Buoy Zone vs Sailing Coach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buoy Zone
This app simplifies yacht racing course setup for sailing clubs and race officers. It allows for real-time course sharing, mark laying guidance with compass directions, and participant tracking on a map. Streamline race management and focus on the competition.
- Real-time course sharing
- Mark laying guidance
- Participant tracking on map
- Compass direction and bearing
- Distance calculation
- Course updates
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Buoy Zone is designed to help sailing clubs, Race Offices and support vessels, lay yacht racing courses. The Race Officer sets a course from the start boat and shares this course with their support boats and other participants. The participants can see the course on a map, get course updates in real-time and all support boats can also been seen on the map. Any boats laying marks can zoom in on the map and see exactly where to lay their marks, or tap on a mark for real-time compass direction, bearing and distance. Take the time and pain out of setting an accurate course, and get on with the awesome racing.
Sailing Coach
This app provides a portable yacht simulation for explaining sailing concepts. It can be used on one or multiple devices to demonstrate maneuvers, rules, and strategies for various sailing scenarios.
- Portable yacht simulation
- Demonstrate sailing maneuvers
- Explain racing rules
- Multi-device strategy planning
- Adjustable wind direction
- Simulate wind shifts
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There are times when you just need a small yacht in your hand, whether you're trying to explain the America's Cup to a non-sailor, teaching your own young sailor, discussing the rules with your crew, or talking to your team about mark traps. Use the app on one phone to talk about port and starboard, tacking, gybing, and reaching. Use the app on two phones by setting the wind direction for both and you're all set to discuss right of way, proper course, and mark roundings. Use 6 phones and you can strategise for team sailing. Once you've set the wind direction the wind indicator will track it for you just as you would expect and the sail will set accordingly, whether you're heading up to the top mark or down to the bottom gate. You can add a wind shift to right or left and talk about lifts and knocks. And obviously if you're pointing directly into the wind you're going nowhere. Sailing Coach is the yacht you can carry in your pocket wherever you go.
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Verdict
Buoy Zone and Sailing Coach both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Sailing Coach's written reviews are positive against 25% of Buoy Zone's. Sailing Coach also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Buoy Zone sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.49 per month. Sailing Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Buoy Zone against 3.0 for Sailing Coach. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Buoy Zone's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sailing Coach's.
Buoy Zone ships an update fortnightly, Sailing Coach every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buoy Zone | Sailing Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OCEAN LABS LIMITED | Zebra Crossing |
Customer experience
Buoy Zone
Sailing Coach
In-app purchases
Buoy Zone
- Race Officer Monthly$8.491 Month
- Race Officer Annual$43.991 Year
Sailing Coach
No in-app purchases
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