SpotBuoy vs TrackNautic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpotBuoy
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Manage your SpotBuoys and visualize the course setup with this app. Wind tracker will help you to keep track of the wind shifts through out the day.
TrackNautic
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TrackNautic is the app for the way you sail. Cruising, racing, dinghy or board: tell it what you're sailing today and it shows only what you need. Record your outings, make better calls on the water and share every mile with the people you sail with. MADE FOR YOUR KIND OF SAILING • Cruising: an anchor alarm that watches for dragging, a target with course, distance and arrival time, marinas and tides. • Racing: a tactical panel with laylines, your boat's polars and tack calls, a start line with distance and time to the line, and the race live for anyone watching from shore. • Dinghy: tactics, speed peaks and club sessions, with a ranking of who was fastest. • Board (windsurf, kite, wing): big speed numbers and live 2, 5 and 10-second peaks. NUMBERS YOU CAN READ IN THE SUN Speed, heading, target and whatever your mode needs, in big numbers you can read in sunshine, through spray and with gloves on. One tap and you're recording. And if you like, voice navigation calls out the numbers. A SAILOR'S CHART Marks and buoys, marinas, weather stations with their live wind and your track on the chart. Set a target or a waypoint and sail to it. RELIVE EVERY OUTING Your outings saved with the track coloured by speed, moving time, average, peaks and manoeuvres. Replay them like a film, share them with your crew or publish them in Sailings. And whenever you like, create a card or a video for social media. THE WIND, BEFORE YOU HEAD TO THE MARINA Your favourite stations with the current wind as soon as you open the app, nearby stations in one tap, and seven-day forecasts and tides. SAILING IS BETTER TOGETHER • Feed: the outings of the people you follow, with their track and numbers. • Live session: share your position with a link and compete in the session ranking. • Meetups: pick a spot, a day and a time, and let people join. When it starts, everyone is in the same session. • Crew: find a boat to crew on, or crew for your boat. • Rankings by discipline and your personal records. YOUR CLUB AND YOUR REGATTAS Find your club and ask to join: its station with the current wind, its regattas and meetups in your calendar, and the members who are on the water. Enter regattas and follow the results. EVERYTHING YOURS, IN ORDER Your boats and boards with their details, your records and achievements, your calendar of renewals and your sailor card with a QR code so others can follow you. APPLE WATCH Record from your wrist with speed, heading and peaks on the watch face, join a live session, and the outing reaches the app on its own. NO SIGNAL, NO PROBLEM Recording works without coverage and your outing syncs when you're back online. START IN A MINUTE Three questions and you're sailing: how you sail, what you sail and what you want to do today. Free. Recording your outings, the community, meetups and regattas cost nothing. Some advanced features, such as live records and peaks or the anchor alarm, are Premium. TrackNautic does not replace instruments or official nautical charts: always sail with care. Viento · Mar · Vela.
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Verdict
SpotBuoy and TrackNautic are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | SpotBuoy | TrackNautic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Murat Almat | Globunet Soluciones Tecnologicas SL |
In-app purchases
SpotBuoy
No in-app purchases
TrackNautic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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