Doyle Guides vs Cruising Guide Publications
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Cruising Guide Publications
Navigate the British and U.S. Virgin Islands with comprehensive guides. Discover history, national parks, dive sites, and provisioning information. Includes detailed anchorage details, piloting instructions, and local communications for a complete cruising experience.
- BVI & USVI cruising guide
- History and national park information
- Dive site and operator contacts
- Cruiser logistics and safety
- Detailed anchorage and piloting
- Local weather and communications
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Complete guide the the BVI & USVI Including: History of the Virgins.A brief overview of the evolution of the islands through the plantation era to present National Parks overview and regulations for BVI and USVI. Dive sites and dive operator contact information. Planning logistics for cruisers and charterers. Routes from the US along with travel, safety, emergency contacts. How and where to provision. Detailed information on navigation, Mooring usage, weather and local communications. Customs and Immigration formalities and locations Detailed anchorage information, with supporting aerial graphics and sketch charts for all three USVI islands, including extensive shoreside information. Detailed piloting and navigation instructions for all anchorages in and around the BVI from Tortola to Anegada. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Doyle Guides and Cruising Guide Publications both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 60% of Doyle Guides's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cruising Guide Publications's. Doyle Guides also leads on ratings volume (50 vs 9). Cruising Guide Publications's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Doyle Guides sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Cruising Guide Publications sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Doyle Guides against 4.2 for Cruising Guide Publications. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doyle Guides has 50 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Doyle Guides's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cruising Guide Publications's.
Doyle Guides ships an update monthly, Cruising Guide Publications fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doyle Guides | Cruising Guide Publications |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (50 ratings) — better | 4.2 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Doyle Publishing Limited | Cruising Guide Publications |
Customer experience
Doyle Guides
Cruising Guide Publications
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
Cruising Guide Publications
- St. Lucia Sailing Guide$19.991 Month
- Grenada Sailing Guide$19.991 Month
- St. Vincent Sailing Guide$19.991 Month
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- Martinique Sailing Guide$24.991 Year
- St. Vincent Sailing Guide$24.991 Year
- Grenada Sailing Guide$24.991 Year
- Northern Leeward Sailing Guide3 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Southern Leeward Sailing Guide3 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Windward Islands Sailing Guide$29.991 Month
- The Cruising Guide to the USVI7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- The Cruising Guide to the BVI7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- The Cruising Guide to the VI3 Days trial$29.991 Month
- Windward Islands Sailing Guide$39.991 Year
- The Cruising Guide to the VI7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Leeward Islands Sailing Guide3 Days trial$39.991 Month
- Leeward Islands Sailing Guide7 Days trial$59.991 Year
