Comparison

Race Guide vs Sway Sailing

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Graphical tactical guidance
  • Live, replay, and simulator modes
  • Standalone or instrument-connected operation
  • GPS integration (tablet, Bluetooth, boat)
  • Performance subscription options
  • Bespoke technique optimization
Features
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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.

About

Sway Sailing

Features
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Create sail stories. Logs your sailing trips based on real data from your ship. Share with crew and friends.

Screenshots

Race Guide4 screens
Sway Sailing4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Race Guide ships an update fortnightly, Sway Sailing monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Race Guide versus Sway Sailing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRace GuideSway Sailing
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHibrid Intelligence LtdSkysense B.V.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Race Guide

Subscriptions2
  • Race Guide Performance$26.491 Month
  • Race Guide Performance HiFi$51.991 Month
None

Sway Sailing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Race Guide free?
Race Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sway Sailing free?
Sway Sailing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Race Guide or Sway Sailing have ads?
Neither Race Guide nor Sway Sailing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Race Guide or Sway Sailing?
Race Guide ships an update fortnightly, and Sway Sailing monthly. Most recently, Race Guide was updated on November 3, 2026 and Sway Sailing on October 27, 2026.

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