RacingRulesOfSailing.org is a mobile event management tool for regatta officials and competitors to handle protest filings and document tracking.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Sports
Sentiment
2.4
5 reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app to digitize regatta administration, but the name causes a mismatch with users seeking a rules reference guide.
For Competitive sailors and race officials requiring digital tools for regatta administration and protest management.
What does it look like?
Key features
Competitors submit inquiries and protests directly through the app for automated routing to race officials.
Centralized repository for event-specific documents, scoring inquiries, and equipment substitutions.
Digital tracking of jury tasks, hearing schedules, and protest decisions.
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free utility for regatta management with no observable IAP or subscription gates.
Velocity
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The app has been inactive for more than two years, with no updates recorded since April 2024. The last available releases consisted of a minor feature addition and a version with no release notes. Given the lack of activity over this extended period, the development status is classified as a zombie state.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a frustrated sentiment. Users appreciate efficient and effective utility provides satisfaction for users navigating specific sailing event information.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Efficient and effective utility provides satisfaction for users navigating specific sailing event information
- App fails to provide the racing rules of sailing content promised by the title
10 of 10 recent reviews analyzed · moderate confidence · Frustrated overall
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Competitive landscape for RacingRulesOfSailing.org
How's the Sports market?
The app ranks #87 in the Sports category, but the 2.4-star rating across 10 reviews indicates significant friction. The lack of alignment between the name and the administrative feature set limits its growth potential.
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Key takeaways for RacingRulesOfSailing.org
Where is it heading?
The app remains in a state of low-growth stability due to persistent technical and branding issues. Unless the team resolves the launch-stability barrier and clarifies the value proposition, the app will continue to struggle with negative sentiment and low user retention.
- Technical instability (blank screen on launch) prevents user access, which compounds the negative sentiment already present in the current rating.
- The persistent content mismatch between the app title and its management functionality drives high user frustration, limiting the potential for organic growth.
The SWOT
- Electronic protest filing functions as a B2B distribution barrier into regatta administration
- Implementation of search and filtering tools would improve navigation through the event list
Next best moves
Audit launch sequence because blank white screen reports are the top technical complaint → restore basic app utility.
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's biggest risk is not its lack of features, but its name…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Educational rules reference content (available in Rules of Sailing Tips 2.0 but missing here) +1
Since the last report: The app's outlook stabilized as the analysis shifted from tracking feature stagnation to addressing critical technical failures and branding misalignment.
Bottom line
The app provides necessary administrative utility for regattas, but the branding mismatch causes high churn and negative sentiment, so the PM must clarify the app's purpose in the store listing and prioritize stability fixes to ensure basic functionality.
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