Dinghy Sailing vs Sailing Race Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dinghy Sailing
This app provides sailing navigation instruments, replacing expensive digital equipment. Mount your device to your vessel to display up to eight instruments, including race timers and flags. Customize your display by enabling, disabling, and rearranging instruments.
- Replaces expensive digital instruments
- Displays up to eight instruments
- Race timer functionality
- Flag display
- Customizable instrument layout
- Vertical device mounting
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Dinghy Sailing is a useful tool for sailors. It can replace expensive digital instruments. Mount your iPad or iPhone to your vessel in a vertical position (either landscape or portrait). Dinghy Sailing displays up to eight instruments. Use the tabs to select the race timer, flags and instrument editor. You can enable/disable each instrument and drag to rearrange the order of the instruments on display.
Sailing Race Assistant
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RaceAssistant is your co-skipper on the water — a powerful, modern sailing telemetry and regatta assistant built for competitive sailors. Track your live navigation data like Speed Over Ground (SOG), Course Over Ground (COG), Heading, and Position. Monitor your race start timing, calculate distance and time to the start line, and make strategic decisions faster and more confidently. Key Features: • Real-Time Start Timer & Distance-to-Line Calculations • Live SOG, COG, Heading & GPS Coordinates • Interactive Session Maps with Start/Stop Tracking • In-depth Post-Race Analysis with SOG Charts • Logbook with Notes, Positives, Negatives, and Equipment Used • Add Photos & Generate Shareable Race Summaries • One-tap Share to Instagram Stories or System Sharing • Designed by and for passionate regatta sailors Whether you're competing offshore, training on lakes, or managing your club races — RaceAssistant is your essential tool on the helm.
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Verdict
Dinghy Sailing and Sailing Race Assistant are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Dinghy Sailing | Sailing Race Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gordon Aspin | Jan Doniec |
In-app purchases
Dinghy Sailing
No in-app purchases
Sailing Race Assistant
No in-app purchases
Questions
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