SailFreeGPS

SailFreeGPS

Bring your own navigation instrument on your smartphone or tablet.

App info


4.5.0
July 02, 2025
Android 4.4+
Everyone
Get SailFreeGPS for Free on Google Play

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App description


Android App Analysis and Review: SailFreeGPS, Developed by FredB. Listed in Sports Category. Current Version Is 4.5.0, Updated On 02/07/2025 . 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 : [email protected]

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
We are currently offering version 4.5.0. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

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What's New


Possibility to search for a location

Rate and review on Google Play store


4.6
7,576 total
5 77.0
4 15.6
3 4.4
2 0
1 3.0

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Total number of active users rated for: SailFreeGPS

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Recent Comments

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Mark D

I've tried just about every sailing app and this one has the features and interface I liked best. The one glaring missing feature is the lack of an actual nautical map. Even a noaa map overlay would be a vast improvement.

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Dev Null (The Device)

Excellent application dedicated to sailing navigation, and it definitely deserves a positive rating! I was satisfied with its specialized features and reliable performance. SailFreeGPS runs smoothly even on older devices. I tested the app on an older Android phone and experienced no performance issues or delays. "Plus" compared to paid and "high-profile" applications: Developer availability Compatibility with older Android versions Comprehensive features even in the free version

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Mark MacRae

Makes no sense to me. Unusable. This app seems to have a lot of features and might work great for some people but the UX is totally beyond me. I go to Routes. It says "no route selected". But there's no way to add a route. I'm racing offshore courses with a preset route that I'd like the app to load after the 5 min start sequence. It can't seem to do that. In back to using SailDroid and entering the waypoints manually each time I arrive at one.

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JHS

Totally agree with Erik Stielow - lots of nice features but it needs a start/stop button. Been suggesting that for months and get nothing but pushback from the developer. Still no start/stop sail button. The most logical thing this app could have and it doesn't have it. Today I went for sail, opened the app, sailed around for a couple hours & closed the app. Nothing is saved - trip is gone. It didn't even tell me that it wasn't going to save it. Lame.

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Samuela Bulimetuira

I use SFGPS everyday. It has really helped in improving my work standards and granted me more options to adjust ships maneuvers in accord with prevailing weather conditions.

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Bruce Ogletree

An excellent app which I use almost every time I go sailing, and will be especially useful now that I am racing. Fred has done an excellent job loading this app up with features without making it so bloated that it's hard to use. He also is very responsive if you're having any problems with it, so before leaving a bad review, email Fred. He'll be happy to help!

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Michael Maher

Great app. Kinda jumpy/glitchy sometimes, but does the job and has a ton of features included that are super helpful eg. Anchor alarm, plotting

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A Google user

Brilliant. Shows what can be done with lightweight programming. Very small download. Very clear screens. Very useful information. Including the GPS coordinates which are not only useful for chart work but make the app useful on land as well to share for houses up lanes without numbers. Well done FredB! Can we contribute a few € to say thank you?