Saved our bacon but…
I’m giving this app four stars because it no kidding saved our bacon when a pop up thunderstorm w/ 80 mph winds came up and we drug. The notification gave us time to get the engine started and save the ship from hitting a marker piling. That said, this app would be more helpful if a great deal more instruction were provided w/ it. It doesn’t discuss where or how to set the anchor position and it doesn’t seem to differentiate between the boat position and the anchor position i.e. it shows one boat icon, not a boat icon w/ a separate anchor icon. Do I set the app at the location I dropped the anchor or do I set it after I let out scope and have backed down and set the anchor? It also supposedly provides connection between iOS devices using iCloud but provides no instruction on how to do that…and it is not intuitive. It also has some sort of ability to push notifications over an app called Pushover but again, provides no documentation on how to do that. So, it works but it takes a lot of experimentation to figure it out.
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No Alarm
It would be great if it made an audible
Alarm n my phone. Not much use otherwise
Alarm n my phone. Not much use otherwise
Upgrade worse
The new version appears to have lost several useful aspects of the version it has replaced:
The vessel sometimes ‘disappears’
No breadcrumbs are left as the vessel moves - this was quite useful.
The display shows Lat & Long but the box at top left just shows 2 rows of red dashes... what should be displayed here??
No distance and bearing to anchor is shown.
The ability to use range and bearing to adjust relative position of anchor appears to have disappeared. Dragging the anchor to a guessed position is not as useful.
Does the App now send message to another phone? This feature seems to have been lost?!!
Whilst accepting that developments are necessary, the new version seems a step backwards. Very disappointing.
The vessel sometimes ‘disappears’
No breadcrumbs are left as the vessel moves - this was quite useful.
The display shows Lat & Long but the box at top left just shows 2 rows of red dashes... what should be displayed here??
No distance and bearing to anchor is shown.
The ability to use range and bearing to adjust relative position of anchor appears to have disappeared. Dragging the anchor to a guessed position is not as useful.
Does the App now send message to another phone? This feature seems to have been lost?!!
Whilst accepting that developments are necessary, the new version seems a step backwards. Very disappointing.
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Not working on iPhone 12 pro
I have used this app for a couple of years now successfully. I just upgraded my phone to an iphone12 pro, and am unable to drop anchor anymore. The drop anchor icon is inoperable. Hope this gets addressed.
Works Well For Me
I have not had any problem at all with the app. Simple, straight forward. Do be sure to have device plugged in when using overnight just in case phone dies. After my last anchor dragging episode I set three alarms! Thank God for TowBoatUS. Didn’t cost me a penny!
Used to be great
Not working correctly now on either device.
Used for years
Consistent performance and used many, many times for a reassuring watch at night at anchor. For those who set the ring at 10m remember that GPS wanders. A realistic ring is 100m because you swing the length of the scope anyway.
A great app that works. Thank you.
A great app that works. Thank you.
Good be better but usefull
Not a bad app but complicated to use
Not current for IOS 13
Have an IPhone XS which has no home button. No user manual where indicated, no way to move around. Deleting
Rubbish
Frozen
