WaveWise vs Current
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WaveWise
This app helps surfers find the best waves by analyzing forecasts and ranking nearby surf sessions. It personalizes recommendations based on skill level and desired wave size, and helps discover new surf spots. Users can plan their sessions days in advance with detailed, easy-to-understand weather breakdowns.
- Ranked spot comparison
- Personalized surf filters
- Session window analysis
- Forecast explanation
- New spot discovery
- Multi-day outlook
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Less scrolling. More surfing! The daily dawn-patroller, weekend longboarder, or surfer packing for a dream trip all want the same thing: perfect waves. But finding them shouldn't feel like a chore. The traditional way of checking the surf forces you to switch from spot to spot, loading forecast after forecast, trying to piece the entire coast together in your head. Just try doing all that manual digging when you're rushing to catch a quick wave before work, or when you finally get a free afternoon and just want to get in the water. It gets even tougher when you travel. You land in a new part of the world, ready to surf, but face a wall of research just trying to figure out where to score on any given day. WaveWise is a modern surf app built to eliminate forecast overload. Instead of making you inspect every break individually, WaveWise aggregates and ranks the entire coast for you. It does the heavy lifting so you can instantly spot the ideal windows and get into the lineup faster. You can download WaveWise completely free and immediately start planning your sessions without the hassle. Why Surfers Choose WaveWise: • The Whole Coast at a Glance Stop switching back and forth between spots. The WaveWise Dashboard automatically gathers all the breaks near you and ranks them based on live conditions. Open the app, see the standout options immediately, and know exactly where the surf is cleanest without the endless scrolling. • The Ultimate Session Planner Move from just checking the surf to actually planning your week. The Session Planner maps out upcoming surf windows chronologically, showing you exactly when the waves will peak throughout the day or week. Best of all, it coordinates directly with your personalization options. You can dial in your specific skill level, preferred wave height, and minimum quality bar, ensuring you only see the chronological windows that actually match your style. • Forecasts That Finally Make Sense Raw ocean numbers can be incredibly cryptic. WaveWise replaces the confusion with intuitive, descriptive badges that instantly translate complex swell angles and wind speeds into plain English. By mapping raw data directly to real-world surfer experiences in the water, the hourly forecast actually teaches you how to read the ocean like a local. • Live Global Tide Tracking True comprehensiveness means having your coastal data update in real time. WaveWise features live, up-to-date tide tracking for surf spots all around the world. You get precise tide windows baked right into the interface for any break on the planet, saving you from hunting down obscure local tables just to know when a spot is about to turn on. • Global Coverage and Spot Discovery When you travel to a new coastline or just want to break out of your local routine, finding where to go is exhausting. WaveWise features complete global coverage, serving as the ultimate discovery tool by letting you see all the surf spots near your current location in one single glance. It completely opens up the map so you can safely explore uncrowded setups anywhere on earth and confidently find your next favorite wave. Go Pro for the Ultimate Edge Upgrade to unlock the full power of the app and plan your surf schedule with confidence. • Full 7-Day Forecasts Spot major swells an entire week early. • Advanced Session Planning View chronological window matching across the full 7-day outlook. • Extended Search Radius Expand your boundaries to find hidden windows further up and down the coast. • Zero Distractions A clean, lightning-fast interface with absolutely no ads. And more... Download WaveWise today and become the envy of your surf crew who are still digging through forecasts one by one while you're already waxed up and paddling out! Terms of Use (EULA): [https://app.wavewise.io/terms](https://app.wavewise.io/terms) Privacy Policy: [https://app.wavewise.io/privacy](https://app.wavewise.io/privacy)
Current
Get detailed, physics-based surf forecasts for California breaks. See wave height, how waves break, swell details, wind, tide, and water temperature. A free daily forecast is available, with premium features for multi-day predictions and advanced statistics.
- Physics-based surf forecasts
- Wave break type prediction
- Swell partitions and timeline
- Lull duration and wave energy
- Water temperature
- Multi-day forecast (premium)
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Current gives you physics-based surf forecasts for every break In California and the East and Gulf Coasts. Current is part of a movement to create more accurate and detailed surf forecasts. What you get: • 8-day surf forecast for every spot - swell, wind, tide, surf heights, and ratings • An animated map - wind, currents, and swell in motion, surf height painted along the coastline • Spot stats you won't find anywhere else - set height, breaker type, peakiness • Secret spots - draw your own spot anywhere on the coast and get a full forecast for it Today's forecast is free for every spot. Upgrade to Current Premium for multi-day forecasts, detailed surf-zone statistics, and map overlays. Forecasts are estimates — always check real conditions and surf within your limits. - Support URL: https://currentsurf.com · Marketing URL (optional): https://currentsurf.com · Privacy Policy URL: https://currentsurf.com/privacy CURRENT PREMIUM (optional subscription) Premium Monthly - $4.99/month, auto-renews. Unlocks the full 8-day forecast everywhere: future-day map overlays, future-day spot stats, and up to 100 secret spots. Today's forecast is always free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews monthly unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store settings. Privacy Policy: https://currentsurf.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://currentsurf.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Current at none against WaveWise's shown. Current also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 50%). WaveWise's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. WaveWise sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Current sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WaveWise holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of WaveWise's written reviews are positive against 80% of Current's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WaveWise ships an update weekly, Current fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | WaveWise | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (31 ratings) — better | 4.5 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soffer Software | Colin Weaver |
Customer experience
WaveWise
Current
In-app purchases
WaveWise
- WaveWise Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- WaveWise Pro - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Current
- Current Premium$4.991 Month









