Comparison

Dinghy Sailing vs Sailing Race Assistant

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Replaces expensive digital instruments
  • Displays up to eight instruments
  • Race timer functionality
  • Flag display
  • Customizable instrument layout
  • Vertical device mounting
Features
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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.

About

Sailing Race Assistant

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Dinghy Sailing4 screens
Sailing Race Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Dinghy Sailing versus Sailing Race Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDinghy SailingSailing Race Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGordon AspinJan Doniec

In-app purchases

None

Dinghy Sailing

No in-app purchases

None

Sailing Race Assistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dinghy Sailing free?
Dinghy Sailing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sailing Race Assistant free?
Sailing Race Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dinghy Sailing or Sailing Race Assistant have ads?
Neither Dinghy Sailing nor Sailing Race Assistant shows ads.

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