SailTime vs Sailing timer tactical
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SailTime
This app assists with achieving the ideal start in sail racing. It draws inspiration from traditional sail racing watches, offering a streamlined experience for competitors.
- Perfect sail racing start assistance
- Inspired by classic sail racing watches
- Clean and simple interface
- Streamlined user experience
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Ready, set, go! The cleanest and simplest app for helping you with the perfect sail racing start! The app is inspired from classic sail racing watches built from experience.
Sailing timer tactical
This app provides a spoken countdown timer for sailing races, displaying distance to the starting line and a track view of covered paths with speed indicators. It utilizes GPS for navigation and can be used with Bluetooth earphones for audio alerts.
- Spoken countdown timer
- Distance to starting line
- Track view of covered paths
- Speed indication
- GPS tracking
- Bluetooth earphone support
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Spoken countdown timer. Distance to starting line Track view of covered paths. Colors indicate the speed. Tips: I advise to extend your screen idle timer. Also set Return to Clock to after 1 hour. Settings->General-> Return to clock You can use bluetooth earphones if the volume is not loud enough. Enable background refresh Settings > General > Background App Refresh This app uses GPS and may impact the battery life. A 10-15% battery drain per hour is normal. Future features: Spoken wind shift messages OCS alarm Manually set Windward and leeward mark Battery optimization (turn off GPS automatically) The following permissions are needed Healthkit: To start a sailing workout. This is also needs to get timer updates and location updates when the screen is off. Location: To plot your route on the map and to calculate the distance to the line
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SailTime at every 2 months against Sailing timer tactical's every 15 months. SailTime also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.8) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
SailTime holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of SailTime's written reviews are positive against 57% of Sailing timer tactical's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SailTime ships an update every 2 months, Sailing timer tactical every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SailTime | Sailing timer tactical |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johannes Edelstam | Pieter Oskam |
Customer experience
SailTime
Sailing timer tactical
In-app purchases
SailTime
No in-app purchases
Sailing timer tactical
No in-app purchases
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