Comparison

Vantage Sailing vs Current Coach

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

Head to head
About

Vantage Sailing

This app provides competitive sailors with advanced performance analytics and tracking tools. It offers automated analysis of speed, maneuvers, and wind shifts, with data sharing capabilities for peers and coaches. Elevate your sailing performance with actionable insights.

Highlights
  • Performance analytics
  • Comprehensive tracking tools
  • Automated performance analysis
  • Wind detection algorithms
  • Data sharing with peers and coaches
  • Support for Sailmon, Vakaros, and Garmin devices
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Vantage is a cutting-edge, app-based platform designed for ambitious competitive sailors. Our mission is to empower sailors with advanced performance analytics, comprehensive tracking tools, and actionable insights to elevate their game on the water. Vantage stands as an essential companion for those striving to push their limits and achieve peak performance. We support data from Sailmon, Vakaros and Garmin devices, or simply record your sailing activities directly in the app. Take advantage of automated performance analysis that gives you insights in a matter of seconds. Analyze your speed performance, maneuvers, and dive deep into how you performed throughout the day. Our cutting-edge wind detection algorithms, capable of detecting minor shifts throughout the session, result in VMG and performance numbers you can trust. Connect with your peers and coaches for seamless data sharing and comparison. When you have sailed at the same time and location, Vantage will automatically allow you to share your data through a simple click. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Current Coach

Features
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Current Coach turns your iPhone into a precision tidal current meter for sailors, racers, and cruisers. Drop your phone into a waterproof drifter, let it move with the water for 30–60 seconds, and get the speed and direction of the current in real time. Whether you're calling the first shift off the pin, staying out of a foul current at the layline, or understanding why the boat felt slower on port tack — Current Coach gives you the data instead of the guess. KEY FEATURES • PRECISION MEASUREMENT GPS-driven drift readings with start-to-end displacement. Every measurement shows speed in knots and m/min, direction in degrees, duration, and a confidence score combining GPS quality, recording length, and drift distance. • GPS SIGNAL SCOPE Before you hit Start, a radar-style scope shows live GPS accuracy — color-coded green/blue/amber/coral so you know whether the first ping will be good enough to anchor the reading. • HEAT-MAP VECTOR FIELD Toggle heat-map mode on the map and Current Coach interpolates a full vector field of currents across your race area from the readings you've collected. Lookback adjustable 1–24 hours. Confidence fade shows where the extrapolation is strong vs. weak. • HISTORICAL REVIEW Tap any recorded measurement to jump to the map with a ±12 hour window focused on that moment. Retrace a tack. Compare morning practice to the afternoon race. See how the current evolved. • M2X CLOUD SYNC (OPTIONAL) Sign in with an m2xsailing.com account to sync measurements to the cloud. View them in the web File Library, share with teammates, or disconnect any time. All core features work offline without signing in. • DESIGNED FOR THE HELM Dark palette, large numeric read-outs, readable under sunlight. Portrait-locked. Recording continues while the phone is pocketed. No ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases. Built for sailors who need the answer, not a guess.

Screenshots

Vantage Sailing4 screens
Current Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Current Coach at none against Vantage Sailing's 4. Vantage Sailing's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Vantage Sailing sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Current Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vantage Sailing versus Current Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVantage SailingCurrent Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVantage Technologies ASWilliam McBride

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Vantage Sailing

Subscriptions4
  • Vantage Sailor PRO - Monthly7 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Vantage Coach PRO - Monthly7 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Vantage Sailor PRO - Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
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  • Vantage Coach PRO - Annual7 Days trial$149.991 Year
None

Current Coach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vantage Sailing free?
Vantage Sailing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Current Coach free?
Current Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vantage Sailing or Current Coach have ads?
Neither Vantage Sailing nor Current Coach shows ads.

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