Sail vs Sailing Tracer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sail
Record your sailing routes using your phone's GPS and store them in a digital logbook. Share your journey with friends and family via a live map link. Requires an account on Sail-la-vie.com.
- Track sailing routes with GPS
- Digital logbook (Sail-Board)
- Live Map sharing
- Data stored locally and on server
- Requires Sail-la-vie.com account
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Sail Tracker is an app to track your Sailings and keep them in your Sail-Board (digital logbook) at Sail-la-vie.com. The app is used to track route sailings. Either sailing club members or Sail-la-vie.com customers can use this app to record, when they are at sea, the route they follow. The track is done using the GPS of the phone and the data are stored first locally and then transmitted to a server where the users can see their routes and share the URL to family and friends. This URL is called Live Map in the app. It is a join cooperation of HARTIS, SAIL LA VIE and SAIL-CLUBS.com. You need to login first to Sail-la-vie.com in order to use the app. You may read more about the concept here: http://www.sail-la-vie.com/#enjoy
Sailing Tracer
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Connect all of the boats in your training to your trainer, enabling real-time performance analysis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sail at 8.0 against Sailing Tracer's 12.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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.
Sail ships an update every 11 days, Sailing Tracer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sail | Sailing Tracer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hartis | RBmax Kft. |
In-app purchases
Sail
No in-app purchases
Sailing Tracer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Sail free?
Is Sailing Tracer free?
Do Sail or Sailing Tracer have ads?
Which is updated more often, Sail or Sailing Tracer?
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