SailFreeGPS

Android App Analysis and Review: SailFreeGPS, Developed by FredB. Listed in Sports Category. Current Version Is 4.5.1, Updated On 27/07/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: SailFreeGPS. Achieved Over 1 million Installs. SailFreeGPS Currently Has 8 thousand Reviews, Average Rating 4.6 Stars

Hello,

✓ SailFreeGPS displays current location, course (COG), speed (SOG), max speed, Trip distance, speed average and magnetic compass.
✓ SailFreeGPS displays COG and SOG history (6h) to help you to see trim effect on your sails.
✓ SailFreeGPS filters GPS information for more accuracy (average of an amount of last measures you can set).
✓ SailFreeGPS can share your position, COG, SOG to your friends.
✓ SailFreeGPS helps you during Man OverBoard maneuver (MOB). It stores the location and lead you to it.
✓ SailFreeGPS displays your track on google map (48h).
✓ SailFreeGPS helps you during Regatta with its countdown timer and its departure line
✓ You can store up to 8 waypoints and activate a GOTO function with ETA (Estimated Time to Arrival computation)
✓ You can save/load track to/from GPX/KML file
✓ You can calculate distance and heading
✓ You can use it on every boat, motor or sail boat.
✓ You can now activate an anchor alarm or a course alarm.

I am an amateur sailor who has decided to create this app after a Transatlantic cruise.
I add periodically functionalities to this app when I have some spare time.

Do not forget to calibrate your compass for better results.

Please send me an email for any question or problem : contact@sailfreegps.com

Encourage me to continue by subscribing to premium version.

List of features of Premium Version

Premium version DOES NOT CONTAIN ADS.

GPS INFO Tab:
✓ Double click on SPEED will reset trip, max and ags speed
✓ Long click on COURSE to display compass
✓ Double click on coordinates to display/hide position

Graph Tab:
✓ Double click COG graph to switch to full screen mode

MOB Tab:
✓ Displays of relative bearing of the MOB
✓ Displays of tack angles
✓ Double click graph to switch to full screen mode

Waypoint Tab:
✓ Up to 200 Waypoints
✓ Displays of relative bearing of Waypoint
✓ Displays of tack angles
✓ Double click graph to switch to full screen mode

Map Tab:
✓ Displays of SOG and COG (speed & course)
✓ Your track segments are displayed according to your speed

Anchor alarm:
✓ Anchor area can be a polygon and you can adjust its shape

Regatta Tab:
✓ "Gun Button" allows to round seconds to nearest minute
Ex: 4:03 => 4:00 or 3:58 => 4:00
✓ Enter exact start time up to the second
✓ Displays of time to kill/save continuing the same way (speed and course)
✓ Displays of ideal speed to cross the line at 0:00 on the same course!!!

Settings Tab:
✓ Displays reverse color (white on black back)
✓ You can select Hybrid map
✓ Select on which duration is calculated the speed scale of your track: last 5min, 15 min or all the track
✓ Select your tack angle value. It will be displayed on MOB and WAYPOINT tabs

Exit:
✓ Ask to save the track before Exit

Note: SailFreeGPS uses a foreground service to get your location