Features – Manta

It records itself

Automatic log entries

Manta notices when you cast off, tack, gybe, drop anchor or moor, and writes it into the log. Automatic entries carry a small sparkle, and every one stays editable.

Pro

Engine detection by feel

Your iPhone senses the hull's vibration. Together with speed and course, that tells Manta when the engine runs. No wiring needed.

Lock Screen and Live Activity

Recording carries on with the phone locked. Speed, distance and quick actions for engine, tack and anchor sit right on the Lock Screen.

Logging in two taps

Weather, sail changes, sightings, notes and photos take one or two taps. The buttons adapt: no tack before the sails are up, no sails on a motorboat.

It tells the story

Pro

Trip stories

From your track, the weather and your notes, Manta writes the story of the day, chapter by chapter and in your language. Your own words stay word for word.

Photos in their place

Pick photos from your library and Manta places them by time and location, on the map and in the story.

Replay

Watch any trip again like a film: the boat moves along the chart while wind, speed and depth play back as they were.

Weather, hour by hour

Every trip shows wind, sea state and weather for each hour. Where your instruments are silent, Apple Weather fills the gaps.

It knows your boat

Pro

Your instruments, live

Connect your plotter or a WiFi gateway, and every log entry carries real wind, depth and speed through the water.

Pro

Polars from real sailing

Manta builds your boat's polar diagram from the trips you sail and shows how well she performs on every point of sail.

Pro

Current and sea state

Speed over ground against speed through the water reveals the current. The boat's own motion gives an estimate of the waves.

Your boats and sails

Keep several boats with their own sails and reefs. Each trip remembers the boat it was sailed on.

Everything in order

Tours and seasons

Group trips into a cruise, see its days at a glance, and follow your season's miles and records.

Import and export

Bring in old tracks from your plotter or other apps; long recordings are split into trips. Export any trip as GPX.

iPhone and iPad in sync

Your logbook syncs through your private iCloud. Nothing to set up, no account.

Pro

Logging from several devices

Crew on the boat's WiFi can join a recording, follow it live and add their own entries.

Pro

Web stories and live tracking

Publish a trip as a web page, or let family and friends follow the boat live on your profile.

Private by design

No account, no ads, no tracking in the app. Your trips stay on your devices and in your iCloud; we only see what you choose to publish.

Works offline

The whole logbook works far from any mobile signal. Stories and sharing simply wait for the next harbour.

Ten languages

Manta speaks English, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese, stories included.