Comparison

Dinghy Sailing vs TackTracker Sailing

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

TackTracker Sailing

This app helps sailors improve their racing performance by tracking GPS data, speed, and heading in real-time. It provides post-race analysis to compare performance against the fleet and identify areas for improvement.

Highlights
  • Real-time GPS tracking
  • Speed and heading data
  • Fleet comparison
  • Course review
  • Race management for committees
  • Boat registration
  • Performance analysis
Features
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Run better races. Sail faster. Know why. TackTracker is the race management platform built for the way you actually race — from casual Wednesday night beer cans to competitive weekend regattas. For Race Committees Create a race in minutes. Share a join code and watch registrations roll in. TackTracker manages your countdown sequence, tracks the fleet from the committee boat, and logs every finish — no VHF chaos, no spreadsheets. When you're ready to restart the series, carry your fleet over with one tap. For Racers Find races near you, register your boat, and get on the water. TackTracker tracks your GPS trail, speed, and heading in real time so you know exactly how you sailed — not just where you finished. After the Race The real edge is in the data. Compare your elapsed time against the fleet, review your track against the course, and identify the legs that made or cost you places. Race after race, the picture gets clearer. Stop guessing. Start improving.

Screenshots

Dinghy Sailing4 screens
TackTracker Sailing3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: TackTracker Sailing at 4 against Dinghy Sailing's 1. On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dinghy Sailing against 5.0 for TackTracker Sailing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dinghy Sailing ships an update every 9 days, TackTracker Sailing weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dinghy Sailing versus TackTracker Sailing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDinghy SailingTackTracker Sailing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGordon AspinEdward Hulseman

Customer experience

Dinghy Sailing

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TackTracker Sailing

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dinghy Sailing

No in-app purchases

None

TackTracker Sailing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dinghy Sailing free?
Dinghy Sailing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TackTracker Sailing free?
TackTracker Sailing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dinghy Sailing or TackTracker Sailing?
Dinghy Sailing and TackTracker Sailing are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Dinghy Sailing or TackTracker Sailing have ads?
Neither Dinghy Sailing nor TackTracker Sailing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dinghy Sailing or TackTracker Sailing?
Dinghy Sailing ships an update every 9 days, and TackTracker Sailing weekly. Most recently, Dinghy Sailing was updated on October 3, 2026 and TackTracker Sailing on October 17, 2026.

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