Protest vs Sail Robin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Protest
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The app Protest helps to solve rules relevant conflicts in sailing regattas. With a series of yes/no questions, in which the Racing Rules of Sailing of World Sailing are checked in parallel, the app builds up the situation and presents the resulting decision. A menu provides access to the facts found, the conclusions and the rules applied. The default language of the app is English. If the phone is set to German as system-language the app language is German. The texts of the situation, conclusions and facts can be switched directly between English and German. Developed by Mag. Michaela Schmidleitner in cooperation with and on behalf of Sport Consult, Ing. Mag. Gert Schmidleitner. Protest Terms and Conditions: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/74452679 Protest Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/74452679/full-legal ======================== Version 25.0.0: => technical updates => database update to the racing rules of sailing 2025-2028 ------------------------------------
Sail Robin
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Sail Robin is the smart sailing app for racing sailors. GPS track recording, race course navigation, sail replay, performance analytics, and a social feed — all in one app. CONNECT WITH YOUR FLEET Social feed, likes, comments, follows, and club leaderboards. Share your sails and see what your class and your club is up to. RACE SMARTER Venue mark databases with preloaded courses - or build your own by pinging makes on the water. Real-time bearing, distance, and time-to-mark. Configurable countdown timer with start line distance. Start analysis so you can nail every gun. REPLAY AND ANALYSE Watch your sail back with speed-coloured tracks and wind overlay. Deep-dive manoeuvre analysis in the Robin Flight School — tack and gybe profiles, VMG, distance lost. See where you're fast and where you're losing ground. Trim the start or finish off any recording if you began early or forgot to stop. RACE THE ROBIN Go head-to-head against a ghost boat at Club, National, World, or Olympic Champion level. The most fun way to benchmark your sailing and track improvement. COMPARE WITH YOUR FLEET Share your race data and compare your race with a clubmate. See on a granular basis exactly where you are gaining and losing against each other around the track. WORKS WITH ALL YOUR DATA Import Vakaros VKX files, Garmin, GPX, NMEA, Velocitek VTK and CSV. Send a Vakaros track straight to SailRobin from the share sheet. Connect Bluetooth devices such as heart rate monitors or boat sensors. LAUNCH VENUES Dublin Bay · Howth · Greystones · Cork · Kinsale · Solent · San Francisco · Newport · Chicago - Annapolis 30-day free trial of all features. No credit card required. Terms of Use: https://sailrobin.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://sailrobin.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sail Robin at none against Protest's shown. Sail Robin also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Protest sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per year and Sail Robin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $119.00 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Protest ships an update every 2 months, Sail Robin fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Protest | Sail Robin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.8.3 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michaela Schmidleitner | Sail Robin |
In-app purchases
Protest
- Protest PRO$10.991 Year
- Protest PRO+$22.991 Year
Sail Robin
- Annual Pass$119.001 Year
- Regatta Pass$29.99
- Season Pass$89.00









