ShipsClock User Reviews

Douglas Lovell

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Replaces my Weems and Plath

My Weems and Plath clock failed, ringing the incorrect number of bells, and they would not do anything to fix it. So I bought this and put it on an unused iPhone.
The bell sounds are far superior to any app, and actually are better than the chiming ship’s clock, much to my surprise.
I do have an Apple watch, unfortunately, as the app developer noted, the clock will not chime on my current iPhone if it is connected to the watch.
That’s my only complaint.

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russ_palmeri

10 months ago

?????

Wont sound bell all the time. It just turned 1200 noon, no bell???

Nogonomo

a year ago

Response from developer

Did you allow notifications? Are you using an Apple Watch?

?????

Wont sound bell all the time. It just turned 1200 noon, no bell???

Nogonomo

2 years ago

Crap

This app is crap, it plays the bells every 15 minutes not 30 and there is no way to fix it. I deleted the app and it still sounds the bells. How do I stop it?

Jaemax

2 years ago

Ships clock

App wont sound bells. Even after i uninstalled then reinstalled it??

Nogonomo

2 years ago

Few settings

I want settings so that I can control when the notifications arrive, e.g. only when I’m awake and only once an hour. There don’t seem to be such settings

AnneBfromNY

2 years ago

Good but a few gripes ...

Basic functionality is excellent, and the bell sound is charming, but ...

(1) The app needs a volume control, and

(2) The displays of hour angle of sun and moon only update at the moment the app becomes active. How about more often, say once a minute?

1nf84nqfg

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for appreciating the bell sounds. Thank you for the volume adjustment suggestion. The sun and moon position do update every minute. Occasionally I've seen them freeze up and have had to restart the app. It's so seldom that I haven't been able to reproduce it. I've opened an issue to track it and keep me reminded about it. See the support link for information about bug reporting.

Pretty good

It bad. Very accurate except that ships don’t ring bells at night. Needs a way to set silence times. As it is I have to silence the whole phone.

Tony Soup

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the suggestion to provide settings that silence the bells during certain periods. The app does not have this because it duplicates function on your device that provides do not disturb periods. If I haven't understood your suggestion, please write to me using information at the support link.

No sound!

Looks nice. All features other than sound are useful. But the lack of sound will be its deletion ticket.

why a nicname?

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for liking the display. There was a period, with the iOS 15 release, when a change in the notification system silenced the bells when the app was in the background. That was repaired in November, 2021. Please see the support link for bug reporting.

Perfect sound & operation!!!

Now that app is working with Apple update it is doing so perfectly. Great replacement for “Marine Bells” that bailed on their app. Bell sound: Perfect. Bell count: Perfect. Clock information: Perfect. You will have no control over this app as it is entirely automatic. It does mute during “Sleep “ and knows your location. This is the only GENUINE AND RELIABLE ship’s clock offered. The others are junk!!!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!! USN RET. ‘Nam - Iraq 🇺🇸

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Senior chief USN Ret.

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your appreciative review. If you think of settings that you would like to have control over, please write to me using the contact information found by following the support link. I'd like to be able to toggle-off the location display. That's on the list.