Comparison

AnchorQueen Jules vs Sailing Copilot

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

Head to head
About

AnchorQueen Jules

This app transforms your smartphone into an intelligent anchor watch system, providing precise position monitoring and smart alerts to prevent anchor drag. It offers remote tracking, marine weather forecasts, and works even without an internet connection, ensuring your vessel is always protected.

Highlights
  • Remote monitoring across devices
  • Marine weather forecasts
  • Offline tracking
  • Background alerts
  • Flexible anchor point setting
  • Optimized power consumption
  • Save and manage locations
Features
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Ride it. Replay it. Then sleep through the night. 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

Sailing Copilot

Features
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Sailing Copilot turns sailing data into clear, practical guidance you can use on the water. Instead of simply displaying wind, heading and boat speed, Sailing Copilot interprets that information to help you understand your point of sail and provides clear course, mainsail and jib guidance. SAILING GUIDANCE AT A GLANCE See your point of sail and get simple guidance for your course, mainsail and jib in a glanceable interface designed for use aboard a sailboat. AUTOMATIC WIND Sailing Copilot can automatically retrieve regional wind data based on your location, letting you get started without dedicated marine hardware. Weather-based wind is clearly identified as forecast data rather than an onboard measurement. LIVE NAVIGATION Use your iPhone's GPS and compass for heading and speed information. A built-in map shows your position and recent track. MARINE INSTRUMENT INPUT Sailing Copilot supports NMEA 0183 data from compatible Wi-Fi gateways using TCP or UDP. When suitable instrument data is available, the app can use it as an input to its guidance system. MANUAL & SIMULATION MODES No instruments? Enter wind conditions manually or use Simulation Mode to explore different headings, wind conditions and points of sail. See how changes in course and wind affect the guidance provided by Sailing Copilot. KNOW YOUR DATA SOURCE Sailing Copilot identifies whether key information is coming from marine instruments, weather data, manual input, your iPhone or simulation. Stale and fallback conditions are highlighted so you know when the preferred source is unavailable. FROM DATA TO GUIDANCE Sailing Copilot is built around a simple idea: sailing data becomes much more useful when it helps answer one important question: “What should I do?” Sailing Copilot provides advisory sailing guidance only. It is not a substitute for seamanship, proper training, onboard navigation equipment, weather awareness or the judgment of the skipper.

Screenshots

AnchorQueen Jules4 screens
Sailing Copilot1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sailing Copilot at none against AnchorQueen Jules's 20. Sailing Copilot also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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. AnchorQueen Jules sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per year. Sailing Copilot asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AnchorQueen Jules versus Sailing Copilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchorQueen JulesSailing Copilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (164 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings164 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size251 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBarkin TakmazCetin Gurer

In-app purchases

20 purchases

AnchorQueen Jules

Subscriptions17
  • Oceanic Tides$1.491 Year
  • Mexico — Gulf & Caribbean$7.991 Year
  • Mexico — Sea of Cortez$9.991 Year
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  • Mexico — Pacific$9.991 Year
  • Anchor Remote$9.991 Year
  • Australia — North$14.991 Year
  • Swiss Lakes$14.991 Year
  • Taiwan$14.991 Year
  • US East$14.991 Year
  • US South & Gulf$14.991 Year
  • US Great Lakes$14.991 Year
  • US West$14.991 Year
  • Caribbean Sea$14.991 Year
  • US Inland Waterways$14.991 Year
  • Charts New Zealand North (Yearly)$14.991 Year
  • Charts New Zealand South$14.991 Year
  • Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Jules 10,000 Tokens$0.99
  • Jules 100,000 Tokens$4.99
  • Jules 1,000,000 Tokens$29.99
None

Sailing Copilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AnchorQueen Jules free?
AnchorQueen Jules is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sailing Copilot free?
Sailing Copilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AnchorQueen Jules or Sailing Copilot have ads?
AnchorQueen Jules shows ads; Sailing Copilot does not.

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