Sailchart vs RaceData2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sailchart
This app provides GPS tracking for dinghy sailors to analyze race performance. It offers detailed insights into speed, heading, and course strategies, with live and post-race playback. Users can also track training sessions and create personal races for tuning exercises.
- GPS race tracking
- Post-race performance analysis
- Live and post-race playback
- Personal race creation
- Training session data display
- Multi-race viewing
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Race Tracking and Performance Analysis for Dinghy Sailors. GPS tracking has become an invaluable tool for dinghy sailors, offering clear, data driven insights that were once impossible to capture on the water. With accurate speed, heading, and position information, Sailchart helps sailors analyse their performance in detail - improving course strategies and refining key skills like tacks and speed made good. The Sailchart app is used whilst sailing to collect data about the boat’s position, speed and course to provide both live and post-race playback of the race via the app or website and detailed analysis using the Sailchart website dashboard. Key Features of Sailchart include: • Comprehensive post-race analysis on the Sailchart website provides detailed comparison of key metrics including leg times, speed made good, tacking angles and speed loss over the tacks. • Charting of boat performance over time. • The race viewer can combine multiple races into one consolidated view, allowing spectators to view live racing for several races at the same time. • In addition to organised club races, users can create personal races for ad-hoc racing and tuning exercises. • Sailchart can also be used for training sessions where it displays live performance data like VMG and tack performance. Please note that you will need an access code from your sailing club to be able to register an account and track club or personal races. If your club has not enrolled with Sailchart then you can still track a training session.
RaceData2
This app transforms your iOS device into a sailing instrument display, showing real-time navigation and performance data from Expedition software. It offers customizable data pages, advanced graphs, and remote control capabilities for racing sailors.
- Real-time sailing data display
- Customizable data pages and layouts
- Advanced data graphs with trend analysis
- Remote control of Expedition software
- Apple Watch data display
- Night mode and screen-always-on option
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Transform your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch device into a powerful sailing instrument display for Expedition Navigation Software and NMEA0183 data. RaceData2 (RD2) puts critical racing data at your fingertips, delivering real-time performance metrics from Expedition directly to your iOS phone or tablet via WiFi. Bonus is the bundled Apple Watch RaceData3 (RD3). Whether you're racing around the buoys or offshore, stay connected to navigation data with customisable, easy-to-read displays designed for racing. KEY FEATURES Real-Time Data Display - View any Expedition data channels including User and Alt channels with automatic name detection - Multiple data pages with swipe navigation - Customisable grid layouts and data colours - Live data status indicators show connection quality at a glance - Dark theme optimised for day and night sailing Advanced Data Graphs (Subscription) - Track performance trends with real-time graphs - Adjustable time windows: 1, 5, 10, or 30 minutes - Moving Average (MA) and Exponential Moving Average (EMA) trend lines - Visual shading between actual data and trends - Monitor multiple channels simultaneously Race Commands (Subscription only and not with NMEA0183, A+T, iDataNet) - Control Expedition from your device - Ping start line ends (Port/Starboard) - Ping new marks, and move the Active Mark to your bow/gps - Set up and create W/L race courses - Set race timer (1, 4, 5, 10 minutes or custom) - Sync timer to nearest minute - Kill race timer - Mark management - set W/L course, ping new or active mark, advance to next, or return to previous - Set Expedition Events - Emergency MOB (Man Overboard) broadcast - Command acknowledgement (requires Expedition 12.6+) Designed for Racing - Screen always-on option keeps data visible - Night mode - Use proximity sensor to turn screen off when iPhone is stowed - App pinning locks RD2 on screen - Data lock prevents accidental changes - Page lock maintains your preferred layout and allows fullscreen - Demo mode for testing setup without Expedition connection - Simple, clear RD2 watch app data pages Compatibility - Engineered to work with Expedition Navigation Software - Any system broadcasting Expedition format UDP data such as A+T Instruments - iDataNet for legacy systems - NMEA0183 UDP data - Works over standard WiFi networks Apple watch - Paired with your iPhone, receive and display all data. - With the RaceData3 Bridge PC application, your iPhone can request and receive Expedition data over WiFi. Leave your phone ashore. Visit https://www.fieldyachting.com/apps to download the Windows app. SUBSCRIPTION Free Features: - Display up to 4 channels (TWS, TWD, HDG, BSP) - Single 2x2 data page - Demo mode Subscription Features (Annual): - All Expedition channels - Multiple page layout options - Real-time data graphs with trend analysis - Command and MOB sending to Expedition PERFECT FOR: - Racing sailors who need navigation data away from the nav station - Crew members who need specific data for their position - Navigators wanting a wireless repeater display - Coaches monitoring performance from chase boats - Anyone using Expedition who wants mobile data access - Additional on deck or below data display - Add a waterproof case to your iOS device and have a new on-deck display REQUIREMENTS - iOS device on same WiFi network as Expedition computer - Expedition, iDataNet or NMEA0183 broadcasting UDP data on the network - Expedition configured to broadcast UDP data (RD2) and TCP data (RaceData2 Bridge Windows app) - iOS 16.6 or higher - watchOS 10.0 or higher SUPPORT Comprehensive user guide available at: https://www.fieldyachting.com/apps Developed by sailors, for sailors. RaceData2 is actively maintained by Field Yachting Ltd with regular updates based on user feedback from the racing community. View terms of use here: https://www.fieldyachting.com/app-store-terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sailchart at none against RaceData2's 1. RaceData2's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. RaceData2 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $69.99 per year. Sailchart asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sailchart against 5.0 for RaceData2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Sailchart ships an update fortnightly, RaceData2 every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sailchart | RaceData2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Information Engineering Technology Ltd | Field Yachting Ltd |
Customer experience
Sailchart
RaceData2
In-app purchases
Sailchart
No in-app purchases
RaceData2
- RD2 Annual Subscription$69.991 Year
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