Float Tahoe vs Hull Speed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Float Tahoe
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Lake Tahoe's boating app. Learn your way around Lake Tahoe. Navigate to marinas, beaches,boat launches, restaurants, and more. Save your favorite spots and share them with friends. Favorites - Save your favorite marinas, boat launches, restaurants, and other points of interest for easy access later. With favorites you can quickly orient to your preferred spots without searching every time. Places - Create and customize your own places on the map. Whether it’s a quiet cove for relaxation, a prime wake surfing area, or a popular hangout spot, places allows you to mark and personalize locations important to you. Tracks - Record your day on the water and save your path. Live Sessions - Share your real-time location with a link or code. 3D Map Mode - Follow your course with terrain and depth in perspective. Locate Yourself Instantly - See your exact location on the map to orient with ease. Current - Check the latest lake news, water level and temperature, and weather forecast. Choose Your Map Style - Choose from various base maps to find the view that best suits your needs, whether it’s a standard map, satellite imagery, or a dark mode map for nighttime adventures. Map Overlays - Toggle on and off overlays to see additional information on the map. Overlays include fuel docks, boat launches, navigational markers, and more. Terms of Use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Hull Speed
This app provides sailors with a clear and accurate GPS speedometer displaying speed in knots. It features a live trend graph to help optimize sail trim and can show your theoretical hull speed for easy comparison. It is designed for privacy with no ads or tracking.
- Accurate GPS speed in knots
- Live speed trend graph
- Theoretical hull speed display
- Apple Watch app with Keep Awake mode
- Completely private, no tracking or ads
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Hull Speed is a simple speedometer for sailors. It shows your speed over the water in knots — big, clear, and accurate — on your iPhone and Apple Watch, with nothing else to clutter the display. Built for trimming sails: make a small adjustment, then watch the live trend graph to see if the speed changed. FEATURES • Accurate GPS speed in knots, updated every second, using the same Doppler method as dedicated marine instruments — no paddlewheel to foul or calibrate. • A live speed graph on a steady, fixed scale, so a small gain from a trim change is easy to spot. • Enter your boat's waterline length and Hull Speed draws your theoretical hull speed right on the graph — see at a glance how close you are to it. • Apple Watch app with a Keep Awake mode that holds the screen on while you sail. • Completely private — your location is used only to compute speed on your device, and is never stored, sent, or shared. No accounts, no ads, no tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hull Speed at Free against Float Tahoe's $2.99. Hull Speed also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Hull Speed is free to download; Float Tahoe costs $2.99 up front. Float Tahoe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Hull Speed asks for nothing beyond the download.
Float Tahoe ships an update every 7 months, Hull Speed every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Float Tahoe | Hull Speed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Sanford | Peter Zink |
In-app purchases
Float Tahoe
- Float+ Monthly$2.991 Month
- Float+ Annual$19.991 Year
Hull Speed
No in-app purchases







