NMEAkit vs Sailing Rules Pocket Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NMEAkit
This app calibrates wind, pitch, and roll data when used with a NMEAkit device. It offers a rotating mast option to compensate for mast orientation, making data available via NMEA2000 or NMEA0183 gateways.
- Calibrate wind, pitch, and roll
- Rotating mast option
- Compensate mast orientation
- NMEA2000/0183 gateway compatibility
- Works with NMEAkit device
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This application works only with NMEAkit device. The app can calibrate Wind, Pitch and Roll from OpenWind and if the NMEAkit unit contains a compass, you can use the rotating mast option: Align the NMEA kit with the boat's heading, enable mast rotation and calibrate the mast 0° position. The rotation of the mast will be compensated and the information available in NMEA2000 of NMEA0183 gateway.
Sailing Rules Pocket Guide
Access racing rules for sailing directly on your iPhone. This guide focuses on the core text of the rules, providing essential information for checking regulations during races. It's a convenient, portable reference for sailors.
- Easy access to racing rules
- Focuses on rule text
- Portable palm-sized reference
- Verified for accuracy
- Offline access
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Easy access on your iPhone for racing rules! In this app I have omitted the signals and appendix sections of the official rule book and just focused on the text of the rules. In this app you will have all that you need for checking the rules - in the palm of your hand. Note: this pocket guide is not intended to replace the World Sailing official racing rules of sailing in print form! The rules and data in this app are from various public domain resources and verified for accuracy against the official rules from https://www.sailing.org/inside-world-sailing/rules-regulations/racing-rules-of-sailing For the official rules, go the the World Sailing Organization website to obtain the official racing rules of sailing in print form.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sailing Rules Pocket Guide at 100% against NMEAkit's 50%. Sailing Rules Pocket Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sailing Rules Pocket Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of NMEAkit's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sailing Rules Pocket Guide's.
NMEAkit ships an update every 5 days, Sailing Rules Pocket Guide daily. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NMEAkit | Sailing Rules Pocket Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Michael Liesenberg | Allytech LLC |
Customer experience
NMEAkit
Sailing Rules Pocket Guide
In-app purchases
NMEAkit
No in-app purchases
Sailing Rules Pocket Guide
No in-app purchases
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