cWind App Reviews

I like it. This game provides a nice simulation of how sailboats perform. It would be nice to slow the game down a bit, make the mark that must be rounded more apparent, and add wind shifts/lines.

Sail controls are sloppy. Enough with dialogues popping up and BLOCKING YOUR VIEW of the screen. The helpful screen messages are really annoying. Yes I know I could sail faster with a spinnaker... But before the start? Really!?

If you cant get out on the water, u can still hone your strategy. Sheeting interface a bit odd

Every time your in the lead some other boat comes out of nowhere and wins the race.

Although the first few courses are somewhat boring, one you unlock the next few the game becomes interesting. Worth the money. Small improvements in graphics would have earned 5*.

Poor graphics, lame controls, unrealistic competition (beating me in a tutorial by 5 knts?!), and the pop up messages...tons of them! Developer says they can be shut off, then you get no info at all. I like the concept (true racing sim) but as a lifelong sailor its frustrating and unsatisfying. Save your $.

Im seriously impressed. This is exactly what Ive wanted in an iOS sailing game/simulation. I could see how it would be hard for someone who has never sailed before to pick this game up, but then again, I could see this being a great tool for learning points of sail and tacticionship (yes, I made that word up). For a seasoned sailor this is great way to combat those sailing urges when you cant get on the water. Gave 5 stars because it was everything I wanted in a racing simulator. But, I would like to see improvements in graphics and environment interaction (such as darker water for wind puffs) in later updates. Overall not perfect but very very good... Much more enjoyable on my iPad3 then iPhone5 Thanks developer for hours of enjoyment!

If you are racing friends in beginner mode it works good, but if you are in solo mode in the two advanced levels forget it, you will just get mad. The bad: Going downwind, the wind direction changes wildly every time you trim in, so that you can not get any speed. Unfortunately, your the only one this happens to and not the whole fleet. When rounding marks expect anyone on a port tack to hit you, they do not try to avoid you as in a real race, and when that happens you will loose. When you get hit by the AI sailboats they can do a 720 before you go 20 feet. If you do the fouling by the time you finish your 720 the entire fleet is almost to the next mark. This is where the model falls apart. Its not the same for both you and the AIs, if it was it would be a really great program. The good: The for new racers is seeing who has right of way, 2 changes that would make it much better would be to post that info at the top or bottom of the screen in green or red text so that you would know instantly what action to take, and being able to review each encounter after the race. The start process, is what you would expect in a real race. I hope the developer will be able to fix the issues above and the short comings how you see right of way, as this app has the opportunity to be something really great. I could see us at the yacht club racing on our iPads in the off season with this app.

Pretty good for the money

Definitely the best sailing simulator games for the iPhone/iPod/iPad!

GREAT sim, graphics could be better (smoother edges, water improved) etc. But main annoyance is the screen wont rotate. My ipads are always in a case with keyboard. This means that they are always oriented with the home button on the right. (its the only way they fit in the case). so unless I remove it from case and keyboard I cant play the sim. Not practical to hold the ipad, case and keyboard upside down to play. Also check out the water graphics in "top sailor". Your sim now works well, but time to improve the 80s level graphics. Needs shading, lighting and transparency.

I think I have found it. Learning a lot that can translate to the beer cans this summer. I just have to learn not to panic. But I have enjoyed just driving my boat into the competition and creating mayhem and millions of dollars worth of damage.

The simulator is very good, my only compliant are the sudden changes is the right/burdened yacht conflict and the difficultly sailing downwind with massive changes in apparent wind with gross trim requirement.

With the new update the sails look trimmed out too far sailing upwind. Just a visual thing as far as I can tell, but it doesnt look right.

Enjoyed it a lot. Good graphics and pretty realistic.

Not a bad sim. The only improvements I would make are a little better wind indicators and the ability to pan out to view the other boats and quickly drop back onto the behind boats look. Also I would like to see more boats and more short courses. The fun is always at the markers.

An excellent app to help tune your skills when you cant be on the water. The multiplayer function is great for bragging rights amongst your family and friends. I was having a problem with the app when I first got it and emailed the support team. They responded right away with some suggestions and then kept me informed about the progress they were making to fix it. Less than two weeks later they emailed me again telling me to keep an eye out for the update and sure enough, no more problems.

Very nice racing sim - probably the best out there. Very addicting sim. Definitely worth the price. Wish you could do more match racing. Would like to see more choices in racing modes - match racing and windward/leeward course. Also get rid of the currents, as this just slows down the race.

Amazing app. Sailed all my life and this is as close to the real thing as I could hope for on a pad! Bravo!

I enjoy the game. I play on both an iPad and an iPhone. I wish my game was saved in iCloud so I could resume from a different device.