SailTimer™ User Reviews

Name: SailTimer™
Rating: 1.7 (6 reviews)

SailTimer™

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Disappointingly buggy

Persistent error messages upon login

Trassoc

3 months ago

Response from developer

Hello Trassoc, Thanks for your comment. We have prompt and friendly tech support if you run into any problems. Just email info@SailTimer.co We work very hard on the app, and have since the beginning of the app store in 2009. So if there is a problem, just let us know and our developers will have it fixed in the next update!

Pede Vento

Muito bom

Mendes Reis

6 months ago

Checks all boxes

Very pleased with this unit that checked all my boxes .

1 Sold in Canada no duties at a good price point.
.2 Excellent instructions
3. Help line is knowledgeable about the product.
4. Spare battery and dedicated charger purchased.
5 Air Link purchased to communicate with other blue tooth capable instruments
6 Ease of installation.
7. Compact size and light weight
8. Solar powered with battery charge display
9. Ability to view wind weather and Temperature off other units.
10. Bearings in the vane are top shelf quality. Slightest puff rotates wind cups.

Lakerroo

9 months ago

So many bugs

It’s been years since the UI has so many bugs and there are so many AI design tools that could fix this.

GoHabs101

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for your comment. We don't generally receive these comments for many weeks. But if there is something you want to get corrected, or to understand why it is that way, just email our developers at info@SailTimer.co for a prompt reply. For sailors, this is the only app in the world that accounts for tacking distances when calculating your optimal tacks and Tacking Time to Destination. It was also the first app to include polar plot learning, for better projections of your unique boat's speed on all points of sail. We have recently been focusing on adding features to the crowdsourced wind map animation (another first), and weather animations. We appreciate feedback, and will add it to our ongoing list for updates. There have been 3 updates so far in 2025. With version 6 the interface and features are becoming consistent across all platforms.

Disappointingly buggy

Persistent error messages upon login

Trassoc

a year ago

Response from developer

Checks all boxes

Lakerroo

a year ago

Poor

I would like to have said love it
But I’m more likely to say - ripped it out and threw it away !!

Dnickj

2 years ago

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY

I ordered the wind instrument - it took 10 months to arrive. Then spent hours trying to get it to reliably send wind data - no luck - always patchy. The app is clunky and hard to use. I downloaded navitronics chart package then it loops every time try open or close. The wind gauge (the main reason to use the wind instrument) is clunky (and almost never works reliably). Some much better options out there…

iPad and remarkable user

2 years ago

Great wind app and great tactical sailing display

After years of frustration on my end - and a lot of patience on their part-I now have a beautiful setup and a reliable display using Mid WIFI. I am using an iPad mini now. - latest version All of the other times I was using a full size iPad. The mini seems to work 500% better. Customer service on their side stuck with me. Great job.

cal to co

2 years ago

Nice App

Sailtimer is a brilliant app that every ship rider should use. It gives precise location and direction for all boats down in the sea. Thanks!

workpro6696

3 years ago

Perfect

The SailTimer is perfect and does exactly what it’s supposed to do. So glad I can save my waypoints, and time how long it will take me to get to my destinations. But it does so much more than that! If your looking for a great tacking app/GPS for sailing, you found one! I recommend!

harleyp85

3 years ago

Very nice experience

user since 2009 I have had a variety of boats, iPhones and iPads over the years that I have used this app with. My only complaint is that one of the big brands hasn’t licensed this software to use in a permanently mounted GPS chartplotter.

Mim-Noor

3 years ago

A valuable navigation tool

I just enter the wind and a waypoint, and the app calculates my optimal tracks. Better than just using a wind guage, if you want to get your launch spot on time (or win a race).

Jack Locksley daal de

4 years ago

Very Disappointed

I purchased the Sailtimer Wind Vane while in preproduction. After 5 vanes,I finally got a working vane 2 months ago. I will not go into all the troubles that I had here.

I am very disappointed in the APP also. After all my troubles with the hardware, I can’t get the APP to do what is promised.

When I launch the APP, I often can’t get the maps to load. When they do, I do not get a ground speed read out. I have been unable for the polar plot to “learn”. Positioning on my boat is critical to get the app to connect to the vane.

I can’t figure out how to get the app to go from present position to a way point.

I have spent hundreds of dollars and messed with several vanes over several years and still have not been able to get a fully functioning product.

I must say, that even though tech/customer support has sometimes been a tad rough on me, they have always supported their product.

this nickmname is not taken

6 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for your feedback. We can provide prompt technical assistance if you contact info@SailTimerinc.com, but are not notified quickly of any questions you leave here. We would be happy to explain how to use polar plot learning, and the other functions you mention. There are also step-by-step instructions at http://sailtimerapp.com/HowToUse.html for how to use the app, if you haven't seen those. Happy sailing.

Very good app

Have the app, SailTimer Wind Instrument and Air Link. Very pleased with the decision.

BProactive

6 years ago

Not a great experience...

I purchased the SailTimer wind instrument and have so far been very disappointed. After a long wait, my wind sensor arrived heavily scratched and with a battery that will only reach half a charge. The SailTimer app eventually connected to the device but drops off frequently. Tech support is only through email and my technical questions emails have gone unanswered. Return policy is essentially a joke. Lots of promise on the design side but the company appears to lack the organization to make all the parts and pieces actually work.

JPH53

7 years ago

Response from developer

We stand behind our products, and have also had dialogue with you via your posts in other places. Contacting our developers and expert sailors at Technical Support is the best way to get help. (As later determined, your email form was never sent in, but we do provide prompt 24/7 support to sailors worldwide.) Although you did not update your original comment above, we trust that things are better now now, and appreciate this explanation you sent in on August 7 2019: “The wind instrument is atop my mast and being used. Your software is good and when the instrument is connected the overall system is very useful.”

Don’t waste your money

I cannot recommend this app_ the main application has a glitch which meant I ended up buying the same in-app purchase twice, and the networkNMEA IN-app purchase does not work at all

barney2074