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NOAA Marine Weather & Forecast vs Dawn Patrol Surf, Wave Tracker

An honest comparison based on real user reviews. Both are popular Surfing apps — but which one do users complain about less?

NOAA Marine Weather & Forecast

Main Weakness

Intrusive ads and unreliable app performance.

"Ad city — App is constantly interrupted with very annoying ads."
"Does not work — This app takes forever to load and works less than 25% of the time."

Dawn Patrol Surf, Wave Tracker

Main Weakness

Compatibility issues with Apple Watch and inaccurate wave tracking.

"Apple Watch Software Nonfunctional — The complications for Apple Watch are very consistently and hilariously way off."
"Wave tracking seems off, counts way more waves then I actually surf."

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