Sailing timer tactical vs Sailing Rules Pocket Guide
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
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 Sailing timer tactical's 57%. Sailing Rules Pocket Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (daily vs every 15 months). Sailing timer tactical's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 3.8. 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 100% of Sailing Rules Pocket Guide's.
Sailing timer tactical ships an update every 15 months, Sailing Rules Pocket Guide daily. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sailing timer tactical | Sailing Rules Pocket Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pieter Oskam | Allytech LLC |
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Sailing timer tactical
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In-app purchases
Sailing timer tactical
No in-app purchases
Sailing Rules Pocket Guide
No in-app purchases
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