Mojo Sailing vs EZ Sextant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mojo Sailing
This sailing app transforms live boat data into clear, powerful instruments for racers and cruisers. It offers essential tools for navigation, race timing, and immediate Man Overboard alerts, optimized for cockpit visibility.
- Routing with NOAA Charts
- Bearing & Compass Tools
- Man Overboard (MOB) alerts
- Race Timer & Start Tools
- Live NMEA Instrument Display
- iPhone & iPad Optimized
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Mojo Instruments is a modern sailing companion for racers, cruisers, and anyone who lives by wind, tide, and timing. Built for iPhone and iPad, Mojo turns live boat data into clean, powerful instruments. Whether you’re lining up for the start, navigating, or reacting instantly to a Man Overboard, Mojo keeps critical information front and center — fast, readable, and reliable. Key Features - Routing with NOAA Charts with polars (create course and class start times on https://www.mojosailing.app/) - Bearing & Compass Tools: Quick visual bearings and heading references designed for on-deck decision making. - Man Overboard (MOB): Instant MOB marking and navigation, plus quick SMS alert sharing - Race Timer & Start Tools: Purpose-built race timers and stopwatches to nail the start and stay competitive. - Live NMEA Instrument Display: Connect over Wi-Fi and display live NMEA 0183 data via UDP or TCP: Speed, heading, wind, depth, GPS, and more - Anchor Watch with loud alarm. Works with common onboard instrument systems and multiplexers. iPhone & iPad Optimized: Designed for cockpit visibility, night sailing, and quick glances.
EZ Sextant
Navigate open waters using your phone's camera to sight celestial bodies. This app plots lines of position and combines them for an estimated location on a lat/lon grid. It's a powerful tool for offshore navigation without relying on GPS.
- GPS-free navigation
- Camera-based celestial sightings
- Automatic position plotting
- Built-in almanac
- Running fix calculations
- Lat/lon grid display
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Navigate in open waters without a GPS. The phone's camera is used to make sightings of the sun, moon, Venus, or Mars. The sighting results are plotted as lines of position with multiple sightings combined into a running fix. Your estimated position is displayed on a lat/lon grid. You can also use your sextant and take advantage of the built-in almanac and plotting tools.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mojo Sailing at Free against EZ Sextant's $24.99. Mojo Sailing also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). EZ Sextant's advantage is chart position (#76 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Mojo Sailing is free to download; EZ Sextant costs $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mojo Sailing against 5.0 for EZ Sextant. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
Mojo Sailing ships an update weekly, EZ Sextant monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mojo Sailing | EZ Sextant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $24.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #76 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frederic PERGOLA | Third Reef Software LLC |
Customer experience
Mojo Sailing
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In-app purchases
Mojo Sailing
No in-app purchases
EZ Sextant
No in-app purchases









