StartStar vs SailViewer Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StartStar
This app helps sailors track their performance, measure efficiency, and count down to the start line. It offers hands-free voice feedback for speed, time, and distance, and allows users to save and share routes.
- Track shifts and count down to start
- Measure tack and gybe efficiency
- Check speed and distance to start line
- Save and share routes
- Hands-free voice feedback
- Animate boats on Google Earth
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StartStar is designed to help you: • Tack on the shifts • Count down to the start • Know your distance to the start line • Check your speed • Measure you tack and gybe efficiency • Save your routes on your phone • Post routes to Facebook and Twitter • Animate many boats on Google Earth AND • StartStar is hands free. It can speak to you so you don’t need to take you eye off the sails and other boats to know your speed, time or distance to the start line As StartStar uses the GPS in your phone, it is cheaper than dedicated electronic compasses or starting aids for sale in the chandlers, in fact not only is it FREE, it does more too. Please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
SailViewer Timer
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Sailing timer. Speaks time to start. Also can show start line data if line is pinged.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SailViewer Timer at every 10 days against StartStar's every 2 months. StartStar's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
StartStar ships an update every 2 months, SailViewer Timer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StartStar | SailViewer Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hugh kingdon | Master Sailing jdoo |
In-app purchases
StartStar
No in-app purchases
SailViewer Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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