Drop vs Surfer Worldwide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drop
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Join the Drop, do what you love! Ready to play? Drop is the ultimate social platform for sports lovers to connect, create, and compete. Whether you’re looking to organise a friendly run, join a scenic group ride or discover new workout buddies, Drop makes it easy to turn your passion for sports into meaningful connections. Key Features: Create Events – Host your own public or private games with just a few taps. Discover Drops Nearby – Find sporting events near you and meet like-minded players. Grow together – Collaborate with others in your area or create your own sports community. Private or Public – Keep it exclusive with private events or make it open for everyone to join. Stay Connected – Chat, plan, and share updates with your friends or event attendees. It doesn’t matter if you’re a weekend warrior, a seasoned athlete or just starting out, Drop is here to help you stay active, make friends, and grow your sports network. Download Drop now and bring your love for sports to life.
Surfer Worldwide
This platform connects surfers with instructors worldwide, offers AI-powered coaching for personalized training plans, and tracks surf sessions with detailed metrics. It helps users log progress, improve technique, and manage their entire surf journey in one place.
- Book surf instructors globally
- Track surf sessions with Apple Watch
- AI-powered surf coaching
- Personalized surf training plans
- Session review with detailed metrics
- Build a comprehensive Surf ID profile
- Guided surf-specific workouts
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Track every wave you surf with your Apple Watch, and see exactly how you are surfing. Surfer Worldwide (SWW) counts your waves, measures your speed and draws your whole session on the map. Then it turns that into what to work on next. TRACK EVERY SESSION FROM YOUR WRIST Press START and paddle out. SWW records your waves and your tries, top speed, ride time and distance, wipeouts, duck dives, paddling, heart rate and time in the water. Your rides show on your wrist while you surf, and the session sends itself to your phone when you finish. SEE EVERY WAVE Your route on a satellite map, wave by wave: where you took off, how fast you went, how long you rode, left or right. Tell it when something was not a wave, so your Surf Log stays accurate. Share a session as a card or as a video replay. KNOW IF YOU ARE IMPROVING Compare your sessions, see the patterns in your surfing and get the one thing to work on next, all drawn from your own numbers. SURF WITH YOUR CREW Follow other surfers, send them a shaka, climb the ranking of your beach and take on the challenge of the month. YOUR SURF ID Your level, sessions, waves, WSE, top speed, time in the water and surf days, in one profile. TRAIN BETWEEN SESSIONS An AI Coach that knows your recent surfing: readiness guidance, a next step and surf-specific workouts with video, timers and hands-free voice controls. SURF LESSONS, WHEN YOU WANT THEM Find independent surf instructors around the world and book from the app. Instructors can lend their watch for a lesson and send the session to their student, with the one thing to work on. Track. Understand. Progress. Repeat. Session tracking requires an Apple Watch. SWW works with Apple Health: with your permission it reads your heart rate during a session and saves your surf workouts. Surfer Worldwide
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Verdict
Drop and Surfer Worldwide 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drop | Surfer Worldwide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AppAlchemy GmbH | Cristopher Baez Gonzalez |
In-app purchases
Drop
No in-app purchases
Surfer Worldwide
No in-app purchases









