Comparison

Beat Racing vs OnboardAssistant

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

Head to head
About

Beat Racing

Track your water sports performance and compete with friends. Create custom races, compare stats by equipment, and measure progress on global courses. Enjoy a free experience with friends.

Highlights
  • Route tracking
  • Custom race creation
  • Performance comparison
  • Equipment type stats
  • Global course times
  • Progress measurement
Features
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Beat Racing is a water sports tracking app which combines route tracking with competitive options so you can enjoy with friends. Create your own races with groups in a variety of different crafts. Share and compare performance by equipment type and handicap. Track your own performance and measure progress. Compare your times on iconic courses around the world. Beat Racing is a free app. https://www.beat-racing.co.uk/legal/terms.html https://www.beat-racing.co.uk/legal/privacy.html Icons provided by https://icons8.com

About

OnboardAssistant

Features
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OnboardAssistant is a handy little tool for yacht racing which will complement your onboard electronics and let you get rid of wet notes. It will let you ping sail changes, race times, changes in boat configuration, incidents, performance comments and any other important user-defined event which is not captured directly by your electronics. It also lets you take pictures, record audio and video while you are out on the water. Once your sailing session is complete you can review and update your notes and upload it all to the cloud. Once in the cloud, the data can be accessed by a number of thrid party tools such as SailingPerformance's RaceReplay. All your data will then be automatically be loaded and synchronized, ready to be analyzed! Terms of use available at: https://www.advancedsailingperformance.com/oba-terms-service.html

Screenshots

Beat Racing4 screens
OnboardAssistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

Beat Racing and OnboardAssistant are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beat Racing ships an update every 2 months, OnboardAssistant every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Beat Racing versus OnboardAssistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeat RacingOnboardAssistant
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiCentric Systems LtdSailingPerformance S.L

In-app purchases

None

Beat Racing

No in-app purchases

None

OnboardAssistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beat Racing free?
Beat Racing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OnboardAssistant free?
OnboardAssistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beat Racing or OnboardAssistant have ads?
Neither Beat Racing nor OnboardAssistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beat Racing or OnboardAssistant?
Beat Racing ships an update every 2 months, and OnboardAssistant every 5 weeks. Most recently, Beat Racing was updated on October 11, 2026 and OnboardAssistant on October 7, 2026.

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