NextWave vs Binnen Skipper

Next Wave is your essential companion for wake foiling on Swiss lakes. Get real-time boat schedules, smart notifications, and weather data to catch every perfect wave — now with badges, a leaderboard, and verified rides from your Foilmotion sessions, plus full Apple Watch support for instant access on your wrist. MAIN FEATURES: - Real-time schedule data for all boats across 17 Swiss lakes - Wave Check-in: see who's riding each wave and let others know you're coming - Badges & achievements for milestones, stations, lakes, streaks, and seasons - Leaderboard: see how your total waves rank, overall and per station - Verified rides with Foilmotion: import a session to earn verified badges - Apple Watch app - iPhone Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets - Watch complications for instant departure times on your watch face - Intelligent analysis of the best surfing time slots - Visualization of times of day including twilight phases - Smart notifications 3-15 minutes before the wave - Clearly arranged spots on all Swiss lakes - Choice of different notification sounds - Weather data display for each spot - Manual cache refresh for ship deployment data - Albis-Class Filter for the best waves on Zürichsee COMMUNITY & ACHIEVEMENTS: - Check in to a wave to see who else is going — by name or anonymously - Collect badges as you ride: milestones, stations and lakes explored, streaks, seasons, and special moments - Track earned and locked badges with progress on the "My Badges" screen - Climb the leaderboard, overall and per station - Fully optional — turn check-in off any time in Settings VERIFIED RIDES WITH FOILMOTION: - Record a session in Foilmotion and share the GPX file to Next Wave - Next Wave matches your track against the Swiss boat timetable and credits the waves you actually rode behind a Kursschiff - Earn verified badges for longest ride, top speed, total distance, and number of sessions - A clean way to prove and celebrate your real wake-thieving rides APPLE WATCH EXPERIENCE: - Glance at your watch face to see next departures instantly - Automatic nearest station detection based on your location - Synchronized with your iPhone favorites - Perfect for quick checks while at the water PERFECT PLANNING: - Automatically analyzes the best surf sessions - Takes into account the time of day, wave frequency, and weather conditions - Shows sunrise and sunset times - Visualizes twilight phases for better planning - Access all information from your wrist without pulling out your phone - Filter for Albis-Class ships with a simple device flip gesture (Zürichsee) EASY TO USE: - Intuitive design across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch - Quick spot selection with nearest station detection - Simple activation of notifications - Dark mode support on all devices - Seamless synchronization between all your devices - Manual troubleshooting options in settings SAFETY AND RESPECT: - Integrated safety instructions - Respectful interaction with other water sports enthusiasts - Focus on safe surf spots - Real-time updates to keep you informed - Plan your next session smart and never miss a perfect wave again — whether you are checking your iPhone or glancing at your Apple Watch!

Map, weather and safety for five Bavarian lakes: Chiemsee, Lake Starnberg, Ammersee, Tegernsee and Großer Brombachsee. Made by sailors for real life on the water. “Chiemsee Skipper” became “Binnen Skipper”: anyone who bought the app before already has Pro unlocked. FREE OF CHARGE Map, anchor watch, man overboard, emergency contacts and warnings cost nothing. No purchase prompt sits on top of a running warning. • Offline map of your lake with your position – works without mobile network • Anchor watch – alerts you when the boat leaves the circle; supplements your own watch • Man overboard: marks your current position • Official severe-weather warnings from the DWD and the storm-warning lights – all five lakes • Emergency numbers, water rescue, distress signals, emergency plan • Current weather, water level and water temperature • Weather map with wind, gusts, rain and radar – current state • Harbours, moorings, slipways and cranes, steamer piers, points of interest • Course to your destination around islands and marked shallows; “nearest reachable harbour” • Right-of-way rules, nature and quiet zones – with a warning when you enter • Depth contours in the lake, filterable – all but the shallowest, which is part of Pro • Marked shallows and, on some lakes, spot depths closer to shore • Record trips – distance, duration, speed, crew and notes • Share single trips as an image or GPX • Backup and restore WITH PRO – ONE PAYMENT, NO SUBSCRIPTION • The shallowest depth contour too – the last step before shallow water • The whole logbook – open every trip, not just the three most recent • ICON-D2 and ICON-EU forecast models in detail • Weather map: view and play the development • Sailing window – notice the evening before • All webcams on the lake – without Pro you see one • Widgets – water level, temperature, weather and camera • Trip analysis and season totals • Water level and temperature over time • Export the whole logbook – as GPX or spreadsheet • Virtual regatta – set your own course and score it by Yardstick • Measure distances and plan a route • Several boats and a maintenance log • Photos on saved places • Alternative app icons for your home screen The purchase covers all five lakes. SEVEN DAYS OF PRO TO TRY Once per device you can try everything for a week – without payment details. The week ends by itself, there is nothing to cancel. ABOUT THE LOGBOOK, SO IT IS CLEAR Everything is recorded and kept. Without Pro you can open the three most recent trips; older ones stay visible with date, distance and duration and carry a lock. Do keep a backup: uninstalling or switching devices loses local data. ALSO • Message history: read every warning at your leisure • UV index – today, tomorrow and the day after • Sun and moon times, regatta calendar • German and English, light and dark design • Freely selectable units (kn/km/h, NM/km, °C/°F) Data sources: DWD (weather, radar, warnings, UV index), GKD Bavaria / Bavarian Environment Agency (water), Wasserwirtschaftsamt Ansbach (Brombachsee gauging station), Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung (depth contours, CC BY 4.0, modified), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Full details are shown in the app. Depths refer to mean water level; the matching gauge reading is shown in the app. Between the shore and the shallowest contour there is no area-wide depth data – only the individually marked shallows and measured points. All content consists of simplified summaries for general information. It does not replace an official nautical chart, official navigation or your own seamanship; information may be inaccurate or incomplete. The app is not a warning service – alerts may arrive late, incomplete or not at all. The storm-warning lights are not an official warning system; the German Weather Service prevails. Decisions on board remain yours. Statutory liability for life, body and health and for intent and gross negligence is unaffected.