# Regatta Pulse: Sailing Timer — Start line, tactics & speed

> Start line, tactics & speed (iPhone/iPad app by NICOLaS SALARI.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/regatta-pulse-sailing-timer/id6804855123 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [NICOLaS SALARI](https://appshunter.io/developer/6793207105)
- Category: Sports, Navigation
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-08-30
- Data updated: 2026-10-02
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/regatta-pulse-sailing-timer/id6804855123/reviews.md

## What is Regatta Pulse?

A full start-line instrument, running on the iPhone and Apple Watch you already own.
Distance to the line, TIME-TO-BURN and the favored end, live, in digits you can read in sun and spray.
For one-design and club racers who keep arriving late to the line. One payment, no subscription.

THE START
• Sequence timer (ISAF 5-4-1-0, 3, 4 or 10 minutes) with whistle sound signals and a final count.
• Ping the PIN and the BOAT end from the phone or with one tap on the watch: the app computes the line and your distance to it (DTL).
• TIME-TO-BURN: how many seconds you have to spare (or are missing) to hit the line at the gun at your current speed.
• Line bias: which end is favored for the wind you entered.

RACING
• Speed (SOG), heading, max and average in giant race-display digits.
• Heel and trim from the phone's motion sensors, with a configurable target band.
• Recent heading shift to spot wind shifts.
• Performance against J/24 polars for the wind you entered.
• Mark tacks, buoy roundings and notes without letting go of the tiller: one tap on the Apple Watch.

APPLE WATCH
• The display mirrored on your wrist: timer, DTL, BURN and the start line graphic.
• Strong haptics at every sequence mark and at the start.
• Works on its own (no iPhone): the watch's GPS for light racing.

AFTER SAILING
• Session replay on the map with a time scrubber.
• Tack, start and speed analysis; progress across sessions.
• Export GPX or a full JSON backup. Your data is yours.
• Optional cloud backup: create an account and every session is copied on its own when it ends, even if you close the app. Switch iPhones, sign in, and it is all there. Edit a title or a note on one device and it shows up on the other.

TRIAL AND PRO
• Try the full app for 30 days: the clock starts with your first recorded session, not with the install.
• After that, a single purchase unlocks everything for good. It is not a subscription.
• Free forever: the start sequence timer with whistle signals and the big heading and speed screen.
• Anything you recorded stays viewable, analysable and exportable.

No ads, no tracking. The account is optional: without one, not a single byte leaves your phone. Made by racers, for racers.

NOTICE: Regatta Pulse is a sports support instrument. It is not a navigation aid or safety equipment, and its sound alerts are not official signals: the only valid signals are those made by the Race Committee. Command of the vessel and the duty to keep a proper look-out rest with the skipper. Terms of use: https://regattapulse.com.ar/terms.html


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7.1 — 2026-09-23

Fixes.

• Heading no longer shows "360°" near north: it reads 000°.
• If you sign out and sign in with another account, your sessions are backed up to the new account too.
• The trial notice shows the days you actually have left.
• The account screens and the legal notice are now fully in English.

### 1.7 — 2026-09-22

New polars added.

• One more class in the polars picker: target speed, POL% and the speedometer band for more boats.
• If your class isn't there yet, request it from Settings: the form opens already filled in.

### 1.6 — 2026-09-21

Elan Impression 40 polars and easier requests.

• Polar table for the Elan Impression 40 (and 40.1), requested by a sailor from the Whitsundays, Australia: target speed, POL% and the speedometer band for that class, built from the median of ORC certificates.
• Requesting polars for your class is now a short form: type your class and where you sail, and the email opens already filled in.
• The class picker is now a menu: J/24, Elan E4, Elan Impression 40 or another boat.

### 1.5 — 2026-09-21

Polars for more boats.

• Polar table for the Elan E4 (formerly Elan 350), requested by a sailor from Croatia: target speed, POL% and the speedometer band for that class, built from the median of 20 ORC certificates.
• When you create a session you pick J/24, Elan E4 or another boat. The "Wind and polars" screen shows the table for the class you chose.
• Sail another class? Request it from Settings and we'll add it in the next version.
• Regatta Pulse Pro can be purchased from the app.

### 1.4 — 2026-09-18

This version removes the biggest risk in the app: your whole history living on a single phone.

• Optional account and cloud backup. Create an account with Apple or with your email and every session is copied on its own when it ends, even if you close the app. Switch iPhones, sign in, and it is all there.
• Multiple devices: edit the title, the notes or the wind on one and they show up on the other. Delete a session and it is gone everywhere.
• Without an account nothing changes: the app keeps working 100 % on your phone, as it always has.
• Updated terms and privacy policy: they say exactly what is stored in the cloud and what is not.

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