Comparison

SailAlign vs Regatta Pulse

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

Head to head
About

SailAlign

This comprehensive sailing app offers regatta management, GPS tracking, and performance analysis. It also includes a logbook, boat maintenance scheduling, and offline marine weather forecasts. Essential seamanship references are readily available for on-water use.

Highlights
  • Regatta management and synchronized race timer
  • Live fleet tracking and race replays
  • Auto-recorded race timing with OCS detection
  • GPS tracker and performance analysis
  • Offline sailor's reference for rules and skills
  • Logbook, boat maintenance, and scheduling
  • Marine weather and NAVTEX forecasts
Features
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SailAlign is the all-in-one sailing app for racers, cruisers, clubs, and race committees. Bring GPS tracking, regatta management, your sailing logbook, boat maintenance, marine weather, and practical seamanship references together in one clear workspace. REGATTA MANAGEMENT & SYNCHRONIZED RACE TIMER • Broadcast a synchronized countdown from the master clock • Set and share the start line and race course • Display official race signal flags in real time • Follow the fleet live and replay races later • Publish Notice Board documents and text messages • Manage teams, sail numbers, results, and race committee permissions AUTO RECORDED RACE TIMING With Live Fleet Tracking enabled, SailAlign prepares possible OCS, gate crossing, and finish time records for the race committee. Each record includes the team, time, course point, GPS accuracy, and supporting data. Nothing becomes an official result until an authorized race officer reviews and approves it. GPS TRACKER & PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS Record long sails reliably in the background, then review speed, distance, route, and animated replay. On-demand Performance Analysis shows your best 30-second and 5-minute speeds, moving-speed distribution, significant course changes, speed loss, and recovery. Import and export GPX files when you need your data elsewhere. SAILOR’S REFERENCE Keep race signals, essential racing rules, COLREG basics, race-day skills, sail trim, VHF, weather, safety, and first-aid guidance available offline. It is a practical quick reference; official rules and local regulations always take precedence. LOGBOOK, BOATS & MAINTENANCE Record cruises, training sessions, and regattas for multiple boats. Share entries, attach tracks, build a Sailing CV, and schedule maintenance by date, engine hours, or nautical miles. MARINE WEATHER & NAVTEX Plan with hourly wind, gust, and wave forecasts. Browse navigational and meteorological NavTex warnings on an interactive map, with previously viewed information available offline. Whether you are training for the line, running a club regatta, or planning your next passage, SailAlign keeps the information that matters organized and ready on the water.

About

Regatta Pulse

Features
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A full start-line instrument, running on the iPhone and Apple Watch you already own. Distance to the line, TIME-TO-BURN and the favored end, live, in digits you can read in sun and spray. For one-design and club racers who keep arriving late to the line. One payment, no subscription. THE START • Sequence timer (ISAF 5-4-1-0, 3, 4 or 10 minutes) with whistle sound signals and a final count. • Ping the PIN and the BOAT end from the phone or with one tap on the watch: the app computes the line and your distance to it (DTL). • TIME-TO-BURN: how many seconds you have to spare (or are missing) to hit the line at the gun at your current speed. • Line bias: which end is favored for the wind you entered. RACING • Speed (SOG), heading, max and average in giant race-display digits. • Heel and trim from the phone's motion sensors, with a configurable target band. • Recent heading shift to spot wind shifts. • Performance against J/24 polars for the wind you entered. • Mark tacks, buoy roundings and notes without letting go of the tiller: one tap on the Apple Watch. APPLE WATCH • The display mirrored on your wrist: timer, DTL, BURN and the start line graphic. • Strong haptics at every sequence mark and at the start. • Works on its own (no iPhone): the watch's GPS for light racing. AFTER SAILING • Session replay on the map with a time scrubber. • Tack, start and speed analysis; progress across sessions. • Export GPX or a full JSON backup. Your data is yours. • Optional cloud backup: create an account and every session is copied on its own when it ends, even if you close the app. Switch iPhones, sign in, and it is all there. Edit a title or a note on one device and it shows up on the other. TRIAL AND PRO • Try the full app for 30 days: the clock starts with your first recorded session, not with the install. • After that, a single purchase unlocks everything for good. It is not a subscription. • Free forever: the start sequence timer with whistle signals and the big heading and speed screen. • Anything you recorded stays viewable, analysable and exportable. No ads, no tracking. The account is optional: without one, not a single byte leaves your phone. Made by racers, for racers. NOTICE: Regatta Pulse is a sports support instrument. It is not a navigation aid or safety equipment, and its sound alerts are not official signals: the only valid signals are those made by the Race Committee. Command of the vessel and the duty to keep a proper look-out rest with the skipper. Terms of use: https://regattapulse.com.ar/terms.html

Screenshots

SailAlign4 screens
Regatta Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Regatta Pulse at every 3 days against SailAlign's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SailAlign ships an update every 2 weeks, Regatta Pulse every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SailAlign versus Regatta Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSailAlignRegatta Pulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGABOR KRODINICOLaS SALARI

In-app purchases

None

SailAlign

No in-app purchases

None

Regatta Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SailAlign free?
SailAlign is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Regatta Pulse free?
Regatta Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SailAlign or Regatta Pulse have ads?
Neither SailAlign nor Regatta Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SailAlign or Regatta Pulse?
SailAlign ships an update every 2 weeks, and Regatta Pulse every 3 days. Most recently, SailAlign was updated on October 30, 2026 and Regatta Pulse on October 31, 2026.

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