ESA Instruments vs CrewView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESA Instruments
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ESA Instruments is the new App from Astra Yacht that transform your iPhone/iPad in a full function marine display. Connect ESA Instruments to an Astra Yacht GAMP (http://www.astrayacht.com/wp/en/shop/multiplexer-gamp-nmea-0183-esa/) and you can visualize every information coming from the boat instruments. Moreover, if you haven't any electronic instruments on board, you can use ESA Instruments App combined with the Astra Yacht box EBI. EBI has an internal GPS at high speed, and it's able to receive wind data directly from the most popular wind sensors both wired and wireless, and it can be connected to 4 other NMEA 0183 sensors (such as speed-depth sensor, electronic compass, AIS, wind sensor). Data from various sensors can be displayed via Wi-Fi directly on Apple devices through the App ESA Instruments that, in addition to the visualization of data in a very light and flexible way, allows you to easily calibrate your sensors thanks to a user friendly settings procedure. With ESA Instruments you can visualize data in various format: - page with a single data ; - page with two data; - page with tree data; - page with four data; - page with analog wind indicator; - page with GPS data; - page with graphic wind history (5', 10', 20' or 60' time period). in every page you can select the data you want to display in a very simple way.
CrewView
This app turns your iOS device into a customizable display for sailing data. Crew members can independently view up to four SAILMON system values on their own devices, in either day or night mode, with automatic layout adjustments for orientation.
- Customizable data display
- Up to 4 values simultaneously
- Day and Night modes
- Automatic orientation layout
- Unlimited device support
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Our SAILMON CrewView app transforms your iOS device into a customizable display, so each crew member can choose any value available on the SAILMON system without interfering with the Sailmon Instruments. Display up to 4 values simultaneously individually configured on unlimited devices. CrewView lets you: Display 1 to 4 numbers in Day or Night mode mimicking the SAILMON screens Arrange the numbers automatically depending on orientation of the device Easily customize the screen. Usage -In order to change value hold your finger on the value you would like to change after 3 sec a menu will appear. -Select the value you want to see and jump back to the display -Use 2 or 3 fingers to swipe and change the amount of numbers and day or night background
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CrewView at 12.0 against ESA Instruments's 15.6. On price, update cadence, 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.
ESA Instruments ships an update every 6 months, CrewView every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.
| Parameter | ESA Instruments | CrewView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Astra Yacht | Sailmon BV |
In-app purchases
ESA Instruments
No in-app purchases
CrewView
No in-app purchases









