Comparison

BeachDaze vs Aerogram

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

Head to head
About

BeachDaze

Features
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Beach focused almanac. Designed for offline use, it puts sun, tide and moon in your pocket. Use BeachDaze to find golden hour for that perfect sunset photo, or resync your circadian rhythms and go for a walk during blue light to improve sleep. Tides are calculated using harmonic analysis from over 6,000 stations worldwide so no troublesome api keys or external costs. View Your Day Card view shows conditions at a glance, and the chronological Timeline view - offers a calendar like list from moonset to last tide. Features - Golden hour and blue hour times with optional reminders - Sunrise, sunset, and daylight duration - Moon phase, illumination, moonrise and moonset - High and low tide predictions with interactive chart - Automatic tide station selection with manual override - Station timezone support for remote locations - Works at over 6,000 tide stations globally - UV Index with manual cloud cover adjustment and peak forecast - Astronomical events in tonights sky - Configurable notifications for beach events - Convergence finder - Find that next Low Tide at Golden Hour

About

Aerogram

Features
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Aerogram turns your route into a complete preflight weather briefing — built for pilots, fast to check at the gate and fully usable offline in the air. GRAMET — route cross-section Clouds, icing, freezing levels, the tropopause, turbulence and winds along your entire route in one vertical chart, with your cruise level overlaid. Pan, zoom or open it full screen. Route & plan chart A top-down view of the route with SIGMETs, alternates, a 2D turbulence/convection field and a satellite layer. Destination & alternates • MOSMIX hourly cards and meteogram centered on your landing time • METAR and TAF with the period that covers your operation highlighted • Estimated ceiling, flight category (VFR/MVFR/IFR/LIFR) and probable runway by wind • NOTAMs with aerodrome/runway closure flags around your ETA Smart route analysis • SIGMETs that intersect your corridor • Turbulence (EDR) warnings by phase and time of flight • Wind/level trade: the best cruise level for the winds, with save/penalty vs your current FL • Live GPS position plotted on the charts AI briefing An optional plain-language summary of the whole study. Offline & PDF Every study is saved for offline consultation in flight and can be exported as a full, multi-page PDF to share or file. Free to use, with an optional Pro subscription for unlimited studies and AI briefings. Advisory only. Aerogram is a planning aid and does not replace official meteorological and aeronautical information sources. Always consult the official briefing for your flight. Weather data: GFS / Open-Meteo, DWD MOSMIX, AWC (SIGMET). Aeronautical data from official sources. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BeachDaze4 screens
Aerogram4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeachDaze at none against Aerogram's 1. BeachDaze also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). Aerogram's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Aerogram sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. BeachDaze asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeachDaze ships an update every 5 days, Aerogram every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
BeachDaze versus Aerogram: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeachDazeAerogram
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMonowai Pte. Ltd.Dion Lima Da Silva

In-app purchases

None

BeachDaze

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Aerogram

Subscriptions1
  • Aerogram Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is BeachDaze free?
BeachDaze is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aerogram free?
Aerogram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BeachDaze or Aerogram have ads?
Neither BeachDaze nor Aerogram shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeachDaze or Aerogram?
BeachDaze ships an update every 5 days, and Aerogram every 6 weeks. Most recently, BeachDaze was updated on November 9, 2026 and Aerogram on November 10, 2026.

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