Sailmon vs VISCompass2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sailmon
Track and analyze your sailing, foiling, and watersports activities. Improve your performance with detailed insights, compete on leaderboards, and share your adventures with a global community. Connect with fellow sailors and Olympic athletes.
- Log every mile on the water
- Analyze speed, heel, pitch, and COG
- Improve sailing performance with insights
- Compete on global leaderboards
- Share photos, videos, and adventures
- Connect with other sailors and athletes
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Make your sailing, foiling and other watersports more fun and challenging with the Sailmon Sailing App. Track every mile on the water, analyse and improve your performance to get on the leaderboards and share your adventures with the rest of the world! Download the free Sailmon App and join the fast-growing #SAILMONSTER community with +5000 members. We believe that capturing and sharing your performance makes you a better sailor. Nobody gets inspired by untold stories. No one gets challenged by unrecorded performances. That’s why Olympic Gold medal winners like Dylan Fletcher, Ruggero Tita and Tom Slingsby use our revolutionary Sailmon App. ----- How do you maximize your sailing experience with the Sailmon Sailing App? • LOG EVERY MILE Once connected to a Sailmon device, every trip on the water will be automatically sent to the Sailmon App as soon you’re off the water! Check your activity, personal highlights and statistics. • ANALYSE Relive your trip on a clear visual map with a graph, down to every second. Analyse your speed, heel, pitch and COG and see where you won or lost. Learn from your finest moments or worst mistakes. And compare your data with your training and racing partners who are at the same time and location on the water – live or afterwards. • IMPROVE The Sailmon App provides you with all the insights you need to become a better sailor. Not sure about your upwind or downwind performance? The app shows you the way. Finetune your targets next time you go out sailing and come closer to perfection. • GET RANKED - Compare your daily highlights (such as top speed) with everyone else that day. - See how you rank on the leaderboard with your best results ever. - Every leaderboard is clearly categorized by highlight, class or period. • PHOTO AND VIDEO Bring your performance on the water alive with photos and videos. Share your adventures as a story: in-app with other users or on social media with the rest of the community. Add data (like speed, heel, pitch and COG) and tag other users to inspire. • SHARE AND CONNECT - Follow, like and comment. Keep an eye on your friends and competitors. Learn from others. - Share your daily highlights as a social post/story or direct message. Add a custom background to personalize your records. - Bring your performance on the water alive with photos and videos. Share your adventures as a story: in-app with other users or on social media with the rest of the community. Add data (like speed, heel, pitch and COG) and tag other users to inspire.
VISCompass2
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VISCompass enables a smartphone to function as an audio-compass and navigation aid. It enables visually impaired crew to helm a yacht or motorboat under the guidance of an experienced skipper. It also enables experienced VI sailors to reduce their dependence on sighted crew. Starting from steering a compass course effectively, VI sailors progress to developing skills like sailing to the wind and tacking the boat. VISCompass’ help function is available in both text and audio format , and the audio-compass settings are adjustable to suit different conditions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VISCompass2 at none against Sailmon's 3. Sailmon's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Sailmon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. VISCompass2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Sailmon | VISCompass2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sailmon BV | Matthew Clark |
In-app purchases
Sailmon
- Premium Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
VISCompass2
No in-app purchases









