Boatspeed is a sports app developed by Hans Joachim Herbertz.
Download Statistics
Boatspeed has been downloaded 210 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2.6 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 sports apps.
User Ratings
Boatspeed is rated 4.20 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 360 ratings.
App Information
Boatspeed is FREE to download. The APK download size is 6.82 MB. The latest version available is 1.20.9. The last update was on March 28, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Boatspeed requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play July 2016.
Description
Sail smarter without expensive hardware! Boatspeed is a versatile app for sailors, powerboaters, and regatta participants that turns your smartphone into a professional instrument.
Optimal readability & instrument replacement:
Large, high-contrast digits display speed (SOG), course (COG), and heel – ideal for use in direct sunlight or from a distance in the cockpit.
Specialized regatta features:
A real highlight is the regatta countdown. Once the countdown is complete, the app automatically switches to speed mode. Especially convenient: The app provides voice prompts with information on time and speed, allowing the sailor to keep their hands and eyes free for the maneuver.
Innovative safety with "Anchor Alert To Go":
In addition to a classic anchor alarm, the app offers the ability to remotely monitor the boat's position via the internet. This allows you to check the anchor's hold on your phone at any time while ashore.
Navigation & Tracking:
The app uses OpenSeaMap for navigation. You can plan routes, set waypoints, and record your trips. Tracks can be exported (GPX, CSV) or shared as images to document or analyze your experiences.
Performance Analysis:
By integrating weather data, values such as VMG (Velocity Made Good) can be calculated, helping ambitious sailors find the optimal course relative to the wind.
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Excellent for dinghy racing. When the countdown has finished it switches to speed and heading, heel can be turned off. Countdown would be better with a horn/alarm. Countdown can have speech which is good for 2 man dinghies, but then constantly talks speed which is annoying, we can read the big numbers while concentrating on going fast.
★★★★☆thomas st· Jun 5, 2025
Love the app, I'm mostly using the in truments. Would it be possible to display the history of the heading, similar to the speed? This would allow for detecting wind shifts, even if they are somewhat delayed.
★★★★☆David Bobbett· Sep 15, 2019
The only thing missing is speed in miles per hour (mph). Strangely, speed limits on some UK rivers are in mph - don't ask me why! 🙄
★☆☆☆☆Dec McG· Aug 9, 2021
Was not bad in the past but the Latest version just loads the help page!!
★☆☆☆☆Tom Voorneveld· Sep 2, 2020
Used to be great. Now useless. In night mode, big intrusive ad right in field of vision. Probably need to pay (?) to remove that. Anchor alarm has no way of stopping the sound. Force-close works, but then restarting sound is immediately on (GN 10 lite)
★☆☆☆☆Santiago T Hernandez· Nov 13, 2018
I used it in old cell button't working in my new cell . I don't know what s r ok wrong my location service with this app
★☆☆☆☆Alan Sheppard· Sep 16, 2023
Truly diabolical! Immediately displayed an error message all across the screen saying "Heeling not available on this device", and then refused to let me close app. Even after I did manage to close it, the error message was still there and had to turn off my phone to get rid of it. Immediately uninstalled.
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