Comparison

Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker vs Float Control

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

Head to head
About

Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker

Track your performance across over 30 water sports with detailed metrics like speed, distance, and wind conditions. Analyze your sessions, compare gear, and connect with a community of water sports enthusiasts. Offers advanced features for dedicated athletes.

Highlights
  • GPS tracking for 30+ water sports
  • Detailed speed, distance, and duration metrics
  • Wind, weather, and tide forecasts (Pro)
  • Heart rate and gear logging
  • Session history and progress tracking
  • Live location sharing (Pro)
  • Integration with Apple Watch, Garmin, Coros, Suunto
Features
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Waterspeed is a GPS tracker for sailing, wingfoil, windsurf, SUP, kayak and 30+ other water sports. Record every session on the water and see your speed, distance and track in detail. WIND ALERTS AND FORECASTS • Wind alerts: pick when you want to head out, and Waterspeed tells you when the wind is right, with time to get ready (Pro) • Wind, weather and tide forecasts for the spots near you (Pro) • Wind history and spot conditions (Explore+) MEASURE • Speed, max speed, average speed, distance and duration • Best speeds over 2 s, 10 s and 500 m (Pro) • Your track on the map, with speed shown along the route • Heart rate from your watch, wind, strokes and foiling time • Tacks and gybes analysis, foiling efficiency (Pro) • VMG (velocity made good) and true wind angle (Ultra) • Polar charts and performance against target speeds (Ultra) • Upwind/downwind and port/starboard analysis, legs and runs, gains and losses in distance and angle (Ultra) • Countdown timer for race starts (Pro) • Session history and progress over months and seasons WORKS WITH YOUR DEVICES AND APPS • Apple Watch: record your session right from your wrist • Garmin, Coros, Suunto and Vakaros: your sessions sync into Waterspeed automatically • Strava and GPS-Speedsurfing.com: send your sessions there automatically (Pro) SPORTS Sailing (dinghy, keelboat, catamaran), wingfoil, windsurf, kitesurf, foil, efoil, pumpfoil, SUP, kayak, canoe, downwind, powerboat and 30+ water sports. IMPROVE • Log your gear (boards, sails, wings, foils, boats) and compare sessions • Challenges and leaderboards with the community • Share sessions with friends LIVE SHARING • Live location sharing, so people on shore can follow you (Pro) PLANS Free to download and record. Pro unlocks full stats, history and sync. Ultra adds advanced sailing and racing analysis: VMG, true wind angle, polars, legs and runs. Waterspeed Pro and Ultra are monthly or yearly subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple account and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. One subscription works on all Apple devices linked to your iCloud account. Waterspeed can export activities to Apple Health. We love hearing from the community: support@waterspeedapp.com Terms of Service: https://www.waterspeedapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.waterspeedapp.com/privacy

About

Float Control

Monitor real-time statistics like voltage, amps, and speed for your VESC-based electric skateboards. Use your watch to view stats or get voice summaries. This app is for daily riding and monitoring, not initial setup.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth connectivity to VESC builds
  • Real-time statistics monitoring (voltage, amps, speed)
  • Watch companion app for stats and voice summaries
  • Designed for balance vehicles and esk8
  • Focuses on daily riding and monitoring
Features
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Connect to your VESC based esk8 skateboard builds via Bluetooth to monitor statistics such as voltage, amps, speed and many more. Specifically targeting balance vehicles. You can also use your watch to view all the important stats or trigger a voice summary. This is not a replacement for the VESC App for initial setup and configuration. Use this app once your board is well configured and running smoothly. For terms and conditions see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker4 screens
Float Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker at Free against Float Control's $3.99. Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 82). Float Control's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker is free to download; Float Control costs $3.99 up front. Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Float Control sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Float Control holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker has 1.1K ratings behind it against 82, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker's written reviews are positive against 97% of Float Control's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker ships an update every 10 days, Float Control every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker versus Float Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaterspeed Sailing GPS TrackerFloat Control
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings)4.9 (82 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews97.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better82
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#31 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWaterspeed Technologies LimitedDavorin Mista

Customer experience

Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker

All ratings1,115 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews604 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative10.1%

Float Control

All ratings82 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.6%

Bugs and requests

Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Float Control

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Freezes on 10% while connecting to Thor400
  • Does not pick up THOR301
  • Voice coaching breaks after updates
  • Bluetooth connection dropping

Requested features

4 requests
  • Make voice coaching more reliable
  • Clearer UI design
  • One-time fee instead of subscription
  • Fix compatibility with older iOS versions

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker

Subscriptions10
  • WS Monthly subscription14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • WS Quarterly subscription14 Days trial$7.993 Months
  • Waterspeed Ultra Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Waterspeed Ultra Monthly$19.991 Month
  • WS Yearly subscription14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Waterspeed Ultra Yearly1 Month trial$99.001 Year
  • Waterspeed Ultra Yearly14 Days trial$199.001 Year
1 purchases

Float Control

Subscriptions1
  • Float Control Pro$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker free?
Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Float Control free?
Float Control costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker or Float Control?
Float Control is rated higher. Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Float Control averages 4.9 from 82 ratings.
Do Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker or Float Control have ads?
Neither Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker nor Float Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker or Float Control?
Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker ships an update every 10 days, and Float Control every 4 days. Most recently, Waterspeed Sailing GPS Tracker was updated on November 9, 2026 and Float Control on November 7, 2026.

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