Bearing Pilot vs Nautic Check
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bearing Pilot
This navigation tool helps sailors take quick apparent bearings, displaying the bearing, target course, and required correction. It also provides real-time speed, position, and aids in determining wind direction.
- Apparent bearing measurement
- Target course display
- Wheel correction in degrees
- Real-time speed and position
- Wind direction estimation
- Simple interface
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Bearing Pilot is a new tool for both beginners and profesional sailors. Its extreme simplicity let us take quick apparent bearings, showing us in the screen the bearing taken, the target course and also the correction required at the wheel (in dregrees). Additionally, it provides speed and real-time position. Using a piece of wool or tasting winds, it also help us to get the wind direction easily. Several tools in just one easy App. A great tool for racers, buoy tenders, professionals and recreational sailors. Marinus Apps www.marinusapps.com
Nautic Check
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Make sure you have taken all the previsions and that you have on board everything you need for an enjoyable and safe sailing. Nautic Check offers information, practical advice and safety recommendations about everything you need when you go sailing or in motor boats. Statistically, 60-70% of maritime emergencies occur in recreational boats. Statistics also point to human error as one of the major causes of problems, followed by mechanical failures. Ignorance, lack of adequate and mandatory material or its misuse could aggravate any risk situation. That's why with Nautic Check we help you to ensure that everything is prepared for a safe navigation. It is not a simple and tedious checklist: In just seconds you can setup the features of your boat, the duration of the trip and the equipment on board. From there, you will only be asked with the appropriate questions, unlike other rigid lists that do not have the flexibility offered by Nautic Check. This friendly App gives you valuable information for your safety, asks you questions about the condition of the boat, the engine, the safety equipment, the navigation plan, the communication devices, the provisions, etc., in order to ensure that everything is right before sailing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Nautic Check at Free against Bearing Pilot's $8.99. Nautic Check also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Nautic Check is free to download; Bearing Pilot costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bearing Pilot ships an update every 8 months, Nautic Check every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bearing Pilot | Nautic Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alejandro | Advenio Software |
In-app purchases
Bearing Pilot
No in-app purchases
Nautic Check
No in-app purchases
Questions
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