NotiWind vs Regatta Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NotiWind
Get real-time wind notifications for your favorite watersports spots. Set custom notification times and minimum wind speeds to be alerted when conditions are right. Supports over 50 locations worldwide with data from real weather stations.
- Real-time wind notifications
- Customizable notification times
- Set minimum wind speed thresholds
- Support for over 50 global spots
- Data from real weather stations
- Multiple notifications per spot
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The Windsurfers/Kitesurfers/Sailors Alarm Clock & Notifier Are you a Kiter, Windsurfer or a Sailor ...? With NotiWind, you get real time WIND NOTIFICATIONS for your favorite Spots! Do you wake up at 5am to check if wind is up in your Spot and your wife/girlfriend or husband/boyfriend is upset because also today you've woken her up for nothing? Or you just want to check the wind in Six Four or Riva del Garda or any of the other available spots? NotiWind is for you! Setup the notification time range, set minimal wind speed for any number of available spots! When right conditions are met, you will be notified! Not only you can setup wind notifications for different spots but also multiple notification for the same spot. For example, you can setup a certain sound notification for north wind and a different sound for south wind in another moment of the day (or day of the week). More than 50 available spots with data from REAL weather stations: ITALY: LAGO DI COMO: Valmadrera, Lecco, Cremia, Dongo, Dervio, Abbadia Lariana, Mandello, Gera Lario LAGO DI GARDA: Pra, Riva del Garda, Malcesine, Torbole LAGO MAGGIORE: Tronzano, Maccagno LIGURIA: Andora, Loano, Genova TOSCANA: Vada VENETO: Chioggia, Porto Marghera EMILIA ROMAGNA: Porto Corsini, Rimini, Riccione PUGLIA: Siponto (Manfredonia), Vieste, Barletta, Bari SARDEGNA: Poetto ... FRANCE: Six Four la Plage, Arcachon SPAIN: Tarifa, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura SWISS: Silvaplana USA: Kanaha GREECE, CYPRUS, CROATIA, NETHERLANDS, ... Complete list at https://www.notiwind.com Wanna make your meteo station available in NotiWind for free? Let us know: write at staff at surfdose dot com NotiWind is offered by SurfDose http://www.surfdose.com, the place to mark your Windsurf, Kite and SUP sessions. PLEASE NOTE: For the App to works properly, ensure all notifications options for NotiWind are enabled and "Do Not Disturb" mode is disabled. On some phone you need to set NotiWind as a "Priority App". Web: https://www.notiwind.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/surfdose Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/surfdose
Regatta Manager
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Regatta Manager is a powerful, easy-to-use race management solution designed specifically for sailing clubs to streamline all aspects of regatta management. Regatta Manager scoring is fully RRS 2025-2028 compliant and approved by US Sailing. Here’s what it brings to your fingertips: • Design Race Courses: Visually plan courses on a map, drag and drop gates and marks, assign details like leave side, coordinates, pictures, and notes. Use Olympic and standard course template do dynamically configure courses and easily orient them to the wind direction. Use AR buoy finder mode to check buoy position, direction and distances. • Manage Fleets with Ease: Assign boats to classes, classes to divisions, and divisions to different rating systems (PHRF, ORC, IRC, ORR, ORR-Ez) both ToT and ToD. • Fully integrated ORC support: Just tap on the Download button to download all boats certificates and tap on the Assign button in Race/Rate view to assign to all ORC boats a coherent ORC rating index from the certificates such as one of the 5 band ratings or anything else supported by ORC. • Organize Races Efficiently: Pick courses, assign handicaps based on conditions, set starts and finishes, manage penalties, and review scoring—all within the app. • Visualize Key Data: See boats’ live positions, wind, and tide forecasts directly on the map. • Comprehensive and RRS compliant Scoring: Manage a full regatta series, automate scoring, and instantly publish live results to the web. • Simple Data Management: Import/export boat and race data and streamline web-based self-registration for competitors. • Live Mode: Manage your regatta in realtime from the committee boat with Starting Sequence countdown and flags indication, OCS Recording, Finish Recording, Abandon, Postpone and Recall flags, boat tracking through AIS Regatta Manager is an all-in-one, end-to-end race management solution designed to make your club’s regattas more organized, accessible, and enjoyable for organizers and sailors alike. Regatta Manager is a free and fully functional app and we're committed to keep the app totally free for Beer Can style regattas. The cloud infrastructure services that we offer anyway have their own infrastructure costs and we need to require a monthly or year subscription fee for advanced cloud functionalities and for allowing clubs to support unlimited number of Regattas and Races. Regatta Manager Service subscription support the following features: - Manage unlimited number of Regattas - Manage unlimited number of Races - Make all Regatta info visible on Cloud - Allows users to directly register on Cloud - Sync/Download from Cloud - Export/Import Regattas Standard Terms of Use (EULA) are applied and available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NotiWind at none against Regatta Manager's 2. NotiWind also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). Regatta Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Regatta Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. NotiWind asks for nothing beyond the download.
NotiWind ships an update every 3 weeks, Regatta Manager every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NotiWind | Regatta Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luigi Arnaldo Paiella | Polar Sailing LLC |
In-app purchases
NotiWind
No in-app purchases
Regatta Manager
- Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Year Subscription$99.991 Year









