# AquaEye Sonar Companion — Companion app to AquaEye

> Companion app to AquaEye (iPhone/iPad app by VodaSafe Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aquaeye-sonar-companion/id6739004540 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [VodaSafe Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1783157391)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.1 · 84 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-05-28
- Data updated: 2026-05-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aquaeye-sonar-companion/id6739004540/reviews.md

## What is AquaEye Sonar Companion?

Welcome to the AquaEye App!
The AquaEye App is the essential companion for AquaEye handheld intelligent sonar devices, designed for water rescue and victim recovery operations. 

With the AquaEye App, users can adjust settings and update their device’s firmware via a seamless Bluetooth connection, ensuring their AquaEye remains current with the latest features and improvements. 

Key Features: 
- Adjustable Device Sensitivity: Choose from five sensitivity settings to optimize your AquaEye’s performance in varying environments. Adjusting the sensitivity helps ensure precise and reliable results, whether in calm waters or more challenging conditions. 
- Customizable Distance Units: Tailor the distance markers on your AquaEye device to display either meters or feet. This highly requested feature from U.S. users ensures measurements are presented in a familiar unit, critical during time-sensitive rescues. 
- Firmware Updates: Stay up to date with the latest enhancements. The app allows users to view their current firmware version, download updates, and install them directly on their AquaEye device, ensuring optimal performance and reliability. 

The AquaEye App is built to enhance your water rescue capabilities, ensuring your device is always ready when it matters most. 

About AquaEye: 
AquaEye is a handheld intelligent sonar device, used to locate missing people in the water quickly, for water rescue and victim recovery. The device is used by Fire Rescue, SAR, Law Enforcement, Lifeguards and Public Safety Divers for fast, safe, intelligent water rescue and victim recovery. AquaEye is used by 300+ teams in North America and is represented in 46 countries around the world. For more information on AquaEye, visit www.vodasafe.ca


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.12.0 — 2025-12-04

**What’s New**
- Firmware version: 1.21.0
    - UI changes including the splash screen.
    - Increased GPS heading accuracy.
    - Improvements to ML model.
    - Command Hub compatibility.
    - Connection icon indicator during scan downloads.
**Fixes**
- Fixed distorted display of echo map scans done in short and medium range.
- Fixed overlap of topbar with Scans display page.

### 1.3.1 — 2025-08-25

**What’s New**
- Firmware version: 1.19.5
- Erase all scans on AquaEye: Maintenance > Erase scans
- Introduces support for a new unit type: Tactical.
    - View the coordinates for each scan on the AquaEye Pro and on the app.
    - Displays a GPS icon on the AquaEye Pro device once a GPS fix has been found.

**Improvements**
- Additional gain setting feature: +3

**Fixes**
- Unable to perform scans on AquaEye now resolved with new firmware update.
- Random connection drops with the AquaEye due to timeout.

### 1.2.2 — 2025-08-02

Bugfix: Resolve crash upon install 
New features: 
- AquaEye firmware 1.19.0 containing important bug fixes 
Improvements: 
- Removed version verification on app startup so any version can connect
- Render echo based on scan range

### 1.2.0 — 2025-07-26

**NEW** AquaEye firmware 1.19.0 containing important bug fixes
Improvements:
- Can now connect with any version of AquaEye
- Render echo based on scan range
- Targets Android 35
- Library updates

### 1.1.0 — 2025-07-03

New features: Firmware support for 1.18.3Feature improvements: Incremental scan download, password verificationBug fixes: RTC set for Lenovo devices

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