Boatie Logbook vs NightPilot

Boatie Logbook is a sailing logbook built for real passages. Start the log when you slip lines, capture weather and position at each watch change, review the track afterwards, and export a clean PDF for the boat's paperwork, insurance, or certification. Designed offline-first. Core logging works without an internet signal — because that's what cruising is actually like. Every new download includes a 10-day preview before you choose a plan. — BASIC (one-time purchase) — • Passages with departure / destination, crew, vessel, and timed log entries • GPS track recording with pause, resume, and map review on Apple Maps • Units: nautical miles, knots, hPa, degrees T or M, and more • Man Overboard feature with map annotation, bearing and range, and haptic cues • Join shared passages as crew (code or QR) and receive your own signed-off log • Crew cards — share your profile for a skipper to scan onto the roster • Passage PDF export, Insights dashboard, and barometric pressure with weather advisories • Export a passage map or short animated track for Messages and social media. Pick feed or story sizes, optional satellite view • Apple Watch: speed, course, elapsed time, and MOB from the wrist • iPhone and iPad with iCloud sync across devices • Manually document past passages with self-declared miles and hours • Share an image or animation of your track on your socials — EXTENDED SUBSCRIPTION — • Mapbox passage maps with offline regions — your track on a marine-style basemap for the log (not primary navigation) • NMEA 0183 (TCP/UDP/WebSocket) and SignalK to auto-fill log entries from onboard instruments • Weather forecast and Passage Weather Brief at ports • Photo attachments, on-device dictation (nothing leaves the device), and AI field suggestions from notes (iOS 26+) • Pre-departure, arrival, and general checklists per vessel • Add a timed GPX track as a completed passage so voyages recorded elsewhere can live in Boatie Logbook too • Boatie Log archive import/export and CSV export • Ports library with search and one-tap import; add crew from Contacts • Watch event presets and dictated quick-log; crew Watch entries merge into the skipper's log • Engine hours and fuel usage Insights widgets • Show community sourced seamarks (OpenSeaMap) as an overlay to your track maps • Import GPX tracks from other Apps/Devices to keep your Passage Log history up to date — PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION — Everything in Extended, plus: • Invite crew to a passage — share a join code or QR as skipper • Marine weather and Passage Brief (wave, swell, moon) • AIS targets on the Live map (NMEA or SignalK) • Mile Builder: examiner-ready mile summary with filters and PDF per crew member • Your miles and crew breakdown Insights for qualification tracking • Vessel maintenance log with engine-hours and next-due alerts — anti-foul, rigging, anodes, flares, gas certificates, engine service, and more • Passage Live Activity on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — WHO IT'S FOR — • Skippers documenting sea time for certification, charter applications, or insurance • Crew building miles on deliveries and club cruises • Anyone who's scribbled "1200 — changed course 240°" on a soggy notebook • Delivery skippers who want one PDF per passage and a CSV archive of the season • Cruisers who want weather, sea state, and position in one place — PRIVACY — Your log data is yours. Photos and dictation never leave the device. Track data syncs via your iCloud account (not my servers) unless you export it. I don't sell data or run ads. Policy: https://msswsolutions.com/boatie-logbook-privacy-policy/ Terms & Conditions: https://msswsolutions.com/boatie-logbook-terms-and-conditions/ Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings or within the app. Questions or feature requests? Contact me via the Settings->Support link in the app — I read everything.

A night pilotage training aid for sailors. 1 month or 1 year non-renewing subscriptions are available. A subscription will full access to a database of most lit buoys in the Solent and its main channels and ports. including:- Ashlett Creek, Beaulieu, Cowes, Fareham Lake, Fishbourne, Hamble, Itchen, Lymington, Port Solent, Portsmouth, Yarmouth Buoys or marks can be identified from their light phase and bearings can be taken. With this information, and by reference to the log and your pilotage chart, you are able to practise entries into unfamilier ports at night Directional lights (WRG), leading lights and lighthouses are included. Can also be used to practise finding an unlit mark at night. (a yachmaster exam favourite) Facility to specify a tidal stream (set and rate) to add the drift that would affect your course over the ground Track made good is recorded and shown on the chart Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/