Boat Gateway vs KB Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boat Gateway
This utility app simulates boat navigation data for testing purposes. It allows users to download and play recorded scenarios, offering a hands-on experience with boat control features like autopilot.
- Simulation of boat navigation signals
- Downloadable historical log data
- Demo cases for testing scenarios
- Autopilot control simulation
- Compass instrument integration
- Wi-Fi connection check
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After startup, you will get a waiting screen and stop there due to it is waiting the connection of real Boat Gateway device. Since you may not have the Boat Gateway device on hand, the actual signals of boat will not be received. To get the feeling of usage or for test, this app has a simulation function to play historical “log” that recorded earlier in real world. Please follows procedures below. 1. First, installed and open this app . You will get the screen to wait connection of real Boat Gateway device. 2. Click the three-bars icon on upper left corner to get the fly-out menu. The simulation function is located at “Demo Cases”. 3. When you enter the “Demo Cases”, You will get three tabs on bottom. The first tab is “Cases Download” and marked as red icon. By entering this function, it will immediately check the cloud and get the list of simulation scenarios. To download the simulation file, you can slide the rows to get the download button and then trigger to download. 4. With the file downloaded, we can move on the next step. Please restart this App, you will find demo words on the corns of "Check Wifi". You can start simulation cases by press the demo words. 5. This app will run simulation as real life if anything go right. 6. You can open the "Setting" and turn on "Fly Mode Auto-Pilot Control". To use this function, go to "Compass Instrument" and tape the second tab "Autopilot" on the bottom. You can try to tap the compass and swing your phone to see the fly mode control working. Have fun.
KB Tools
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KB Tools contains the following set of tools: Area-calculator, Volume-calculator, Unit converter and an Elevation-calculator. Area-calculator: - Rectangle - Triangle - Trapezoid - Circle - Sector - Ellipse - Parallelogram Volume-calculator: - Sphere - Cone - Cube - Cylinder - Rectangular Tank - Capsule - Sperical Cap - Conical Frustum - Ellipsoid - Square Pyramid - Tube The area-tool accept input in meters, feet, yards, inches, miles, kilometers and centimeters. The volume-tools does also includes input in millimeters, micrometers and nanometers if needed. The Elevation-tool lets you calculate the grade, grade in percentage, angle in degrees and the fraction when filling in the vertical distance and the horizontal distance. Accepts the following input units: millimeter, centimeter, meter, kilometer, inches, feet, yards, miles, and nautical miles. The converter-tool let you convert units of Length, Weight and Mass, Area, Volume, Time, Temperature, Speed and Data storage. See the full list below! Length: Meter, Kilometer, Decimeter, Centimeter, Millimeter, Micrometer, Nanometer, Mile, Yard, Foot, Inch, Nautical Mile and Light year. Weight and Mass: Kilogram, Gram, Milligram, Ton, Pounds, Ounce, Carrat, Ton (short), Ton (long) and Atomic Mass Unit. Area: Square neter, Square kilometer, Square centimeter, Square millimeter, Square micrometer, Hectare, Square mile, Square yard, Square foot, Square inch and Acre. Volume: Cubic meter, Cubic kilometer, Cubic centimeter, Cubic millimeter, Liter, Milliliter, Gallon, Quart, Pint, Cup, Tablespoon, Teaspoon, Fluid ounce, Cubic mile, Cubic yard, Cubic foot and Cubic inch. Time: Second, millisecond, Minute, Hour, Day, Week, Month and Year. Temperature: Kelvin, Celcius, Fahrenheit, Rankine and Reaumur. Speed: Meter/second, Kilomter/hour, Mile/hour, meter/hour, Kilometer/second, Foot/hour, Foot/second, Mile/second, Knot and Mach. Data storage: Bit, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte and Exabyte. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://somnail.no/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boat Gateway at none against KB Tools's 1. Boat Gateway also leads on ads (none vs shown). KB Tools's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days). On price, 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. KB Tools sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Boat Gateway asks for nothing beyond the download.
Boat Gateway ships an update every 11 days, KB Tools every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boat Gateway | KB Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Li-Ren Lin | Kristoffer Bjoernvik |
In-app purchases
Boat Gateway
No in-app purchases
KB Tools
- KB Tools No Ads$1.991 Month









