Navimeter vs Doyle Guides
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Navimeter
Track your speed, course, and distance with this GPS utility. View four different data screens, including combined metrics like average speed and logged distance. Access critical navigation information directly from your watch face complication.
- Speed, Course, Distance measurement
- COG (Course Over Ground) display
- SOG (Speed Over Ground) display
- LOG (distance log) tracking
- Combined data screen
- Watch face complication
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You can measure your speed, course, and loges (SOG, COG, LOG) Place an app complication on your favorite watch look and take your GPS data whenever you need it. 4 different screens for GPS data. COG - Course Over Ground Is the actual direction of progress of a vessel, between two points. Plus your speed in knots and logged distance in nautical miles on the same screen. SOG - Speed Over Ground Is the speed of the vessel relative to the surface of the earth. Plus maximum and average speed on the same screen. LOG - the automatic record of your logs in nautical miles. Plus current speed and trip time on the same screen. Combined Data Display - all information on one screen. SOG - speed over ground avg kn - average speed in knots max kn - maximum speed in knots COG - course over ground log nm - logged nautical miles time - trip time
Doyle Guides
Access comprehensive sailing guides for the southern Caribbean, featuring nautical charts, regulations, services, and points of interest. The app offers an interactive map with user-generated comments and corrections, all free to use. In-app purchases provide access to detailed guide book content.
- Comprehensive sailing guides
- Nautical charts and navigation
- Interactive satellite map
- 3000+ points of interest database
- User comments and corrections
- Island-specific content bundles
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Doyle Guides produces the southern Caribbean's most comprehensive and up-to-date sailing guides, complete with nautical charts and navigational information, details on regulations, customs and immigration, general and technical yacht services, marinas, restaurants, provisioning, shore-based attractions, and more. The Doyle Guides mobile app allows users to search our comprehensive 3000+ point of interest database with results shown based on distance from the user and displayed on an interactive satellite map where users can leave public comments as well as suggest corrections and new points of interest, all free of charge. Subscriptions to guide book content is available on both long and short term basis, as well as bundled by island.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Doyle Guides at Free against Navimeter's $3.99. Navimeter's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and in-app purchases (none vs 18). On ads and device support 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
Doyle Guides is free to download; Navimeter costs $3.99 up front. Doyle Guides sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Navimeter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Navimeter ships an update weekly, Doyle Guides every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | Navimeter | Doyle Guides |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gleb Semerenko | Chris Doyle Publishing Limited |
Customer experience
Navimeter
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In-app purchases
Navimeter
No in-app purchases
Doyle Guides
- Trinidad & Tobago - 1 month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Martinique Sailing Guide3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- St. Lucia Sailing Guide3 Days trial$19.991 Month
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- St. Vincent Sailing Guide3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Grenada Package - 1 month3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Trinidad Tobago Sailing Guide7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Martinique Sailing Guide7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- St. Lucia Sailing Guide7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- St. Vincent Sailing Guide7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Grenada Package - 12 months7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Southern Leeward Sailing Guide3 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Northern Leeward Sailing Guide3 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Windward Islands Guide3 Days trial$29.991 Month
- BVI Cruising Guide3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Windward Islands Guide7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Virgin Islands Cruising Guide3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Leeward Islands Sailing Guide3 Days trial$39.991 Month
- Leeward Islands Sailing Guide7 Days trial$59.991 Year
