Nautical Cloud vs Lifted Sailing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nautical Cloud
This app provides yacht racing crews with real-time event updates, course management, and race declaration features. It ensures participants are informed and in control throughout race days, from local regattas to global championships.
- Instant event notifications
- Real-time course updates
- Race declarations
- Universal organizer compatibility
- Event schedule management
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Streamline your yacht racing experience with the Nautical Cloud Racing app! Designed for crew on boats racing in events powered by Nautical Cloud, this app keeps you informed and in control throughout the race day. Key Features: • Event Updates: Receive instant notifications for Notices of Race, Sailing Instructions, and any updates or changes to the event schedule. • Course Management: Stay on course with real-time updates about course changes and start time adjustments. • Race Declarations: Easily declare before and after races where required by event organisers. • Universal Compatibility: Works seamlessly with all organisers using the Nautical Cloud platform. Whether you're racing in a local regatta or a global championship, Nautical Cloud Racing ensures you're always prepared, informed, and ready to perform. Download today and take the stress out of race management!
Lifted Sailing
This app acts as a sailing race start timer and real-time tactics computer for Apple Watch and iPhone. It provides live GPS data, wind shift calls, and detailed post-race analysis with interactive replays. Races are stored in your account for easy access and online analysis.
- One-press start and sync
- Live GPS readouts (SOG, COG)
- Lift and header calls
- On-device wind estimation
- Interactive race replays
- Tack and gybe detection
- Leg-aware analysis
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A race-start timer and a tactician — on your wrist and in your pocket. Lifted turns Apple Watch and iPhone into a dedicated race-start timer and live sailing tactics computer. Run your start without looking away from the line — one press starts and syncs the countdown — race with live speed, course, and wind-shift calls at a glance, and replay every race afterward. You can look around before you sign in — a built-in demo race shows the whole replay. To record and keep your own races, sign in with Apple or an email code: your races are stored in your own Lifted account, so you can get them back on a new phone and analyse them online. ON THE WATER • One-press start and sync — the Action button on Apple Watch Ultra, an on-screen button on every other Apple Watch, or right on the iPhone race screen • Set your start line by pinging the pin and committee-boat ends • Live GPS readouts: speed over ground (SOG) and course over ground (COG) • Lift and header calls — Lifted learns your baseline on each tack and tells you when you're lifted or headed • On-device wind estimation, seeded by real forecast data • Records every race as a Sailing workout, with your GPS track, wind history, and start line WATCH AND PHONE, ONE RACE Race from the watch alone, the phone alone, or both: start on the watch and the phone mirrors it live. No watch handy? The iPhone app is a complete race timer on its own — and a built-in demo race lets you try the whole flow ashore. AFTER THE RACE • Interactive replays — an animated boat on your actual track with a time scrubber • Color the track by SOG, VMG, or lift/header to see exactly where the race was won and lost • Tack and gybe detection, with distance lost per maneuver • Scrub-linked charts of speed, heading, VMG, wind direction, and true wind angle • Leg-aware analysis: the race is split into upwind and downwind legs, so VMG means what your tactician means • Inferred wind direction and shift attribution across the whole race — see the shifts you caught and the ones you missed • Share any race as a data package for deeper offline analysis YOUR RACES, IN YOUR ACCOUNT Every race you record is stored in your own Lifted account and kept on your iPhone as well, so replays open on the water with no signal and a lost or replaced phone doesn't lose a season. Races you sail on the watch reach the iPhone by themselves. Each race is also saved as a standard Apple Health workout on your own device — Lifted asks only for permission to write it, never to read the rest of your Health data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nautical Cloud at none against Lifted Sailing's 1. Lifted Sailing's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Lifted Sailing sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Nautical Cloud asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nautical Cloud ships an update every 3 weeks, Lifted Sailing every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nautical Cloud | Lifted Sailing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nautical Cloud | Frederick Lawson |
Customer experience
Nautical Cloud
Lifted Sailing
In-app purchases
Nautical Cloud
No in-app purchases
Lifted Sailing
- Lifted Pro (Annual)1 Month trial$39.991 Year
Questions
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