Race Guide vs Sway Sailing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Race Guide
This app provides advanced graphical tactical guidance for sailing, helping users make smarter decisions on the water. It offers live, replay, and simulator modes, and can be used standalone or connected to boat instruments for enhanced performance.
- Graphical tactical guidance
- Live, replay, and simulator modes
- Standalone or instrument-connected operation
- GPS integration (tablet, Bluetooth, boat)
- Performance subscription options
- Bespoke technique optimization
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New, novel and highly effective graphical tactical sailing guidance software. Race Guide is designed to put you in the right place at the right time, make smarter decisions and get better results. With Americas cup and Olympic heritage Race Guide provides unquestionable performance gain. - A standalone tablet/phone tactical solution or connected to the boat instrument network to run using instrument data and link to Navigator software. - Driven by tablet/phone GPS, Bluetooth GPS or boat instrument GPS. - Live, replay and simulator modes give you the power run realtime, replay or practice. - Add further value with a Race Guide performance subscription enhancing the predictive calculations and increasing frequency and fidelity. Bespoke techniques remove the noise and variation historically seen with tactical aids so the software runs out of the box, whilst keeping the option for more bespoke configuration via the addition of broader polar data, more detailed environmental data predictions and more in depth understanding of the sensor data on board. These will push the performance gains further, maximising the potential of the guidance.
Sway Sailing
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Create sail stories. Logs your sailing trips based on real data from your ship. Share with crew and friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sway Sailing at none against Race Guide's 2. Race Guide's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). 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
Both are free to download. Race Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $26.49 per month. Sway Sailing asks for nothing beyond the download.
Race Guide ships an update fortnightly, Sway Sailing monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Race Guide | Sway Sailing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hibrid Intelligence Ltd | Skysense B.V. |
In-app purchases
Race Guide
- Race Guide Performance$26.491 Month
- Race Guide Performance HiFi$51.991 Month
Sway Sailing
No in-app purchases









