Mojo Sailing vs Make the Ferry
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.
Make the Ferry
This app predicts your chances of making a specific ferry sailing based on live traffic, boat capacity, and filling speed. It provides an exact departure time and real-time vessel tracking to eliminate guesswork.
- Will-I-make-it predictions
- Exact leave-by time calculation
- Live vessel map
- Terminal camera views
- Delay detection
- Leave-by reminders
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Will you make the ferry? Make the Ferry answers the one question every Washington State Ferries rider actually has. Not "when's the next boat," but "if I leave now, will I make this sailing before it fills up?" Most ferry apps show you the raw WSDOT numbers and leave you to guess. Make the Ferry does the math. It combines your live drive time, the boat's real vehicle space, how fast that space is filling, and known delays into one clear answer: your odds of making the sailing, and the exact time you need to leave. Built for how you actually ride the ferry: Will-I-make-it predictions. A real probability for a specific sailing, from where you are right now, in current traffic. Not a schedule. An answer. Leave-by time. The app tells you the exact minute to head out, so you're not sprinting to the dock or leaving an hour early. Live vessel map. Watch every WSF boat move across the Sound in real time on a clean nautical chart. Know where your ferry actually is, not where the schedule says it should be. Terminal cameras. Live views of the holding lanes and approaches, so you can see the queue before you commit to the drive. Delay detection. The app reads the fleet's real positions and flags when a boat is running late, often before the official bulletin catches up. Leave-by reminders. Arm a reminder for a sailing and get a push when it's time to go, or when conditions shift and your window changes. Routes covered: Seattle–Bainbridge, Seattle–Bremerton, Edmonds–Kingston, the full Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth triangle, and Point Defiance–Tahlequah. Made by a ferry rider. Make the Ferry comes from a Bainbridge Island native who got tired of missing boats and staring at numbers that didn't mean anything. It's free, it's fast, and it gives you back the time you'd otherwise spend guessing. Stop guessing if you'll make it. Know if you will.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mojo Sailing at 5.0 against Make the Ferry's 4.3. Make the Ferry's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mojo Sailing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 11 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mojo Sailing | Make the Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frederic PERGOLA | The Big Board LLC |
Customer experience
Mojo Sailing
Make the Ferry
In-app purchases
Mojo Sailing
No in-app purchases
Make the Ferry
No in-app purchases









