Sailing timer tactical vs Yet Another Sailing App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sailing timer tactical
This app provides a spoken countdown timer for sailing races, displaying distance to the starting line and a track view of covered paths with speed indicators. It utilizes GPS for navigation and can be used with Bluetooth earphones for audio alerts.
- Spoken countdown timer
- Distance to starting line
- Track view of covered paths
- Speed indication
- GPS tracking
- Bluetooth earphone support
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Spoken countdown timer. Distance to starting line Track view of covered paths. Colors indicate the speed. Tips: I advise to extend your screen idle timer. Also set Return to Clock to after 1 hour. Settings->General-> Return to clock You can use bluetooth earphones if the volume is not loud enough. Enable background refresh Settings > General > Background App Refresh This app uses GPS and may impact the battery life. A 10-15% battery drain per hour is normal. Future features: Spoken wind shift messages OCS alarm Manually set Windward and leeward mark Battery optimization (turn off GPS automatically) The following permissions are needed Healthkit: To start a sailing workout. This is also needs to get timer updates and location updates when the screen is off. Location: To plot your route on the map and to calculate the distance to the line
Yet Another Sailing App
This app functions as a sailing race start timer, providing audible and haptic alerts at 30-second intervals and during the final 10 seconds. It displays current boat speed in knots and allows for countdown adjustments using a digital crown. Users can set custom countdowns ranging from one to ten minutes.
- 30-second interval alerts
- 10-second final countdown alerts
- Current boat speed display (knots)
- Digital crown countdown adjustment
- Customizable countdowns (1-10 minutes)
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Yet Another Sailing App is a sailing race start timer. - It vibrates and beeps every 30 sec., and for last 10 seconds on each one. - It also shows a current boat speed in knots. - You can use a digital crown to adjust countdown if you missed a gun. - You can also setup a countdown on anything from 1 to 10 minutes.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sailing timer tactical at 3.8 against Yet Another Sailing App's 2.0. Sailing timer tactical also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). Yet Another Sailing App's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 15 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, 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 timer tactical holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sailing timer tactical has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Sailing timer tactical's written reviews are positive against 50% of Yet Another Sailing App's.
Sailing timer tactical ships an update every 15 months, Yet Another Sailing App weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sailing timer tactical | Yet Another Sailing App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pieter Oskam | IVAN BODYAGIN |
Customer experience
Sailing timer tactical
Yet Another Sailing App
In-app purchases
Sailing timer tactical
No in-app purchases
Yet Another Sailing App
No in-app purchases
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