Boat Beacon User Reviews

Name: Boat Beacon
Rating: 4.6 (868 reviews)

Boat Beacon

Pocket Mariner Ltd.

⚽ Sports

🗺️ Navigation

Customer Experience

Positive experience61.1% of reviews

Neutral9.7% of reviews

Negative experience29.2% of reviews

~ Based on 185 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Boat Beacon. Based on 868 reviews and a 4.6/5 average, it highlights the 10 positives and 9 negatives reviewers mention most about this Navigation app.

Positive things

👍Works great
🚀Excellent app
🔒Fantastic app
💡Useful navigation aid
👍Handy app
👍Superb app
👍Great app
👍Awesome app
👍Excellent AIS tool
👍Best alternative to AIS

Negative things

🐛Crashes constantly
🐛Unreliable
🐛Doesn't work
🐛Useless
🐛Clunky UI
🐛Inaccurate data
🐛Limited coverage
💰Expensive for features
🔋High battery consumption

Is Boat Beacon Safe?

Boat Beacon appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Boat Beacon is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 868 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

92.1% of ratings point to a safe experience

2.3% of ratings suggest some concerns

5.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 868 App Store ratings for Boat Beacon.

Is Boat Beacon Legit?

Boat Beacon appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Boat Beacon is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Most Recent Highest Rated Lowest Rated

Mr.

Is it possible to get a trial subscription so so I can see how it works for me in my area
Thanks
Kurt

KULADE

2 months ago

Massive Energy Consumption

Cool app but needs massive energy. A full charged IPhone is down in approximately 1 hour

Hank123628

3 months ago

Response from developer

Hi Hank, that doesn’t sound right. We get at least 4 to 5 hours or more. Can you please email us at help@pocketmariner.com to diagnose what is different in your situation Best regards The PocketMariner crew

Confusing

Not recommended

101 Tanya

3 months ago

Nutzlos

Absolut nutzlos. Mein AIS sieht mehr als 10 Schiffe in unmittelbarer nähe. Die App sieht kein einziges. Mehrere Schiffe draussen auf See werden angezeigt aber die relevanten im Umkreis nicht.
Schade, rausgeworfenes Geld.

Gast_99

3 months ago

Response from developer

Hallo, es tut uns sehr leid und wir sind überrascht, das zu hören. Unsere AIS-Echtzeitabdeckung gehört zu den besten der Branche. Bitte senden Sie uns eine E-Mail an help@pocketmariner.com, damit wir die Abdeckung für das Sie interessierende Gebiet überprüfen können. Herzliche Grüße Das PocketMariner-Team

Mr.

Is it possible to get a trial subscription so so I can see how it works for me in my area
Thanks
Kurt

KULADE

3 months ago

Response from developer

Hi, thanks for your interest in BoatBeacon. You can get an idea of coverage for your area using our free BoatWatch app or email us your location and we can send you some screenshots Best regards The PocketMariner crew

Great app

Works really well, means our friends and family can track us using and AIS app/website provided we have mobile signal.

S/V Breezy

4 months ago

Amazing app

Such a brilliant app for staying safe in a kayak around shipping. Using this down the Danube next week. Great helpful developers, too.

MarkJo1967

5 months ago

To Support

Steve is really responding very swift! Thank you

DEXPH

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you. Glad to help track your trans-Atlantic crossing. Fair winds and tides. Steve

Disappointed in Boat Beacon

Did not show boats that appeared on a comparable app, such as Marine Traffic. Wish I could get a refund.

Apps don’t fall from the tree

5 months ago

Difficult to share on Navionics

Spending hours trying to share/display info navionics.

Pompy65

10 months ago

Works Great!

Especially like the anchor alarm.

I like that it now feeds AIS info into my
Navionics Boating App

Sv Zig Zag

a year ago

Can’t find my family.

I paid for app and I know where they are but it only came up once since last week when they left. It keeps telling me they are docked at home.

Elbuso

a year ago

Tolle App

Ich bin auf die Season 2020 gespannt. Schade das sie nur auf Englisch gibt, ich kann leider kein Englisch.

boote61

a year ago

Günstige Alternative zum Class-B-AIS

Die app dient sowohl als AIS-out für das eigene Boot, als auch als Anzeige anderer „echter“ wie virtueller (BB) AIS Ziele (AIS-in), sofern man sich unter Abdeckung eines Funknetzes z.B. in Küstennähe bewegt. Somit ist es eine sehr günstige Alternative zu einem VHF-AIS. So ist man stets auf Vesselfinder und Co sichtbar. Toll ist auch der Support!

noa.a.moal

a year ago

Response from developer

Vielen Dank für Ihre freundliche Bewertung von Boat Beacon und unserem Kundenservice. Gute Winde und gute Gezeiten Die PocketMariner-Crew

so easy to use!

Just got this app - great UX!

bbaustin

a year ago

Search problems

Lately I’ve tried typing in a ship’s name and all that comes up are place names? No option to change to ship’s names. I’ve been here since it was in beta and paid a good fee to have the ability to track ships in the company that I worked for. Works great for the most part but why can’t I enter ship names anymore?

HS Steve

2 years ago

Boat Beacon

Useless does not work

Atlantis Mariner

2 years ago

Useless

Find it useless

Thom Hofmans

2 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Thom, We are very sorry to hear you think this. I wonder what is the problem? Can you please email us at help@pocketmariner.com so we can work out what is not working for you and improve things? Best regards The Pocket Mariner crew