Sail vs Upwind
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
Upwind
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Upwind is a sailing tracker for Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad: live speed and course, recorded sessions with speed-colored tracks. Free, with no accounts and no ads. INSTRUMENTS - SOG (speed over ground) in knots, smoothed for reading at a glance - COG (course over ground) on a compass ribbon - Automatic night mode: red instruments after sunset to preserve night vision RECORDING - Explicit Rec button: recording never starts on its own - Speed-colored track, from cyan (slow) to coral (fast), scaled to your session - Distance, average and maximum speed, duration - On Apple Watch, recordings also save as Sailing workouts in Health (with your permission) WATCH, IPHONE OR BOTH - Apple Watch records standalone with its own GPS - iPhone and iPad are full trackers too, with live map and instruments - Sessions sync automatically between your devices through iCloud AFTER THE SAIL - Scrub through the speed chart: speed, time and position at any moment - Standard or satellite map, free of clutter - Share sessions via AirDrop, export GPX, import GPX from other apps - Nautical coordinates (degrees and decimal minutes) PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no developer servers, no ads, no analytics. Your data stays on your devices and in your private iCloud. TIPS - For sessions longer than a couple of hours, record with an iPhone or iPad connected to onboard power - On iPad, GPS requires a Wi-Fi + Cellular model Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sail at 8.0 against Upwind's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
| Parameter | Sail | Upwind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hartis | Vincenzo Risi |
In-app purchases
Sail
No in-app purchases
Upwind
No in-app purchases









