Comparison

OpenWind vs luftline

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

OpenWind

This app provides real-time wind, boat, and navigation data directly to your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It offers detailed instrument readings, graphical charts, and map overlays with nautical charts for various regions. Seamlessly integrates with compatible marine sensors and displays.

Highlights
  • Apparent and true wind data
  • Crusing and trim, course, start clock
  • Wind and boat direction charts
  • Polar diagrams with target percentage
  • Nautical charts and depth lines
  • Integration with marine sensors
  • Alarms for wind, anchor, and depth
Features
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OpenWind bringt Wind-, Lage- und Bootsdaten vom Masttopp auf iPhone, iPad und Apple Watch – drahtlos, ohne Kabel durch den Mast. INSTRUMENTE • Scheinbarer und wahrer Wind: AWA, AWS, TWA, TWS, TWD, VMG, SOG und COG • Krängung und Trimm, Kurs, Startuhr mit Countdown, Sync und Startlinie • Alle Werte auf einer Seite, große Ziffern auch in der Sonne lesbar, dunkler und heller Modus DIAGRAMME • Wind, wahrer Wind, Windrichtung, Boot, VMG und Krängung über bis zu 2 Stunden • Diagramm berühren und alle Werte zu diesem Zeitpunkt ablesen • Wenden und Halsen markiert, Dreher (Lift/Header) auf der Windrichtung • Polardiagramm mit % vom Ziel: eigene Polare beim Segeln lernen oder eine von über 280 Bootspolaren wählen KARTE • Dein Boot mit scheinbarem und wahrem Wind, Kurslinie und Laylines zur Tonne • Seezeichen (OpenSeaMap), Tiefenlinien für Europa (EMODnet) und kostenlose amtliche Seekarten für USA, Kanada, Finnland, Norwegen und Neuseeland • Track aufzeichnen und als GPX teilen GERÄTE • OpenWind Windsensor, NMEAkit / NMEAString (NMEA-2000-Gateway mit Tiefe, Fahrt durchs Wasser und Wassertemperatur) und DisplayKit (Cockpit-Display) • Automatische Quellenwahl: OpenWind zuerst, NMEAkit oder DisplayKit übernehmen • Kalibrierung, Drehmast-Kompensation mit Kalibrierung per Finger, Offsets und Firmware-Updates über Bluetooth • DisplayKit: Dashboards, Anzeige-Einstellungen, Wegpunkte und Track-Download AUSSERDEM • Alarme für Windstärke, Anker, Winddreher und Tiefe • Live-Aktivität auf dem Sperrbildschirm und in der Dynamic Island, Widgets • Apple-Watch-App mit Wind, Werten, Tiefe und Startuhr • NMEA 0183 ($WIMWV) per UDP für Navigations-Apps • Deutsch, Englisch, Dänisch, Spanisch, Französisch, Norwegisch, Niederländisch, Portugiesisch und Schwedisch Karten und Tiefendaten dienen nur zur Information und nicht zur Navigation.

About

luftline

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Save a place while you're on wifi. Find it again on foot, with no signal. luftline is a quiet compass for travelers. Search for the museum, the bakery, the hotel before you leave home — with one swipe each becomes a saved place that works without a network. Later, when you're on a foreign street corner with a single bar of signal and roaming charges you'd rather avoid, you tap a place and a single ink needle points the way. That's the whole app. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT – Saved places work entirely offline. No tiles to download, no maps that expire, no account to make. – A real compass, not turn-by-turn. The needle shows distance, bearing, how far you've walked. You choose the route. – Calm, minimal interface inspired by Japanese ink and washi paper. Nothing shouts. – Nothing leaves your device. No tracking, no ads, no analytics. HOW IT WORKS 1. While you're online — at home, in a café, in the hotel lobby — search for any place: a restaurant, a viewpoint, a station, a bookshop. 2. Swipe right to keep it. The location, address, and coordinates are saved to your phone. 3. When you're walking, tap the saved place. The compass turns and points. Walk toward it. WHAT IT ISN'T luftline isn't a turn-by-turn router. It won't say "in 200 meters, turn left." It assumes you can read a city — that you'd rather find your own way than be talked at. If you want voice navigation, this isn't it. If you've ever walked the wrong way out of a metro stop in a foreign city and felt the small panic of not knowing which direction is which — luftline is for that. Available in English and German.

Screenshots

OpenWind4 screens
luftline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OpenWind at every 2 weeks against luftline's every 105 months. OpenWind also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpenWind ships an update every 2 weeks, luftline every 105 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OpenWind versus luftline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenWindluftline
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 105 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael LiesenbergRachid El Khayari

In-app purchases

None

OpenWind

No in-app purchases

None

luftline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpenWind free?
OpenWind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is luftline free?
luftline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OpenWind or luftline have ads?
Neither OpenWind nor luftline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OpenWind or luftline?
OpenWind ships an update every 2 weeks, and luftline every 105 months. Most recently, OpenWind was updated on November 6, 2026 and luftline on November 6, 2026.

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