Comparison

Virtual Regatta vs Dock your Boat 3D

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

Head to head
About

Virtual Regatta

Experience realistic offshore sailing races against thousands of players worldwide. Manage your boat's energy, adapt to real-time weather, and compete in official virtual regattas. Choose from a vast fleet of sailboats and test your tactical skills.

Highlights
  • Real-time offshore racing
  • Realistic weather simulation
  • Energy management
  • Fleet of diverse sailboats
  • Official race partner
  • Multi-platform play
Features
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WHAT IS VIRTUAL REGATTA ? Virtual Regatta is a free sailing game, an offshore racing simulation. Virtual Regatta is not like simple sailing games, by playing Virtual Regatta you become the skipper of your boat/sailboat against the "winds of the globes". Race against hundreds of thousands of rivals in real time and compete against Vendée Globe skippers like Jérémie Beyou, Sam Davies and Alex Thomson from your computer, smartphone or tablet. ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES ON VIRTUAL REGATTA! An incomparable fleet of sailing boats: you will have more choice than in a boat rental! Indeed Virtual Regatta allows you to sail on many boats such as Class 40, Imoca, Figaro, Imoca, Ocean 50, Offshore Racer, mini 6,50, Super Maxi 100, Tara, Ultim, Caravelle... In addition, several formats of offshore races are available to delight all e-sailors. AS CLOSE TO REALITY AS POSSIBLE! Virtual Regatta innovates day after day in order to bring e-sailors closer to the real conditions experienced by skippers on their boats at sea with features such as • Energy management: Learn how to manage your energy like a strategist to stand out from your competitors, because depending on your state of fatigue, your manoeuvres are more or less fast as in reality. • The one-minute engine: The position of your boat is now calculated every minute! JOIN THE VIRTUAL REGATTA COMMUNITY! Virtual Regatta is the biggest sailing community in the world and counts more than 1 million active e-skippers. Virtual Regatta is an official partner of the FFVoile, the World Sailing Federation (World Sailing) and the Olympic Games with whom Virtual Regatta co-organizes all existing official eSailing events. Sail with the best ! Virtual Regatta is the official sailing simulation game of the biggest sailing races: Vendée Globe, Route du Rhum, Transat Jacques Vabre, Solitaire Le Figaro, and the Olympic Virtual Series. Take the helm of your boat and compete with the biggest names in offshore racing in Virtual Regatta! HOW TO PLAY VIRTUAL REGATTA ? • Give your boat a name. • Start at the same time as the real skippers on your virtual boat. • Use the real weather as a tactician. • Adapt your sails to the weather conditions. • Adjust your course according to the weather conditions. • Follow your boat on your mobile or tablet. • Track the position of other competitors. • Plan a course change. VIRTUAL REGATTA VIP MEMBERSHIP • The VIP membership is available for a period of 3, 6 or 12 months (automatically renewable). • The VIP membership gives access to bonus features of the game. • The payment will be debited from the iTunes account when the purchase is confirmed. • Subscription renews automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The account will be billed for the renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, and identifies the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions can be managed by the user and automatic renewal can be disabled by accessing the user's account settings after purchase. TERMS OF USE https://click.virtualregatta.com/?li=4952 PRIVACY POLICY https://static.virtualregatta.com/ressources/PrivacyPolicyVRApps.htm?v=201807• If the subscription is cancelled, the package will still be available until the end of the paid period

About

Dock your Boat 3D

This 3D simulator helps skippers practice docking and undocking yachts in various environments. It allows users to manage lines, fenders, and anchors, with adjustable wind strength for customizable difficulty. Users can also design and share their own scenarios.

Highlights
  • 3D yacht docking simulation
  • Maneuvering practice
  • Line, fender, and anchor handling
  • Adjustable wind strength
  • Custom scene design
  • Scene sharing
Features
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This completely redesigned 3D Version of the famous App "Dock Your Boat" offers even greater enjoyment of training because of its advanced user-friendly functions and beautiful artwork. The developers are passionate skippers by themselves and bring their sailing experience into the game. The basic concept behind Dock your Boat 3D is the same as for the first 2D Version: The boat and harbour-simulator for docking and undocking under engine helps the skipper to improve her/his skills in safe manoeuvring of yachts in different environments. It also allows to handle lines, fenders and anchor. The wind strength can be set individually depending upon desired degree of difficulty. If you want to play all scenes you will have to purchase a subscription. You will get access to all existing and future scenes then. From now on you can also design your own scenes and share with your friends or students. We offer several subscription models ranging from 1 week to 1 year. The price is shown inside the app since it slightly varies for different countries. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Service: http://dyb3d.sfinx-it.com/eula Privacy Policy: http://dyb3d.sfinx-it.com/about Should also work on older devices back to 2015! Recommendation: Make sure the app can access the internet on the first run! It should download scenes and other configurations that might be specific for your device. After that network is not needed anymore. However you will not get any configuration updates or new scenes then! You might have to tap the "Factory reset" button on the start screen, if you encounter problems.

Screenshots

Virtual Regatta4 screens
Dock your Boat 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Virtual Regatta at free with in-app purchases against Dock your Boat 3D's subscription. Dock your Boat 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Virtual Regatta sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $27.49 per 3 months and Dock your Boat 3D sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dock your Boat 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 759 and 561 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Virtual Regatta's written reviews are positive against 65% of Dock your Boat 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Virtual Regatta ships an update fortnightly, Dock your Boat 3D every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Virtual Regatta versus Dock your Boat 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtual RegattaDock your Boat 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (759 ratings)4.6 (561 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews65.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings759 — better561
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size304 MB215 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVirtual RegattaKlaus P Kobald Gmbh

Customer experience

Virtual Regatta

All ratings752 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral5.1%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews754 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral12.6%
Negative39.0%

Dock your Boat 3D

All ratings522 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews218 reviews
Positive65.1%
Neutral9.6%
Negative25.2%

User reviews

Virtual Regatta

From 759 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Virtual reality experience
  • 👍 Realistic sailing simulation
  • 💡 Ability to race against real-world sailors
  • 🌍 Opportunity to learn about sailing and geography

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases required to be competitive
  • 🔍 Lack of clear instructions and tutorials
  • 🕰️ Slow app performance and long loading times
  • 🔌 Drains device battery quickly

Dock your Boat 3D

From 561 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Realistic physics
  • 💡 Helpful for practicing sailing and docking
  • 👍 Excellent for sailors and boaters
  • 👍 Fantastic simulation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Subscription model is frustrating
  • 🔋 Game is power-hungry
  • 👎 Limited number of boats and scenarios

Bugs and requests

Virtual Regatta

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Waypoints and course changes not registering properly
  • Ranking system shows inaccurate and inconsistent positions
  • Inability to log in or access races after updates
  • Boat position and movement not syncing correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add offline mode and ability to create custom races
  • Improve 3D graphics and visualization of land/water
  • Provide better support and communication from developers
  • Implement more realistic weather and current simulations
  • Allow easier customization of boat settings and controls

Dock your Boat 3D

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Boat controls become unresponsive
  • Camera issues during docking
  • Leashes and fenders not functioning properly
  • Frequent crashes and freezes

Requested features

7 requests
  • More boats and yacht types
  • Additional scenarios and locations
  • Customization options for boats
  • Dynamic weather and time of day
  • Multiplayer functionality
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  • Man-overboard mode
  • Towing and tugboat functionality

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Virtual Regatta

Subscriptions1
  • VIP Membership Subscription$27.493 Months
One-time9
  • Pack 400 credits$1.99
  • Full option pack$3.99
  • Pack 1000 credits$4.99
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  • Full option pack$8.99
  • Pack 2300 credits$9.99
  • Full option pack$13.99
  • Full option pack$18.99
  • Full option pack$23.99
  • Full option pack$24.99
9 purchases

Dock your Boat 3D

Subscriptions6
  • Subscription Superpack 1 Week$1.997 Days
  • Subscription Superpack 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • Subscription Superpack 3 Month$7.993 Months
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  • Subscription Superpack 6 Month$11.956 Months
  • 1 Year Subscription$14.991 Year
  • 1 year superpack$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • Boat Settings$1.99
  • Weather$1.99
  • Thrusters$1.99

Questions

Is Virtual Regatta free?
Virtual Regatta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dock your Boat 3D free?
Dock your Boat 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Virtual Regatta or Dock your Boat 3D?
Dock your Boat 3D is rated higher. Virtual Regatta averages 4.2 out of 5 from 759 ratings, while Dock your Boat 3D averages 4.6 from 561 ratings.
Do Virtual Regatta or Dock your Boat 3D have ads?
Virtual Regatta shows ads; Dock your Boat 3D does not.
Which is updated more often, Virtual Regatta or Dock your Boat 3D?
Virtual Regatta ships an update fortnightly, and Dock your Boat 3D every 3 weeks. Most recently, Virtual Regatta was updated on November 6, 2026 and Dock your Boat 3D on November 6, 2026.

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