# Boat Watch - Ship Tracking — user reviews > 320 indexed App Store user reviews of Boat Watch by Pocket Mariner Ltd., rated 4.60/5 from 3,773 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boat-watch-ship-tracking/id669023760/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boat-watch-ship-tracking/id669023760.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,960 · 4★ 432 · 3★ 148 · 2★ 75 · 1★ 158 ## What do users think of Boat Watch? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent for ship tracking - 📍 Accurate ship location information - 🗺️ Useful NOAA chart overlay - 👍 Great app for enthusiasts **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent ship detection - 💰 Excessive in-app purchases - 🔍 Limited search functionality - 🕰️ Outdated ship position data **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes and freezes - Inability to track ships in certain regions - Incorrect ship positions and directions **Most requested features** - Route history for ships - Improved cruise ship tracking - Automatic notifications for ship movements - More detailed ship information ## Newest reviews (15 of 320) ### 3/5 — Gone down hill *2026-08-07, version 2.4.21* used to be good when free, used a couple of years ago. went to use this year and needed subscription at £1.99 no big deal .. apart from there's nothing listed! I'm in Sivota Bay, Lefkada with an abundance of yachts and boats .. but only 4-5 listed with no detail on the boat! Just downloaded marine traffic (for free) and gives a far batter picture. From my point of view - avoid this App until they get their data feeds sorted (Aug 26) ### 3/5 — Miss lead *2026-07-08, version 2.4.21* When I signed up for this I thought I was paying for a lifetime subscription but now I have a $2.99 bill on my credit card every month ### 3/5 — 一點 *2026-05-17, version 2.4.18* 一點 ### 4/5 — Muito bom *2026-03-25* Poderia ter a informação da velocidade do navio quando clica no mesmo. Isso ajuda a saber se o navio está em deslocamento. No app atual precisa conectar em info e abrir uma nova tela. **Developer response:** Olá, obrigado pela sua avaliação e sugestão, que repassaremos à equipe de desenvolvimento. Você pode saber se um navio está se movendo ou não pelo ícone: se estiver parado ou atracado, terá um símbolo de âncora. Atenciosamente, Equipe PocketMariner. ### 3/5 — Ship filter button obscures augmented reality button *2025-09-29, version 2.4.14* I use the app almost daily and like it. However, not enough UI testing was done when the ship filter was added. The button lies on top of the augmented reality button making it impossible to enable the latter on iPhone and iPad. Please move either away from the other. ### 1/5 — Can not view ship *2025-09-17, version 2.4.14* upon trying to view the ship , it states with a warning that the website is not up to date. No ship link can be opened ### 2/5 — Not very good *2025-08-30, version 2.4.14* It worked ok but after i payed the £4.99 it hasn’t worked properly I can’t scroll on it ### 2/5 — Keine Deutsche Version in Update-Version, obwohl angegeben *2025-07-26* Fehlende Sprachversion, daher nur zwei Sterne. Ansonsten gute App. **Developer response:** Hallo, die neueste Version von BoatWatch (v2.4.15) unterstützt die deutsche Sprache. Gerne sende ich Ihnen einen Screenshot, wenn Sie uns unter help@pocketmariner.com kontaktieren. Die Bedienungsanleitung (https://crowdais.com/ais/bw_userguide.php) ist ebenfalls auf Deutsch verfügbar. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Ihr PocketMariner-Team ### 1/5 — Big Disappointment *2025-05-08, version 2.4.12* After spending a one off payment of £4.99 I was expecting the app to be add free. Oh well, you live and learn. ### 2/5 — Kauf App - leider unbefriedigend *2025-04-20* Ich habe vorher die kostenlosen App‘s von Marine Traffic, VesselFinder genutzt und die haben wesentlich mehr Info über Schiffsrouten usw. Schade um die 5,99€ **Developer response:** Wir bedauern, dass Sie so denken. Der einmalige In-App-Kauf von BoatWatch umfasst die Verfolgung mehrerer Favoriten, Benachrichtigungen zu Abfahrten und Ankünften von Schiffen sowie Fotos und Details zum Schiff und seiner aktuellen Reise mit Abfahrtsort. BoatWatch enthält außerdem keine Werbung. ### 4/5 — Sart Alarm *2025-03-15, version 2.4.12* I use this app regularly but on Friday a sart alarm went off at a yard in Great Yarmouth. HMCG were informed and the sart was turned off. But it is still showing on this app a day after it was switched off. ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2025-03-10, version 2.4.12* Just keeps saying ‘No ships on map’ - are you telling me that there are no ships in the whole English Channel? ### 1/5 — Does not work well *2025-02-10, version 2.4.12* So doesn’t pick up all boats I see that I know have ais. ### 1/5 — I bought the upgrade a while ago, but still not working. Very disapointing! *2025-01-30* I bought the upgrade a while ago but still not working. Very disapointing! **Developer response:** Hi, That doesn't sound right. We are sorry to hear you are having trouble gettting it working. Can you please contact us at help@pocketmariner.com so we can sort it out for you. Best regards The PocketMariner Crew ### 2/5 — Not updating *2024-12-17, version 2.4.11* I like that you get notifications on when a ship leaves port but the app is unable to provide live updates on ships that show on other apps. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Made app pay to use *2026-07-20, version 2.4.21* This app used to quite helpful for a Quick Look at what was on the water, unfortunately they now want to charge. I’d advise anyone reading this to simply Google ais ship tracking, you will get free live data of marine traffic. ### 1/5 — This is not free *2026-06-12, version 2.4.19* You only get information for a subscription ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-06-02, version 2.4.19* The app works for the most part, but I am very disappointed to see they refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, which it most definitely is not. ### 1/5 — Make me pay? *2026-05-18, version 2.4.18* Boat watch created a paywall & took away the free satellite. Not good. ### 1/5 — Poor *2026-04-18, version 2.4.18* Very disappointed with the coverage overall ### 1/5 — Ais *2026-04-01, version 2.4.17* It’s not showing fishing boats. ### 1/5 — A system that doesn’t work *2026-02-16, version 2.4.16* I am in Madeira and I paid £4.99 to see live shipping in the harbour here but nothing ### 1/5 — No ships *2026-01-02, version 2.4.15* I live along the Strait of Canso and there are lots of ships passing by but this app shows nothing. ### 1/5 — Aktualisierungen *2025-12-15* Ganz schlecht !!! **Developer response:** Es tut uns sehr leid, dass Sie unsere App so empfinden. Könnten Sie uns bitte etwas genauer erläutern, warum, damit wir sie für Sie verbessern können? Bitte senden Sie eine E-Mail an help@pocketmariner.com. ### 1/5 — rubbish *2025-10-29, version 2.4.15* not showing any boats around funchal ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Tracks everything but me *2026-07-02, version 2.4.21* Handy little marine tracker lets me favorite all the vessels I want, shows pictures of the vessels, filters views by commercial, sail, military, etc. and doesn’t capture any of my personal data. Buy the full license, it’s a bargain. ### 5/5 — Muito bom e pontual *2026-01-31* Mto legal para quem trabalha ou já trabalhou em navios de cruzeiro **Developer response:** Que bom saber que você está gostando de usar o BoatWatch. Muito obrigado. ### 5/5 — Good for getting caught *2025-10-01, version 2.4.14* By the jolly roger ### 5/5 — A shoutout to Tech Support *2025-02-15, version 2.4.12* I’ve been using Boat Watch for years for my job and I especially the the NOAA chart overlay option. When I got a new phone I had some issues getting the chart overlay option lay working. I reached out to tech support and they solved the issue very quickly. Thank you. I highly recommend this app. ### 5/5 — Nice *2025-01-13, version 2.4.11* Super cool ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-12-07, version 2.4.10* I really enjoy looking at this app. So informative, and fun ### 5/5 — Very Effective *2024-12-02, version 2.4.10* Good AAP indeed ### 5/5 — Good boat *2024-09-18, version 2.4.8* Good boat ### 5/5 — Ship *2024-08-07, version 2.4.8* It is really good but it would be better if it actually showed you a picture of the cruise ship ### 5/5 — Sitting on my deck, and Lake Huron. *2024-07-08, version 2.4.8* Love being able to identify the ships only improvement could be listing when the ship was built and types of cargo it normally hauls. The app works great never had an issue. --- *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 2026-09-03.*