BoatSpeed: Course & Speed 4+

Boat Speed

Got this 4 years ago (2018) on a Mediterranean cruise and have used it on every cruise since. It is great to know how fast the ship is going an on what course. Works very well on balcony and even in some interior areas of the ship.

App frequently crashes and does do a good job with outlier datapoints

I’ve had an overall buggy experience with this app. The app crashes not infrequently and also does a bad job at reporting your GPS speed. I use it while I’m sailing and the GPS speed will frequently drop to zero, or show a much higher value for a second, completely ruining the max speed from having any informational value (I’ll be cruising at 5-6 knots and it will record a momentary max speed of 15 knots). The watch is experience is also horrible, with any notification forcing the app into the background. This makes it useless when I’m single handing my boat without wanting to fiddle around with my watch to relaunch the app after a crash or notification. The heading information offered on the app is often completely wrong. I was originally turned on by the pay once model with this app but the feature set really isn’t there. Save your money and just pay for Waterspeed app and the subscription.

Boat Speed

Just moved from Droid to iPhone and discovered that useful app (SailDroid) on previous device was probably named for the platform it runs on .. imagine my disappointment when I discovered that it isn’t available for the iPhone!
So I searched the App Store and selected this “turkey” .. So, now you’re asking why I have described it as a turkey .. so I’ll ask you, how would you characterize an App that displays a varying velocity from 0-2.6 knots while you are sitting stationary on your couch. If I can’t rely on it sitting stationary on shore how can I trust it bobbing out on the ocean blue.
I’m going to contact the AppStore and ask for my money back!

Réponse du développeur ,

I’m very sorry your having trouble viewing a consistent speed in the app. BoatSpeed relies on your iPhone’s GPS chip to show your current speed. When you are indoors on on a couch, your iPhone cannot maintain a good GPS signal and could show a fluctuation in speed even when you are not moving. The speed shown is the app is shown exactly as it is detected by your iPhone.

Please know I test and use the app regularly on my boat and in my car and find it to be incredibly accurate when moving consistently.

Before requesting a refund I ask you to please try using the app when you are outdoors and moving and let me know if you continue to have trouble. I can always be reached by email at boatspeedapp@gmail.com.