Swell Surf Tracker vs SwellPro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
SwellPro
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SwellPro is an advanced surf forecast app designed for surfers in Israel – including shortboard, longboard, SUP, paddle, and kite surfers. The app provides accurate, real-time sea conditions across major beaches, including: Hourly and daily wave forecasts Wind speed and direction data Smart surf rating based on your surfing style Live beach cameras Quick navigation to beaches via Waze SwellPro personalizes surf recommendations based on your preferred surfing mode, helping you know exactly when to hit the water. Built specifically for the local surf community, SwellPro delivers a clean, fast, and premium user experience. Never miss a session – download SwellPro now! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Swell Surf Tracker and SwellPro 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.
Swell Surf Tracker ships an update monthly, SwellPro every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Swell Surf Tracker | SwellPro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Adame | Shay Ben Shabat |
In-app purchases
Swell Surf Tracker
No in-app purchases
SwellPro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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