Comparison

ORCee vs Logbook Suite

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

Head to head
About

ORCee

Access and analyze over 10,000 ORC racing certificates from various countries. Search for specific boats by name, sail number, or class to view detailed performance data and create scratch sheets with competitors.

Highlights
  • Download 10,000+ ORC certificates
  • Search boats by name, sail number, or class
  • View detailed performance data
  • Analyze boat specifications
  • Create and analyze scratch sheets
  • Sort boat lists by various criteria
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A must have and convenient tool for all ORC racers and sailors who take their racing seriously. With ORCee you can download over 10000 ORC certificates from all ORC countries. Once downloaded you can browse, search a boat by name, sail number or boat class and view all related performance data of each boat: ∙ Sailnumber ∙ Boatname ∙ GPH ∙ CDL ∙ Date ∙ Type (INT/CLUB) ∙ Class, Designer, Builder & Year ∙ Hull: LOA, Max. Beam, Displ., Draft ∙ IMS Division & Length ∙ Dynamic Allowance, Stability Index ∙ Crew Weight ∙ Sails: Main, Genoa, Sym, Asym. ∙ Offshore: TOD, TOT, Triple Numbers ∙ Inshore: TOD, TOT, Triple Numbers The list of boats can be sorted by name, sail number, GPH or certificate date. Last but not least create and analyse scratch sheets with competitors from the downloaded boats.

About

Logbook Suite

This app provides a digital logbook for sailors and motor-boaters, replacing traditional paper logs. It offers tools for managing ship tasks and travels, with features like automatic data entry from GPS and NMEA networks, and comprehensive analysis of nautical data. The interface is designed to mimic traditional logbooks for ease of use.

Highlights
  • Digital logbook replacement
  • Automatic nautical data entry
  • Ship task and travel management
  • Nautical data analysis
  • Printable logbook reports
  • Ship inventory and maintenance tracking
  • Digital cash box and budget management
Features
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Logbook Suite is a user-friendly software from yachtsmen for yachtsmen (both sailors and motorboaters) — Made in Germany. Logbook Suite includes a digital Logbook and the Logbook Add-ons, a selection of useful tools, with which you can manage tasks around your ship and your travels on yachts. Logbook replaces the handwritten logbook on sailing and motor yachts. Yacht owners from over 40 different flag states are using Logbook on all oceans and numerous inland waterways. More and more skipper of charter yachts love the digital capture of their trips. The software is in the market since 2011 and is continuously updated and further developed—since 2016 also available as app for iPad. The user interface of the Logbook differs from other digital logbooks because it is orientated by the traditional, hand-written logbook. Instead of computer-technical input masks you get pages with a practice-oriented layout which makes it easier to enter all relevant data into the logbook. The Logbook in Logbook Suite works completely without internet access. When you use the Logbook on an iPad Cellular the actual position can be read from the iPad's GPS. And if you connect a NMEA onboard network to your iPad, Logbook can read the nautical data and enter them automatically into the logbook. Logbook Suite is suited best for skippers who have used printed logbooks up to now, but want to make use of the advantages of a digital logbook. These are — in addition to the optional automatic recording of navigation data — for example the automatic analysis of the nautical data. Using the trips and the overview Logbook automatically calculates for relevant data totals as well as average values—both for every day, for a whole trip and for all entries in the logbook. Of course your logbook can be printed. Hence you can make a printed logbook for you and your crew to keep the trip in memory. During the journey you can enter the nautical data in Logbook just like in the traditional logbook on paper. It is up to you how often and how detailed you type in your information. Or let Logbook enter the data automatically. Logbook provides for each day a page with several tabs for the nautical information and for weather information, technical notes as well as for your personal diary with photos. Besides, Logbook offers a special view where you can put in detailed information on your yacht. This makes it easier to find all important information when needed. Thus the navigation data can be entered easily even under worse conditions Logbook presents a special view with large fields for data entry while cruising. Logbook Suite currently contains 10 Add-ons: • Biography – your maritime biography • Crew – crew data, immigration forms, agreements • BoardCash – your digital cash box • Budget – keep track of the costs of your ship • First-Aid Kit – first aid without having to search in the medicine box • Inventory – keep track of your ship's storage • Maintenance – the maintenance book for your ship • Provisions - simple planning of provisions • Scheduler – the visual planner for voyages and maintenance • WorldEnsigns – a visual encyclopedia of naval ensigns The Logbook Suite user interface is available in German, English, Dutch and Swedish, Logbook and some modules are also available in French and Spanish. Read more about Logbook Suite — about Logbook and the Add-ons—on our website. WARNING: Logbook Suite works only in landscape mode. IMPORTANT NOTE: The app installs a limited version of Logbook Suite. The limited version offers all the features of the full version, but is limited for Logbook to 5 travel days, for the Add-ons to 9 entries. If you like Logbook or one of our Add-ons, you can purchase a license convert your the limited version into an unlimited full version. On our website there is also a compatible version for MacOS and for Windows available. Please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Logbook Suite at Free against ORCee's $1.99. Logbook Suite also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 40 months). ORCee's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 20%) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Logbook Suite is free to download; ORCee costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ORCee ships an update every 40 months, Logbook Suite every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 2 level
ORCee versus Logbook Suite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterORCeeLogbook Suite
Price$1.99Free — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB506 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperzapfwareTrimutic UG

Customer experience

ORCee

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Logbook Suite

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

ORCee

No in-app purchases

None

Logbook Suite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ORCee free?
ORCee costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Logbook Suite free?
Logbook Suite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ORCee or Logbook Suite have ads?
Neither ORCee nor Logbook Suite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ORCee or Logbook Suite?
ORCee ships an update every 40 months, and Logbook Suite every 6 months. Most recently, ORCee was updated on October 8, 2026 and Logbook Suite on October 20, 2026.

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