Comparison

Vantage Sailing vs SailViewer

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

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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

SailViewer

Features
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SailViewer turns sailing GPS and instrument logs into an interactive debrief on iPhone and iPad. Import a supported sailing file, choose the logs you want to open, and explore the race from several angles: • Track views with boats, courses, selections, and optional map backgrounds • Tables and graphs for comparing selected values • Polar analysis for speed and angle relationships • Start, Race, Boat, and Maneuvers views when supported by the data • Local image sharing from supported analysis windows SailViewer includes synthetic sample logs. Samples start closed, so you decide when to open them. You can import SW2, SLV, GPX, KML, NMEA, VTK, FIT, VKX, supported CSV sources, and supported ZIP archives. Your imported sailing files stay on your device unless you explicitly share them. Ordinary iPhones, including large iPhones, have permanently free local access and do not require weekly license checks. All iPads, including iPad mini, and this iPad app running on an Apple-silicon Mac are free through 31 December 2026. These devices require an internet connection for initial activation and at least once every seven days. Free access ends on 1 January 2027 at 00:00 UTC, when a paid subscription will be required. Purchasing will require a future app update; this release cannot take payments. There is no automatic charge. If access expires, your local library is retained. Optional error reports and usage summaries are off by default. Support reports are sent only when you choose to send them, and original sailing logs are not attached automatically. This is the new SailViewer app and is separate from the legacy SailViewer/TruSailViewer product. Automatic transfer from the legacy app is not promised; keep your original files and import supported formats into this app.

Screenshots

Vantage Sailing4 screens
SailViewer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SailViewer 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 $19.99 per month. SailViewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vantage Sailing versus SailViewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVantage SailingSailViewer
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 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVantage Technologies ASMaster Sailing jdoo

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Vantage Sailing

Subscriptions4
  • Vantage Sailor PRO - Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Vantage Coach PRO - Monthly7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Vantage Sailor PRO - Annual1 Month trial$119.991 Year
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  • Vantage Coach PRO - Annual1 Month trial$179.991 Year
None

SailViewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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