Comparison

Surf Tracking vs GAINS

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

Head to head
About

Surf Tracking

This app transforms your Apple Watch into a dedicated surf tracker. It provides real-time guidance to your take-off zone, tracks paddling endurance, and offers detailed session recaps with wave analysis to help you improve your surfing.

Highlights
  • Real-time take-off zone guidance
  • Paddling distance and endurance tracking
  • Live session stats (wave count, heart rate)
  • Detailed session recaps with map analysis
  • Fitness trends across sessions
Features
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Most surf trackers tell you what happened after you get out. Gone Surfing helps you while you are still in the water. The ocean is a constantly changing playing field. So we give you one more reference in the lineup, based on your own take-offs. Catch a wave and the arrow points you back to where you caught it. Paddle back to the right spot, and you catch more waves. What you can do with Gone Surfing: 1. Waves you can trust A wave has to clear a speed, distance, duration, and GPS quality check before it counts, so paddling and drifting never show up as rides. Every wave is saved with its own route, so you can check the count against the map yourself. 2. See your surf as it happens Wave count, speed, heart rate, paddle distance, and calories, live on your Apple Watch. 3. Relive every wave Open the session on your iPhone. Every wave sits on the map with its route, distance, and speed. See the lines you took and the paddling between them. 4. Know if you are improving Waves per session. Waiting time between waves. Top speed, paddle distance, and surf fitness. Trends across every surf, not just the last one. 5. Get coached after every session Your AI Surf Coach reads your real sessions and tells you what to work on next. It runs on device on supported iPhones. Other iPhones get session insights instead. 6. Check your surf at a glance The Surf Dashboard widget keeps your last 30 days on your Home Screen. 7. Share the good ones Turn any session into a card worth posting. Sessions save to Apple Health as workouts and close your rings. 10 million waves tracked since 2024. Free and Pro Free records your surf: sessions, wave count, maps, and session cards. Pro adds the take-off arrow in the water, full trends and comparisons, paddle and surf fitness insight, and the AI Surf Coach. Whether you chase better dawn patrols or want to know what drives your best sessions, Gone Surfing gives you the data to progress with confidence. Your next breakthrough session starts here. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://gonesurfing.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

GAINS

Track your fitness journey with this comprehensive app. Log workouts, monitor body measurements, and capture progress photos to visualize your transformation. It also includes a nutrition dashboard to help you stay aligned with your goals.

Highlights
  • Progress photo tracking
  • Body measurement logging
  • Strength and workout logging
  • Progressive overload system
  • Nutrition and calorie tracking
  • Daily/weekly check-ins
Features
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Track your fitness journey and see real progress with Gains. A powerful all in one transformation tracker, workout planner, and nutrition system designed to help you maximize muscle growth, stay consistent, and hit your training goals. Whether you train for hypertrophy, bulking, cutting, or weight loss, Gains keeps your progress, strength, and nutrition fully organized in one simple app. Progress Tracking Capture front, side, back, and pose progress photos to visually track your transformation over time. Store all your gym progress photos in one place and compare them easily. Track detailed body measurements including weight, body fat, muscle percent, chest, waist, arms, thighs, glutes, and calves so you can see real changes with precision. Stay consistent with daily or weekly check ins that keep you accountable. Strength and Workout Tracking Train with a system built around progressive overload so you increase weight or reps each week with confidence. Log all sets, reps, weights, and personal records through a fast and intuitive interface. Gains makes progressive overload simple, structured, and easy to follow so you build more muscle over time without overthinking your training. Nutrition and Calorie Tracking Stay aligned with your goals using the built in protein tracker and clean nutrition dashboard. Log your daily calories, protein, carbs, and fats in seconds. View your net calories to understand your true daily balance by seeing how much you ate minus how much you burned. Start with 4 free check ins to track your progress. Unlock full access with Gains Unlimited. Subscribe for 1.99 per month, 11.99 per year, or 29.99 for lifetime access. Prices may vary by location. For support email hey@mitness.com Terms: https://getgainsapp.com/terms.html Privacy: https://getgainsapp.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Surf Tracking4 screens
GAINS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GAINS at every 4 days against Surf Tracking's every 2 weeks. GAINS also leads on iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 17.0). Surf Tracking's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 80%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Surf Tracking sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and GAINS 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 Surf Tracking against 4.9 for GAINS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 21 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Surf Tracking's written reviews are positive against 80% of GAINS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surf Tracking ships an update every 2 weeks, GAINS every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Surf Tracking versus GAINS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurf TrackingGAINS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better4.9 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings821 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDarian MacharowskiMitness Limited

Customer experience

Surf Tracking

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

GAINS

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Surf Tracking

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Pro (Annual)1 Year trial$19.991 Year
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  • Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
3 purchases

GAINS

Subscriptions2
  • Gains Unlimited - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Gains Unlimited - Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Gains Unlimited - Forever$59.99

Questions

Is Surf Tracking free?
Surf Tracking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GAINS free?
GAINS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Surf Tracking or GAINS?
Surf Tracking is rated higher. Surf Tracking averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while GAINS averages 4.9 from 21 ratings.
Do Surf Tracking or GAINS have ads?
Neither Surf Tracking nor GAINS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Surf Tracking or GAINS?
Surf Tracking ships an update every 2 weeks, and GAINS every 4 days. Most recently, Surf Tracking was updated on November 4, 2026 and GAINS on October 30, 2026.

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