Comparison

Nautics Sailmate Classic vs Sailmate

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Nautics Sailmate Classic

Features
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Sailmate is a Finnish navigation app for leisure boaters with the most reliable nautical charts on the market, provided by the Finnish Transport Agency. Sailmate offers unmatched usability and a great user experience for leisure boaters. You can download Sailmate application free of charge. With Sailmate Free you can - Browse and zoom unprocessed copies of the official Finnish nautical charts - See your approximate location on the chart - See comprehensive database of the Finnish guest marinas linked to the map - Create 5 personal POI´s (points of interest) - Buy a separate content service "Scout harbours and routes" The Sailmate Premium -service provides additional features, which are useful when using Sailmate in a boat. In addition to Sailmate Free, Sailmate Premium includes - Exact gps-location display, course indication line, speedometer, heading in degrees - Download the charts to your mobile device (can be used offline without internet) - Marina maps - Unlimited personal POI´s - Route planning using web-browser at address www.sailmate.fi - Routes shown in App, you can navigate along your personal routes. You can buy the Sailmate Premium-service either at the setting page of the App or at the web page www.sailmate.fi. The Sailmate charts are exact unprocessed raster copies of the printed official nautical paper charts. The charts cover all sea- and freshwater areas in Finland. The only minor exceptions are the series S: Saimaan kanava (Saimaa channel) and some freshwater charts in the Kymi river area (446, 447, 452). Do you like our product and want to keep up to date with updates and news on latest features from us? Please rate our product and follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/Sailmate). Have anything to ask from us? Drop a line at our Facebook page or send e-mail to us at tuki@nautics.fi. Finnish Transport Agency's licence no. 1908/1024/2013 WARNING: The Finnish Transport Agency has not verified the information within this service and hence does not accept responsibility or liability for its accuracy, nor for any changes made to the product after completion.

About

Sailmate

This app offers worldwide charts, weather forecasts, and route planning for sailors and boaters. Connect with a community to share locations, rate marinas, and view events. It also includes a signal code identifier and country flags.

Highlights
  • Worldwide nautical charts
  • Offline chart downloads
  • 5-day wind and weather predictions
  • Route planning and ETA
  • Trip recording and sharing
  • Community marina ratings and events
  • International signal code identifier
Features
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Sailmate is a free and easy to use app for sailors and boaters. It provides charts worldwide showing thousands of harbours and marinas and their characteristics, along with numerous buoys, beacons and lights. A directory conveniently sort harbours per countries and regions. In addition to Sailmate own charts, thousands of nautical charts from various authorities could be downloaded and viewed offline, in the USA, Alaska and Hawai (NOAA), France (Shom), Finland, Norway. A comprehensive weather menu gives instant access to weather data, including wind 5-day predictions, actual and forecast weather at thousand of locations, satellite charts. A moving map provides route planning, ETA, heading to waypoint and more. You could create an unlimited number of personal waypoints. Sailmate records performed trips and allow to review later boat paths or share them with friends. You could take pictures during trips, and view them at their location on the map. This social app allows sailors and boaters to exchange together, rate marinas and suppliers, view events, share good anchorage locations... An helpful annex is provided to quickly identify any signal from the international signal code and any country flag.

Screenshots

Nautics Sailmate Classic4 screens
Sailmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sailmate at 9.0 against Nautics Sailmate Classic's 13.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nautics Sailmate Classic sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per year and Sailmate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nautics Sailmate Classic ships an update every 2 months, Sailmate every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Nautics Sailmate Classic versus Sailmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNautics Sailmate ClassicSailmate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNauticsMyriel Aviation SA

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Nautics Sailmate Classic

Subscriptions2
  • Partiolaisten reitit$17.991 Year
  • Sailmate Premium3 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time4
  • Sailmate Premium 2016$17.99
  • Partiolaisten reitit$17.99
  • Sailmate Premium$19.99
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  • Scout Harbours and Routes$19.99
1 purchases

Sailmate

One-time1
  • France SHOM chart subscription$54.99

Questions

Is Nautics Sailmate Classic free?
Nautics Sailmate Classic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sailmate free?
Sailmate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nautics Sailmate Classic or Sailmate have ads?
Neither Nautics Sailmate Classic nor Sailmate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nautics Sailmate Classic or Sailmate?
Nautics Sailmate Classic ships an update every 2 months, and Sailmate every 6 weeks. Most recently, Nautics Sailmate Classic was updated on October 29, 2026 and Sailmate on October 24, 2026.

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