Marinus vs KnotWright
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marinus
This app provides comprehensive guidance on maritime navigation rules and signals. It offers detailed information on flags, lights, sounds, and buoyage systems, along with interactive quizzes and a map feature. Designed for sailors, it ensures safe navigation on any vessel.
- Maritime flags and meanings
- Weather scales and cloud identification
- Sound signal guidance
- Vessel navigation light diagrams
- Day shape identification
- Safe navigation maneuvers
- Morse code decoder
- IALA Buoyage System
- Radio communication guidelines
- COLREGs text
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Not just another app for navigation rules… this is THE app for navigation rules! Created by sailors, for sailors, Marinus COLREGs is designed to provide clear and instant answers to your questions anytime, anywhere. It's the essential app for your sailboat or motorboat. Key Features: • Flags – All maritime flags with their meanings. • Meteo – Beaufort and Douglas scales, plus cloud identification. • Sounds – Navigate safely with sound signal guidance. • Lights – Detailed views of every vessel's navigation lights from all angles. • Day Shapes – Learn and identify the correct day shapes for any situation. • Maneuvers – Clear guidance on safe navigation maneuvers. • Morse – Decode Morse signals with ease. • Buoys (IALA) – Understand the International Buoyage System. • Radio – Key radio communication guidelines. • ColRegs – Full text of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCS). • Quiz – Test your knowledge with interactive quizzes. • Map – Visualize navigation concepts on an interactive map. Access PRO Features Unlock all PRO features with an affordable annual subscription. Your support helps us maintain and improve the app, keeping it the trusted tool for sailors around the world. Join thousands of sailors who trust Marinus ColRegs every day on their iPhone. Whether you're an experienced seafarer or just starting your nautical journey, this is the app you’ve been looking for! For any questions, feel free to contact us at info@marinus.es.
KnotWright
Learn to tie various knots with animated, step-by-step instructions. This offline trainer offers a free core set of knots and a paid Pro version for expanded features like practice drills and export options. All your data is saved locally.
- Animated step-by-step knot tying
- Offline learning
- Free core knots included
- Knotbook for notes and tags
- Practice drills
- Printable practice cards
- Mastery history export
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KnotWright is an offline, animated knot trainer built for learning by doing. Open a knot and scrub its hand-authored tying animation forward or backward until each turn and tuck makes sense. Ten core knots are free, along with a five-item knotbook for your own notes and tags and a three-card drill taster. The one-time KnotWright Pro unlock adds sailing, climbing, and angling packs for 24 knots in total, the full drill with saved mastery and streaks, an unlimited knotbook, an angling trip log, printable practice cards and knotbook sheets, and mastery-history CSV export. There is no subscription. No account or sign-in is required, and there is no bee2.io analytics or advertising SDK. KnotWright shows no ads. KnotWright Pro unlocks additional features only. Everything you save stays on your device. KnotWright is for general education and hobby practice. It is not certified climbing, rescue, marine, arborist, rigging, or life-safety instruction. Obtain hands-on training and use rated equipment for safety-critical work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Marinus at 4.4 against KnotWright's 1.0. Marinus also leads on ratings volume (215 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). KnotWright's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). 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. Marinus sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per year and KnotWright sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Marinus holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marinus has 215 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Marinus ships an update every 5 weeks, KnotWright fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Marinus | KnotWright |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (215 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 215 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alejandro | BEE2.IO LLC |
Customer experience
Marinus
KnotWright
Bugs and requests
Marinus
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not working, ads won't clear
- App crashes frequently
- Mistake with sounds
- App crashes after 10-15 seconds
Requested features
7 requests- Settings for Buoyage A & B & combined
- Search feature
- Combine sounds and lights
- Add tides information
- More free version functionality
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- More detail in maneuvers section
- Lights with silhouette and head-on/stern-on views
KnotWright
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Marinus
- Marinus PRO3 Days trial$8.991 Year
KnotWright
- KnotWright Pro$2.99









