Race Marks Pro Testers

Current release: v1.3

Live on iOS & Android — Pro testers preview the next release here.

New to Race Marks? Download from the App Store or Google Play.

Join the Pro tester programme

Pro testers install via TestFlight (iOS) or Play Internal Testing (Android).

What's New

8 June 2026 v1.3.1+130

Share a Boat & Register Your Classes

Headline

  • Share & join a boat (new — free) — owners share a boat via QR or short code; crew join from My Boats > Join a boat and see the boat's polars and NMEA / Signal‑K setup. Owners manage the crew roster.
  • Register a boat in a club's class (new — free) — add a boat to a club's event / season and pick its class or fleet, across multiple clubs.

Navigation

  • Race‑timer countdown now lands cleanly on whole seconds — no more :59 jitter (Pro).
  • Optimal leg times use a wind‑window when wind data is available.
  • One unified Send‑to‑boat button at the end of the course list.
  • GPX export (Pro) — export a course or route, with per‑boat GPX options in Settings.

2 May 2026 v1.2.0+80

Multi‑Boat — Switch Boats and Your Instruments Follow

Headline

  • Multi‑Boat — add as many boats as you sail in Settings > My Boats. Switch active boat and your instruments follow with no restart.
  • Per‑boat instruments (Pro) — NMEA feed, route sending and trusted networks all bound to the active boat. Connect to a known boat WiFi and the app prompts to switch.
  • ISORA 2026 — official ISORA marks built in. Build courses on the fly — Custom Course Cards included.

Stability & Polish

  • Subscription changes apply immediately — no restart
  • Race telemetry more resilient when backgrounded or briefly offline
  • Onboarding tightened — no more double welcome screens
  • Tides/marine‑obs/weather cards hide when stale instead of showing old data
  • RC‑driven version‑gate kill switch
Please test:
  • Migration — open the app on an existing install and verify boat details are intact
  • Active boat switch — confirm instruments follow without a restart (Pro)
  • WiFi auto‑switch — connect to a known boat WiFi and check the prompt (Pro)
  • ISORA event — tap any ISORA race and confirm no upsell

22 April 2026 v1.1.0+70

NMEA + Signal K, ISORA Events & Marine Forecasts

Headline Features

  • NMEA Instrument Support — TCP connection to onboard NMEA servers (B&G, Raymarine etc.). Live TWS/TWD on the dashboard with multi‑rate smoothing, source‑level tracking and Trusted Networks for auto‑attach on boat WiFi.
  • Signal K Publishing — push your active course to a Signal K server so the next waypoint flows to your chartplotter automatically.
  • ISORA Support — three events (Irish Coastal, Welsh Coastal, Offshore), 67 marks, per‑race Supplementary Sailing Instructions pinned on the day, and custom courses unlocked for Sailor‑tier users.
  • Marine Forecasts & Tides — gale warnings, hourly wind forecast, tide times/heights/curve graph and buoy observations feeding the wind direction picker.

Race Timer & Course Cards

  • Scheduled‑start picker filters to just your selected class
  • Class chip selection persists when drilling into a course card
  • Compass auto‑snap to course direction now works with buoy wind on the free tier
  • Course card layout rework — better info hierarchy, mark icons contact card
  • Bundle version + Refresh button on every event page

Settings & Admin

  • My Boat reordered: Location → Race History → Vessels → Trusted Networks → NMEA → Signal K
  • "Vessel & Polars" renamed to "Vessels"; "Sailing Ground" renamed to "Location"
  • Per‑club capability tier overrides and feature flag overrides for staged rollout
Please test:
  • NMEA wind — connect to an NMEA server on boat WiFi; verify TWS/TWD appear on the dashboard
  • Signal K — complete the auth flow and publish a route to your plotter
  • ISORA race day — pick a race date, verify Featured docs and the calendar link are correct
  • Race timer — confirm scheduled‑start filters by class and selection persists across drill‑in

19 April 2026 v1.0.20+40

Leg Timer Bar, Pre‑Start SYNC/START & Live Race Following

Headline Features

  • Leg Timer Bar — horizontal bar beneath the race timer shows Target Boat Speed and TWA for the current leg, using VMG‑table values for beat/run accuracy.
  • Pre‑Start SYNC + START — before the race starts, PREV/NEXT buttons are replaced with SYNC (phase‑align countdown to the committee's gun) and START (set manual start time). Both phone and tablet cockpits.
  • Live Race Following (from v1.0.19) — share your race via QR code; friends and coaches follow mark by mark on the Race Day dashboard. iOS Live Activity puts bearing/distance on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen.

Polish & Fixes

  • Phone Timer Panel — port/starboard colour coding, correct finish state, scrollable when content overflows
  • VMG‑based leg estimates across the leg estimate popup and timer bar
  • Tablet detection uses logical pixels; tablet finish banner displays correctly
  • Timer ticker restarts after SYNC to phase‑align with synced time
  • Wind detail panel now reactive — updates when wind changes
  • Navigation engine rewrite for better accuracy and responsiveness (v1.0.19)
Please test:
  • Pre‑start to finish — full flow on both phone and tablet
  • SYNC alignment — confirm your countdown phase‑aligns to the committee's gun
  • Leg timer bar — sanity‑check Target Boat Speed and TWA against known course distances
  • Live race sharing — create a share link and open on another device, verify updates
  • iOS Live Activity — start a race and check the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen

16 March 2026 v1.0.18+34

iPad Cockpit Layout, Nav Dashboard Refresh & Onboarding

Headline Features

  • iPad Cockpit Layout — on tablets the nav dashboard transforms into a split‑screen cockpit: hero distance/bearing on the left, course diagram and mark list on the right. Glanceable numbers sized for distance viewing at the helm.
  • Nav Dashboard Refresh — new course info header with wind bearing, VHF channel and start location. Enhanced mark tiles with rounding indicators, leg timers and next‑leg wind context. Collapsible wind/mark controls for less clutter.
  • Course Diagrams — four chart modes (course/mark, static/animated), belt vs track rounding arcs, adjustable mark icon sizes, and active‑mark highlighting with opacity for passed/upcoming legs.
  • New Onboarding — location‑aware club discovery with a polished welcome flow. Shows every launch until you pick a sailing ground. Includes an interest form for coming‑soon sailing grounds.

Also New

  • Custom Courses — create your own mark sequences with the mark picker; the app auto‑navigates to the dashboard after creation
  • Race Timer — 5‑min and 4‑min gun preset buttons for quick start sequences
  • TWD long‑press opens the bearing picker for direct dial‑in
  • Completed long‑press abbreviation legends (BS, kn, opt, etc.) across the nav dashboard
  • Landscape support on phones with collapsible sidebar for wind/mark controls

Bug Fixes

  • Event switch no longer shows stale 2025 data under the 2026 season
  • Layout overflow fixed on smaller screens
  • Settings text overflow fixed
  • iOS Settings.bundle added — you can now see the app version in iOS Settings
Please test:
  • iPad cockpit — open the app on a tablet, start a race, check the split‑screen layout with hero numbers and course diagram
  • Course diagram — long‑press the diagram to try chart modes, belt/track toggle and mark icon sizing
  • Onboarding — delete and reinstall the app (or clear app data) to retrigger the welcome flow
  • Custom courses — create a 3+ mark sequence and navigate it start to finish
  • Race timer — try the 5‑min and 4‑min gun presets
  • Mark tiles — tap marks in the list to see wind details in the detail panel

3 March 2026 v1.0.16+32

Navigator Dashboard Refresh, Wind Tools & Race Timer Improvements

Navigation Dashboard

  • Enriched mark tiles with next‑leg context and clearer rounding info
  • Course info header and long‑press explainers for nav tiles
  • Race timer controller updates for more reliable start alignment

Wind & Point‑of‑Sail

  • Wind triangle diagram added to the expanded mark tile
  • AWA‑based point‑of‑sail labels with optimal angle/VMG hints
Please test: Start a race and check the new mark tile details. Toggle wind sources and verify the wind triangle + point‑of‑sail updates. Use long‑press explainers and confirm the race timer still aligns correctly.

28 February 2026 v1.0.14+30

Polar & Vessel Sync + Navigator Controls

  • Boat and polar data now saved in Firestore (multi‑device ready)
  • Improved AWA calculations and polar extrapolation beyond grid
  • Navigator controls updated with TWD/TWS adjustments
Please test: Update boat/polar settings and confirm they persist across relaunch. Check AWA/point‑of‑sail readouts in varying wind. Try TWD/TWS controls during navigation.

25 February 2026 v1.0.13+29

Navigator Dashboard, Wear OS Watch App & Bug Fixes

Navigator Dashboard

  • Pull-to-stop gesture replaces the stop button — pull down firmly from the top to end a race
  • Dashboard is now fully scrollable with landscape support
  • Course visual maps on the navigation screen

Wear OS Companion App

  • Galaxy Watch support — your navigation mirrored to your wrist in real time
  • Race timer, mark list, and distance/bearing on the watch face
  • Rotary bezel scrolling and haptic buzz on mark advance
  • Ambient (always-on) display for glanceable nav data

Bug Fixes

  • Watch now syncs reliably on launch and catches up if opened mid-race
  • Active race banner now shows correctly after navigating back to the home page
  • Nav buttons no longer hidden behind the system bar
Please test: If you have a Galaxy Watch, pair it and start a race — check the watch mirrors the phone. Try pull-to-stop on the dashboard. Navigate away from a race and back — check the banner appears.

View full changelog →