YB Connect vs PredictWind Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YB Connect
Remotely configure and manage your YB Tracking devices. Adjust settings like tracking frequency and GPS accuracy directly from your iPhone or iPad. Compatible with specific YB Tracking device models.
- Remote device configuration
- Adjust tracking frequency
- Modify GPS accuracy settings
- Bluetooth LE compatibility
- iPhone and iPad support
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YB Connect allows you to remotely connect and configure your YB Tracking devices from your iPhone or iPad. It allows you to adjust tracking frequency, GPS accuracy settings, and much more. Compatible with Bluetooth LE versions of the YB Tracking YB3 and YB3i products, purchased after 1st October 2014.
PredictWind Tracker
Automatically update your personalized GPS tracking page for real-time location sharing. Ideal for boaters, it allows friends and family to monitor your position and route with weather or satellite maps. Link to add blogs and videos for a permanent record of your journey.
- Automatic GPS tracking updates
- Real-time location sharing
- Weather and satellite map overlays
- Add blogs and video links
- Personalized tracking page
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This app is designed to automatically update your personalized PredictWind GPS tracking page, ideal for Starlink users or those on LTE/cellular connections. Record and share your tracks to friends families and followers so they monitor your boats position and route in real time with weather or satellite maps. Link through to add blogs, video links for a permanent record of your journey. Note: You need a PredictWind GPS tracking page to use this app. To set up a PredictWind GPS tracking page contact https://www.predictwind.com/contact-us Terms & Conditions: https://www.predictwind.com/about-us/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.predictwind.com/about-us/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PredictWind Tracker at 4.4 against YB Connect's 2.0. YB Connect's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. PredictWind Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.00 per month. YB Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
PredictWind Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of YB Connect's written reviews are positive against 0% of PredictWind Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YB Connect | PredictWind Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (3 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ground Control Technologies UK Ltd | PredictWind Limited |
Customer experience
YB Connect
PredictWind Tracker
In-app purchases
YB Connect
No in-app purchases
PredictWind Tracker
- PredictWind Tracker 1 Month7 Days trial$49.001 Month
- PredictWind Tracker 3 Months7 Days trial$99.003 Months
- PredictWind Tracker 12 Months7 Days trial$249.001 Year
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