Comparison

Berm vs Swell Surf Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Berm

Track your mountain biking performance with live metrics, detailed post-ride analysis, and crew leaderboards. Organize your riding history, connect with Apple Health and Strava, and improve your skills with comprehensive ride summaries.

Highlights
  • Live ride metrics (time, distance, speed)
  • GPS route capture
  • Detailed post-ride insights (air time, descents)
  • Ride history and rider profile
  • Apple Health and Strava integration
  • Crew leaderboards
Features
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Berm is the mountain bike tracker built for riders who care about both performance and crew progress. Record every ride with a clean, focused flow: Start, pause, resume, and stop with fast controls Live ride metrics while you ride: time, distance, speed GPS route capture for every session Get deeper post-ride insights: Distance, duration, descents/runs, air time, and top speed Elevation and terrain breakdown (uphill, downhill, air) Jump metrics and detailed ride summaries Add photos to your rides and share your session recap Keep your riding history organized: Saved ride timeline and map-based ride details Personal rider profile with custom name, username, and photo Snapshot of your total progress over time Connect your ecosystem: Save workouts and route data to Apple Health Upload rides to Strava Control preferences like auto pause, haptics, and units Ride with your crew: Crew leaderboard with multiple ranking metrics Compare progress across distance, runs, air time, days on trail, and more Berm keeps your mountain biking life in one place: record, review, improve, repeat. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Swell Surf Tracker

Log your surf sessions with detailed metrics like wave height, duration, and board type. Track your progress over time with stats and see live conditions at numerous surf spots. Syncs with a web version for access across devices.

Highlights
  • Live swell data
  • Session logging
  • Session history with filters
  • Progress statistics
  • Web version sync
  • Quality condition badges
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Swell - Surf Session Tracker Swell is a surf session tracker built by surfers, for surfers. Log your sessions, track your progress, and see live conditions at over 20 spots across Hawaii, the West Coast, Gulf Coast, East Coast, Puerto Rico, and beyond. Stop relying on memory and notes apps that were never built for surfing. Swell gives you a dedicated place to record every session - wave height, duration, board, rating, and notes - so you can look back, spot patterns, and actually see yourself getting better over time. What you get: Live swell data pulled directly from Open-Meteo Marine API - real wave height, period, and wind speed updated every session Quality badges that tell you at a glance if conditions are Clean, Fair, Blown, or Flat Region tabs and spot selector covering 20+ breaks Session logging with wave height, duration, board type, star rating, and notes Session history with filters - all sessions, this month, best rated, biggest waves Progress stats including streak, average wave height, average rating, and a monthly session chart Top spots ranked by how many times you've surfed them Swell connects to a full web version at swelltrackerapp.com so your sessions sync across all your devices. Sign in once and your data follows you everywhere. Built in Austin, TX by a surfer who misses the water.

Screenshots

Berm4 screens
Swell Surf Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Swell Surf Tracker at 5.0 against Berm's 4.3. Swell Surf Tracker also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Berm's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Swell Surf Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Berm ships an update every 3 weeks, Swell Surf Tracker monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Berm versus Swell Surf Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBermSwell Surf Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPedro MarquesJustin Adame

In-app purchases

None

Berm

No in-app purchases

None

Swell Surf Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Berm free?
Berm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swell Surf Tracker free?
Swell Surf Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Berm or Swell Surf Tracker?
Swell Surf Tracker is rated higher. Berm averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Swell Surf Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Berm or Swell Surf Tracker have ads?
Neither Berm nor Swell Surf Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Berm or Swell Surf Tracker?
Berm ships an update every 3 weeks, and Swell Surf Tracker monthly. Most recently, Berm was updated on October 20, 2026 and Swell Surf Tracker on October 3, 2026.

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