Comparison

Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger vs Doyle Guides

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

Head to head
About

Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger

Record your sailing trips with detailed GPS data, including direction, speed, and time. Share your journey in real-time with friends and family, and create a dynamic blog with geo-tagged notes, photos, and videos. Review your entire trip later with precise track information.

Highlights
  • Real-time GPS track logging
  • Direction, speed, and time recording
  • Remote trip following
  • Geo-tagged notes, photos, and videos
  • Dynamic trip blogging
  • Post-trip review
Features
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Records your GPS track, including direction, speed and time, while sailing. Lets your friends and loved ones remotely follow your trip in real-time from their computers and mobile devices. Review your exact track, speed and direction in real-time or later. Also allows you capture and log geo-tagged notes, photos and movies, so you can create a real-time dynamic blog of your sailing trips. All geo-tagged photos, movies and notes appear in real-time to your remote viewers who are following your trip from their phones/computers. This GPS Tracking app includes a free 2-week online storage subscription to allow sharing and accessing tracking data remotely. Other duration subscriptions are available via in-app purchases. NOTES REGARDING IN-APP PURCHASE OF ONLINE STORAGE SPACE: • Title of service: Tracking - Online Storage. • Length of subscription: 1,3, 6 or 12 months. • Price of subscription: $0.99 USD per 1,000MB online storage per month. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. • Terms Of Use: https://n1.ndili.com/termsofuse.html • Privacy Policy: http://www.ndilitechnologies.com/privacy

About

Doyle Guides

Access comprehensive sailing guides for the southern Caribbean, featuring nautical charts, regulations, services, and points of interest. The app offers an interactive map with user-generated comments and corrections, all free to use. In-app purchases provide access to detailed guide book content.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive sailing guides
  • Nautical charts and navigation
  • Interactive satellite map
  • 3000+ points of interest database
  • User comments and corrections
  • Island-specific content bundles
Features
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Doyle Guides produces the southern Caribbean's most comprehensive and up-to-date sailing guides, complete with nautical charts and navigational information, details on regulations, customs and immigration, general and technical yacht services, marinas, restaurants, provisioning, shore-based attractions, and more. The Doyle Guides mobile app allows users to search our comprehensive 3000+ point of interest database with results shown based on distance from the user and displayed on an interactive satellite map where users can leave public comments as well as suggest corrections and new points of interest, all free of charge. Subscriptions to guide book content is available on both long and short term basis, as well as bundled by island.

Screenshots

Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger4 screens
Doyle Guides4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Doyle Guides at 60% against Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger's 0%. Doyle Guides also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (4.3 vs 2.0). Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Doyle Guides is free to download; Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger costs $4.99 up front. Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Doyle Guides sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Doyle Guides holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doyle Guides has 50 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger's written reviews are positive against 60% of Doyle Guides's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger ships an update every 38 months, Doyle Guides monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger versus Doyle Guides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSailboat GPS Track Data LoggerDoyle Guides
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (2 ratings)4.3 (50 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings250 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNdili Technologies, Inc.Chris Doyle Publishing Limited

Customer experience

Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Doyle Guides

All ratings50 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger

One-time10
  • 1,000 MB Storage Capacity For 1 Month$0.99
  • 1,000 MB Storage Capacity For 3 Months$2.99
  • Highest Resolution and Accuracy Tracking$7.99
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  • 1,000 MB Storage Capacity For 12 Months$11.99
  • 5,000 MB Storage Capacity For 6 Months$29.99
  • 10,000 MB Storage Capacity For 6 Months$59.99
  • 5,000 MB Storage Capacity For 12 Months$59.99
  • 10,000 MB Storage Capacity For 12 Months$119.99
  • 25,000 MB Storage Capacity For 6 Months$149.99
  • 25,000 MB Storage Capacity For 12 Months$299.99
18 purchases

Doyle Guides

Subscriptions18
  • Trinidad & Tobago - 1 month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Martinique Sailing Guide3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • St. Lucia Sailing Guide3 Days trial$19.991 Month
Show 15 more
  • St. Vincent Sailing Guide3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Grenada Package - 1 month3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Trinidad Tobago Sailing Guide7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Martinique Sailing Guide7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • St. Lucia Sailing Guide7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • St. Vincent Sailing Guide7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Grenada Package - 12 months7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Southern Leeward Sailing Guide3 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Northern Leeward Sailing Guide3 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Windward Islands Guide3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • BVI Cruising Guide3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Windward Islands Guide7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Virgin Islands Cruising Guide3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Leeward Islands Sailing Guide3 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • Leeward Islands Sailing Guide7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger free?
Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Doyle Guides free?
Doyle Guides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger or Doyle Guides?
Doyle Guides is rated higher. Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger averages 2.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Doyle Guides averages 4.3 from 50 ratings.
Do Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger or Doyle Guides have ads?
Neither Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger nor Doyle Guides shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger or Doyle Guides?
Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger ships an update every 38 months, and Doyle Guides monthly. Most recently, Sailboat GPS Track Data Logger was updated on September 24, 2026 and Doyle Guides on September 24, 2026.

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