Sailing Term vs Sextant Emulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sailing Term
Master sailing terminology with this educational app. It offers a dictionary section for learning terms and a quiz section to test and expand your knowledge of sailing vocabulary.
- Sailing term dictionary
- Repeat learning sections
- Solve learning questions
- Expand sailing knowledge
- Vocabulary practice
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Welcome to Sailing Terms! Expand your nautical vocabulary and improve your sailing knowledge with an easy-to-use reference guide. • 100+ sailing terms with detailed definitions • Daily Word of the Day to help you learn new terms • Powerful search and easy browsing • Interactive quizzes to test and reinforce your knowledge Whether you’re a beginner sailor, a sailing enthusiast, or an experienced mariner, Sailing Terms helps you learn and remember essential nautical terminology.
Sextant Emulator
Simulate using a sextant to measure latitude by sighting the sun and horizon. Includes tools for calculating declination, local solar noon, and basic surveying.
- Pocket sextant simulation
- Measure latitude
- Sight sun and horizon
- Declination calculator
- Local solar noon calculator
- Basic surveying tools
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This app lets you carry a Sextant in your pocket. Just like a real/physical sextant, you can swing the index arm, sight the sun and the horizon and measure your latitude. The Sextant Emulator app also includes a calculator for declination, local solar noon and basic surveying.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sextant Emulator at none against Sailing Term's 1. Sextant Emulator also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price, monetization model, 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
Both are free to download. Sailing Term sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sextant Emulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Sailing Term | Sextant Emulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (81 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Orendasoft Ltd. | Timothy Smith |
Customer experience
Sailing Term
Sextant Emulator
In-app purchases
Sailing Term
- Sailing Terms Plus$1.99
Sextant Emulator
No in-app purchases
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