BeerCanRacing vs SailScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeerCanRacing
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The BeerCanRacing app has been updated top-to-bottom: - Load your club's Local Courses, quickly & painlessly. - Create your own course: around the buoys or Windward/Leeward - Set the True Wind Direction (TWD) to see all the True Wind Angles (TWAs) for each leg of your course. - See the Range & Bearing when you Select a mark - Save all the courses you create for future use.
SailScan
This app uses your phone's camera to analyze sail shape by identifying draft stripes. It provides detailed measurements like camber, draft position, entry, exit, and twist for each stripe. You can also log environmental data and compare scans over time.
- Measures camber, draft, and twist
- Identifies draft stripes from photos
- Logs wind speed, angle, boat speed, heel, and GPS
- Compares tack-to-tack and day-to-day scans
- Generates shareable reports
- Exports data as CSV
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SailScan measures sail shape from a photo. Point your phone at the sail and it finds the draft stripes and gives you camber, draft position, entry, exit and twist for every stripe. The stripes are traced on the image so you can see exactly what was measured. Built on a vision model trained on real racing sails, with the most accurate stripe reading we have ever shipped. Log wind speed, wind angle, boat speed, heel and GPS with each scan. Save scans, compare tack to tack and day to day, share a report, export the CSV, or post to the SailScan feed. Mainsails and jibs. RC boats to super maxis and everything in between. A training tool. Check your class rules before using it while racing. Free. Open to everyone. sailscanapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SailScan at Free against BeerCanRacing's $4.99. SailScan also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On 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
SailScan is free to download; BeerCanRacing costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BeerCanRacing ships an update monthly, SailScan daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeerCanRacing | SailScan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Susanne LEECH | Sail Scan LLC |
In-app purchases
BeerCanRacing
No in-app purchases
SailScan
No in-app purchases
Questions
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