Comparison

AnchorQueen vs Doyle Guides

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

Head to head
About

AnchorQueen

This navigation app offers comprehensive tools for water sports enthusiasts, including offline charts, AI-powered anchor watch, and detailed marine weather analysis. Track your sea sports, plan safe routes, and share your adventures in 3D.

Highlights
  • Offline S-52 marine charts
  • AI anchor alarm
  • Sea sports tracking (17+ sports)
  • Depth-safe routing
  • Marine weather forecasts
  • 3D track replay and sharing
  • Live AIS with warnings
Features
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Plan a Route. Analyze Marine Weather.Ride it. Replay it. Set Anchor Alarm at anchorages. Explore and Discover awesome Bays and hidden secrets. AnchorQueen is built for the whole day on the water — Sea Sports on iPhone and Apple Watch, offline S-52 charts when you cruise, and an AI co-captain that keeps anchor watch while you rest. One app from the first jump to the last swing at anchor. SEA SPORTS THAT FEEL ALIVE Press and hold Voyage. Pick jet ski, kitesurf, wingfoil, surf, dinghy, kayak, SUP, canoe, rowing, swimming, freediving — 17 sports in all. Live numbers on the chart. Every jump, wave, tack, and stroke. Personal bests. Wind at the moment it happened. Then a 3D Trackcam replay you can orbit like a film set. Start from your wrist; Apple Watch sessions are saved to the Apple Health app as workouts and sync back into your passages. SHARE THE DAY IN 3D Turn a sport session, a coastal hop, or a quiet anchorage into a cinematic 9:16 reel on device. Sunny day or miniature tilt-shift. Share to Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, or Photos — with a link friends can spin in 3D. CHARTS YOU CAN TRUST OFFSHORE Nautica Day and Nautica Night S-52 IHO vector charts: soundings, buoys, lights, hazards, six day/night depth palettes. Download a region once and keep sailing when the cell signal dies. Charts refresh on Wi‑Fi only — never over mobile data, and never while anchor watch or guidance is running. ROUTE SMART. PADDLE SAFE. Long-press a destination for depth-safe routing matched to your draft. Live bearing, SOG, XTE, and fuel burn by vessel class. Shore-hugging paddle routes for kayak, SUP, canoe, and rowing keep you out of shipping lanes. AIS, WEATHER, AND THE SHIP'S JOURNAL Live AIS with COLREGS-aware warnings. Blended marine forecasts — wind, gusts, waves, tides, 7-day meteograms — with shoreline-aware pins. Your Ship's Journal sketches the day: distance made good, track, key moments, jump to any date. JULES STANDS THE WATCH Drop the hook. Jules separates normal swing from real drag and only wakes you for danger. An OS-level geofence keeps guard even if iOS closes the app. Ask Jules in plain language for tide windows, anchorage ratings, and route briefings — it already sees your wind, depth, and position. CHARTER WITHOUT LEAVING THE CHART Browse charter fleets on the map, compare boats, and watch 30-day price trends before you commit. FOLLOW THE RACE Regatta follows the big offshore races for free: live standings by line honours or corrected time, race news, split times at every mark, and the official course drawn on the chart. Tap a yacht to ride along in Live 3D with a chase camera, every boat drawn as its class in team colours. Your area's chart is free too: the first download brings 14 days of full access. WHY BOATERS SWITCH • Sea Sports + Watch recording most chart apps never touch • True offline S-52 navigation and depth-aware routing • AI anchor alarm that respects your sleep • 3D reels and sea state that make the day shareable Unlike typical chartplotter apps, AnchorQueen is built for both the adrenaline run and the quiet night on the hook. PLANS • Free — Anchor alarm, offline navigation, standard marine weather • PRO — Jules, 3D sea state, passage reels, Sea Sports tools, advanced charts (1-month free trial) • MAX — Unlimited offline regions, maximum Jules capacity Monthly or discounted annual. Price shown before you buy. — Subscriptions renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Manage or cancel in App Store Account Settings anytime. Terms of Service: https://anchorqueen.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://anchorqueen.com/privacy

About

Doyle Guides

This app offers comprehensive sailing guides for the southern Caribbean, featuring nautical charts, service details, and points of interest. Users can search a large database, view results on an interactive map, and contribute comments or corrections.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive sailing guides
  • Nautical charts and navigational info
  • 3000+ points of interest database
  • Interactive satellite map
  • User comments and corrections
  • Island-specific content bundles
Features
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Doyle Guides produces the southern Caribbean's most comprehensive and up-to-date sailing guides, complete with nautical charts and navigational information, details on regulations, customs and immigration, general and technical yacht services, marinas, restaurants, provisioning, shore-based attractions, and more. The Doyle Guides mobile app allows users to search our comprehensive 3000+ point of interest database with results shown based on distance from the user and displayed on an interactive satellite map where users can leave public comments as well as suggest corrections and new points of interest, all free of charge. Subscriptions to guide book content is available on both long and short term basis, as well as bundled by island.

Screenshots

AnchorQueen4 screens
Doyle Guides4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Doyle Guides at none against AnchorQueen's shown. Doyle Guides also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 28%) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). AnchorQueen's advantage is ratings volume (164 vs 51). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AnchorQueen sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Doyle Guides sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for AnchorQueen against 4.4 for Doyle Guides. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 164 and 51 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 28% of AnchorQueen's written reviews are positive against 60% of Doyle Guides's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AnchorQueen ships an update every 3 weeks, Doyle Guides every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AnchorQueen versus Doyle Guides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchorQueenDoyle Guides
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (164 ratings) — better4.4 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews27.6% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings164 — better51
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size267 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBarkin TakmazChris Doyle Publishing Limited

Customer experience

AnchorQueen

All ratings164 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive27.6%
Neutral13.8%
Negative58.6%

Doyle Guides

All ratings50 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

AnchorQueen

Subscriptions10
  • Oceanic Tides$4.991 Year
  • Mexico — Gulf & Caribbean$7.991 Year
  • AnchorQueen AIS Network$9.991 Year
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  • Mexico — Sea of Cortez$9.991 Year
  • Mexico — Pacific$9.991 Year
  • Anchor Remote$9.991 Year
  • Swiss Lakes$14.991 Year
  • US East$14.991 Year
  • US South & Gulf$14.991 Year
  • Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Year
10 purchases

Doyle Guides

Subscriptions10
  • St. Vincent Sailing Guide3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Trinidad Tobago Sailing Guide7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Southern Leeward Sailing Guide3 Days trial$24.991 Month
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  • Northern Leeward Sailing Guide3 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Windward Islands Guide3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • The Caribbean Pet - 1 month3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Windward Islands Guide7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Virgin Islands Cruising Guide3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Leeward Islands Sailing Guide3 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • Leeward Islands Sailing Guide7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is AnchorQueen free?
AnchorQueen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doyle Guides free?
Doyle Guides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AnchorQueen or Doyle Guides?
AnchorQueen is rated higher. AnchorQueen averages 4.5 out of 5 from 164 ratings, while Doyle Guides averages 4.4 from 51 ratings.
Do AnchorQueen or Doyle Guides have ads?
AnchorQueen shows ads; Doyle Guides does not.
Which is updated more often, AnchorQueen or Doyle Guides?
AnchorQueen ships an update every 3 weeks, and Doyle Guides every 5 weeks. Most recently, AnchorQueen was updated on November 6, 2026 and Doyle Guides on November 4, 2026.

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