Comparison

Afloat Plan Home vs SailboatData

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

Head to head
About

Afloat Plan Home

This app allows water sports enthusiasts to submit a plan for their activity, including details about their watercraft and emergency contacts. It tracks your location and sends alerts if you don't return on time, with offline capabilities and a first aid guide.

Highlights
  • Submit float plans via text
  • Watercraft description
  • Emergency contact notifications
  • 10-minute location tracking
  • Offline GPS data archiving
  • SOS eVDSD signal control
  • On-water first aid guide
Features
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Afloat Plan Home for anyone who boats, kayaks, canoes, jet skis, or paddles Purpose: To submit a plan while recreating on the water. Let others know you arrived home safely. Have someone search for you if you don’t come back. Submit via text message all the details of your planned water sports activity. Choose 5 contacts to receive a description of your boat, kayak, jet ski, paddleboard, or canoe. Setting up the app is easy, and you only do it once. • Enter your name, address, phone number, and contact information. • Complete the description of your watercraft—hull numbers, registration, size, and colors. • List your emergency contacts so they are contacted if you are late and do not end your trip. File a float plan in just a few easy steps. Type in your starting location, what your destination is, and what the arrival or return time are. When you push submit, it sends a description of your watercraft, with your starting location and a Google map link, to your contacts. During the course of your activity, your location will be captured every 10 minutes and stored in the cloud. The app continues to acquire your GPS location via satellite and track your trip even when you are out of LTE range. When you are out of range, trip location data is archived locally on your smartphone or tablet. As soon as you reenter LTE range, your offline trip locations are synchronized with the cloud. In the event you don’t end your trip at the scheduled time, the app will send a notification for you to end your trip. After 15 minutes, it will remind you again to end your trip. If after 30 minutes you have not ended the trip, the app will send your trip map to your contacts with route information and your last known location. If you have a Sirius Signal model C-1002 SOS eVDSD, you can test and turn on your signal remotely. The app also shows the light’s battery status. The app also includes an offline interactive looped audio first aid treatment guide for common on-water emergencies.

About

SailboatData

Access a comprehensive database of production sailboat specifications offline. Compare models, search by detailed criteria, and save favorites with personal remarks. Ideal for buyers and marine professionals alike.

Highlights
  • Offline sailboat database access
  • Side-by-side model comparison
  • Search by detailed specifications
  • Save favorite sailboats and designers
  • Add personal remarks to models
  • Sync favorites and remarks via iCloud
Features
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The world’s most recognized database for production sailboat specifications. This is the must-have app for those looking to purchase a sailboat as well as for DIYers, sailmakers, yacht brokers, marinas, riggers, and all other marine professionals. Unlike our website, the app allows access to our database without the need for an internet connection. After downloading, you can experience the full app functionality for the first 2 hours. After that, continue on with the free basic version or subscribe to keep full access. This costs as little as a good coffee (for a yearly subscription, our cheapest option) and supports us adding more useful features and extend the database. The current features include: • Scrollable list containing over 9,200 sailboat models. • Side-by-side sailboat model compare. • Scrollable lists with all designers, builders, and associations. • The scrollable lists have an alphabetic index for quick access. • Each list has a name search bar which updates the list as you type. • Ability to select sailboats, designers, builders, and associations as your favorite. • Toggle button to quickly switch between showing all or only your favorites. • Ability to add your personal remarks for each sailboat model. • Favorites and remarks are shared between all your devices using Apple iCloud. • Refined search by LOA, LWL, Hull type, Keel type, Displacement, Beam, Draft, Rig type, Years Built and all our Ratios. • Ability to sort the refined search results on any of the search parameters. • Settings to personalize displayed units and other features. As you scroll through the sailboat list and look at sailboat and designer details, the corresponding images are downloaded via internet. Once an image has been downloaded it is stored on your device; the maximum storage used is about 500MB.

Screenshots

Afloat Plan Home4 screens
SailboatData4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SailboatData at 4.8 against Afloat Plan Home's 3.3. SailboatData also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 60%) and ratings volume (300 vs 15). Afloat Plan Home's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SailboatData sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Afloat Plan Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SailboatData holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SailboatData has 300 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Afloat Plan Home's written reviews are positive against 89% of SailboatData's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Afloat Plan Home ships an update every 2 months, SailboatData every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Afloat Plan Home versus SailboatData: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAfloat Plan HomeSailboatData
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (15 ratings)4.8 (300 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15300 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB20 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSirius Signal, LLCVMG Media, LLC

Customer experience

Afloat Plan Home

All ratings15 ratings
Positive53.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

SailboatData

All ratings295 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

Afloat Plan Home

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

SailboatData

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Monthly Access$0.991 Month
  • 3 Monthly Access$1.993 Months
  • 6 Monthly Access$2.996 Months
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  • 12 Monthly Access$3.991 Year

Questions

Is Afloat Plan Home free?
Afloat Plan Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SailboatData free?
SailboatData is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Afloat Plan Home or SailboatData?
SailboatData is rated higher. Afloat Plan Home averages 3.3 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while SailboatData averages 4.8 from 300 ratings.
Do Afloat Plan Home or SailboatData have ads?
Neither Afloat Plan Home nor SailboatData shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Afloat Plan Home or SailboatData?
Afloat Plan Home ships an update every 2 months, and SailboatData every 3 weeks. Most recently, Afloat Plan Home was updated on October 24, 2026 and SailboatData on October 29, 2026.

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