Doyle Guides vs Wind Wheel
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.
Wind Wheel
This navigation app helps sailors and maritime enthusiasts understand wind dynamics. It calculates optimal courses and speeds based on desired wind conditions and forecasts relative wind shifts. Gauge wind intensity and anticipate conditions for precise navigation.
- Desired wind calculation
- True wind determination
- Relative wind forecasting
- Beaufort Wind Force Scale
- Course and speed optimization
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Navigate the vast oceans with precision and confidence using Wind Wheel, an indispensable tool for sailors and maritime enthusiasts alike. Delve into the complexities of wind dynamics with ease, allowing you to fine-tune your course and speed with unparalleled accuracy. - Desired Wind: Generate optimal course and speed solutions for your preferred relative winds - True Wind: Determine the true wind conditions based on your vessel's course, speed, and observed relative wind - Relative Wind: Forecast shifts in relative wind before making adjustments to your course or speed - Condition Determination: Gauge wind intensity and anticipate conditions using the Beaufort Wind Force Scale Whether a seasoned mariner or a budding sea explorer, Wind Wheel is the perfect companion to help you harness the power of the wind. Set sail with confidence, chart your course, and let Wind Wheel handle the complexities of wind dynamics for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Doyle Guides at Free against Wind Wheel's $4.99. Doyle Guides also leads on ratings volume (50 vs 7). Wind Wheel's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and chart position (#192 vs unranked). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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; Wind Wheel costs $4.99 up front. Doyle Guides sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Wind Wheel asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Doyle Guides against 4.4 for Wind Wheel. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doyle Guides has 50 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Doyle Guides | Wind Wheel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (50 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #192 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Doyle Publishing Limited | Universal Queue LLC |
Customer experience
Doyle Guides
Wind Wheel
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
Wind Wheel
No in-app purchases
