HelmOps Alternatives to Boating Suite
Boating Suite is a do-it-yourself logbook app for Apple devices: a logbook with engine hours, weather and crew details, plus fuel, expense, maintenance and vessel logs, to-do and shopping lists, iCloud sync and offline access, for $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year in the US App Store. Teams look for an alternative when more than one person needs to work in the same records, when someone uses Android or a browser, or when crew certificates and expense approvals come into play.
DIY boat and yacht logbook app for iPhone, iPad and Mac
Why Teams Switch
- Apple only: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, with no Android or web app.
- Sync runs across your own Apple devices; sharing records with a crew is not described.
- No crew certificates, rest hours or expense approvals; it logs costs rather than managing them.
Migration Notes
Bring maintenance history across by CSV import if you can export it, enter open maintenance items and crew certificates during setup, and start expenses fresh in HelmOps. Historical records can follow over time.
Other Options to Consider
OwlMar (formerly YachtWyse)
Owner-operators who want the free Skipper plan for up to two vessels.
YachtWave
Owner-operators who want a free plan for up to three boats, an Android app or one of 14 languages.
Quartermaster
Owners who want low-cost maintenance reminders on web, iOS and Android, from $2.99 a month.
Why HelmOps
HelmOps is built for a yacht run by a captain and crew: shared records with owner, captain and crew roles, expense approvals with receipt scanning, maintenance by running hours, and crew certificates and MLC hours of rest, on the web and iOS. For a single owner logging trips on Apple devices, Boating Suite costs less.
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