Comparison

ESA Instruments vs Regatta Manager

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

Head to head
About

ESA Instruments

Features
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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.

About

Regatta Manager

Features
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Regatta Manager is a powerful, easy-to-use race management solution designed specifically for sailing clubs to streamline all aspects of regatta management.  Regatta Manager scoring is fully RRS 2025-2028 compliant and approved by US Sailing. Here’s what it brings to your fingertips: • Design Race Courses: Visually plan courses on a map, drag and drop gates and marks, assign details like leave side, coordinates, pictures, and notes. Use Olympic and standard course template do dynamically configure courses and easily orient them to the wind direction. Use AR buoy finder mode to check buoy position, direction and distances. • Manage Fleets with Ease: Assign boats to classes, classes to divisions, and divisions to different rating systems (PHRF, ORC, IRC, ORR, ORR-Ez) both ToT and ToD. • Fully integrated ORC support: Just tap on the Download button to download all boats certificates and tap on the Assign button in Race/Rate view to assign to all ORC boats a coherent ORC rating index from the certificates such as one of the 5 band ratings or anything else supported by ORC. • Organize Races Efficiently: Pick courses, assign handicaps based on conditions, set starts and finishes, manage penalties, and review scoring—all within the app. • Visualize Key Data: See boats’ live positions, wind, and tide forecasts directly on the map. • Comprehensive and RRS compliant Scoring: Manage a full regatta series, automate scoring, and instantly publish live results to the web. • Simple Data Management: Import/export boat and race data and streamline web-based self-registration for competitors. • Live Mode: Manage your regatta in realtime from the committee boat with Starting Sequence countdown and flags indication, OCS Recording, Finish Recording, Abandon, Postpone and Recall flags, boat tracking through AIS Regatta Manager is an all-in-one, end-to-end race management solution designed to make your club’s regattas more organized, accessible, and enjoyable for organizers and sailors alike. Regatta Manager is a free and fully functional app and we're committed to keep the app totally free for Beer Can style regattas. The cloud infrastructure services that we offer anyway have their own infrastructure costs and we need to require a monthly or year subscription fee for advanced cloud functionalities and for allowing clubs to support unlimited number of Regattas and Races. Regatta Manager Service subscription support the following features: - Manage unlimited number of Regattas - Manage unlimited number of Races - Make all Regatta info visible on Cloud - Allows users to directly register on Cloud - Sync/Download from Cloud - Export/Import Regattas Standard Terms of Use (EULA) are applied and available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ESA Instruments4 screens
Regatta Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ESA Instruments at none against Regatta Manager's 2. ESA Instruments also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Regatta Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Regatta Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. ESA Instruments asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ESA Instruments ships an update every 6 months, Regatta Manager every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
ESA Instruments versus Regatta Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterESA InstrumentsRegatta Manager
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASTRA Yacht srlPolar Sailing LLC

In-app purchases

None

ESA Instruments

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Regatta Manager

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Year Subscription$99.991 Year

Questions

Is ESA Instruments free?
ESA Instruments is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Regatta Manager free?
Regatta Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ESA Instruments or Regatta Manager have ads?
Neither ESA Instruments nor Regatta Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ESA Instruments or Regatta Manager?
ESA Instruments ships an update every 6 months, and Regatta Manager every 3 days. Most recently, ESA Instruments was updated on September 11, 2026 and Regatta Manager on September 8, 2026.

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