Comparison

Tactiqs vs Sailing Rules Pocket Guide

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

Head to head
About

Tactiqs

This comprehensive boat performance system enhances race understanding and decision-making using real-time sensor data. It offers customizable displays for numerous metrics, post-race analysis, and integrated charting with weather forecasts. Supports both instrumented and smaller boats, with advanced features for foiling vessels.

Highlights
  • Real-time performance metrics
  • Post-race analysis tools
  • Sail usage tracking
  • Integrated chart viewer
  • Weather forecasts and routing
  • Augmented reality display integration
Features
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The Tactiqs® Performance System was designed by a team of sail boat racers and technologists from the US and Europe as the ultimate comprehensive boat performance system. It will substantially improve your understanding of the conditions and the race course, and help you make better decisions and win more races. The system utilizes your boat's sensor data via a wireless NMEA interface connected to the Tactiqs® application, allowing the crew to use any number of iOS devices as customizable displays for 52 different performance metrics. An additional data set is available for foiling boats to optimize your flight attitude and performance. Post-race analysis tools give you the details on your performance and let you review the race by numbers as well as track individual sail usage and cross-overs to make optimum use of your inventory. The integrated camera function allows you to take sail shape photos synchronized with your performance data for detailed analysis - photos taken with dual-camera iPhones are perspective-corrected for maximum accuracy in sail-shape analysis tools. For smaller boats without instruments the system uses the iOS devices' built-in sensors and basic wind input controls combined with smart tracking algorithms. The built-in chart viewer (iPad only) enables quick and easy planning and routing for offshore and coastal racing, including fully integrated weather forecasts and routing together with our partner Avalon Offshore. You can create course specific waypoints and exclusion zones to fine-tune your route, and visually edit the course directly in the map. If your boat is equipped with an AIS receiver you can see other vessels and their heading and speed on the chart. The system supports Navionics charts and raster format charts based on BSB versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and GeoTIFF. Navigation in the app is simple - swipe the left edge to switch between live race mode, race analysis mode, and setup mode, and the right edge to select a view within each mode. When in live race mode, swipe up and down to switch between performance data and start data, and between wind and course data. That's all you need to know. Additionally, the Tactiqs® system offers custom augmented reality displays in the form-factor of sun-glasses that provide you the key data right within your field of vision. These glasses are fully integrated with the iOS application and can replicate any metrics of choice. Race data such as course definitions, your sail inventory, and your boat's VPP data are synchronized with your iOS device for offline access during racing. Once you have raced with this level of understanding of the race track and your boat's performance in realtime you will never want to go back.

About

Sailing Rules Pocket Guide

Access racing rules for sailing directly on your iPhone. This guide focuses on the core text of the rules, providing essential information for checking regulations during races. It's a convenient, portable reference for sailors.

Highlights
  • Easy access to racing rules
  • Focuses on rule text
  • Portable palm-sized reference
  • Verified for accuracy
  • Offline access
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Easy access on your iPhone for racing rules! In this app I have omitted the signals and appendix sections of the official rule book and just focused on the text of the rules. In this app you will have all that you need for checking the rules - in the palm of your hand. Note: this pocket guide is not intended to replace the World Sailing official racing rules of sailing in print form! The rules and data in this app are from various public domain resources and verified for accuracy against the official rules from https://www.sailing.org/inside-world-sailing/rules-regulations/racing-rules-of-sailing For the official rules, go the the World Sailing Organization website to obtain the official racing rules of sailing in print form.

Screenshots

Tactiqs4 screens
Sailing Rules Pocket Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sailing Rules Pocket Guide at daily against Tactiqs's every 8 days. Sailing Rules Pocket Guide also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 89%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Tactiqs's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tactiqs against 5.0 for Sailing Rules Pocket Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tactiqs has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Tactiqs's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sailing Rules Pocket Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tactiqs ships an update every 8 days, Sailing Rules Pocket Guide daily. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tactiqs versus Sailing Rules Pocket Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTactiqsSailing Rules Pocket Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (19 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB31 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMarine Ventures LLCAllytech LLC

Customer experience

Tactiqs

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Sailing Rules Pocket Guide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tactiqs

No in-app purchases

None

Sailing Rules Pocket Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tactiqs free?
Tactiqs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sailing Rules Pocket Guide free?
Sailing Rules Pocket Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tactiqs or Sailing Rules Pocket Guide?
Tactiqs and Sailing Rules Pocket Guide are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 19 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Tactiqs or Sailing Rules Pocket Guide have ads?
Neither Tactiqs nor Sailing Rules Pocket Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tactiqs or Sailing Rules Pocket Guide?
Tactiqs ships an update every 8 days, and Sailing Rules Pocket Guide daily. Most recently, Tactiqs was updated on September 17, 2026 and Sailing Rules Pocket Guide on September 8, 2026.

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