World Surf League vs Appito
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
World Surf League
Watch live professional surfing events from all WSL tours, including the Championship Tour and Big Wave. Stay updated with real-time results, track your favorite surfers, and enjoy a vast library of free premium surf content, podcasts, and films.
- Watch live WSL events
- Fantasy surfing games
- Real-time results and rankings
- Custom alerts for favorite surfers
- Free premium surf content
- Breaking surf news and highlights
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Catch every wave with the official World Surf League app. From boosted airs and made barrels, to World Champions and the next wave of stars, to massive swells and even bigger moments, this is the place to watch LIVE events across all WSL tours, including the Championship Tour, the Challenger Series, Big Wave, and more. Plus, stay up to date with your favorite surfers, dive into real-time results, play fantasy surfing, and enjoy an ocean of free premium surf content anytime, anywhere. With the WSL app, you can: WATCH THE WORLD’S BEST SURFING LIVE Tune in to the world’s best surfers LIVE from wherever you are. Watch while on the go or cast to your devices at home. COMPETE AGAINST THE WORLD IN WSL FANTASY Build your dream team, invite your friends, and join the competition with the official WSL Fantasy games. GET UP-TO-THE-MINUTE RESULTS Check real-time scores, deep dive into the surfer rankings, and receive all the insights on the road to the World Title. STAY UPDATED AND NEVER MISS A WAVE Set custom alerts to make sure you know exactly when your favorite surfers hit the water. ACCESS AN OCEAN OF SURFING CONTENT Enjoy free premium content, from podcasts and original series to iconic surf films and beyond. NEVER MISS BREAKING SURF NEWS Catch mind-blowing highlights, get in-depth analysis, and stay up to date on surfing’s biggest stories. If you have any trouble with your app please email us at support@worldsurfleague.com so we can help you out.
Appito
Organize and play real-life football matches with a video game-like experience. Book fields, find games, manage player lists, track payments, and input match statistics to build your player profile and climb the rankings.
- Book soccer fields
- Organize matches and invite players
- Manage player attendance and payments
- Create player profiles with real-game stats
- Track goals, assists, and defenses
- Player rankings based on performance
- Integrates with Apple Watch for fitness tracking
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Organize, play and have a video game experience in your real life football. The time has come to revolutionize your footy with the football app that is changing the way the sport is played in Brazil and around the world. Appito allows you to book a field, organize matches and even find a game that will happen near you or that has your player profile. Organize your football all in one place - You can organize your matches, either by creating a group or a one-off game with other players. - Invite players however you prefer: via WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, link, email or via the app itself. - When you organize your football through Appito, you will also have a presence list for your match, with a confirmed and pending list. In addition, this list can be divided between the monthly and one-off players of your game. - Tracking football payments is also much easier! With the payments tool you will be able to manage all the group’s money, as well as control whether the money has been paid or not, month by month. No more using that cash spreadsheet or that old notebook. - Also count on the wall of the match, where you can talk to other players, facilitating the organization of your football. - And if you need to complete the team, just make your game public to allow the people who are in the community to find it and fill the available slots. Never again will your football lack players. - With the independent Apple Watch app version, you can keep track your fitness data and health stats for every football game you play. The app is integrated with CareKit and HealthKit in the watchOS 6 version so you can track your performance in the field. Video game experience in real life - If you are the kind of player who loves to play football anytime and when you get home plays football video game, now you can have both of these things in one app. - Create your own player profile based on your real game characteristics. - During and after the end of the games, you will be able to input football statistics by adding your goals, assists and defenses. In addition to being able to time and control the match. - At the end of the game, all players evaluate each other, generating a ranking of the best players in the match, top scorer, top playmaker and best defender. This way, the ranking is generated from the grades and statistics that each player receives from other players. - The grades you receive influence your profile’s evolution and allow you to track your progress, based entirely on your performance on the field. Play more football! - If you have that urge to play football, you can now find matches that will happen near you and that fit your players profile and availability. - Now you can play football anytime. And rest assured, we will warn you if football matches that fit your profile and schedule happens near you. - At the end of the game, you will be able to evaluate both the match and the organizer, so you will help other people decide where and with whom to play. Rent a field in a practical way! - It is now possible to rent fields from the app. See photos, information, ratings and contacts of the fields, all in a simple way. - And if you want, you can also find football fields near you, according to your location
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Appito at 3.9 against World Surf League's 2.5. Appito also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (50% vs 22%). World Surf League's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Appito holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of World Surf League's written reviews are positive against 50% of Appito's.
World Surf League ships an update every 3 weeks, Appito monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | World Surf League | Appito |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (42 ratings) | 3.9 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 285 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | World Surf League | Naos Solucoes Tecnologicas Ltda. |
Customer experience
World Surf League
Appito
Bugs and requests
World Surf League
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent login issues
- Replays playing incorrect heats
- Video player bugs (e.g., screen going black, audio issues)
- Fantasy league not updating properly
Requested features
4 requests- Option to hide event results before watching replays
- Improved fantasy league functionality
- Better integration with Chromecast and other streaming platforms
- More customization options (e.g., dark mode)
Appito
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
World Surf League
No in-app purchases
Appito
No in-app purchases









