App Profile: Squid Mobile
Android / Games / Puzzles
Squid Mobile
Installs:
Rating:
4.76
Total Reviews:
55
Top Countries:
FR, CN, DE
< $5k
/mo
< 5k
/mo
Reviews: What People Think About Squid Mobile
melriobrazil
Rating: 5/5
I like Squid a lot because it’s easy to use and to demo to students (I’m a volunteer sailing instructor in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Lake Michigan).
Squid is a simple, user-friendly routing app with sufficiently sophisticated functionality. For those wanting something even simpler, it can be used as a GRIB viewer with access to many high resolution models.
It allows you to choose the boat’s polar and restrict the route with waypoints. For cruisers it’s useful to have parameters that allow the user to change the standard polars, scale them down to a certain percentage, and include running the engine if the boat speed drops below a certain amount.
Each time I demo it, my students comment how great it is. I like very much myself so I highly recommend it.
Outremer45
Rating: 2/5
I would like the app, except it is very buggy. For example, it will route me on tight angles like TWA 40 degrees when my polars are super slow at that angle and I’ve entered in the advanced options to not go tighter than TWA 60. Or when it has me going 1.2 knots in 12 knots true wind speed and 11 knots apparent, which doesn’t match my polar at all. Or the confusion between boat speed and SOG: if I set it to motor a given speed in a strong current it doesn’t correctly add in how the current impacts my SOG. Often squid does give me reasonable routes for simple cases in open water and minimal current… but in complicated cases with stronger currents and complicated routes it’s useless.
About Squid Mobile
Squid is the lightweight and powerful mobile version of SquidX — the weather and routing solution trusted by top offshore skippers.
From solo ocean racers to weekend cruisers, Squid gives every sailor access to professional-grade weather forecasts and smart routing tools.
Built for performance and designed for simplicity, the app delivers accurate, multi-model weather data — optimized for offshore use with minimal internet consumption.
All the top offshore skippers and teams use SquidX — in the Vendée Globe, Route du Rhum, Transat Jacques Vabre, The Ocean Race, and more.
Now, with Squid, the power of SquidX is in your pocket — redesigned for accessibility, speed, and precision.
A brand-new version has just been released, with a completely refreshed interface, better performance, and many new features in development.
Whether you're planning a regatta, delivery, or cruising passage, Squid is your go-to app for reliable, low-data weather routing.
Key Features
- Smart routing engine with roadbook tools
- Extensive built-in polar database (racing & cruising yachts)
- Cloud routing with multi-route comparison
- Multi-model GRIB viewer: GFS, ECMWF, AROME, ARPEGE, GEM, NAM, GCWF, HiRLAM...
- Forecasts up to 10 days, with 1 to 3-hour time steps
- Lightweight GRIB downloads +email integration for offline workflows
- Meteograms for multi-model forecast comparison (wind & pressure)
- Custom visualizations: isolines, wind barbs, arrows, particles
- Smooth animations using CPU and GPU
- Optimized for low-bandwidth use (Iridium GO!® compatible)
Weather Variables
Atmosphere:
- Wind (10 m, 925 hPa), gusts
- Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP)
- Rainfall
- Cloud cover
- CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy)
- Relative humidity
- Temperature
And more…
Ocean:
- Surface currents (speed & direction)
- Waves: swell, wind waves, height & direction
From solo ocean racers to weekend cruisers, Squid gives every sailor access to professional-grade weather forecasts and smart routing tools.
Built for performance and designed for simplicity, the app delivers accurate, multi-model weather data — optimized for offshore use with minimal internet consumption.
All the top offshore skippers and teams use SquidX — in the Vendée Globe, Route du Rhum, Transat Jacques Vabre, The Ocean Race, and more.
Now, with Squid, the power of SquidX is in your pocket — redesigned for accessibility, speed, and precision.
A brand-new version has just been released, with a completely refreshed interface, better performance, and many new features in development.
Whether you're planning a regatta, delivery, or cruising passage, Squid is your go-to app for reliable, low-data weather routing.
Key Features
- Smart routing engine with roadbook tools
- Extensive built-in polar database (racing & cruising yachts)
- Cloud routing with multi-route comparison
- Multi-model GRIB viewer: GFS, ECMWF, AROME, ARPEGE, GEM, NAM, GCWF, HiRLAM...
- Forecasts up to 10 days, with 1 to 3-hour time steps
- Lightweight GRIB downloads +email integration for offline workflows
- Meteograms for multi-model forecast comparison (wind & pressure)
- Custom visualizations: isolines, wind barbs, arrows, particles
- Smooth animations using CPU and GPU
- Optimized for low-bandwidth use (Iridium GO!® compatible)
Weather Variables
Atmosphere:
- Wind (10 m, 925 hPa), gusts
- Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP)
- Rainfall
- Cloud cover
- CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy)
- Relative humidity
- Temperature
And more…
Ocean:
- Surface currents (speed & direction)
- Waves: swell, wind waves, height & direction
File size: 158780416
Launched countries: USAUCACNFRDEGBITJPKRRUDZAOARATAZBBBYBEBMBRBGCLCOCRHRCZDKDOECEGSVFIGHGRGTHKHUINIDIEILKZKEKWLBLTLUMOMGMYMXNLNZNGNOOMPKPAPEPHPLPTQAROSASGSKSIZAESLKSECHTWTHTNTRUAAEUYUZVEVNBOEELVNIPYKHMZYEBHCYMTBJBFCGJOLAMLSNTZUGZW
Minimum OS version: 15.1
Release Date: 1445484562000
Published by The Great Circle SPRL
Website url:
Publisher country: Belgium
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