by city
Features
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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.

About

BeachSea

Features
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BeachSea tells you whether the sea looks okay at your beach right now, in plain language, the evening before and while you are standing on the sand. Save the beaches you swim at and BeachSea shows the wind, waves, water and air temperature, the tide trend and sunset for each one, in the beach's own local time. It reads those numbers for you rather than leaving you to interpret them, and it stays quiet when there is nothing worth saying. The warning it exists for is offshore wind. Wind blowing from the beach out to sea flattens the water near the shore, so it looks inviting while it pushes anything that floats away from land. Tell BeachSea which way your beach faces and it can see that happening, along with a swell that is turning rough and water cold enough to cut a swim short. It also tells you when conditions favour rip currents, and teaches you what to do about one: how to spot the gap in the breaking waves from the beach, and how to get out by swimming parallel to the shore instead of fighting the pull. It never claims to know where a rip is, because nothing can. After heavy rain it mentions runoff, which is why health authorities everywhere suggest waiting a day before swimming. At European beaches it also shows the official bathing water rating when that rating is Poor or Sufficient. Before you go in, tap "I'm going in the water". The screen turns black with huge text, keeps itself awake, and shows one arrow pointing back to shore with the distance, plus the wind and a plain word if things are turning. It needs no signal once it is open. With an Apple Watch, the arrow moves to your wrist. Pick Swim, Surf, Paddle or Boat and your watch runs the session as a workout of that type, saved to Fitness, pointing you back to shore with its own GPS and compass. Your phone can stay on the sand: the watch already has the forecast, and it buzzes if conditions turn while you are out. A home screen widget keeps your beach a glance away, and an optional morning alert reaches you around 8am at the beach, not on your own clock, when a morning looks rough. BeachSea is guidance, not a guarantee. Conditions change faster than any forecast and no app can see the water in front of you, so obey the posted flags, swim near lifeguards, and when in doubt, stay out. Available in English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. No account, no advertising and no tracking. Made by My Daily Apps.

Screenshots

Meduseo4 screens
BeachSea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: BeachSea at none against Meduseo's shown. Meduseo's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Meduseo versus BeachSea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeduseoBeachSea
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeremy DeverdunShyam Steenhaut

In-app purchases

None

Meduseo

No in-app purchases

None

BeachSea

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meduseo free?
Meduseo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeachSea free?
BeachSea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meduseo or BeachSea have ads?
Meduseo shows ads; BeachSea does not.

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