# Anchor! drag alarm — user reviews > 238 indexed App Store user reviews of Anchor! drag alarm by Pomacanthus, rated 4.40/5 from 275 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anchor-drag-alarm/id661180281/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anchor-drag-alarm/id661180281.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 191 · 4★ 43 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 20 ## Newest reviews (16 of 238) ### 4/5 — Anchor! Drag alarm *2025-07-01, version 6.20* Good, but only as good as the gps on your device. For my I-pad gps is pathetic, so I get some false alarms. I-Phone works better. ### 4/5 — Marlinspikesailor *2025-06-05* Simple, highly functional, remote monitoring capable with two phones with wifi or cellular signal. Reliable peace of mind at anchor in my palm with all my other navigation tools. This app has given me a heads up when I was dragging long before I would have realized more than once. (Voyaging captain of 35 years. 120,000+ blue water miles) ### 2/5 — Defective? *2025-05-17, version 6.20* I am tied to a Harbour Wall the boat track has shown to be half way across the Harbour to SB and onto the Street 20 yards away to Port. ### 2/5 — Best Anchor Alarm app has been abandoned *2025-05-11, version 6.20* This used to be the best Anchor Alarm app but hasn’t been updated in over 4 years and remote monitoring doesn’t work anymore. Never got a reply from the developer. It’s a shame… ### 5/5 — Captain *2024-12-12, version 6.20* Very good ### 5/5 — Works well *2024-12-07, version 6.20* Very happy ### 5/5 — It works *2024-11-19, version 6.20* It really works well ### 5/5 — Quite amazing *2024-10-30, version 6.20* Very pleased with this App does everything we need. I alway double check against a Navionics anchor mark to confirm accuracy but never been a worry. Alarm definitely will wake you up at night. Very thankful to the creators. ### 5/5 — Used for several years *2024-10-24, version 6.20* Great anchor watching product. Easy to use and never fails me. ### 4/5 — Brilliant app but can no longer get remote monitoring to work *2024-10-21, version 6.20* This is a brilliant app. Recently the remote monitoring functionality has stopped working. Both devices are iPhone 15s. Unless I can get this working I will have to find another app. Pomacanthus, please help! ### 5/5 — Saved my trip. *2024-10-17, version 6.20* This app will let you know you are dragging! ### 5/5 — Wonderful app *2024-10-15, version 6.20* We use this app every day. It has saved us many times over the years. We can’t sleep without it on. ### 5/5 — Anchor! *2024-10-10, version 6.20* I had this on my iPhone after it was recommended by a sailing friend. For a while I couldn’t seem to find it on the App Store, so I was really pleased when I found it again and loaded it onto our boat iPad. It works well and I have confidence in it, which is crucial for an app providing this functionality. ### 5/5 — First time mooring *2024-08-30, version 6.20* Great app easy to use, had it set and working with no problems, highly recommend ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-08-14, version 6.20* This app is easy to use and is very reliable and accurate. ### 5/5 — Excellent anchor alarm *2024-08-13, version 6.20* This is the only anchor alarm I trust and simply love the remote monitoring feature! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — in Africa? *2025-07-05, version 6.20* He keeps thinking I’m in Africa and then I’ll switch back to the states. I don’t know what it’s doing. I can’t depend on it. ### 1/5 — Kept dropping out *2025-05-21, version 6.20* Just kept dropping out, so had to switch it off ### 1/5 — App has stopped working, useless now *2024-10-16, version 6.20* This app has stopped working, you cannot monitor another device anymore, which renders the app useless, unfortunately. ### 1/5 — It doesn’t work and app developers are MIA *2024-08-19, version 6.20* I bought this app because I believed that I would be able to leave my iPad on the boat and take my phone with me and track our boat. But the link that you have to send from the iPad to the iPhone no longer works and there does not appear to be any way to link them.I tried to contact the developers and they are no longer there. Neither is their webpage. Do not buy this app. It is a waste of money. ### 1/5 — Plus de support *2024-08-04, version 6.20* L’application bug etil n’y a plus personne qui répond au support. Je pense que cette application n’est plus suivie Interface du siècle dernier ### 1/5 — Hate it *2023-08-31, version 6.20* Wow - it’s got a tutorial!! Managed to get to 2/10 - how do you get to 3/10??? Not intuitive. ### 1/5 — Hard to work *2023-04-03, version 6.20* Shows me in two positions Alarm goes off every15 seconds and can’t fix it Can’t delete tracks Very frustrating to use ### 1/5 — No support or updates *2023-03-27, version 6.20* Great app but support is non existent and they haven’t updated it in 2 years! Crazy to pay for an app that doesn’t push updates or have support. Remote function stopped working probably because they haven’t kept it updated with new OS updates. ### 1/5 — Alarm goes off in error *2022-11-02, version 6.20* Doesn’t work anymore. Boat slides out of radius (in app) and triggers alarm when there has been no boat movement. The boat then slides back in place so you can see there is no issue, but the damage (broken sleep) has already been done. It has happened multiple times - as recent as last night. I have loved this app but have to look for another one today. We need something reliable. ### 1/5 — Hopeless *2022-07-25, version 6.20* Tutorial does not work ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Super *2025-07-09, version 6.20* Works perfectly, well designed ### 5/5 — Simple and easy *2025-06-21, version 6.20* Enough said ### 5/5 — Love the Remote Function! *2025-04-21, version 6.20* I use a spare phone in the boat to monitor the anchor alarm and remote it to my cell phone I carry around. Even if I go ashore I can monitor the boat location! Anchor dragging and theft monitoring! ### 5/5 — Essential for Cruising Sailors *2025-04-21, version 6.20* We have used this App since 2013 and rely on it heavily. Love it’s simplicity and reliability as live aboard cruisers spending as much time as possible on anchor. Great peace of mind. ### 5/5 — Kiromarc *2025-02-15, version 6.20* Great App, well worth the money, works perfectly. Saved us a lot of hassle last night in a 50 knot squall, when the anchor started dragging at 0400 off Dominica. ### 5/5 — Better sleep at night for sure, especially in the ugly 👍 *2025-01-28, version 6.20* Only issue I have ever had is when apple updated my phone and the app was not restarted. ### 5/5 — Must have for your boating needs *2025-01-23, version 6.20* This is an app that I’ve used for years, it’s a must have in the boating world. We have a 31 foot sailboat in an anchor all the time. Must have ! ### 5/5 — Great Alarm *2025-01-02, version 6.20* Very loud and reliable. Has saved our butt a few times. ### 5/5 — It’s great *2024-12-21, version 6.20* It’s really helped me out especially when anchoring over night ### 5/5 — Great Alarm *2024-12-14, version 6.20* This anchor alarm works really well. Easy to set and adjust the settings. Loud alarm and love the remote monitoring function. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*