Starboard Sail vs TackTracker Sailing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starboard Sail
Organize sailing information, manage crew, and track racing performance. Connect with other sailors and plan regattas. Keep track of rig setups, sail usage, to-do lists, and your racing schedule.
- Connect with sailors
- Manage crew invites
- Organize sailing info
- Track racing goals
- Manage racing schedule
- Sail usage tracking
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Starboard Sail, the new sailing app - Connect with other sailors and manage crew invites for regattas - Organize sailing information, including rig set-up, sail usage, “to do” lists and racing schedule - Track your racing goals and performance
TackTracker Sailing
This app helps sailors improve their racing performance by tracking GPS data, speed, and heading in real-time. It provides post-race analysis to compare performance against the fleet and identify areas for improvement.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Speed and heading data
- Fleet comparison
- Course review
- Race management for committees
- Boat registration
- Performance analysis
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Run better races. Sail faster. Know why. TackTracker is the race management platform built for the way you actually race — from casual Wednesday night beer cans to competitive weekend regattas. For Race Committees Create a race in minutes. Share a join code and watch registrations roll in. TackTracker manages your countdown sequence, tracks the fleet from the committee boat, and logs every finish — no VHF chaos, no spreadsheets. When you're ready to restart the series, carry your fleet over with one tap. For Racers Find races near you, register your boat, and get on the water. TackTracker tracks your GPS trail, speed, and heading in real time so you know exactly how you sailed — not just where you finished. After the Race The real edge is in the data. Compare your elapsed time against the fleet, review your track against the course, and identify the legs that made or cost you places. Race after race, the picture gets clearer. Stop guessing. Start improving.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Starboard Sail at 15.1 against TackTracker Sailing's 17.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Starboard Sail against 5.0 for TackTracker Sailing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starboard Sail | TackTracker Sailing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Margherita LLC | Edward Hulseman |
Customer experience
Starboard Sail
TackTracker Sailing
In-app purchases
Starboard Sail
No in-app purchases
TackTracker Sailing
No in-app purchases
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