Doyle Guides vs PaddleSpot
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.
PaddleSpot
Find and share paddleboarding and kayaking launch spots. Discover new locations, read reviews with photos and safety tips, and save your favorite spots for future adventures. Join a community of paddlers to help grow the platform.
- Discover paddle launch spots
- Browse by location map
- Read and leave reviews
- Save favorite launch sites
- Community-driven submissions
- Monthly challenges
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PaddleSpot helps you discover, review, and share the best paddleboarding and kayaking launch spots in your area. Whether you're a local or a traveler, PaddleSpot makes it easy to find scenic and verified spots to get on the water. Discover hidden gems and popular paddle spots Browse by location with an easy-to-use map Read and leave reviews with photos and safety tips Save favorite launch sites for your next adventure Built for the paddling community, starting in Pensacola, FL PaddleSpot is powered by paddlers like you. Submit spots, participate in monthly challenges, and help grow a community of explorers. Future features will include weather, tide info, and GPS route planning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PaddleSpot at none against Doyle Guides's 18. PaddleSpot also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly) and review sentiment (83% vs 60%). Doyle Guides's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 8). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Doyle Guides sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. PaddleSpot asks for nothing beyond the download.
PaddleSpot holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doyle Guides has 50 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Doyle Guides's written reviews are positive against 83% of PaddleSpot's.
Doyle Guides ships an update monthly, PaddleSpot daily. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doyle Guides | PaddleSpot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (50 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Doyle Publishing Limited | Tyler Feil |
Customer experience
Doyle Guides
PaddleSpot
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
PaddleSpot
No in-app purchases
