Top Sailor Reviews – Page 4
4/5 rating based on 47 reviews. Read all reviews for Top Sailor for iPhone.
Top Sailor is paid iOS app published by Szymon Ulatowski
Realistic
n8seghf
This is a great simulator for a mobile device. Wind mechanics are spot on. My only complaints are that there should be many different kinds of boats to choose from and you should be able to exactly what windspeed to sail. All-in-all, a terrific game!
Almost perfect for anyone who sails
Gameboy5Life
For solo dingy sailing, the accuracy of how the boat handles is amazing. This game would be perfect if the races had starting sequences and judged penalties by who had right of way. Although sailing lacks speed and has a very discouraging learning curve, this game has more depth than most (if not all) of the iOS racing genre.
Wind direction is too variable
daedalus
Great little sailing simulator, but the changing direction of the wind is definitely over the top. That part can be super frustrating sometimes. Otherwise, I love playing this game.
Nice foundation but clumsy UI spoils it
neal_ex
The sailing physics are quite nice. Solid simulation foundation. Quite like the game. Unfortunately, much of it gets spoiled by the interaction and UI. The most annoying thing is the camera. In almost every race I accidentally move the camera, looking up into the sky or backwards, causing me to capsize or do some other unfortunate maneuver. The left, right and bottom areas should be completely reserved for steering controls instead of having the available touch area limited to the actual icon. Also, instead of the view toggle button, I'd prefer explicit view buttons that can be accessed quickly, among them a completely locked camera. One other annoying thing is the wind changing directions in a very unrealistic way. Within one race the wind sometimes rotates around at random up to a 180 degrees. This usually doesn't happen in the real world. At least not within 10 sec. ;) Last I agree with a previous reviewer, the capsize happens too quickly. Of course, I would also like to see some other boats added as other reviewers suggested. Especially the addition of a jib equipped boat that can sail higher into the wind would be great but first and foremost the UI issues would be a much more important bug to fix. Thanks a lot and keep up the great work. Great game.
No tiller
BobbGWhiz
I criticized this app for not having the tiller work like a real sailboat (moving tiller to port moves the boat to starboard and vice versa). Also could not locate wind and boat speed. Then I just figured out how to correct the tiller issue. Under setting (tools button), then click controls, then scroll way down to advanced settings (can't see these settings on ipad without scrolling), then there's an option to reverse tiller action. Also, there's an advanced setting for wind and boat speed. I'm much happier now. Very good practice tool for adjusting sails and headings. A jib sail and winches would be nice. Animation is fine, but not like those car racing apps.
Good
Kuikaika
Love the program except the camera perspective changes at the worse times and then I am stuck trying to fix it. Ultimately losing precious points earned in previous games. The new update hasn't helped.
Excellent sailing simulator!!
Capt Alex K
I am a sailing instructor and I have been extremely impressed with the quality of the simulation and the game! Excellent!
Meh, kind of boring. Confined to race courses only.
Oldthinker
Physics and graphics and controls are all good, but I expected something closer to Virtual Sailor by Hangsim (on PC), which is more open world sailing. As it is though, you are confined to small race events and courses.
Good but...
Woojigoojilongo
You need to add like entering the cabin and different styles of boats and bigger sizes