Comparison

PredictWind Tracker vs Swabbie

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

Head to head
About

PredictWind Tracker

Automatically update your personalized GPS tracking page for real-time location sharing. Ideal for boaters, it allows friends and family to monitor your position and route with weather or satellite maps. Link to add blogs and videos for a permanent record of your journey.

Highlights
  • Automatic GPS tracking updates
  • Real-time location sharing
  • Weather and satellite map overlays
  • Add blogs and video links
  • Personalized tracking page
Features
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This app is designed to automatically update your personalized PredictWind GPS tracking page, ideal for Starlink users or those on LTE/cellular connections. Record and share your tracks to friends families and followers so they monitor your boats position and route in real time with weather or satellite maps. Link through to add blogs, video links for a permanent record of your journey. Note: You need a PredictWind GPS tracking page to use this app. To set up a PredictWind GPS tracking page contact https://www.predictwind.com/contact-us Terms & Conditions: https://www.predictwind.com/about-us/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.predictwind.com/about-us/privacy-policy

About

Swabbie

This app helps boat owners manage maintenance schedules, track engine hours, and organize inventory and provisions. It also logs passages, provides checklists, and monitors fuel consumption. A customizable dashboard offers an overview of key information.

Highlights
  • Maintenance scheduling
  • Engine hour tracking
  • Inventory and parts cataloging
  • Provisioning with expiry monitoring
  • Cruising log and passage recording
  • Customizable checklists
  • Fuel log and consumption tracking
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Swabbie is the all-in-one boat management app built for cruisers, liveaboards, and serious sailors who want to stay on top of every system, spare part, and sea mile. MAINTENANCE & SCHEDULING Set up your boat's systems and components — from propulsion to plumbing — and create maintenance tasks with calendar and engine-hour intervals. Swabbie automatically schedules what's due so nothing falls through the cracks. Log completed work with parts used, costs, and notes. ENGINE HOURS TRACKING Track hours on your main engine, generator, and any other equipment. Engine-hour-based maintenance schedules update automatically as you log runtime. INVENTORY & PARTS Catalog every spare part, tool, and consumable aboard. Organize by zone, location, and container so you can find what you need — even in the depths of the lazarette. Set minimum stock levels and get low-stock alerts. Scan barcodes to add items quickly. Import existing inventories via CSV. PROVISIONS Track food, drinks, and supplies with expiry date monitoring. Scan barcodes to look up product details automatically. Know exactly what's aboard and what's running low before your next provisioning run. CRUISING LOG Record every passage with departure and arrival ports, weather conditions, wind, waves, and barometer readings. Add passage notes and port logs. Map snapshots are generated automatically for each destination. CHECKLISTS Pre-built templates for pre-departure safety, engine start, docking, and watch handoff — or create your own. Run checklists and track completion history. Pin your most-used checklists to the dashboard. FUEL LOG Log every fill-up with volume, price, location, and engine hours. Track fuel costs over time and see consumption trends at a glance. DASHBOARD A customizable home screen with widgets showing overdue maintenance, upcoming tasks, low stock alerts, expiring provisions, fuel summaries, engine hours, your last passage, and active checklists. Add, remove, and reorder widgets to match how you use your boat. BOAT PROFILE Store your vessel's details — make, model, year, LOA, draft, air draft, displacement, fuel and water capacity, HIN, registration, MMSI, and call sign — all in one place. Add a banner photo that appears across the app. ORGANIZED BY YOUR BOAT'S LAYOUT Create zones (Engine Room, Galley, V-Berth), locations within each zone, and containers within locations. Every inventory item and provision can be pinpointed to its exact spot aboard. ICLOUD SYNC All your data syncs seamlessly across iPhone and iPad via iCloud. Update engine hours on your phone in the cockpit and see it instantly on your iPad at the nav station. BACKUP & RESTORE Export complete backups as JSON files to any folder. Restore from backup at any time. Enable automatic backups for peace of mind. CSV IMPORT Migrating from spreadsheets? Import your maintenance logs, cruising logs, and inventory via CSV so you're up and running fast. Swabbie was designed by cruisers, for cruisers. No subscriptions. No ads. Just a clean, focused tool that helps you keep your boat — and your peace of mind — shipshape.

Screenshots

PredictWind Tracker1 screens
Swabbie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Swabbie at 5.0 against PredictWind Tracker's 4.4. Swabbie also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). PredictWind Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and device support 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. PredictWind Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.00 per month. Swabbie asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Swabbie holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PredictWind Tracker has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PredictWind Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Swabbie every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PredictWind Tracker versus Swabbie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPredictWind TrackerSwabbie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPredictWind LimitedHudsucker Industries LLC

Customer experience

PredictWind Tracker

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Swabbie

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PredictWind Tracker

Subscriptions3
  • PredictWind Tracker 1 Month7 Days trial$49.001 Month
  • PredictWind Tracker 3 Months7 Days trial$99.003 Months
  • PredictWind Tracker 12 Months7 Days trial$249.001 Year
None

Swabbie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PredictWind Tracker free?
PredictWind Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swabbie free?
Swabbie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PredictWind Tracker or Swabbie?
Swabbie is rated higher. PredictWind Tracker averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Swabbie averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PredictWind Tracker or Swabbie have ads?
Neither PredictWind Tracker nor Swabbie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PredictWind Tracker or Swabbie?
PredictWind Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Swabbie every 2 weeks. Most recently, PredictWind Tracker was updated on October 22, 2026 and Swabbie on October 6, 2026.

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