Helm Aware

Helm Aware gives you a clear view of speed and trip information on your iPhone, whether you are sailing or cruising under power. Read GPS speed over ground in knots, km/h, mph or m/s. Choose Direct, Balanced or Stable smoothing and check the GPS reception and accuracy status. Start, pause, resume and stop a trip to measure distance and time. Enable trip plotting to see your recorded track on an Apple Maps map. Starting a new trip clears the previous track and speed history. See maximum speed and time-weighted average speed, with separate resets. The speed graph shows a 60-minute window; swipe to browse older recorded samples. Open the dedicated history screen or keep the graph on your main screen. Choose a compact course display or a large compass. The app uses the iPhone’s compass heading when available and falls back to GPS course over ground. The compass reflects the phone’s…