Comparison

Wind Maps vs Kite Sessions

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

Head to head
About

Wind Maps

Track your wind and paddle sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, and SUP. Record activities, monitor real-time stats like speed and jump height, and view spot conditions including wind and tide. Organize group downwinds and compete on community leaderboards.

Highlights
  • GPS tracking for speed, distance, and time
  • Record jump height for kite activities
  • View spot conditions: wind, tide, forecast
  • Group downwind tracking with real-time map
  • Community leaderboards by sport
  • Apple Watch integration for standalone recording
Features
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O Wind Maps é o app de rastreamento para esportes de vento e remo: kitesurf, wing foil, kite foil, windsurf, SUP, surfski, canoa havaiana e mais. Grave cada atividade, acompanhe em tempo real e reviva o trajeto depois. O QUE VOCÊ FAZ COM O Wind Maps • Rastreamento GPS: velocidade, distância etempo. • Saltos: a altura de cada salto no kite. • Condições do spot: vento e rajada em nós, direção, maré e previsão dos próximos dias nos spots do litoral do Nordeste. • Downwind em grupo: convide pelo link e veja todo mundo no mapa, com o apoio em terra acompanhando. • Placar da comunidade por modalidade. NO SEU PULSO • Apple Watch: grave a atividade direto no relógio, mesmo sem o iPhone. Com o iPhone gravando, acompanhe e controle a sessão pelo pulso. • App Saúde: a atividade é salva como treino e conta nos seus anéis. WIND MAPS RIDER Assinatura opcional que libera: • Atividades do relógio no histórico e no placar, e a sessão do iPhone no seu pulso • Downwinds com até 5 amigos Free e quantos Riders quiser • Histórico ilimitado de sessões

About

Kite Sessions

Features
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Kite is better with people. Kite Sessions brings the community together around the session: a meetup at a spot, with a day and a time. You see who is going, confirm you are in and check in when you arrive. No more juggling three WhatsApp groups and finding out under the sun that everyone went to another beach. SPOTS THAT TELL YOU WHAT MATTERS Every spot shows the ideal wind for your sport, the recommended level, what the place has, the known hazards and the sessions people have scheduled there. Search by city or on the map, and sort by distance. FORECAST AND REPORTS, SIDE BY SIDE The forecast says what should happen. Whoever is at the spot says what is happening: wind, water, how many people are out. They are two different things, and the app shows both, separately, so you decide with the best information available. THE SESSION, FROM INVITE TO CHECK-IN Schedule it, invite people, follow who confirmed. The session chat belongs to that meetup instead of being one more group that lives forever. When you arrive, the check-in tells the community it really happened. KITE TRIPS Plan the road trip: choose the stops, see how many kilometers each one adds, reorder the route and let the app split the long legs with overnight stops. MARKET Used gear, lessons, rentals and schools in your city. List what you no longer use and find who teaches where you ride. MULTI-SPORT Kitesurfing, wing foil and whatever comes next: the sport is your choice, and what depends on it, like the ideal wind of a spot and your level, follows that choice. SAFETY AND PRIVACY You can block and report any person or content, with human moderation behind it. Your location is read only while the app is open, and changing city is always manual: nothing depends on GPS. You delete your account inside the app, without asking anyone. Made in Salvador, Brazil. The spot catalog covers the Brazilian coast.

Screenshots

Wind Maps4 screens
Kite Sessions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wind Maps at none against Kite Sessions's 2. Wind Maps also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Kite Sessions's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kite Sessions sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Wind Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wind Maps ships an update every 9 days, Kite Sessions daily. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Wind Maps versus Kite Sessions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWind MapsKite Sessions
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB57 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperWINDMAPS LTDARizer Sistemas

In-app purchases

None

Wind Maps

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Kite Sessions

Subscriptions2
  • Kite Sessions Plus$7.991 Month
  • Kite Sessions Plus Anual$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Wind Maps free?
Wind Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kite Sessions free?
Kite Sessions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wind Maps or Kite Sessions have ads?
Neither Wind Maps nor Kite Sessions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wind Maps or Kite Sessions?
Wind Maps ships an update every 9 days, and Kite Sessions daily. Most recently, Wind Maps was updated on November 12, 2026 and Kite Sessions on November 10, 2026.

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