Very Unhappy
I paid for this app and then had to pay for the same app AGAIN in order to continue using after the developer updated it. Then the developer went to a subscription model and disabled the functionality of the original app if users didn’t pay a monthly fee. Very shady. Now all my data is inaccessible and I paid twice for an app that was disabled by the developer. I never even got a refund. This kind of practice shouldn’t be allowed in the App Store.
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Can’t Use The App I Purchased
I have been using this app for years. Within the last year, you can no longer use the app you purchased. They force you to either pay ridiculous monthly or annual fees or you can export your data. That’s it. I don’t know how they get away with this, but you’ve lost another loyal customer.
Can’t believe this
I was just getting ready to give this app a thumbs up after my last review on Mar 18. I have been logging in my maintenance and expenses pretty good. Took several trips and did not have an issue. Went out today started a trip went to the fuel log saved a fuel log it’s there. Came back from my trip. Saved it as normal. Completely gone. No record of it. This app is completely frustrating.
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No Free Trial??
I heard about this app and wanted to see if it met my needs and I liked the interface. There is NO FREE TRIAL! (Even for a day, let alone for a normal evaluation period). So, if you want to evaluate it, you have to pay for the month to see if you even like it. No way!!! I deleted the app immediately after getting that screen that said I had to pay to see it. It “may” be a great program, but I’m not going to pay to figure that out.
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Canceled my subscription early
Update: there have been no updates to this app since it went subscription based. Disappointed. I was thinks about restarting my subscription but no real need to. This product before was great. I didn’t move to the subscription based one right away. Got it for this season and I am completely dissatisfied! There is no method to the madness so I am not really sure what to suggest. This app consistently changes my engine hours. Engine 1 becomes engine 2 on the hours. I use the feature to start a trip and hours are always screwed up on start. I have saved trips and it doesn’t save them (sometimes) I have also started trips and it has cancelled them during the cruise and prompted me to start a new trip when I came back to the dock. This new “paid” wouldn’t be worth it if it was free.
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Response from developer
Sorry to hear that you cancelled but to clarify, there have been updates since we moved to a subscription model. And as of 3/26/25, we are releasing a big update that will go live in the next 2 weeks.
Affordable basics
I am on my second boat with this app. It does what I need without being overly complicated. I don’t want to spend more time logging my boat than I do using it. This app does what I need. There are much more expensive programs out there but they have lots of functionality that is beyond what a normal recreational boat owner needs.
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Can’t Use Existing App That I Paid For
This was a great app. Now I can’t use my existing app, unless I pay these exorbitant fees to upgrade to the newest version. This is extremely unprofessional and should not be allowed. All the time spent entering all my information into the app has now been rendered useless. The only option you have is to export the data. Extremely disappointed. Please allow us to use our existing app that we paid for. If not, the only thing you have taught users is to no longer trust this company for any apps in the future, since the app you paid for will be shut down and your only choices will be to export your data or pay a ridiculous fee.
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Canceled my subscription early
This product before was great. I didn’t move to the subscription based one right away. Got it for this season and I am completely dissatisfied! There is no method to the madness so I am not really sure what to suggest. This app consistently changes my engine hours. Engine 1 becomes engine 2 on the hours. I use the feature to start a trip and hours are always screwed up on start. I have saved trips and it doesn’t save them (sometimes) I have also started trips and it has cancelled them during the cruise and prompted me to start a new trip when I came back to the dock. This new “paid” wouldn’t be worth it if it was free.
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No Trial
Can’t test without handing over credit card info
Unable to view my data from within purchased app
I was a previously a very very long term user of this app and purchased evey single upgrade to support the creators. Without much of any meaningful warning the developers locked us loyal customers out of even simply viewing our data from within the app that we paid for and previously purchased unless we paid the extortion fees either monthly or yearly..!! Previously over the years they came out with a newer app and our data was left in the old app versions and was still viewable within the old app. Not this time…or any more, now not any more can the data be even be viewed within the app we paid for. This time now the only option is for us to pay more money or export in a very useless to me looking data in a non usable format to me unless we bought the newest app with additional recurring ransomware type fees. They ruined the access to my data within the app that I have paid for several times in previous upgrades, very unethically wrong that our old data, all my logs and records are no longer available viewable to be accessed within the app we purchased.
Very very sad boating season as this was once my most favorite app on my Home Screen. Be cautious of this companies business practices..!!
Very very sad boating season as this was once my most favorite app on my Home Screen. Be cautious of this companies business practices..!!
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Nice app but too expensive and wont sync across devices
I've been using Boating Suite for years on a single device. Last year the developers introduced quite a pricey subscription model which is supposed to sync across IOS devices. I decided to give it a try, but I've now spent months working with the developer to make it sync across my iPad and iPhone but it just doesn't work, and what's most frustrating is that they can't tell me why.
So now after paying the subscription for a year I'm stuck with the original functionality, which is fine, but not worth the expensive subscription.
Disappointing.
So now after paying the subscription for a year I'm stuck with the original functionality, which is fine, but not worth the expensive subscription.
Disappointing.
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It's okay for trip logging
So far, it does not support MacBook Air which I use at home. Also, the todo does not incorporate due dates, TCO tracking or priority. Checklists to be used for prior-to-trip or pre-launch are non-existent...the very reason one looks to have software for a vessel. Some good points in that it logs trips via GPS. Other than that, much more detail items needed for the cost of the software.
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Great for this Lake dweller
We live on a large lake and boat regularly during our 9ish month long season, and I have had this app for several years. I was real disappointed when the shut down announcement came and had to download data to spreadsheets to retain it. So it was super god news when it came back on line better than ever. Having a place to keep service and repair records, and double checking fuel quantities against boat instruments provide a nice level of confidence. The only reason I did not provide 5 stars is I think the trip log feature needs some improving.
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This App is great!
I have been using this app for many years and use it every time I go out on my boat. It keep all my trip and records in one place.
Used to be great, now switched to subscription model
The app used to be great. I really liked to use it and bought it for 4,49€.
Now they switched to a subscription model and the app I once paid for is essentially useless without it.
Now they switched to a subscription model and the app I once paid for is essentially useless without it.
Logs are great!
The fuel log, maintenance expense log, a nd the trip log are amazing. And off you are thinking of getting your captains license it will make the paper work so much better!!!
SV Maris Stella
Have used this app for a couple of years. It nice to have all maintenance records, expenses, and logs in one easy to use place. It suits our sailing adventures well!
WAS a great boating log for the money
Was a great way to track vessel hours, maintenance and expenses electronically. Price increase was astronomical! From about $8 to $90 CDN per year, with tax. With this price increase there was supposed to be some improvements, but so far I can’t see any change. It still can’t access it from other devices, and I can’t see anything else different. I swallowed the huge price increase hoping that I could access the app through all my devices, but even if that worked, it would still be hugely overpriced. I will download my data before my subscription is over and will not renew. It’s not really any better than using a spreadsheet app.
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Overall Good For Tracking Boat Stuff
The latest version added ability to share data between devices, which I find useful. Good app overall for what I need.
New pricing scheme is absurd
It used to be a one time purchase but now it is 80$cad/y subscription! There is no way this app is worth that. Developers are being greedy and overvalued their app. I’ve been using this app for many years and bought it multiple times. I was mainly using it for trip, expense, maintenance and fuel log books. But, the number of outings I do and the length of the season here does not justify that amount of money! I guess I’ll be back to the old fashioned excel sheet.
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