Skippers Log vs Simple Speedo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skippers Log
This app serves as a digital logbook for yachts, allowing users to record navigational data, weather observations, and trip details. It offers features like automatic log entries, map plotting, and fuel consumption tracking. A premium version unlocks advanced features and extended capabilities.
- Multiple ship and trip creation
- Daily navigational and weather recording
- Automatic log entries
- Trip plotting on maps
- Crew list management
- Fuel and consumption tracking
- Photo and weather forecast integration (Premium)
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Skippers Log is your digital logbook for your yacht. Everything you can do in a good old fashioned paper logbook you can do here: - Create multiple trips for multiple ships - Record daily navigational data and weather observations - Include navigational live data from a wireless NMEA server - Automatic log entries based on the specifications you make (course change, wind change, ...) - Plot your trip on Apple map or Navionics map (active Navionics subscription required) - Print your trip with maps as a PDF - Create crew lists and print them - AIS targets shown on map (data from AIS receiver required) - Synchronize between you devices through iCloud - Display various data fields from NMEA data as overlay on your map - Fuel, water, cooking gas and outboard fuel consumption can be recorded - Take and add pictures to any day in the logbook (Premium version only) - Automatic geotag your position like e.g. "1.6 nm NW of Cape Finisterre" - Automatic download GMDSS and DWD weather forecasts (Euriope only, premium only) - Handling daily checklist (premium only) The free version of this app is limited to 1 ship, 1 trip and 40 manual log entries. Enough for a one or two week charter trip. No NMEA data are processed in the free app. In app purchase for the premium version and a 14-day free trial of the premium version. Please note, that the app will principally run on WiFi only iPads, but it is quite limited on these devices. Even if you use NMEA as your location source, automatic logging and track recording will likely reliably only happen while the app is in the foreground. You can still do manual entries, of course. To unleash the full potential you need a device with a gps receiver. Icons by Icons8
Simple Speedo
This application transforms your iPhone into a straightforward GPS speedometer. It offers a large, readable display for speed, supports multiple units, and includes an optional direction indicator. It's designed for various activities like cycling, driving, or boating.
- Live GPS speed
- Large, readable display
- Direction bar
- Multiple speed units (mph, km/h, knots, m/s)
- Keep screen awake option
- No ads or tracking
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Simple Speedo turns your iPhone into a plain GPS speedometer. Large speed readout, pick your units, optional keep-screen-awake, and a small direction bar if you want it. Handy for cycling, driving, walking, or on the water. • Live GPS speed • Big, readable display • Direction bar • mph, km/h, knots, m/s • Keep screen awake • No ads • No tracking • No sign-up
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Speedo at none against Skippers Log's 2. Skippers Log's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Skippers Log sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Simple Speedo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Skippers Log ships an update every 5 weeks, Simple Speedo every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skippers Log | Simple Speedo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Dieter Konz | Raxla Ltd |
Customer experience
Skippers Log
Simple Speedo
In-app purchases
Skippers Log
- 14-day free trialFree
- Unlimited full version$9.99
Simple Speedo
No in-app purchases
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